Jon Stanford

About

Interested in character driven drama Jon's work focuses on individuals and their relationship with the places in which they live. His films have been screened at Encounters Bristol International Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival, The London International Documentary Festival, International Cinematographers' Film Festival Ostrava Kamera Oko, 26th Brest European Short Film Festival and shortlisted for the Iris Prize. A recent graduate of the London Film School, Jon gained MA/Distinction with a specialisation in directing. This practical based course has proved key in developing Jon's directorial style and provided the opportunity to direct comedy, drama, horror and documentary.

Jon Stanford

Course:
MA Filmmaking
Course number:
167
Graduation year:
2011
Nationality:
United Kingdom
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Graduation film

Lost Tracks

Tobi’s filling a tin with the money to run away from teenage life in rural Shropshire. She’s disillusioned with what’s left of family life, friends and the community around her. As she counts down the days to departure a new girl enters the dead-end scene and an unlikely friendship develops.
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LFS Filmography

Chicken, WRTIER/DIRECTOR, HD, 5m, FFP, 2011
Farmhand, PRODUCER, HD, 5m, FFP, 2011
Lost Tracks, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Super16mm, 23m, LFS, Official Selection of the Ostrava Kamera Oko's competition
The Saxaphoner, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, Mini-DV, 9m, FFP, 2010
Woodhouse, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, B&W, 10m, LFS, 2009
In Long Forgotten Fields, DIRECTOR, DV, 18m, LFS, 2009
Phone A Friend, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2009
She Shows Me Her Gifts, PRODUCER, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2009
The Traveller, PRODUCER, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2009
A Shot in the Dark, PRODUCER, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2009
Through the Looking Glass, PRODUCER, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2009
Official selection for Fike Film Festival, Portugal, 2008
Tric-Trac, PRODUCER, 16mm, Colour, 3m, LFS, 2009
Arthur's Retrospective, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, B&W, 4m, LFS, 2008
Monogamy, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Mini-DV, FFP, 2007