John is a profoundly deaf award-winning TV and Film writer/director. Talent spotted by BAFTA, he has won a Peabody for directing CASUALTY @ HOLBY CITY for the BBC DoNation season, an RTS best Fiction award for his short film, CATERPILLAR, a Deaffest Film Festival best screenwriter award for DOT and a CASUALTY episode he directed was a 2020 Rose D’Or finalist. John is a member of the RTS West of England Committee, Directors UK Access & Inclusion committee and co-chair of the DUK Disability Working Group. He is also consultant executive producer for the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT).
Production Credits
CASUALTY
Series XXXV
Episodes 1 & 2
BBC Studios
BBC One
Exec: Simon Harper
Prod: Jo Johnson
CASUALTY
Series XXXIV
Episodes 33 & 36
BBC Studios
BBC One
Exec: Simon Harper
Prod: Dafydd Llewelyn
HOLBY CITY
Series XV
Episodes 39 & 40
BBC Studios
BBC One
Exec: Johnathan Young
Prod: Bianca Rodway
DOCTORS
Season V - XXI
Various Episodes
BBC Studios
BBC One
Exec: Mike Hobson
Prod: Peter Eryl Lloyd
SECONDS FROM DISASTER
Series VI
Episodes 1 & 8
60' Drama Documentaries
Darlow Smithson
National Geographic
Exec: Tom Adams
Prod: Delphine Jaudeau
THE LONDON NAILBOMBER
60' Drama Doumentary
BBC Studios
BBC One
Exec: Simon Ford
STEPHEN LAWRENCE
JUSTICE FOR A MURDERED SON
60' Drama Doumentary
ITV Studios
ITV1
Exec: Mark Scantlebury
Prod: Delilah Jeary
COMING UP
Series IX
Episode 4 'Micah'
Starring - Daniel Kaluuya
Touchpaper Television
Channel 4
Exec: Emma Burge
Prod: John Chapman
HERO ANIMALS
Series I
Episodes 1 & 3
Big Wave Productions
Channel 5
Exec: Sarah Cunliffe
MANHUNT
90'
ITV Studios
ITV1
Exec: Camilla Lewis
Exec: Lisa Ausden
Prod: Michael Armit
STAND BY YOUR MAN
30' Drama
BBC Studios
BBC Two
Prod: Ewan Marshall
DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
30' Drama
BBC Studios
BBC Two
Prod: Ewan Marshall
DOT
Writer
30' Drama Documentary
Blue Marlin Films
Film4
Dir: Bim Ajadi
TRAIL OF GUILT
40' Drama Documentary
BBC Studios
BBC Two
Exec: Owen Gay
MAGIC HOUR II
85' Animation
104 Films
Exec: Daniel Lawson
Prod: Justin Edgar
CATERPILLAR
Short Film
Angelfish Productions
Prod: Rachel E. Carter
Prod: Michael Ford