{{Short description|New Zealand comedian and screenwriter (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Tom Annan Furniss | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | occupation = comedian | years_active = 2009 - present }} '''Tom Annan Furniss''' (born 1988) is a New Zealand comedian.
==Life and career== Tom grew up in Mount Maunganui. He studied Screen and Media Studies at The University of Waikato.<ref name="The University of Waikato">{{cite web|title=Child jumping film wins 48-hour film challenge|date=8 July 2011|url=http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/07child-jumping-film-wins-48-hour-film-challenge.shtml|publisher=The University of Waikato|accessdate=13 June 2013|archive-date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222011447/http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/07child-jumping-film-wins-48-hour-film-challenge.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2010 he was selected as a finalist in Raw Comedy Quest.<ref name=Voxy.co.nz>{{cite web|last=Fuseworks Media|title=Who Will Be The Funniest New Face Of 2010? Raw Comedy Quest Announces Finalists|url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/who-will-be-funniest-new-face-2010-raw-comedy-quest-announces-finalists/5/47580|publisher=Voxy.co.nz|accessdate=13 June 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010337/http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/who-will-be-funniest-new-face-2010-raw-comedy-quest-announces-finalists/5/47580|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2011 New Zealand International Comedy Festival Tom performed alongside John Carr in their debut show ‘Cold Duck and Tamogotchis’.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_4931794">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/4931794/Comedian-takes-rap-for-a-joke |title=Comedian takes rap for a joke |author=Rapley, Kristina |date=27 April 2011 |work=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=23 November 2011 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025235133/http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/4931794/Comedian-takes-rap-for-a-joke |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011 his team Grand Cheval Productions won the 48HOURS Filmmaking Competition with their mockumentary about chumping; men who jump over children.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_5229042">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/5229042/Chumping-craze-sweeps-film-awards |title='Chumping' craze sweeps film awards |author=Jones, Bridget |date=4 July 2011 |work=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=23 November 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903213130/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/5229042/Chumping-craze-sweeps-film-awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="3News_217469">{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Child-Jumpers--V48Hours-2011-champion/tabid/418/articleID/217469/Default.aspx |title=The Child Jumpers – V48Hours 2011 champion |date=4 July 2011 |work=3 News |accessdate=23 November 2011 |archive-date=5 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005121106/http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Child-Jumpers--V48Hours-2011-champion/tabid/418/articleID/217469/Default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Furniss, Tom}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mount Maunganui Category:New Zealand male comedians Category:New Zealand screenwriters Category:New Zealand male screenwriters Category:University of Waikato alumni Category:21st-century New Zealand comedians