Philip John

History

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.

Movies

Moon Dogs
Director
Two teenage step brothers head off on a road trip across Scotland, with their relationship challenged by Caitlin, the free spirited and enigmatic girl who comes between them.
Hanuman the Immortal 2
Editor
Thousands of years after the war of Lanka, a mutant demon warrior is back with a vengeance. Resurrected after the apocalyptic war, this dark force Raaka, has set his eyes on what all human eyes have failed to see, the hidden land of the Vaanars and his nemesis, Hanuman! He is the only hurdle en-route the evil enterprise of reawakening the Asura race. Watch this thrilling story unfold.
Abroad
Director
A young Canadian girl struggles to decipher the ways of the English especially the men when she comes to London to take up a junior position at the London Post.
Svengali
Producer
Satirical sitcom on the music industry.
Svengali
Director
Satirical sitcom on the music industry.
Wedding Belles
Director
A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories.
Sister LuLu
Director
Not a second is wasted in this phenomenal, rosary-tight whirlwind of shadowy nuns, premature burial and extreme exit strategies. Wow is the word, blessed be.
Suckerfish
Writer
A sardonic tale of love, sex and female perversion - a succulent slice of modern sin.
Suckerfish
Director
A sardonic tale of love, sex and female perversion - a succulent slice of modern sin.
Chennai Story
Writer
The film follows Nikhil, a working-class South Asian Welshman, who following the death of his mother, travels to his ancestral homeland in Chennai, India, to locate his estranged father. In Chennai he encounters Anu (Ruth Prabhu), a street-smart private detective whom he hires to assist with his quest. More accustomed to fish and chips than authentic Masala Dosa, the frantic, colorful new world sweeps Nikhil off his feet, as does his undeniable chemistry with Anu which drives them closer together and on a collision course with her conservative parents.
Chennai Story
Director
The film follows Nikhil, a working-class South Asian Welshman, who following the death of his mother, travels to his ancestral homeland in Chennai, India, to locate his estranged father. In Chennai he encounters Anu (Ruth Prabhu), a street-smart private detective whom he hires to assist with his quest. More accustomed to fish and chips than authentic Masala Dosa, the frantic, colorful new world sweeps Nikhil off his feet, as does his undeniable chemistry with Anu which drives them closer together and on a collision course with her conservative parents.
Arrangements of Love
Adaptation
A Welsh-Indian man's quest to find his estranged father with an impromptu visit to his homeland.
Arrangements of Love
Director
A Welsh-Indian man's quest to find his estranged father with an impromptu visit to his homeland.