Tom's Dream

Jonny is immensely passionate about regional voice in film and stimulating social change through cinema. His advocacy has been recognised through the Cultivator and the University of Plymouth creative leadership development programme which supports a new generation of creative and cultural leaders in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. His most recent directorial project ‘An Tarow’ – commissioned through the Cornish Language Office and Screen Cornwall 2019 FylmK Fund – has been widely recognised at the BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay, as well as Cornwall, Little Wing and Two Short Nights film festivals, including a win for Best Director. His latest film ‘Tom’s Dream’ is touring Cornwall in the Spring as part of the Hall for Cornwall Behind the Postcard programme, and in 2020 his experimental documentary experimental documentary ‘Small Groups Through Time’ was commissioned by The Hypatia Trust. He is currently developing a slate of shorts and features through production company Studio Erma. As an assistant director in Cornwall his recent credits include, BAFTA winning director Mark Jenkin’s up-coming ‘Enys Men’, Jamie Adams’ improvised feature ‘She Is Love’, and various funded shorts with BFI NETWORK, Directors UK, and the Challenge Alexa Film Fund.