.New short film X ANNIVERSARY feat Keeley Forsyth on international festival circuit
.Finalising script + rehearsing next short film JOY feat Ryffin Phoenix
.Original TV drama 60min pilot NETTLES + UK treatment + US pitch. Now writing ep2
.Developing original supernatural-psychological thriller idea VITA into feature script

LA-based actor Ryffin Phoenix cast in my next short film project JOY. I'm developing the title character with Ryffin and taking guidence from her Utah-based Navajo community.
In Los Angeles Oct-Dec meeting industry folk.
Festival Formula submitting my new short X ANNIVERSARY feat Keeley Forsyth to international film festivals now..
Official Selection + Best Cinematography Award nomination Underwire Festival
Attended awards + screening 16 Sept @ Castle Cinema, London
Official Selection for Kerry Film Festival + screens 20 Oct @ St Mary's Church
Official Selection for Margate Film Festival + screens 23 Oct @ Tom Thumb Theatre
Official Selection for Filmstock 12 International Film Festival + screens 22/23 Nov @ Youthscape
Directed two theatre pieces feat Yu Heng Li + Rebecca Rayne for Wolab's HAPPY EVER AFTER? showcase at The Bunker Theatre
Observed Theatre Director Chris Sonnex collaborate with Playwright + TV Writer Anna Jordan and direct rehearsals of We Anchor In Hope at The Bunker Theatre
Selected for Directors UK + Spotlight's Directing Actors workshop
Attended Young Vic Theatre workshops Incorporating Movement: Devising & Collaborating workshop w Kwesi Johnson + Voice: tools for Directors practical workshop w Cathleen McCarron + Dramaturgy in British Theatre workshop w Zoe Svendsen
Applied for BBC New Directors scheme + Directors UK + ITV Studio's Multi-Camera Drama Directors Workshop
Submitted original TV pilot to BBC Script Room Drama 2019

Awarded Directors UK's Inspire Mentoring & Career Development Scheme
Shadowed Feature/TV Director Jill Robertson as she directed Harlots ITV/Hulu S2
Shadowed TV Director David Lewis Richardson as he directed continuous drama
Doctors BBC One
Observed Theatre Director Hamish Pirie direct his tech/dress rehearsal of Instructions For Correct Assembly at Royal Court Theatre
Selected for Euroscript Surgery with Feature/TV Writer Stéphanie Joalland at the
London Screenwriters Festival
Accepted for NFTS developing + pitching drama short course
Accepted for Directors UK pitching workshop
Screened Keeley Forsyth music promo THEN THERE CAME A TIME at first Margate Film Festival ahead of Margate-based short film production of new short
also feat Keeley Forsyth
Pitched as part of Lightening Talk round Genesis Future Director Award at Young Vic Theatre
Submitted original 30min TV drama pilot to 4stories

Williamsburg International Film Festival, NYC
International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (IFFCA), LA
NewFilmmakers Fall series, NYC
SoCal Creative & Innovative Film Festival, LA

Little Black Book online article

DRIVEN has been invited to screen before 'Barton Fink' (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) as part of a series of films presented by the Institute of Psychoanalysis. After the screening, leading psychoanalysts (including Andrea Sabbadini, Chairman of the European Psychoanalytic Film Festival) will discuss 'Barton Fink' while also referencing DRIVEN. I will introduce the film.

NYLA International Film Festival
NewFilmmakers Fall series, NYC
London Independent Film Festival

DRIVEN has received a nomination for 'Best Thriller' at the Limelight Film & Arts Awards

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME charity film for Changing Faces has received a nomination for 'Best Freefall' at the Limelight Film & Arts Awards

Promo News
+ selected for Videostatic's WATCH IT list

Promo News
+ selected for Videostatic's WATCH IT list

DRIVEN short film is now available to rent or purchase on IndieFlix.com

DRIVEN has been selected for Supershorts broadcasts (SKY 219)

DRIVEN has been selected to be screened in New York City as part of the NewFilmmakers Soho Screening Series (British Film Program) at Soho House, 29-35 Ninth Avenue