Biography
2021 Produced feature film THE LAST BUS directed by Gilles MacKinnon starring Timothy Spall and Phyliss Logan
2018 Produced feature film SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER starring Bill Nighy
2018 Directed and Produced feature documentary UNSUNG HERO: JACK JONES (the most powerful man in Britain?)
2017 Produced feature film A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN based on the true story of Billy Moore who was incarcerated in a Bangkok prison. Film Premiered in Cannes 2017 cinema release in UK & USA Summer 2018
2017 Directed and Produced feature documentary MY LETTER TO THE WORLD on the life of American poet Emily Dickinson.
2016 Produced feature film A QUIET PASSION Berlin Film Festival World Premiere
2015 Produced feature film SUNSET SONG by Terence Davies UK Release 2014
April 2011 – March 2013 Museum of Liverpool GLOBAL EMPIRE Director of a single screen multimedia film
August 2010-April 2011 Museum Of Liverpool BEATLES IMMERSIVE Director of a 360° film for the new Museum of Liverpool
August 2010 Trades Union Congress Opening Film for the annual Congress Director 2007
November - May 2008 Produced Of Time & the City – Director Terence Davies Theatrical Feature documentary for BBC Films/Hurricane Films/Capital of Culture/North West Vision Digital Departures UK released 31st October 2008
Producer Voted top ten British Films of all time by The Telegraph.
BIFA Nominated Cinema EYE NYC nominated (two awards)
BAFTA Nominated (Producers) for the Carl Foreman Award 2009
Winner BEST FILM 2009 at the Memorimage Flm Festival Reus Spain Winner
FOCAL International Award 2009
Winner BEST DOCUMENTARY New York Film Critics Circle Award Official selection Cannes, Edinburgh, London, Sydney, San Sebastian and Toronto 2008
2008 February – November 2008 Accrington Stanley…Exactly! Series Producer and Director ITV1 Granada Television TX November 2008 Six part observational documentary following the trials and tribulations of the smallest club in the English football league. Winner Royal Television Award ‘Best Regional Programme’ 2009 Winner Royal Television Award ‘Best Sports Programme’ 2009 2007 (March – June)
Making Under the Mud ITV1 Granada TV Documentary following the production of a micro budget feature film. Producer/Writer/Director RTS Winner ‘Best Regional Programme 2007’
2007 (June-August) Falklands Diary ITV1 Granada TV 30 min documentary following three Falkland veteran's stories of their memories of the conflict they took part in twenty-five years ago.
Producer/Writer/Director 2006 (April – December) UNDER THE MUD; a digital low-budget feature film collaboratively written by a group of Liverpool teenagers. Producer/Writer/Director European Mentoring Award 2005 (February-December)
Warplane: 100 years of military technical innovation Documentary History Series 4x60mins for PBS in the USA and Nat Geo/Channel Five. Producer/Writer/Director
Winner USA Cine Golden Eagle
2006 I Survived Impaling Single 1x60mins documentary Investigating incredible stories of human survival Channel Five UK Producer/Writer/Director
2004 I'm A Juvenile Delinquent: Jail Me! 1x30mins BBC1 Drama Directed by Alex Cox Nominated for Best Schools Drama Children's BAFTA Producer
Other films include: Dockers: Writing the Wrongs for C4. RTS Winner (Producer/Writer/Director)
1999 Dead Drunk: Single Drama for BBC2. RTS Winner Single Drama (Producer) 2001 Wrecked: Best Short BB2 Award
2002 WARSHIP: International History Series PBS Merit Winner San Francisco Film Festival
2001 Producer/Writer/Director Also produced over thirty drama shorts. Executive producer on a series of six shorts for NW Vision and Media and UK Film Council.
A member of UK Directors Guild, BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. Interests include Flying (real) and gaming (virtual).
