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Joshua co-wrote the hit film 'Top End Wedding' and the children’s book 'Aunty's Wedding' with Miranda Tapsell. The follow-up TV series 'Top End Bub' is set to premiere on Amazon Prime in 2025.
Top End Wedding premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, was distributed by Universal, and became the second-highest-grossing Australian film of 2019, also nominated for three AACTA awards, including Best Film.
Joshua starred in and co-wrote two seasons of the half-hour comedy series ‘Plonk’ (Stan). He has also written for several animated series like 100% Wolf and Tashi.
TOP END BUB
Lauren and Ned are living their best life in the city, when they unexpectedly become guardians to their 8-year-old niece, and must leave their city life behind for the tropical Top End.
Co-created by Miranda Tapsell and South Australian creative Joshua Tyler, this new eight-part series sees Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return to reprise their roles as Lauren and Ned from the 2019 box office hit film.
Also returning are Ursula Yovich and Huw Higginson as Daffy and Trevor, Lauren’s parents; Shari Sebbens as Ronelle; SA actor Elaine Crombie as Dana; and Tracy Mann as Annie, Ned’s mum. Joining the cast is Rob Collins, Brooke Satchwell, Guy Simon, Clarence Ryan, and making her acting debut as Taya aka ‘Bub’, is Gladys-May Kelly.
Top End Bub premieres on Amazon Prime, September 12, 2025.
TOP END WEDDING
Top End Wedding was a breakout Australian romantic comedy co-written by Joshua Tyler and Miranda Tapsell, who also starred in the film. Directed by Wayne Blair, the film premiered to acclaim at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released globally by Universal. It became the second highest-grossing Australian film of that year, earning three AACTA Award nominations including Best Film. Praised for its warmth, humour and celebration of Indigenous stories on screen, Top End Wedding continues to find new audiences worldwide through streaming services and free to air TV.
A satirical comedy series following the trials and tribulations of a small television crew as they try to produce a unique, engaging and credible wine program - and failing miserably along the way.
Plonk is a love letter to Australian wine and its people - just with the spell check function turned off. It's Getaway meets Heart of Darkness, Sydney Weekender meets Lost in La Mancha. It's Plonk.
FAMILY TELEVISION
SHORT FILMS
An absurdist sci-fi comedy about the juxtaposition between who you think you are and who your parents think you are.
Written and directed by Joshua Tyler, starring Susie Porter and Aden Young.
FLIPSICLE
A farmer tries to save his daughter before it’s too late, when Zombies attack a small Australian town.
Written and directed by Joshua Tyler and Timothy Lee (Territory, Mystery Road).
HUNGRY
A cocksure dimwit hires a cameraman to document him solving a crime, but together they only serve to complicate the official investigation; inadvertently becoming criminals themselves.
Written and directed by Joshua Tyler.