Producer/Writer
Producer/Writer
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Hi there, I'm funny looking person Adam Bigum. I write funny things for little people. I write funny things for big people too. I also produce things for screens*. Usually those things are funny but not always (when they are not funny this is almost always intentional). I can do a bunch of other cool things like direct, video edit and bake scones. There's evidence of this below, except for the scone baking: that, you'll have to take my word for it.
*Please note Adam produces for all screens except screen doors (maybe the odd Christmas wreath).
Contrary to what this photo would have you believe, Adam does in fact have arms.
↓ Thing's I've Done ↓
↓ Thing's I've Done ↓
Writer: Upcoming ABC Preschool Animation
Writer: Upcoming ABC Preschool Animation
Pirate Size Productions, ABC - 2 x 7min (2026)
Pirate Size Productions, ABC - 2 x 7min (2026)
Wrote two episodes for an upcoming ABC preschool animation launching April 2026. It's a bright and colourful narrative series that kids are going to fall in love with.
Producer: Eye of the Game
Producer: Eye of the Game
AFL, Vicscreen, MIFF - Documentary, 13min (2025)
AFL, Vicscreen, MIFF - Documentary, 13min (2025)
Teamed up with frequent collaborator and Deaf creative, Ramas McRae. Eye of the Game follows a profoundly Deaf, Australian Rules footballer who defies expectations by playing in an all hearing team, and strives to break out of the reserves and claim a position in the seniors. This was produced as part of the Vicscreen Footy Shorts program in partnership with the AFL and MIFF. It is currently available to watch on afl.com.au and was the only film selected to be personally presented to the AFL executive team.
Producer/Writer: Good Game: Spawn Point S16
Producer/Writer: Good Game: Spawn Point S16
ABC- Comedy, 14 x 40sec (2025)
ABC- Comedy, 14 x 40sec (2025)
GGSP returned to a variety format for 2025. I wrote and produced a regular segment for every episode of the season. Each was a short animated sketch mixing video game characters with reality TV show parodies. I produced a team of 4 independent animators to bring these to life, whilst also writing all scripts and completing sound design.
Producer: Life Ed Theory of Change
Producer: Life Ed Theory of Change
Life Ed Australia- Animation, 90sec (2025)
Life Ed Australia- Animation, 90sec (2025)
Co-wrote and produced this Theory of Change animation for Life Ed Australia, which details their philosophy around educating children, schools and families.
Writer: Good Game: Spawn Point S15
Writer: Good Game: Spawn Point S15
ABC- Comedy, 10 x 30min (2024)
ABC- Comedy, 10 x 30min (2024)
GGSP has been reimagined as a narrative series for season 15. I helped develop this new series, wrote 1 episode in full and wrote the narrative segments (majority of an episode) for an additional 6 episodes.
Writer/Producer/Director: Find the Way to Ask R U OK?
Writer/Producer/Director: Find the Way to Ask R U OK?
R U OK? and Life Ed- Interactive Video (2024)
R U OK? and Life Ed- Interactive Video (2024)
Teaming up with Pirate Size Productions and the one and only Healthy Harold, I delivered this project from creative to release, overseeing everything in between. This content will be used to help educate primary aged children across Australia on how to check in with a friend.
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Writer/Animator: Tetris Short (4.4 mil+ views)
Writer/Animator: Tetris Short (4.4 mil+ views)
ABC Gamer- Animated Short (2024)
ABC Gamer- Animated Short (2024)
Stepping in as an "Animator" in addition to writing and producing for the first time, this short received 4.4 million views across YouTube and Tiktok. I say "Animator" because Lucas Cappy did the more difficult part of animating the eyes, whereas I created the assets, movements and camera angles, which when working with tetris blocks isn't the most difficult thing in the world.
Writer/Producer: Video Game High
Writer/Producer: Video Game High
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 2 (2024)
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 2 (2024)
Developed a new series for ABC Gamer Tiktok and YouTube channels which explores the high school interactions of famous video game characters attending high school together.
