The Big One

Writer / Director
When a fiery teenager accosts a washed-up porn star with a paternity test minutes before his comeback shoot, all hell breaks loose.

  • Short film in development, serving as a calling card for feature screenplay THE PUNK & THE GIGOLO
  • IMIS ‘Out Loud’ Competition winner
  • Long-listed (Top 3%) for BBC Drama WritersRoom 2022 (TV Pilot)

First Snow

Writer / Director
When two teenage sweethearts reconnect in their late twenties, they attempt to re-scale the dizzying heights of first love.

  • Upcoming UK production
  • Produced by Steve Lennon
  • Screenplay reached the Sundance Screenwriters Lab second round and was a WeScreenplay semi-finalist

The Violinist

Writer / Director
A homeless violinist, chased to the last carriage of a train by the inspector, imagines herself at the centre of a fifties-style musical song-and-dance fantasy alongside the passengers that ignore her.

  • Funded by the Ontario Arts Council & Canada Council for the Arts.
  • Broadcasting on CBC Gems through 2022/23.
  • Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival 2020 WINNER – Best Director, Nominee – Best Musical, Best Original Composition, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design
  • Brazilian Monthly Film Fest 2020 WINNER Best Production Design, WINNER Best Director, Nominee Best Screenplay, Best Drama
  • Toronto Cyft Film Festival WINNER – Best Score
  • Music + Sound Awards 2020 Nominee – Best Original Composition for a Short Film

Joseph's reel

Writer / director - short film
When an elderly man is allowed to relive one day of his life before passing away, he becomes caught between reliving a beautiful memory and a heart-wrenching admission. Shot on 35mm, starring Robert Hardy, Alice Lowe, Oliver Tilney and Ella Road.

  • 1.7M views in Top Rated (98% likes) category on Omeleto.
  • DoP: Eben Bolter.
  • Produced by Forty Foot Pictures.

The end of the line

Writer / director - short film
When two old flames bump into each other on a train, an unveiled secret leads to a shocking confession

The film is a proof of concept for the feature screenplay ‘First Snow’.

  • Shot May 2019 in London / Cambridge
  • Starring Charles Warburton and Benedita Pereira
  • WINNER – Best Film, Drama, WINNER – Best Actress, Nominee – Best Screenplay, Best Director, Lonely Wolf Independent Film Festival 2020
  • WINNER – Best Script, Phoenix Shorts Festival 2021
  • DoP: Christopher Sharman

The Rise and Fall of Tom and Sarah

Writer / Director - Short film
Mid-way through the mother of all break ups, Tom Finley remembers the first time he met Sarah Wright – over the counter of a London supermarket. Comedy drama starring Danny De Lilo and Hannah Wilder.

 

Made in London for £250 (and a lot of favours).