Thom Harp

Thom Harp is an American screenwriter and director. His movies include 2023's The Donor Party and 2025's Home Delivery. He was co-producer and co-writer on 2021's fictional podcast Dark Air with Terry Carnation starring Rainn Wilson.

Early life and education Harp's father was in the Navy and Harp was born on base. Harp went to Occidental College, where Chick Strand and Esther Yao were a few of his professors. Harp graduated in 1992, with a double major in film and theater.

Career After graduating college, Harp and his wife relocated to Alaska, and then to Seattle, where he began writing and directing short films. In 2003, Harp met Mike Standish at a scripting-pitching event at the Seattle International Film Festival. In 2004, Harp directed the short films, 8 Minutes to Love, written by Jennifer Matte and starring Sandra Oh and Afternoon Delight, written by Harp and edited by Lynn Shelton. In 2005, they co-wrote Driver's Ed, which Harp directed, eventually streaming on Funny or Die. They also co-wrote 2007's Fortune Hunters starring Gedde Watanabe. In 2013, Harp directed Profiles In Excellence: Phil Ma, Fortune Cookie Writer starring Randall Park and Dominic Burgess.

Beginning in 2016, Harp directed numerous shorts for Funny or Die like How to Apply For A Sexual Position, starring Alison Becker and Justine Bateman, which was co-written by Becker and Harp.

In 2021, Harp co-produced the fictional podcast, Dark Air with Terry Carnation starring Rainn Wilson for SoulPancake. He told the podcast, 39 Minute Conversations, that two weeks before the onset of the pandemic, their writer's room kicked off, which included Harp, Danielle Koenig, Mark Loughlin and co-creators Aaron Lee, and Rainn Wilson. They produced the series over Zoom during the first year of the pandemic.

In 2023, Harp's first feature was released, The Donor Party. It was distributed by Vertical Entertainment. Its casting director, Anthony J. Kraus, was nominated for an Artios Award in the Feature Micro Budget Comedy or Drama category for this film.

Home Delivery was released March 2026. It was a sixteen day shoot and was dedicated to director Lynn Shelton, who had given him pivotal advice at the start of their careers in Seattle, telling him, "You should be in one location for that whole day—you lose several hours loading up the truck again and moving to the next location. If everything happens over the course of a day, then it’ll help with the costume changes and the hair continuity.’” Peter MacNicol, Tracie Thoms and Rainn Wilson.

Personal Harp met his wife in college. They have three children. 8 Minutes to Love Short Director Starring Sandra Oh Written by Jennifer Matte 2005 Driver's Ed Short Director, Co-writer Starring Jessica Skerritt, Tony Doup Co-written by Mike Standish 2007 Fortune Hunters Short Director, Co-writer Starring Gedde Waranabe, Kelvin Yu, Jessica Skerritt Co-written by Mike Standish 2016 Profiles in Excellence Funny or Die Digital Short Director, Writer Starring Randall Park, Dominic Burgess Produced by Jessica Green and SoulPancake Exit Survey Short Director, Co-writer Starring Kim Shaw, Blake Cooper Griffin, Kandis Lewis Co-written by Kris Carey 2017 Mulva Lends A Hand Funny or Die Digital Short Director, Writer Starring Erica Rhodes, Elisha Yaffe How to Apply for a Sexual Position Funny or Die Digital Short Director, Co-writer Starring Alison Becker, Justine Bateman Co-written by Alison Becker Heavy Flow Short Director, Writer Starring Kate Morgan Chadwick, Jeff Torres Killer Charm Short Director, Co-writer Starring Blake Cooper Griffin, Sheilla Carrasco, Jesse Burch Co-written by Kris Carey 2022 Unbridled Short Writer Directed by Chelsea B. Lockie Starring Caitlin Simpson, Mischa Dani Goodman 2023 The Donor Party Feature Director, Writer Starring Malin Akerman, Jerry O'Connell, Rob Corddry 2025 Home Delivery Feature Director, Writer Starring Lesley Ann Warren, Melanie Field, Rainn Wilson, Joe Pantoliano, Donald Faison, Jimmi Simpson