1st Assistant Director
John’s rise through the ranks of the AD department has been marked by sure-footedness and steady progress. With a background that includes numerous primetime dramas and major studio productions where he served as a 2nd and 3rd AD, as well as some additional photography and second unit work as a 1st AD, he has demonstrated his ability to meet the demands of both cast and production. John is now poised to take on the role of a main unit 1st Assistant Director and he has bases in Bristol and London.
Bad Sisters
1st Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Gran Turismo
1st Assistant Director (Splinter Unit)
Selected credits
date | production | director / production company |
television: |
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2024 | BOARDERS Series 2 (Scheduling) | Sarmad Masud / Studio Lambert for BBC |
2024 | BAD SISTERS Series 2 (Additional Photography) | Dearbhla Walsh / Merman Films for Apple TV+ |
2023 | CASUALTY | Cóilín Ó Scolaí / BBC |
2022 | BAD SISTERS (2nd Unit) | Dearbhla Walsh, Josephine Bornebusch / Merman Films |
2022 | CHLOE (Drone Unit) | Alice Seabright / Mam Tor Productions for BBC |
features: |
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2024 | FLY LITTLE BIRD (UK Unit) | Johannes Boesiger / Jovera Pictures |
2023 | GRAN TURISMO (Splinter Unit – Budapest, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Dubai) | Neill Blomkamp / PlayStation Productions |
as 2nd Assistant Director |
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television: |
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2024 | THE FORSYTE SAGA | Meenu Gaur / Mammoth Screen for PBS |
2024 | DUNE: PROPHECY (Key 2nd AD - Budapest) | Richard Lewis / HBO Max |
2023 | LIONESS (Floor 2nd AD, Morocco) | Anthony Byrne / 101 Studios for Paramount+ |
2023 | QUEEN CHARLOTTE (2nd Unit) | Tom Verica / Shondaland for Netflix |
2022 | BAD SISTERS (Crowd 2nd AD) | Dearbhla Walsh, Josephine Bornebusch / Merman Films |
2022 | CHLOE | Alice Seabright / Mam Tor Productions for BBC |
2020 | A BRAVE NEW WORLD (Floor 2nd AD) | Owen Harris, Craig Zisk / Amblin Television for Peacock |
feature films: |
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2023 | MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE | Steven Soderbergh / Warner Bros. |
2021 | THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3 (Floor 2nd AD) | Mike Rohl / Netflix |
2017 | THE CURRENT WAR (Additional Photography) | Alfonso Gomez-Rijon / BGI Supplies |
as 3rd Assistant Director |
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television: |
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2021 | MANHUNT | Marc Evans / Buffalo Pictures for ITV |
2019 | CURFEW (Shot in Scotland) | Colm McCarthy, Christopher Smith / Sky |
2017 | THE BOY WITH THE TOPKNOT | Lynsey Miller / Kudos for BBC |
2017 | THE WHITE PRINCESS | Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios / Company Pictures |
2016 | POLDARK Series 2 | various / Mammoth Screen for BBC |
2015 | BLACK SAILS Series 2 (Shot in South Africa) | various / Platinum Dunes for Starz |
2014 | HOMELAND Series 4 (Shot in South Africa) | various / Showtime Networks |
2012-13 | STRIKE BACK Series 3 & 4 | various / Left Bank Pictures for BBC |
features: |
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2018 | THE LAST WITNESS | Piotr Szkopiak / Vicarious Productions |
2017 | PADDINGTON 2 (Additional Photography) | Paul King / Heyday Films |
2015 | MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (Shot in Namibia) | George Miller / Warner Bros. |
2012 | CHRONICLE | James Dodson / 20th Century Fox |