Joseph Ollman is a multi award-winning and BAFTA Cymru nominated Writer/Director from Wales. His debut short, ‘Throw Me to the Dogs’ was entirely improvised, using non-professional actors from the community. It earned acclaim, winning several awards - including ‘Best Director’ at Shuffle Film Festival. Later, he was nominated for BFI Future Shorts ‘Best Director’, after having the film screened at BAFTA and Oscar Qualifying festivals all over the country, including Aesthetica, London Short Film Festival and Cork Film Festival. It also earned a ‘Short of the Week’ pick, distribution on ‘MUBI’ and a Vimeo ‘Best of the Month’ once released.
His second short ‘Meat on Bones’ was screened at BAFTA and Oscar Qualifying festivals all over the country and was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru in 2017. He later directed a short film, ‘Penelope’ as a part of a TV-Mini Series for ‘It’s My Shout Productions’ in co-production with BBC Wales, which was broadcast on the 28th of November, 2016 on BBC Two. His next film ‘Bitter Sky’, starring Darci Shaw and Richard Harrington, was produced by BFI Net.Work, Ffilm Cymru and BBC Wales. It screened at multiple prestigious BAFTA and Oscar Qualifying festivals such as Aesthetica Short Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival, on two separate programmes. The film was later broadcast on BBC Two, iPlayer and gained distribution on 'Mubi’. He’s just finished his latest short ‘The Trail’, under his own production company Four Face Films, starring Kieran Urquhart and Suzy Whitefield. As a writer, he has been involved in the BBC Writers Room programme, after submitting his TV pilot ‘All Poor Creatures’, which was also awarded at the Celtic Screen Talent Showcase at Edinburgh Film Festival. He directed the #SPYCOPS campaign video, for Police Spies Out of Lives, funded by Lush UK.
He is also an actor, appearing in such shows as HBO/BBC ‘Industry’, Sky/Epix show ‘Domina’ and Channel 4/Hulu ‘Queenie’.
FILM REVIEWS & PRESS
Bitter Sky UK Film Review Bitter Sky Dream Cage Review
BFI Network Interview. Film and TV Now Interview
Indie Shorts Mag Bitter Sky Review The Edge Magazine Interview
Viddy-Well Interview for Bitter Sky Just Celebrity mag Bitter Sky Review
Arts Muse Magazine Bitter Sky Interview Bitter Sky Screen Critix Review
Meat on Bones UK Film review Meat on Bones Review by The Independent Critic
Throw Me to the Dogs UK Film Review Throw Me to the Dogs Short of the Week Review
Interview with UAL about Throw Me to the Dogs Interview with Ritzy Picturehouse Cinema
Meat on Bones TMFF Review Meat on Bones Screen Critix Review