John Maidens

An Oceanographer, zoologist and scuba diving instructor, John's first worked at the BBC Natural History Unit. He has since produced and directed a variety of primetime broadcast programmes across factual entertainment, documentaries to drama-documentaries and drama.  

Trained at the BBC Drama Directors Academy in directing multi-camera drama, John was  talented spotted by BAFTA and won an RTS Best Fiction award for his first short film, 'Caterpillar'. A regular director for BBC's Doctors and Holby City, John also directed ‘Micah’, a comedy-drama starring Daniel Kaluuya (Johnny English Reborn, Sicario) for Touchpaper TV / Channel4’s ‘Coming Up’. 

John has produced/directed films for corporate, charity and commercial clients which include; UK Film Council, Arts Council, ITV, HSBC, Carphone Warehouse, Vodafone UK, Royal Bank of Scotland, Epson. 

Profoundly deaf from birth, John is a visually instinctive and passionate story-teller with a cinematic flair. An experienced, adaptable and versatile multi-camera director and communicator with an intuitive ability to generate honest and compelling performances.