Ian Heydon is an award-winning comedy writer who, over the last two decades, has written for television, radio, print, stage, internet and has a number of recordings.

Ian's hobbies include scuba diving, painting (canvases, not houses), fine wine (and not so fine wine) and playing pool. Married with two children he lives in Toowoomba in South-East Queensland.

Television

Writer on various comedies and specials including Kingswood Country, Daily At Dawn, Graham Kennedy's World of Comedy, Home Sweet Home, AFI Awards, Howard: The Mild Colonial Boy.

Radio

Writer/producer comedy/lifestyle programs including For The Term Of Her Natural Life, The Samuel Pepys Show, How Green Was My Cactus, The Year My Country Broke, Paul Clitheroe's Talking Money, Getaway. Guest lecturer at the Australian Film Television and Radio School 1995 - 1999. The Walkabout Man, Weekend Wine Warrior (2005) and comedy segments for Charles Wooley Across Australia (2007).

Stage

Union Soup, The Samuel Pepys Show, Everybody Makes Misteaks, Black & Blue, Big Fat Bastards Like Me.

Recordings

4 albums from Samuel Pepys Show, 5 from How Green Was My Cactus, 1 from The Year My Country Broke. Lyrics for Wind in the Wire, Sand and Sea and Barbed Wire Fences (Dave Prior), comedy/lyrics Big Fat Bastards Like Me. Writer Full Member APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd).

Print

• Publisher and Creative Director for Kid Zone - national monthly magazine for 9-14 year olds (1987-1990).
• Contributor - Internet chapter for three editions Paul Clitheroe's Making Money (1998/99/2001).
• Contributor Australian Film Television and Radio School Handbook (Radio Comedy section) 2000, 2006
• Author, The Small Guide to A Big Country (Explore Australia 2003)
• Articles for Voyeur and Holidays for Couples magazines (2005)

Internet

• Developed and Produced Getaway Online (1996-1998).
• Executive Producer, Travel Online (1999-2001)
• Creative Director, Ancestor Travel and Great Britain & Ireland Visitors Bureau (2002)
• Small Guide to A Big Country (2003)
• Vanuatu A to Z and Honeymoon Vanuatu (2003)
• Fiji A to Z and Cook Islands A to Z (2004)
• Resort Weddings, Tropical Honeymoons and Study Vanuatu (2005)
• Samoa A to Z and Gay Vanuatu (2006)
• Go Vanuatu, Cruise Vanuatu, Honeymoon Pacific, Eulogy Writer (2007)
• Carrot Cake: The Definitive Guide, Tonga A to Z, Explore Tanna, Explore Santo, Wedding Writer (2008)

Awards

• "Pater" (Australasian Academy Of Broadcast Arts and Sciences) Scriptwriter of the Year (1983, 1984 & 1985)
• "Pater" for Best Independent Production (1987)
• "Goldie" Time Club Award for Best Advertising Campaign (1985)
• "Raward" (Radio Industry Award) Best New Syndicated Program (1993)
• Accreditation Fiji Matai Travel Specialist (2005)

Nominations

• "Awgie" (Australian Writers Guild) (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993)
• "Pater" (1984, 1985)
• "Raward" (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• Telstra Financial Review Internet Awards, Best Travel/Leisure Site (1997)
• People's Choice Heritage Song for Wind in the Wire, Australian Country Music Awards (2001)