Craig Thomas (screenwriter)

Craig David Thomas^[1] is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of American Dad!, Oliver Beene, Quintuplets and the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which they created in 2005.^[2] In 2012 How I Met Your Mother won Best Comedy at the People's Choice Awards.^[3][4]

Along with Carter Bays he is a member of The Solids, who perform the theme song to How I Met Your Mother. He has been nominated for seven primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Original Song for "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit".^[5] Thomas graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997.^[6]

In 2014 he shot a pilot for the show How I Met Your Dad with his partner Carter Bays, Emily Spivey and Greta Gerwig, but CBS asked them to do a second pilot, and they refused.

How I Met Your Mother

• "Pilot"
• "Purple Giraffe"
• "The Pineapple Incident"
• "Life Among the Gorillas"
• "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M."
• "Milk"
• "Where Were We?"
• "Monday Night Football"
• "Bachelor Party"
• "Something Blue"
• "Wait for It"
• "The Platinum Rule"
• "No Tomorrow"
• "Ten Sessions"
• "Miracles"
• "Do I Know You?"
• "The Best Burger in New York"
• "Woooo!"
• "The Stinsons"
• "As Fast as She Can"
• "The Leap"
• "Definitions"
• "Robin 101"
• "The Playbook"
• "Girls Versus Suits"
• "Rabbit or Duck"
• "Doppelgangers"
• "Big Days"
• "Architect of Destruction"
• "Natural History"
• "Last Words"
• "Oh Honey"
• "Landmarks"
• "Challenge Accepted"
• "The Best Man"
• "Ducky Tie"
• "The Rebound Girl"
• "Tailgate"
• "The Burning Beekeeper"

Oliver Beene

• "Dancing Beene"
• "The Nudie Mag"
• "X-Ray Specs"
• "A Trip To Connie Island"
• "Oliver and The Otters"

The Goodwin Games

• "Pilot"
• "The Hamletta"

American Dad!

• "Stan of Arabia" (2)

He did audio commentary for his episode of American Dad! and has been prominent in the How I Met Your Mother DVD audio commentaries.

References

External links

• Craig Thomas at the Internet Movie Database