Award-winning writer, director, and comedian, Mick Dow was born in Scotland, brought up in Yorkshire and now lives in London.

Beginning as a street performer in Covent Garden, London, Mick went on to UK tours and regular TV appearances with his own take on visual comedy

Mick's visual comedy stand-up show, 'Men in Coats' became a YouTube Viral Hit and was in YouTube's top ten "Most Watched Comedy Videos" worldwide for more than a year.

Mick has made pilots with the BBC and Aardman and now a growing library of darkly comic short films.

As a student, director Nic Roeg, singled out Mick's graduation film for praise, commending its' ‘considerable humor and a witty resolution.’ During his time at the London Film Academy, Mick also wrote the multi-award-winning student short ‘Interference’. (Best Student Short - London Short Film Festival)

His most recent film, the dark comedy, ‘Hope in a Box’ went on to win several awards, including Mark Kermode’s Best of Fest, Isle of Man 2018.

“I hadn’t seen anything like it before, I just loved it and it really made me laugh.”
(Mark Kermode)

Mick is a hands-on director, who builds his own sets and takes on much of the art direction in all his films. He has art directed several films including the short film, 'Lifetime Guarantee’ (Directed by ‘Pretty Bonnets’ DoP Johnnie Ford) for which Mick won Best Art Direction at the Durham Student Film Festival.

Mick is presently developing a feature script and a TV series.