David Hannam is an experienced creative with career spanning twenty years in television writing. 

Most recently, David has had his crime thriller series picked up by a prominent streamer in the UK. While he has been focused on his slate of original projects in development with production companies and buyers in both Australia and the UK, his most recent produced credits include two seasons on the Acorn and ABC hit Darby and Joan, starring Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi, and psychological music drama Paper Dolls for Paramount+, now available on Netflix.

David is best known for penning ABC’s hugely popular biopic Carlotta (Story Ark Productions, 2014) and for his work on Matchbox/NBCU’s Emmy and BAFTA-winning teen sci-fi Nowhere Boys (ABC Me, 2014-18). He also helped develop the first season of the internationally successful Prisoner reboot Wentworth (Fremantle Australia, 2013).

David’s other writing and creative producing credits include Wanted (Seven Network/ Matchbox Pictures, 2018), Secret Bridesmaids’ Business (Seven Studios, 2019), The Doctor Blake Mysteries (December Media, 2017), A Place to Call Home (Seven Network, 2015-17), critically acclaimed teen series More Than This (Baby Banksia/ Paramount+, 2022) and the beloved, internationally successful Dance Academy (Werner Film Productions, 2010-12).

A former television journalist, David works across all genres but has a particular interest in contemporary stories drawn from real life and edge-of-your-seat thrillers.