Born by the sea. Crackle of vinyl LP’s. Pretending to be an American radio DJ. Bikes. Boats. Skateboards. Surf. Saturday westerns through gran’s Embassy Regal haze. Moviedrome. Super 8. London via San Sebastián and Hossegor. Runner. Art dept. 16mm skate and surf films. MTV. Made some more films. Made better films. Destined to make more…

Highlights 
Being on set, road trips, first frames of my first film flickering onto the screen in the telecine, award nominations, watching the audience laughing at all the ‘wrong’ bits of my first feature, screening a film at Mann’s Chinese Theatre, A long lunch with Billy Connolly, the Superbank, first barrel

Influences 
Too many tunes to mention, Blake, Powell and Pressburger, Lynch, Lean, Mallick, Rumi, Martin Guitars, The Highlands and Islands, wilderness