Directing

Philip John

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Directing

Credits

10 titles

Philip John is a multi award-winning Welsh writer director. Ex bass player with DIY punk band Reptile Ranch. Philip dumped the music business following an ill-fated busking trip to Paris with a nine-piece rhythm and kazoo outfit performing Motown numbers. His postgraduate short, Suckerfish, was BAFTA nominated. He has also received two Best Director BAFTA nominations for his work on the UK series Being Human. Philip is known for Downton Abbey (2013-15) Outlander (2016) and Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous comedy, Wedding Belles (2007). Philip's movie Moon Dogs premiered at the EIFF in 2016 to packed houses and much acclaim, and was chosen for Best of the Fest,. Moon Dogs won Best In…

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Behind the camera

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A Welsh-Indian man's quest to find his estranged father with an impromptu visit to his homeland.

Chennai Story

Wedding Belles poster
6.2

A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories.

Wedding Belles

2007

Moon Dogs poster
4.9

Two teenage step brothers head off on a road trip across Scotland, with their relationship challenged by Caitlin, the free spirited and enigmatic girl who comes between them.

Moon Dogs

2016

Abroad poster
5.0

A young Canadian girl struggles to decipher the ways of the English especially the men when she comes to London to take up a junior position at the London Post.

Abroad

2010

Svengali poster
NR

Satirical sitcom on the music industry.

Svengali

2009

Svengali poster
NR

Satirical sitcom on the music industry.

Svengali

2009

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8.0

A sardonic tale of love, sex and female perversion - a succulent slice of modern sin.

Suckerfish

1999

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8.0

A sardonic tale of love, sex and female perversion - a succulent slice of modern sin.

Suckerfish

1999

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5.0

Not a second is wasted in this phenomenal, rosary-tight whirlwind of shadowy nuns, premature burial and extreme exit strategies. Wow is the word, blessed be.

Sister LuLu

2001

Small Gauge Trauma poster
1.0

Hand-picked by Fantasia’s Mitch Davis, SMALL GAUGE TRAUMA is an extraordinary collection of 13 award-winning shorts from 8 countries. It represents some of the strongest and most eccentric highlights from the festival’s trailblazing history with the form and is a veritable must-have for lovers of the unusual, aficionados of the fantastic and anyone with an interest in world cinema.

Small Gauge Trauma

2006