Draft:Jon Foster (writer)

Jon Foster, (born 18 September 1981) is a British screenwriter and producer known for his frequent writing collaborations with James Lamont and for writing the "Paddington meets the Queen" sketch for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

Television & film work
Alongside writing partner James Lamont, Foster wrote the Cartoon Network animated series The Amazing World of Gumball, for which he won a BAFTA Children's Award in 2011 and 2012. They left the show shortly into the third season.

In 2013 the pair wrote The Harry Hill Movie, along with Harry Hill.

Foster and Lamont wrote episodes for Cuckoo, a BBC sitcom featuring Greg Davies.

In 2016 the pair wrote and created their own E4 sitcom Wasted featuring Sean Bean

In 2019, Foster co-developed the animated television series The Adventures of Paddington along with Lamont for which the pair won an EMMY. The show premiered on Gulli, M6, and Piwi+ in France, Nick Jr. in the UK, and Nickelodeon internationally.

In 2021 Foster and Lamont worked with Jimmy Fallon on the NBC special 5 More Sleeps 'Till Christmas. which was an adaptation of Fallon's book of the same title.

Foster and Lamont are currently writing Paddington in Peru.

Awards
Foster and Lamont won the 2011 and 2012 British Academy Children's Award for writing on The Amazing World of Gumball.

They also won an Emmy Award for the 2019 television series The Adventures of Paddington.