Craig Thomas (screenwriter)

Craig Thomas at the 2013 Comic-Con

Craig David Thomas 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. In 2012 How I Met Your Mother won Best Comedy at the People's Choice Awards.

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". Thomas graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997.

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.

On April 15, 2019, Thomas joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the unfair practice of packaging.

How I Met Your Mother

• "Pilot"
• "Purple Giraffe"
• "The Pineapple Incident"
• "Life Among the Gorillas"
• "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M."
• "Milk"
• "Come On"
• "Where Were We?"
• "Monday Night Football"
• "Bachelor Party"
• "Something Blue"
• "Wait for It"
• "The Platinum Rule"
• "No Tomorrow"
• "Ten Sessions"
• "The Chain of Screaming"
• "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"
• "The Broath"
• "Good Crazy"
• "The Magician's Code"
• "Farhampton"
• "The Pre-Nup"
• "The Final Page"
• "Band or DJ?"
• "P.S. I Love You"
• "Bad Crazy"
• "The Ashtray"
• "The Time Travelers"
• "Something Old"
• "Something New"
• "The Locket"
• "Coming Back"
• "Mom And Dad"
• "Bedtime Stories"
• "Bass Player Wanted"
• "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra"
• "How Your Mother Met Me"
• "Sunrise"
• "Rally"
• "Daisy"
• "The End of the Aisle"
• "Last Forever"

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: Part 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.

External links

• Craig Thomas at the Internet Movie Database