ABOUT
I’ve definitely misunderstood the ABOUT page for the longest time. It’s usually been an essay describing what I’ve done in order to convince whoever is reading this to listen to me. However, that’s pointless because anyone reading this probably knows what I've done or in the least what I do. What I am ABOUT is meant to give a reason as to why anyone would listen to me.
I was born in Croydon, my mother and father both of Guyanese/Chinese descent, then raised mostly in the borough of Wandsworth. Parents divorce, mother remarries, and I am raised by my mother and step father from the age of eight. We’re working class, council housed, state educated, religious family of six. I am the oldest child.
My dreams of becoming a professional Aggressive Inline Skater are shattered when we move to Milton Keynes at 16 but I’d always had the background aspiration of wanting to be a writer of some kind: journalist, poet, lyricist, essayist, novelist, librettist, if it required writing I did and wanted to be recognised for it. So I left education, the council house and the religious bit and became fascinated by everything: nature, violence, sex, philosophy, psychology, literature, anthropology, art, philology, medicine, sport, physiotherapy, all the fictions, theatre, music and, of course, movies.
In 2004, Sofia Coppola won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for ‘Lost in Translation’. You hear the word “script" all the time but the idea of writing one never came to mind. Until seeing the softly spoken legacy filmmaker holding that little golden man. I wanted one. So I wrote screenplays. Not Oscar worthy (yet) but enough to get me going to build a minuscule reputation.
Being a Director was not on the brain. Everyone knew Steven Spielberg. To be a movie Director, you needed to be Steven Spielberg and that was impossible. When I discovered you didn’t need to be Steven Spielberg, I wanted to be a Director. Filmmaking does two incredible things at once which is to combine the expansive with the specific. The idea that I can create a whole world but then just focus on a small part of it to give you the sensation of experiencing the whole world is what storytellers dream of.
That was the rub.
Storyteller.
I've found that most filmmakers who used that word to define themselves are usually talking bollocks. I likely am too but that’s my story. I show what I know about my perception of the world. Bollocks or no bollocks. The reason we want filmmakers who’ve lived certain a way, done crazy things, live eccentric but authentic lives is because they have something say. They have an authority on their point of view which when shared can teach us something. I've made the work: homemade shorts, no budget shorts, low budget shorts, high budget shorts, music videos, commercials, theatre, TV and feature film; lectured at Universities; won some minor awards; and again, if you're reading this one of those pieces of work brought you here.
So what am I about? Love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control… and the all things that can undermine them.
And great movies.
Productions
Arthur & Clara Writer/Director (Feature)
Candid Broads Productions
Now's Your Time Writer/Director (Short Film)
Candid Broads Productions
Official Selection Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2026
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Comedy
Official Selection Ealing Film Festival 2026
Savannah Director (Theatre)
Union Theatre
Hollyoaks E6031 Shadow Director (TV)
Will Herbert, Director
Channel 4
Uncle Vanya Director (Theatre)
Old Red Lion Theatre
Casualty S36 E44 Shadow Director (TV)
Piotr Szkopiak, Director
BBC
Casualty S36 E41 Shadow Director (TV)
Duncan Foster, Director
BBC
Eastenders Shadow Director (TV)
Ian Barnes, Director
BBC
Poles Writer/Director (Short Film)
Candid Broads Productions
Official Selection Manchester International Film Festival 2023
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2022
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Director
-Nominated for Best Actress
- Nominated for Best Sound
- Nominated for Best Soundtrack
Official Selection Underwire Film Festival 2022
(BAFTA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Sound
I Am Pilate Writer (Short Film)
Femi Oyeniran, Director
Four8 Films
Official Selection S.O.U.L Fest 2020
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020 - Semi-Finalist
(Oscar Qualifying)
Official Selection Bolton International Film Festival 2020
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Norwich Film Festival 2020
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection British Urban Film Festival 2020
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival 2020
(Oscar Qualifying)
Doctors S21 E109 Shadow Director (TV)
Steve Kelly, Director
BBC
Call It a Day Director (Web Series)
Candid Broads Productions
Official Selection Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Web Series
- Nominated for Best Actress
-Nominated for Best Actress
- Nominated for Best Director
Official Selection Brighton Rocks Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
-Nominated for Best Comedy
In Utero Co-Writer/Director (Short Film)
FITA Films
MK Film Network 48hr Film Challenge
Ovulate Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
Sorted It Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
She’s Just a Girl and So Am I Writer/Director (Short Film)
FITA Films
Say Your Name Writer/Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2019
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Director
- Nominated for Best Actress
Those of Us Writer/Director (Short Film)
Urban Crane Films
Official Selection Bute Street Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- WINNER Best Film
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Screenplay
Just Saying… Co-Writer/Director - 3 Episodes (Web Series)
ItsOriane Ltd
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2019
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Web Series
Finesse (Refix) - Lucien Moon Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
See You When Winter’s Over - Ione Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
I Love You - Kam Singh Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
Recollections: August, 1957 Writer/Director (Music Video)
FITA Films
The Wife Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne/Ozone Productions
…and counting Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne
The Pale Cast of Thought Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne
Free in the Afternoon Writer/Director (Short Film)
XXI Productions
Cannes Film Festival 2015 - Courts Métrages