2024 Disney Program Writer, Jorge Thomson

We’re excited to share that 2024 Disney Program Writer, Jorge Thomson, has staffed on Season 1 of Disney Branded Television’s WIZARDS — the reboot of WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE! A queer comedy writer with Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Irish American roots, Jorge spent his childhood moving back and forth between Washington D.C. and New Mexico. He disappointed his two lawyer parents by going to NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts to study acting. Since then, he’s performed improv and produced comedy shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Jorge worked as the Writers’ PA on the final two seasons of MODERN FAMILY, as Development Assistant for comedy writer Abraham Higginbotham at 20th Television, and as Showrunner’s Assistant on UNCOUPLED and TWISTED METAL. He was a 2020 National Hispanic Media Coalition Writing Fellow, a finalist for the 2022 Disney Writing Program, and was selected by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers to participate in the STARZ #TakeTheLead Writer’s Intensive in 2022. Through joke-heavy and heartwarming writing, Jorge explores his own Latinx cultural identity crisis, finally proving he was right to pocket his law school tuition. Keep up the great work, Jorge!