Matilda Curtis is a BAFTA-winning writer based in London. She is represented by Casarotto Ramsay in the UK and UTA in the USA. She holds dual citizenship of the UK and US.

Matilda co-created comedy drama series DINOSAUR, a co-production of BBC and Hulu, with Two Brothers Pictures, the team behind Fleabag. Watch Season 1 here on BBC iPlayer. Watch here on Hulu. Season 2 is currently filming in Glasgow, UK.

DINOSAUR won the BAFTA Scotland for Writing (Film and Television) in November 2024, as well as the Audience Award. It was nominated for 5 awards in all, including Television Scripted, Director Fiction and Actress Television. It won the RTS Scotland award for Best Comedy, and has been nominated for an RTS award for Best Writer, The Broadcast Awards for Best Comedy Series, Edinburgh TV award for Best Comedy Series and the BANFF Rockie Awards for Best Comedy Series.

Matilda wrote the original pilot of the show which was shot and transmitted in 2021 for BBC3. She is developing a film project with Studio Canal, a drama series with Carnival and a comedy drama with Hartswood Films.

She is also developing a short film called THE BREAKUP PARTY to direct and co-write.

Matilda studied English at Oxford. She is a graduate of the Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab and the Dramatic Writing short course at RADA, and took her one-woman play Somebody to the Edinburgh Fringe. She has been in writer’s rooms for Channel 4 and Netflix. She likes offbeat, female-centred stories with humour, empathy and heart. She is open to any genre… except “girl boss in petticoats” or dragons. But hell, let’s discuss it!