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Philip John(I)

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  • Writer
  • Actor
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Directing Masterclass at Ffresh Film Festival.
Philip John is a multi award-winning Welsh writer director. Ex bass player with DIY punk band Reptile Ranch. Philip dumped the music business following an ill-fated busking trip to Paris with a nine-piece rhythm and kazoo outfit performing Motown numbers. His postgraduate short, Suckerfish, was BAFTA nominated. He has also received two Best Director BAFTA nominations for his work on the UK series Being Human. Philip is known for Downton Abbey (2013-15) Outlander (2016) and Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous comedy, Wedding Belles (2007). Philip's movie Moon Dogs premiered at the EIFF in 2016 to packed houses and much acclaim, and was chosen for Best of the Fest,. Moon Dogs won Best International First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh the same year.
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  • Awards
    • 11 wins & 11 nominations

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Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
Iron Fist
6.4
TV Series
  • Director
Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014)
Outlander
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
Tara Lee, Jack Parry-Jones, and Christy O'Donnell in Moon Dogs (2016)
Moon Dogs
6.5
  • Director
  • 2016
Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
Downton Abbey
8.7
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Annika
    • Director
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Chennai Story
    • Director
    • In Production
  • The Hoard
    • Director
    • In Development
    • TV Mini Series
  • Nicola Walker in Annika (2021)
    Annika
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004)
    Doc Martin
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Good Karma Hospital (2017)
    The Good Karma Hospital
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • Bang (2017)
    Bang
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2020
  • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
    Runaways
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph in Cloak & Dagger (2018)
    Cloak & Dagger
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
    Iron Fist
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • James Nesbitt and Thekla Reuten in Lucky Man (2016)
    Lucky Man
    • episode director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Steven Mackintosh, Kara Tointon, Olivia Williams, Matt Ryan, Jamie Blackley, Sope Dirisu, and Hermione Corfield in The Halcyon (2017)
    The Halcyon
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014)
    Outlander
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Tara Lee, Jack Parry-Jones, and Christy O'Donnell in Moon Dogs (2016)
    Moon Dogs
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
    Downton Abbey
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Brendan Coyle, Marc-André Grondin, and Miranda Raison in Spotless (2015)
    Spotless
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)
    New Tricks
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2014
  • Donald Sutherland, William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Tom Wlaschiha, Richard Flood, and Lara Rossi in Crossing Lines (2013)
    Crossing Lines
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014

Writer

  • Chennai Story
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Sister Lulu
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Suckerfish
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1999
  • Wales Playhouse
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Saving the Planet
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1989
  • Can't Remember Friday
    • written by
    • Short
    • 1987

Actor

  • Saving the Planet
    • Short
    • 1989
  • Can't Remember Friday
    • Short
    • 1987
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SVENGALI Episode 1 - "God Loves A Tryer" 2009 {(1.1)}

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