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Wayne Hope

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  • Writer
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Wayne Hope
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Wayne Hope is an actor, writer, director and producer at Gristmill, the acclaimed production company he founded with his wife, Robyn Butler. As an actor, Wayne has appeared in iconic comedies, The Castle (1997), The Micallef Program (1998), and Very Small Business (2008), which Wayne also co-wrote and produced. Wayne also co-created, produced and directed the celebrated and award winning comedies, The Librarians (2007) Upper Middle Bogan (2013) and Little Lunch (2015) for ABC TV and The InBESTigators (2019) for Netflix/ABC and the feature film, Now Add Honey (2015). He was nominated for Best Performance in a Television Comedy for Back in Very Small Business (2018) and recently co-created the anthology series Summer Love (2022).
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Known for

    Michala Banas, Robyn Malcolm, Rhys Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins, Patrick Brammall, Lara Robinson, Annie Maynard, Madeleine Maxwell, Harrison Feldman, and Dougie Baldwin in Upper Middle Bogan (2013)
    Upper Middle Bogan
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Summer Love (2022)
    Summer Love
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Very Small Business (2008)
    Very Small Business
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Little Lunch (2015)
    Little Lunch
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director



    • Love Divided by Eleven
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • Colin from Accounts (2022)
      Colin from Accounts
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Summer Love (2022)
      Summer Love
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Eddie Perfect and Lucy Durack in Love in Lockdown (2020)
      Love in Lockdown
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Aston Droomer, Anna Cooke, Abby Bergman, and Jamil Smyth-Secka in The InBESTigators (2019)
      The InBESTigators
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • True Story with Hamish & Andy (2017)
      True Story with Hamish & Andy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Michala Banas, Robyn Malcolm, Rhys Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins, Patrick Brammall, Lara Robinson, Annie Maynard, Madeleine Maxwell, Harrison Feldman, and Dougie Baldwin in Upper Middle Bogan (2013)
      Upper Middle Bogan
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2016
    • Little Lunch (2015)
      Little Lunch
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Now Add Honey (2015)
      Now Add Honey
      4.6
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Robyn Butler in Arrabella Twat (2011)
      Arrabella Twat
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Robyn Butler and Roz Hammond in The Librarians (2007)
      The Librarians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007–2010
    • Irene Korsten in Stories from the Golf (2004)
      Stories from the Golf
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004

    Writer



    • Love Divided by Eleven
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • Summer Love (2022)
      Summer Love
      6.4
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Aston Droomer, Anna Cooke, Abby Bergman, and Jamil Smyth-Secka in The InBESTigators (2019)
      The InBESTigators
      8.2
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2019
    • Back in Very Small Business (2018)
      Back in Very Small Business
      6.9
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • 2018
    • Furst Born
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • original story
      • 2016
    • Little Lunch (2015)
      Little Lunch
      8.4
      TV Series
      • adapted for television by
      • written by
      • 2015–2016
    • Michala Banas, Robyn Malcolm, Rhys Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins, Patrick Brammall, Lara Robinson, Annie Maynard, Madeleine Maxwell, Harrison Feldman, and Dougie Baldwin in Upper Middle Bogan (2013)
      Upper Middle Bogan
      7.8
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • story
      • 2013–2016
    • Robyn Butler in Arrabella Twat (2011)
      Arrabella Twat
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Robyn Butler and Roz Hammond in The Librarians (2007)
      The Librarians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • 2007–2010
    • Very Small Business (2008)
      Very Small Business
      7.4
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • 2008
    • Irene Korsten in Stories from the Golf (2004)
      Stories from the Golf
      7.9
      TV Series
      • creator
      • written by
      • 2004
    • Damian Callinan, Michael Chamberlin, Jason Geary, Corinne Grant, Roz Hammond, Fiona Harris, Peter Helliar, Cal Wilson, Ben Anderson, Scott Brennan, Tom Gleeson, Simon Hall, Scott Edgar, Steven Gates, Ingrid Bloom, and Philippa Northeast in Skithouse (2003)
      Skithouse
      6.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2003–2004
    • The Micallef Program (1998)
      The Micallef Program
      8.5
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 2001

    Actor



    • Colin from Accounts (2022)
      Colin from Accounts
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Wendy's Husband
      • 2024
    • Summer Love (2022)
      Summer Love
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Eddy
      • 2022
    • Drunk History: Australia (2020)
      Drunk History: Australia
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Alexander Pearce
      • 2020
    • Eddie Perfect and Lucy Durack in Love in Lockdown (2020)
      Love in Lockdown
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Josh
      • 2020
    • Back in Very Small Business (2018)
      Back in Very Small Business
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Don Angel
      • 2018
    • True Story with Hamish & Andy (2017)
      True Story with Hamish & Andy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Hilly
      • 2017
    • Little Lunch (2015)
      Little Lunch
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Mr. Haliotis (voice)
      • 2015–2016
    • Michala Banas, Robyn Malcolm, Rhys Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins, Patrick Brammall, Lara Robinson, Annie Maynard, Madeleine Maxwell, Harrison Feldman, and Dougie Baldwin in Upper Middle Bogan (2013)
      Upper Middle Bogan
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Tony
      • 2013–2016
    • Roz Hammond in Hammer or Claw (2015)
      Hammer or Claw
      Short
      • David
      • 2015
    • Molly Daniels, Mia Albers, Branford Gruar, Cosmo Renfree, Zara Sengstock, Dylan Murphy, Nicholas Davey-Greene, Benjamin Symon, Nell Douglas, Declan Vadasz, Alexander Cooper, Tom Henry Jones, Cynthia Wells, Zara Gates, Tom Kantor, and Georgia Thomas in Young Love (2015)
      Young Love
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Principal
      • 2015
    • Robyn Butler in Arrabella Twat (2011)
      Arrabella Twat
      TV Series
      • Producer (voice)
      • 2011
    • Robyn Butler and Roz Hammond in The Librarians (2007)
      The Librarians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Terry O'Brien
      • 2007–2010
    • Very Small Business (2008)
      Very Small Business
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Don Angel
      • 2008
    • Stupid Stupid Man (2006)
      Stupid Stupid Man
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Carl Van Dyke
      • 2006–2008
    • Kick (2007)
      Kick
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Morten
      • 2007

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    Summer Love - Trailer
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    Summer Love - Trailer
    Demo Reel (Wayne Hope - Demo Reel from the Gristmill Website)
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    Demo Reel (Wayne Hope - Demo Reel from the Gristmill Website)
    Demo Reel (Wayne Hope - Demo Reel from the Gristmill Website)
    Demo Reel 5:17
    Demo Reel (Wayne Hope - Demo Reel from the Gristmill Website)
    Stupid Stupid Man
    Trailer 1:04
    Stupid Stupid Man
    The Castle
    Trailer 0:26
    The Castle

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    • Height
      • 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
    • Spouse
      • Robyn Butler(2 children)
    • Children
      • Molly Daniels
    • Other works
      Performed in Metamorphoses (director: Mary Zimmerman), Melbourne Theatre Company (2003)

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      • Male

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