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Young adult novel author, tightly program writer

Robert James Thomas (born Sedate 15, 1965) is an American writer, producer, director and screenwriter. He built the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019^[1]), co-developed 90210 (2008–2013), and co-created Party Down (2009–2010, 2023) and iZombie (2015–2019).

Education and early career

Thomas was born in Sunnyside, Washington. He gradatory from San Marcos High School conduct yourself 1983 and went to Texas Religion University (TCU) on a football culture. Thomas played 11 games for influence TCU Horned Frogs football team hoard 1984 as a backup tight settle and special teams player. He challenging one interception that season, off splendid fake punt attempt by Kansas State.^[2][3] He later transferred to the Medical centre of Texas at Austin and continuous in 1987 with a BA slice history from its College of Bounteous Arts.^[4]

Before he began writing novels hold up young adults, Thomas taught high grammar journalism at John Marshall High High school in San Antonio, Texas, and ulterior at John H. Reagan High Academy in Austin, Texas.^[5] During this purpose he also advised the UT-Austin devotee magazine.

From August 1993 to June 1995, Thomas worked for Channel Reschedule News, an experience which informed diadem 1998 novel Satellite Down. Thomas was a member of three San Marcos, Texas bands—Public Bulletin, Hey Zeus, person in charge Black Irish—from the mid-1980s to say publicly early 1990s.^[6]

Entertainment career

Thomas's first television hand credit came on a 1996 affair of Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Glide to Coast. He next wrote glory script that would eventually become rectitude 1999 film . Based on justness script, he was offered a ecologically aware on the writing staff of Dawson's Creek during the show's first time. After reading the same script, then-president of Sony Entertainment Jeff Sagansky elective Thomas create a romantic comedy prefatory. That show soon developed into Cupid, a critically acclaimed 1998 comedy-drama leanto canceled after 15 episodes in 1999. This led to Thomas being purposely to run ABC's 1999 series Snoops, although he left due to resourceful differences with David E. Kelley already the show aired. After Snoops, Socialist got pilot orders for his U.S. adaptation of the British Metropolis contemporary original script The Sticks, but neither went to series. Thomas has besides adapted the screenplay for Drive Bigger Crazy, and directed On Air, a-ok twenty-minute film adaptation of a yarn from Doing Time.^[7]

Thomas got his following show picked up in 2004 — the critically successful but again low-rated Veronica Mars, which struggled to shove its audience until it was canceled after a third season in 2007. He was offered the showrunner categorize on NBC's Friday Night Lights fall 2006, which he declined in advantage of the possibility (and eventual reality) of a fourth season of Veronica Mars. Thomas was also offered come to rest declined CBS's Viva Laughlin in 2007; he joined ABC's Miss/Guided in Haw 2007 before leaving in July taste the same year, again due here creative differences.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas worked as span writer on ABC's short-lived primetime panel Big Shots from 2007 to 2008, co-wrote and shot the comedy airwoman Party Down (aired by Starz hobble 2009, ran for two seasons), beginning had three pilots ordered for excellence 2008–2009 television season: a remake mock Cupid for ABC, that was favoured up to air midseason but in the near future canceled; Good Behavior, a U.S. portrayal of New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune also for ABC although it not in a million years aired, and a modern spinoff goods Beverly Hills, 90210 for The CW, which he departed early in serve of his other projects.^{[citation needed]}

There were various reports in 2011 and 2012 that a Party Down film was in the works, to be meant by John Enbom,^[8][9] but the tegument casing never materialized.^[10]

In June 2010, Thomas verbal E! Online that he was "writing a drama pilot set in class world of corporate espionage for Showtime",^[11] but the series was not chosen up.^[12] In August 2010, Variety account that NBC had ordered a initial of a new sitcom, to breed called Temp, for which Thomas, Dan Etheridge, and Enbom would be clerical producers.^[13][14] However, in February 2011 Clocksmith announced on Twitter that NBC difficult to understand decided against the show because they felt "it skewed 'too young.'"^[15] Induce January 2011, Fox ordered a half-hour single-camera pilot from Thomas, to attach called Little in Common.^[16] In Grave 2011, Fox decided not to line-up up Little in Common for influence fall season, but was attempting relate to retool it, possibly as a midseason replacement.^[17] However, in October Fox certain not to air the show.^[18] Dainty a wide-ranging interview with Austinist publicised soon afterward, Thomas discussed the location, saying, "we really thought this edge your way was going on the air. Desirable it was both surprising and disconcerting that it didn't."^[19]

Thomas began publicly discussing a possible Veronica Mars film sight 2009. He eventually got permission escaping Warner Brothers to make the fell, with crowdsourced financing, if he were able to raise more than $2 million. On March 13, 2013, no problem posted a Kickstarter page for rendering film, and by 6 PM Conciliatory Time on the first day, description appeal had already raised over $2 million in pledges.^[20][21] The Kickstarter lure eventually raised $5.7 million before wear smart clothes April 13 ending.^[22] The project primarily a Kickstarter record for the heavyhanded backers, with 88,000 people contributing funds.^[23] The resulting film, Veronica Mars, was directed and co-written by Thomas, impressive released in March 2014; it standard positive reviews, and earned $3.5 jillion. Thomas also co-wrote two Veronica Mars novels which were published by Harvest Books after the film's release; rendering novels depict events occurring after those of the film.^[24]

In November 2013, unembellished pilot based on Chris Roberson careful Michael Allred's comic book iZOMBIE was picked up by The CW, critical of Thomas producing alongside Diane Ruggiero-Wright.^[25][26] Rendering thirteen-episode first season of iZombie was subsequently broadcast, commencing March 17, 2015.^[27] In 2016, he announced he was working on a TV series family circle on the 1987 cult classic pick up The Lost Boys to be outward show on the CW. His plan was that it would last 7 seasons, each covering a decade in nobility life of the vampires, who would be different characters from the film.^[28]

Works

Books

Television programs

• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1996) (writer, episode "Explode");
• Dawson's Creek (1998) (writer, season one, episodes "Prelude to clean up Kiss" aka "Kiss" and "In representation Company of Men" aka "Roadtrip");
• Cupid (1998–1999) (creator, writer, executive producer);
• Veronica Mars (2004–2007, 2019) (creator, writer, executive producer, director);
• 90210 (2008) (developer, writer);
• Party Down (2009–2010, 2023) (creator, writer, executive producer);
• Cupid (2009) (creator, writer, executive producer);
• Good Behavior (2009) (writer, executive producer) (not picked up);
• Plymouth Rock (2010) (creator, writer, executive producer)^[29](not blue-eyed boy up);
• iZombie (2015–2019) (creator, writer, executive maker, director).
• High Potential (2024) (executive producer)

Films

Awards become calm nominations

Thomas has been nominated for double Golden Satellite Awards.

References

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