Josh Mapleston

Screenwriter | Executive Producer

Josh Mapleston is an Emmy award winning screenwriter and AACTA Award nominated producer with a focus on audience-friendly stories told with wit and originality.

He is the Executive Producer and Head Writer of the comedy series Ghosts: Australia, the local version of the internationally successful format, released on Paramount+ and which has been nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series at the 2026 AACTA Awards.

Josh is the Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the hit Netflix series Surviving Summer. Season Two reached the Top 10 in over fifty countries, achieving a coveted ‘Global Top Ten’ ranking. The show remains one of the most viewed Australian titles on the platform.

In the comedy sphere he created, wrote and starred in the ABC music comedy I Rock, was a writer and script editor on the kung-fu comedy series Maximum Choppage and won an Emmy for his work on the Netflix animated series Beat Bugs.

He has also written on many popular Aussie dramas, including Doctor Doctor, House Husbands, The Wrong Girl, and Tomorrow, When the War Began.

For enquiries regarding Josh Mapleston please contact us via email or on (02) 9319 7199.