Directing / Writing
Storytelling is at the heart of my work. Here is a selection of projects I have developed, written and directed. (Note: If you’re curious about my music and the songs I write, here’s a link thattakes you to a separate page about songwriting….). And/or you are interested in my background on-camera, there is a page on presenting and on-camera work.
Wrote and directed ‘One Day’ for 2269
Wrote and directed ‘Mad Factory’ for The Third Floor
Wrote and co-directed this promo for PlayStation’s Wonderbook
Wrote and directed ‘Hansel v Gretel’ an interactive story for PlayStation
Here’s a short clip of ‘Funny Notion’, a song I wrote about a summer road trip
Led a team of artits, designers and programmers to create a fully immersive and interactive world in virtual reality
Author: ‘2DO Before I Die’ book
“What do you really want to do before you die?
And what are the stories of your life that you know you will remember your whole life?”
Long before there were ‘bucket lists’, my friend Chris Day and I set up a website, gathered true stories from young and old of their most personal stories and wrote a book called 2DO Before I Die. It was one of the first of its kind, deriving its stories from user-generated content. Designed to help people record & share the pursuit of personal ambitions both huge and tiny, it was published in the US & UK by Time Warner. The book has since been translated into nine languages. It was a complete joy to make. Best of all was touring the USA and hearing contributors read aloud their own stories.
International press included radio interviews on NPR and BBC, features in Metro and Men’s Journal and a TV interview on Channel 5 News. I wrote, pitched and sold the treatment to the publisher, and edited all contributed stories. Amazon.
Co-Founder: ‘The Greatest Party of All Time: 2269’
With my friend Peter Dean, I co-founded an unusual and award-winning project encouraging long-term thinking and collective storytelling.
Successfully launched on Kickstarter, and featured at length in The Boston Globe, 2269 is designed to be passed from one generation to the next. For more, visit: 2269.co
Podcast Creator & Host
I love podcasts. I have created and hosted two of them.
My first, Crowd Scene, (Apple link) is a podcast about entrepreneurial artists, designers and inventors. More recently, I’ve launched ‘The 2269 Podcast’ (Spotify link) where guests select favourite things to pass on to their descendants.
Both feature entertaining, inspirational interviews with people seeking to make a difference with their work and art.
Interactive Narratives
I’ve written and directed multiple ‘interactive narratives’ Each is an original project, designed from the ground up, marrying storytelling with a certain level of participation from the audience, The interactive element I’ve learned has it’s own rewards and challenges. In the process, I’ve worked closely with Pixar, BBC, CNN, ITV, Sony PlayStation, The Third Floor and others.