Writer Producer: Spider-Mates (114 mil+ views)
Writer Producer: Spider-Mates (114 mil+ views)
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 4 (2023)
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 4 (2023)
Back again for more animated good times, Lucas Cappy and Adam Bigum this time team up with animator Mike Greaney to deliver this series. This run of 4 episodes were created to line-up with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 video game for the Playstation 5. The first ever game to feature both Peter Parker and Miles Morales as playable characters, we decided to play off this feature by depicting the two classic heroes as housemates struggling to get along. To date, the series has achieved over 114 million views across Tiktok and YouTube with a $0 marketing spend.
Writer: Fizzy and Suds
Writer: Fizzy and Suds
Tilt Media, ABC - Preschool Documentary Series, 22 x 11min (2024)
Tilt Media, ABC - Preschool Documentary Series, 22 x 11min (2024)
Brought in late as a post production writer, I was recommended by the ABC to join this project to add my signature humour, fun and left-of-centre way of thinking. My role required me to write new dialogue for animated hosts Fizzy and Suds, two adorable little bubbles who lead the audience in discovering a wide variety of topics.
Writer/Producer: Link's Apartment
Writer/Producer: Link's Apartment
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 8 (2023)
ABC Gamer - Animated Shorts x 8 (2023)
Teaming up with animator Lucas Cappy again, I wrote and produced a series of 8 animations for ABC Gamer. Each episode depicts Link in his day-to-day life with a zany Legend of Zelda twist added. These hilarious mini-shorts coincided with the release of Nintendo Switch video game 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. These shorts were published on TikTok and YouTube and have received over 700,000 views.
Producer: Toonprov
Producer: Toonprov
YouTube- Animated Improv Web Series, 5min, 6 Episodes (2022)
YouTube- Animated Improv Web Series, 5min, 6 Episodes (2022)
Created this new animated series with animator Lucas Cappy. We invited some of the country's best improv comedians to come and voice some famous characters and gave them some wild prompts they'd never seen before. The results were hilarious. You should definitely go watch them all.
Writer/Producer: Soundtrack to Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse
Writer/Producer: Soundtrack to Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse
ABC- Comedy/Drama, 10 x 30min ( 2022)
ABC- Comedy/Drama, 10 x 30min ( 2022)
I was writer/producer for this series; the first ever 'ABC Originals'. I wrote 5 of 10 episodes and produced this edgy, fun, one-of-a-kind show and produced the whole series.
After jumping on board as producer, I was able to continue developing scripts, cast the series (discovering some of the most exciting, young, musically gifted actors), oversee the production of original music for the series and lead a team of skilled, young creatives in delivering the first ever narrative drama that the ABC ME team has ever produced.
Writer: Cameos Stories
Writer: Cameos Stories
Snapchat - New Tech Creative Stories (2022)
Snapchat - New Tech Creative Stories (2022)
I wrote original, short, sharp comedy content for Snapchat's own Cameo's Stories platform. As well as writing scripts I also shot-listed and coordinated with a storyboard artist that I hired for this project . Snapchat's cameo feature takes the face of a user and their most recent in-app contact and transposes those faces onto two characters within a story. These stories can be live-action, animation or comics.
Writer/Director: Dry Fire
Writer/Director: Dry Fire
Farmwalker Films- Short Film, 22min (2021)
Farmwalker Films- Short Film, 22min (2021)
Adam's first ever project that ISN'T a comedy. He can't believe it either... Turns out it wasn't that bad too as it has recently debuted at St Kilda Film Festival to an overwhelming reception. Adam again teamed up with his good friends at Farmwalker Films to produce this one and the results were outstanding. We also uncovered talent Catherine Lillian who has won numerous Best Actor awards at numerous film festivals for her performance in Dry Fire.
Head Writer: Viral Stories
Head Writer: Viral Stories
Snapchat - 1,761 scripts (2021)
Snapchat - 1,761 scripts (2021)
Yes you read that number correctly, my team and I wrote 1,761 scripts for Snapchat in the space of 6 months (1,200 were written by myself alone). Scripts were mostly comedy, but we also delved into other genres. I cannot tell you what the scripts were for unfortunately, as this project was top secret. Through this project I was lucky enough to be able to hire quite a large number of contributing writers and have since formed many strong relationships with those who partook. If you are ever after a specific writer recommendation, I am more than happy to put forward those who I have worked with.
