Tom Gleisner - Definition and Overview

Tom Gleisner (born ) is an Australian director, producer, writer, occasional actor and author.

He is a currently a member of the Working Dog Productions which produced The Panel television show and the movie, The Castle.

Credits include:

• "The Panel" == himself
• "The Late Show" == himself
• "The Dish" (2001) == Producer, Screenwriter
• "All Aussie Adventures" (2001) == Director, Screenwriter
• "The Castle" (1997) == Screenwriter
• "Funky Squad" (1995) == Character "Poncho", Producer, Screenwriter
• "Frontline" (1994 Televison Series) == Character "Colin Konica (photocopy repairman)", Director, Producer

He has written several books based on the fictional cricket identity: "Warwick Todd"

He has also written a number of Fly fishing books along with Rob Sitch.

Gleisner and Santo Cilauro are also responsible for the travel guide parodies in the "Jetlag Travel Guide" series. As of 2004, this series stands at the Eastern Europe send-up of "Molvania: A Land Untouched by Dentistry" and the more recent parody of South-East Asian destinations "Phaic Tan: Suntan on a Shoestring".