Trent O'Donnell
Trent O'Donnell is an Australian film director and screenwriter.Life and career
O'Donnell is a television director and co-owner of the production company Jungle. He wrote and directed the award-winning comedy series Review with Myles Barlow – an Australian television satirical comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television station ABC1. It has won several AFI Awards for Best Comedy.
O'Donnell also directed the acclaimed The Chasers War on Everything and the TV series Laid which all aired on ABC1.
In 2012 he wrote, produced and directed A Moody Christmas, a six-part drama series for the ABC TV.
In 2013 he was a writer and director for The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, a sketch comedy show for the ABC TV.
O'Donnell has also directed several short films, including Tiny Little Pieces, which was a finalist in the prestigious Tropfest Film Festival in 2002.Filmography
His most notable credits as writer/director include;
- 2008–2010: "Review with Myles Barlow" starring Phil Lloyd, Amanda Bishop & Ivy Nehl
- 2009: "The Chasers War on Everything" starring Julian Morrow, Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel
- 2011: "Laid" starring Alison Bell and others
- 2012: "Woodley" starring Frank Woodley, Justine Clarke and others
- 2012: "A Moody Christmas" starring Ian Meadows, Phil Lloyd and others
- 2013–2018: "New Girl" starring Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson and others
- 2015–2018: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" starring Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz and others
- 2015: "Grandfathered" starring John Stamos, Paget Brewster and others
- 2016: "Grace and Frankie" starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and others
- 2016–2018: "The Good Place" starring Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper and others
- 2017–2018: "No Activity" starring Patrick Brammall, Tim Meadows and others
- 2018–2019: "Single Parents" starring Taran Killam, Leighton Meester and others
- 2019-2020: "A.P. Bio" starring Glenn Howerton, Tom Bennett, and Patton Oswalt