Phillip John

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Philip John is an award winning and multi BAFTA nominated Director and Screenwriter

Philip, played bass with DIY punk band Reptile Ranch. Along with Spike Reptile, Simon Smith and Andrew Tucker, he founded Z-Block Records; a non profit-making collective releasing records by fellow Cardiff based DIY bands, including the Young Marble Giants. Philip also ran a musicians collective at the seminal Grassroots Cafe on Charles Street in Cardiff. Philip dumped the music business following an ill-fated busking-trip to Paris with nine-piece kazoo band performing Motown numbers, and set about equipping himself to work as a film maker.

A graduate of Newport Film School, Philip won Best Fiction Film at the BP EXPO student film awards for his first short "SURFACE TENSION" and the following year Runner Up Best Screenplay for "DANDO'S BRILLIANTINE" in the FUJI SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. On leaving film school Philip made a further three short films under various schemes. "SIXTEEN OUNCES" was made as part of an in-house BBC Wales scheme. BBC Wales and Sgrin Cymru collaborated on 'Welsh Rarebits, which produced Philip's controversial and BAFTA NOMINATED short film "SUCKERFISH."