Writer: The Early Night Show 2020
Writer: The Early Night Show 2020
ABC - New Years Eve Family Event - 25min
ABC - New Years Eve Family Event - 25min
Hosted by Rove McManus, this fun New Years Eve special for all ages features live performances, video packages and culminates in an early fireworks extravaganza. Adam was brought on to weave a comedy narrative through the show where two young television enthusiasts get caught up in the mayhem: One is thrown into the deep end and must host the show alongside Rove, while the other must retrieve the remote that sets off the fireworks from Rove's house and return before the time runs out.
Head Writer: Definitely Not News (DNN)
Head Writer: Definitely Not News (DNN)
ABC - Kids Comedy Series, 25min, 19 Episodes (2020)
ABC - Kids Comedy Series, 25min, 19 Episodes (2020)
When the first COVID-19 lockdown caused the proverbial poop to hit the propeller, all ABC ME productions were either cancelled or indefinitely postponed. DNN was created as an answer to the situation; a show that could be produced completely in isolation with no members of the cast or crew ever meeting in person. I had a major hand in the development of this show: creating most characters and segments, establishing a tone and devising some segments that could be produced without hosts due to limited access to them. I'm currently head of the 3-person writing team which produces a new 25-minute episode every week.
Producer: STACKED!
Producer: STACKED!
ABC - Kids Variety Show, 5min, 36 Episodes (2020)
ABC - Kids Variety Show, 5min, 36 Episodes (2020)
Wrote, directed and produced this series and even once appeared in it as a wizard! STACKED! was very fortunate to have completed production just before COVID-19 hit and we were able to polish off all episodes during lockdown. My role involved, but was not limited to: developing new segments, writing to existing formats, scheduling, coordinating crew, producing both studio and on-location shoots, marking up scripts, directing talent, overseeing edits and generally reminding other people how awesome they are.
Segment Producer: The Pack Down
Segment Producer: The Pack Down
ABC - Kids Livestream Show, 50min, 6 Episodes (2020)
ABC - Kids Livestream Show, 50min, 6 Episodes (2020)
Whilst working as a producer on STACKED! I also acted as Talent Producer and developed a number new segments for sister series, The Pack Down. Some of these segments were games and activities for the hosts to play during the livestream, but the most notable were a series of cold-open sketches which opened the show. I was lucky enough to also write and direct them.
Writer/Director: The Starey Bampire
Writer/Director: The Starey Bampire
Farmwalker Films- Short Film, 5min (2020)
Farmwalker Films- Short Film, 5min (2020)
Wrote this family friendly short film in less than 30 minutes, in bed, the night before shooting it. The Starey Bampire started ripping up the short film circuit before COVID-19 stopped it in it's tracks. We entered in the 2020 My Rode Film Competition as a last hurrah, where it took out 1st place in comedy. This little gem has raked in $125,000 in cash and prizes from a $35 budget.
AWARDS:
Sunshine Film Festival: Judges Award, Audience Award (1st Place), Funniest Film
Bendigo Film Festival: 2nd Place, Audience Award
Sanctuary Film Festival: Best Comedy, Crowd Choice Award
Peninsula Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
My Rode Reel Film Competition: 1st Place, Comedy
Comedy
Comedy
Professional Attention Seeker- Since 2011
Professional Attention Seeker- Since 2011
Began stand-up by entering the Raw Comedy competition as my first gig and making it all the way through to the national final. Have performed shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival and have claimed a number of other achievements including:
Raw Comedy National Finalist.
Up The Creek Comedy Competition, Runner Up.
Leicester Square Theatre, New Comedian of the Year Competition, Quarter Finalist.
The Sunday Showdown Comedy Competition, Finalist.
St Kilda Festival, Search for a Funny-bone Competition, Finalist.
Comic's Lounge, Young Guns Comedy Competition, Runner-up.
Contact
Contact
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m. Wouldn't you like to know 😉
p. Who uses landlines anymore?
w. Where you are right now...
a. Wouldn't you like to know 😉
ss. Capricorn
cz. Tiger
ft. Geelong Cats
qz. QZ? What does that mean?!
txjf. Okay, now we're just getting silly. Just email me will ya!
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