About

BIOGRAPHY

John splits his time between Cumbria and London, and works in communications. He has a practice-based PhD in contemporary art and his short films have screened at a number of film festivals in Europe and North America.

STATEMENT

My films primarily explore themes of landscape and journeying. Motion picture film is my preferred shooting format.

FILMOGRAPHY

‘The Beckoning Tarn’ (2025); ‘Blue Passport’ (2020); ‘Slate’ (2019); ‘After Paxos’ (2019); ‘From Markov to Skripal’ (2018); ‘The Night Train North’ (2018); ‘Whose Dreamland?’ (2017); ‘Heading Due North’ (2017); ‘Coastal Drift’ (2016).

SCREENINGS, AWARDS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Kerry International Film Festival (2025, Ireland); Open University & National Trust (2025); Keswick Film Festival (2025, UK); Hidden Door Festival (2021, UK); Worcester Film Festival (2021, UK); Kinoskop (2020, Serbia); Marcello Italian Film Festival (2020, UK); Crossing the Screen International Film Festival (2020, UK) (Winner); ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (2020, Germany); ULTRAcinema 20 (2020, Mexico); Moviate Underground Film Festival (2020, USA); CINECITY Brighton Film Festival (2020, UK); Engauge Experimental Film Festival (2020, USA); Transient Visions (2020, USA); Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery (2020, UK); Soto Aqua Film Festival (2020, Italy); Underneath the Floorboards (2020, UK); Connect International Video Art Festival (2020, USA); Micro Acts 6 (2020, UK); Experimental Edge Film & Art Festival (2020, USA); 73 Cinema (2019, UK); ULTRAcinema 19 (2019, Mexico); Exploding Cinema, Margate NOW Festival (2019, UK); Winter Gardens Film Festival (2019, UK) (Winner); Moviate Underground Film Festival (2019, USA); Newlyn International Film Festival (2019, UK); Oscillation Transia Film Festival (2018, USA); aDifferent festival (2018, USA); Harrogate Film Festival (2018, UK); Moviate Underground Film Festival (2018, USA); Dorking Film Festival (2018, UK); Crossing the Screen International Film Festival (2018, UK); Analogica Selection 7 Tour (2018, Mexico); Analogica Selection 7 (2017, Italy); Crossing the Screen International Film Festival (2017, UK).