Josh Mapleston

Joshua Mapleston is an Australian writer, comic, and actor. Josh grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. He completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Film Production at the Queensland University of Technology. In 2017 he won an Emmy award for 'Outstanding Writing in Children's Animation' for his work on Beat Bugs. He is also one of the principle writers for the follow-up animated series 'Motown'. In the comedy sphere he created and wrote the critically acclaimed I Rock, a narrative comedy series about a struggling indie band. He also starred as the band's misanthropic frontman Nash Taylor. He wrote and script-edited the action-comedy series Maximum Choppage. In the same year he co-created and wrote the popular web series Ultimate Fanj (Working Group/ABC Television Australia) about the lives of hapless hipsters in inner-city Sydney.