2018 Produced feature film SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER starring Bill Nighy
2018 Directed and Produced feature documentary UNSUNG HERO: JACK JONES (the most powerful man in Britain?)
2017 Produced feature film A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN based on the true story of Billy Moore who was incarcerated in a Bangkok prison. Film Premiered in Cannes 2017 cinema release in UK & USA Summer 2018
2017 Directed and Produced feature documentary MY LETTER TO THE WORLD on the life of American poet Emily Dickinson.
2016 Produced feature film A QUIET PASSION Berlin Film Festival World Premiere
2015 Produced feature film SUNSET SONG by Terence Davies UK Release 2014
April 2011 – March 2013 Museum of Liverpool GLOBAL EMPIRE Director of a single screen multimedia film
August 2010-April 2011 Museum Of Liverpool BEATLES IMMERSIVE Director of a 360° film for the new Museum of Liverpool
August 2010 Trades Union Congress Opening Film for the annual Congress Director 2007
November - May 2008 Produced Of Time & the City – Director Terence Davies Theatrical Feature documentary for BBC Films/Hurricane Films/Capital of Culture/North West Vision Digital Departures UK released 31st October 2008
Producer Voted top ten British Films of all time by The Telegraph.
BIFA Nominated Cinema EYE NYC nominated (two awards)
BAFTA Nominated (Producers) for the Carl Foreman Award 2009
Winner BEST FILM 2009 at the Memorimage Flm Festival Reus Spain Winner
FOCAL International Award 2009
Winner BEST DOCUMENTARY New York Film Critics Circle Award Official selection Cannes, Edinburgh, London, Sydney, San Sebastian and Toronto 2008
2008 February – November 2008 Accrington Stanley…Exactly! Series Producer and Director ITV1 Granada Television TX November 2008 Six part observational documentary following the trials and tribulations of the smallest club in the English football league. Winner Royal Television Award ‘Best Regional Programme’ 2009 Winner Royal Television Award ‘Best Sports Programme’ 2009 2007 (March – June)
Making Under the Mud ITV1 Granada TV Documentary following the production of a micro budget feature film. Producer/Writer/Director RTS Winner ‘Best Regional Programme 2007’
2007 (June-August) Falklands Diary ITV1 Granada TV 30 min documentary following three Falkland veteran's stories of their memories of the conflict they took part in twenty-five years ago.
Producer/Writer/Director 2006 (April – December) UNDER THE MUD; a digital low-budget feature film collaboratively written by a group of Liverpool teenagers. Producer/Writer/Director European Mentoring Award 2005 (February-December)
Warplane: 100 years of military technical innovation Documentary History Series 4x60mins for PBS in the USA and Nat Geo/Channel Five. Producer/Writer/Director
Winner USA Cine Golden Eagle
2006 I Survived Impaling Single 1x60mins documentary Investigating incredible stories of human survival Channel Five UK Producer/Writer/Director
2004 I'm A Juvenile Delinquent: Jail Me! 1x30mins BBC1 Drama Directed by Alex Cox Nominated for Best Schools Drama Children's BAFTA Producer
Other films include: Dockers: Writing the Wrongs for C4. RTS Winner (Producer/Writer/Director)
1999 Dead Drunk: Single Drama for BBC2. RTS Winner Single Drama (Producer) 2001 Wrecked: Best Short BB2 Award
2002 WARSHIP: International History Series PBS Merit Winner San Francisco Film Festival
2001 Producer/Writer/Director Also produced over thirty drama shorts. Executive producer on a series of six shorts for NW Vision and Media and UK Film Council.
A member of UK Directors Guild, BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. Interests include Flying (real) and gaming (virtual).
Credits
My Letter To The World | 1 episode | View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Under The Mud | 1 episode | View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warplane | 2 episodes | View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I Survived | 1 episode | View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warship | 2 episodes | View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Non-Directorial Credits
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Sometimes Always Never | View | ||||
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The Last Bus | View | ||||
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Awards
Skills
- HD
- Hostile environment
- Interactive
- Lecturing
- Self-shooting
- CGI