AWARD WINNING, LONDON BASED FILM + COMMERCIALS DIRECTOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER CREATING SMART, SOULFUL, VISUALLY DRIVEN STORIES
I create eclectic projects across commercial, brand, music, comedy, corporate and animation, partnering with brands, artists, production companies or agencies; with playful takes on technology, arts, culture, history, parody set pieces, seeking light in between the darkness and finding any excuse to reference Bruce Springsteen.
I wrote and directed short film PANDEMIC SPY, nominated for best comedy film at the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, winner of 7 best comedy film awards including Paris Short Film Festival, North London Comedy Shorts; and official selection at 21 film festivals including London Lift Off, Making Waves, Manhattan Film Festival and Romford Film Festival.
Other works include "Elephant in the Womb", "Picturebook Romance" and my music videos for Cornershop, Maroon Town and Punkture Sluts have been screened at BAFTA qualifying London Short Film Festival and Aesthetica Film Festival.
I have a series of shorts in development which I intend to expand into longer form projects and am interested in exploring narrative drama/comedy projects in commercial, tv and film.
AWARDS + ACCOLADES
- Best Comedy Film - Paris Short Film Festival
- Best Film - AltFF Alternative Film Festival
- Best UK Short - North London Comedy Shorts
- Best Comedy Film - OTB Only The Best Film Awards
- Best Long Short - Berlin Flash Film Festival
- Best Comedy Film - Global Indie Film Fest
- Best Actor - Night of Comedy Shorts
- Nominee Best Comedy Film - Carmarthen Bay Festival (BAFTA Qualifying)
- Nominee Best National Film + Best Performance - Making Waves Festival
- Finalist - Performance Short Film Competition
- Finalist - APEX Film Awards
- Semi Finalist - Dumbo Film Festival
- Semi Finalist - Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival
- Honourable Mention - UK Seasonal Short Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS + SCREENINGS
- Official Selection - London Short Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying)
- Official Selection - Aesthetica Short Film Festival (BAFTA Qualifying)
- Official Selection - London Lift Off Festival
- Official Selection - Manhattan Film Festival
- Official Selection - Romford Film Festival
- Official Selection - MELECH Tel-Aviv International Film Festival
- Official Selection - UK Film Review Festival
- Official Selection - Ealing Film Festival
- Official Selection - Golden Nugget International Film Festival
- Official Selection - Detmold International Short Film Festival
- Hackney Empire
- Stratford Circus
- BT Tower
- Traverse Theatre
SKILLS + EXPERTISE
- Director (live action and self-shooting)
- Producer
- Scripted visual setpiece projects
- Documentary and interview led projects
- Working with actors and non actors
- Virtual Production training (VP 101, Mars Academy)
- Script & treatment writing /Character & world building
- Editor
- Photography
- Stop Motion Animation
- Member of Directors UK
- Baking Baklava
FILMS I LOVE
Back To The Future (1985) / Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) / History of the World Part 1 (1981) / A Fish Called Wanda (1988) / The Usual Suspects (1995) / Nightcrawler (2014) / Up (2009) / Inside Out (2015) / Cold War (2018) / Casablanca (1942) / The Prestige (2006) / Rear Window (1954) / The Producers (1967) / This Is Spinal Tap (1984) / To Be Or Not To Be (1983) / Hot Fuzz (2007) / 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) / The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) / Midnight In Paris (2011)
