Nich Richardson
Nich Richardson earnt his stripes by writing online shorts
before co-writing and performing in the Logie-nominated satirical
documentary, Mr Firth Goes To Washington (SBS, 2008).
Under Manic Studios/The Republic Nich wrote several shorts
including The War Room (a behind the scenes look at the
Australian government, 2007) and What Have The Unions Ever Done
For Us, which became internationally successful and led to
Nich travelling to the USA and co-writing six commercial virals for
the Communication Workers of America (2008), playing a small, but
he likes to think pivotal, role in the election of Barack
Obama.
However he soon tired of internet obscurity, and set his focus
on television. In 2008 he co-wrote a pilot for The
Edugandapanda Show Show before co-writing and starring in
Mr. Firth Goes To Washington, a comedy documentary about
the '08 American elections, which was nominated for a Logie in the
category of Most Outstanding Comedy of 2008.
2009 has seen the ABC develop his latest sitcom Writer To
Fix. He is currently working on The Complete and Utter
History of Australia, a ten-episode comedy series about
Australian history that is considered so definitive that after it
airs, anything not included will have ceased to have ever
happened.