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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, became the second highest grossing Australian film of 2019 and was 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. Joshua has worked with Australia’s top theatre and dance companies.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
FLIPSICLE
Zombies attack a small Australian town. Written and directed by Joshua Tyler and Tim Dylan Lee.
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.