About me

Joseph’s recent BFI NETWORK gothic horror short ‘The Leerie’, starring Ian Pirie (‘Calibre’, ‘The Dark Knight’), has recently embarked on a successful BAFTA-qualifying festival run, opening with screenings at Cambridge Film Festival, Flatpak Film Festival, London Short Film Festival and Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. Having graduated with a BA in Film Practice at the University of the Arts London with 1st Class Hons. Joseph strives to create visceral and dreamlike experiences within his work, with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and working-class stories. His films are frequently described as ‘surreal’ and ‘dark’, with ‘elements of black comedy’.

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Projects

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  The Leerie https://youtu.be/4LjdYtnG8LQ?si=OvumaYR8mN9sdEqGIn 1899, a Scottish lamplighter facing redundancy is haunted by nightmarish visions of an electric future. When an officious man from the newly-formed Electricity Board shows up at the Leerie's door, his working days are numbered. As his lodgings become infested with rodents, and his night-time shifts are disturbed by an unearthly spectre, he must reconcile with the future or have his light extinguished forever.

Projects credited in

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  Guardian x Grey Goose - How to host the perfect Christmas partyBranded Content for Guardian Labs and Grey Goose. Host Alexandra Dudley takes us through how to host the perfect Christmas party. We talk food, cocktails, prep, styling and more.
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  Production Assistant for 'Hit the Block'During my time at Greatcoat Films, I performed production tasks to help produce the 'Hit The Block' music video featuring SL & Pa Salieu. The video was created for Virgin EMI.
• Production Assistant for 'Pasta'During my time at Greatcoat Films, I performed production tasks to help produce the 'Pasta' music video.

Work history

Visiting Professor, FilmUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Aug 1925London, United KingdomFreelance
I am a frequent returning visiting professor for the film practice course, I have taught everything from screenwriting workshops to working with actors and simulating a studio shoot day.
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Writer DirectorBFI Network
Apr 2022 - Sep 2023London, United KingdomFreelance
I have been awarded two separate rounds of BFI funding. one for my short film The Leerie, which has played at numerous BIFA and BAFTA qualifying film festivals such as LSFF, Cambridge, Flatpack and has 40K views on YouTube. The other was an early development fund, in which I created a treatment and draft script for my debut feature film.

Skills

• Screenplay
• Ceative Writing
• Directing Actors
• Directing Shoots
• Film Directing
• Production
• Production Management
• Arts Funding
• 3D Animation
• 3D Artist

Education

BA Film PracticeUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Aug 2015 - Mar 2018London, United Kingdom
1st Class Hons