Directing
Joby Stephens
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Directing
Credits
12 titles
Joby Stephens is an English film director, producer, writer, and editor, having completed his feature directorial debut, Abandoned - an ambitious independent production now in post-production. His early career includes Project One (co-directed with Adam Kirley), the acclaimed short Skin Deep, and the award-winning action short Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre, which received critical praise with Joby serving as producer. He was also Producer and 1st AD on School Fight hailed as “the most ambitious British indie ever made” helping guide the project to acquisition by MARV Films before its festival debut. More recently, Joby Stephens has established himself in the horror genre with the inte…
Known for
NRChasing a viral video to save their channel and friendship, two urban explorers break into a derelict facility scarred by sinister experiments. Trapped among its secrets, they enter a nightmare where history manifests as evil.
Abandoned
2026
NRThe misadventures of Leo, his wild imagination and his friends at school. When new girl Candy joins the class. Candy brings her baggage, in the shape of her ex Bobby. As tension builds the only reasonable conclusion for Leo. School Fight.
Stuntnuts Does School Fight
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10.01896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.
Origin
2024
6.0Souther and Nordland forces have been locked in war for decades on Nu-Earth. The war has turned the planet toxic. Genetic Infantrymen designed to survive the poisonous atmosphere are deployed in a surprise offensive. The plan is leaked and the Genetic Infantrymen (GI's) don't stand a chance. They are ambushed in the Quartz Zone and are massacred.
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre
2018
10.0After a late bar shift, Lily walks through the quiet echoes of a Friday night to meet her taxi. But as the night’s silence closes in, and her phone battery dwindles, she realises something is following her — and it's been after her far longer than she knows.
Within
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5.5This entry for the London Sci-Fi 48 Hour Film Challenge is fantastic for its location, costuming and cinematography alone, but the nearly naked blind chick with the power to make people spout poetry with a touch of her fingertips to the temple is a confusing and intriguing figure that shoves it right over the top. And what does she want with that baby?
247 Degrees North
2011
Behind the camera
NRChasing a viral video to save their channel and friendship, two urban explorers break into a derelict facility scarred by sinister experiments. Trapped among its secrets, they enter a nightmare where history manifests as evil.
Abandoned
2026
NRChasing a viral video to save their channel and friendship, two urban explorers break into a derelict facility scarred by sinister experiments. Trapped among its secrets, they enter a nightmare where history manifests as evil.
Abandoned
2026
NRChasing a viral video to save their channel and friendship, two urban explorers break into a derelict facility scarred by sinister experiments. Trapped among its secrets, they enter a nightmare where history manifests as evil.
Abandoned
2026
NRThe misadventures of Leo, his wild imagination and his friends at school. When new girl Candy joins the class. Candy brings her baggage, in the shape of her ex Bobby. As tension builds the only reasonable conclusion for Leo. School Fight.
Stuntnuts Does School Fight
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10.01896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.
Origin
2024
10.01896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.
Origin
2024
10.01896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.
Origin
2024
6.0Souther and Nordland forces have been locked in war for decades on Nu-Earth. The war has turned the planet toxic. Genetic Infantrymen designed to survive the poisonous atmosphere are deployed in a surprise offensive. The plan is leaked and the Genetic Infantrymen (GI's) don't stand a chance. They are ambushed in the Quartz Zone and are massacred.
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre
2018
10.0After a late bar shift, Lily walks through the quiet echoes of a Friday night to meet her taxi. But as the night’s silence closes in, and her phone battery dwindles, she realises something is following her — and it's been after her far longer than she knows.
Within
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10.0After a late bar shift, Lily walks through the quiet echoes of a Friday night to meet her taxi. But as the night’s silence closes in, and her phone battery dwindles, she realises something is following her — and it's been after her far longer than she knows.
Within
—
10.0After a late bar shift, Lily walks through the quiet echoes of a Friday night to meet her taxi. But as the night’s silence closes in, and her phone battery dwindles, she realises something is following her — and it's been after her far longer than she knows.
Within
—
5.5This entry for the London Sci-Fi 48 Hour Film Challenge is fantastic for its location, costuming and cinematography alone, but the nearly naked blind chick with the power to make people spout poetry with a touch of her fingertips to the temple is a confusing and intriguing figure that shoves it right over the top. And what does she want with that baby?
247 Degrees North
2011
