JOHN GIWA-AMU (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)

John produced the feature film LITTLE WHITE LIES which received six BAFTA Cymru nominations including Best Picture. LITTLE WHITE LIES has won numerous awards at European film festivals and was listed in Variety’s top 10 British Films of that year.

As a director, John has been nominated for the Screen Nation Award twice and has won the BBC New Filmmaker Award for his short film BARRIE THE BARBER. In 2008 the UK Film Council chose John as an honoree of their BREAKTHROUGH BRITS scheme to represent UK’s Black and Asian talent in Los Angeles. In the same year John won the BAFTA Cymru Award for his short film, OWL CREEK BRIDGE.

In Jan 2010 he finished producing eight short films for the BBC and is currently in active development on three further screenplays with the UKFC and Film Agency of Wales.