Exmouth, England, United Kingdom
My background was in professional youth and community work spread over 16 years, during which time I helped develop OSBD media charity that focused on making films that matter and developing emerging film talent. After 30 years OSBD closed its doors in May 2025. Leaving full time youth work i've spent the last 30 years making films from education to documentary and feature film. My passion is to discover and tell great stories to the right audiences in the right way to hopefully achieve the best impact. My first feature film "The Insatiable Moon" after a successful run in NZ and UK cinemas and 4* in Empire magazine won best foreign film at Moondance festival USA and best Actor and best supporting Actor at the NZ film awards. "Last Shop Standing" made in 2012 is a 50 minute documentary film i directed about the rise fall and rebirth of the UK indie record shop featuring Paul Weller /Johnny Marr / Billy Bragg : 5 stars and " brilliant" Q magazine It toured UK cinemas and was regularly broadcast on Sky Arts for several years. Over the past several years i have gone onto make another 10+ feature length documentaries which have been shown in the cinema in the Uk , internationally and on streaming platforms. I also helped establish a new MA in film marketing and distribution at Birmingham City University which launched Sept 2013 . I worked on it part time up until 2022 as a VL connecting students to the film industry. I am passionate about helping emerging talent, about truly independent and entrepreneurial filmmaking with sustainability both for the filmmakers and the planet. For more info go to: pippiperfilm.co.uk Check out my latest feature documentary in cinemas now, www.jointhewater.com Full credits here: IMDB: shorturl.at/csGKV
Helping to develop a very exciting new offering , launching later this year.
media charity making films with and for young people and engaged in dialogue around spirituality and global issues and emerging culture.
I helped to found the MA in Film Distribution and Marketing and annually teach on its course to students from around the world.