RICHARD JOHNS

Producer / Line Producer

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BIAFRA

Director: Mel Gibson.

Writers: Ann Peacock and 

Executive Producers: Frederick Forsyth, Bill Haber and Rupert Jermyn.

Starring: David Oyelowo.

Corona Content / BBC.

 

SUPERVISING PRODUCER

OFF THE RAILS

Director: Jules Williamson.

Producers: Bill Kenwright and Arabella Page Croft.

Starring: Kelly Preston, Franco Nero and Ben Miller.

Bill Kenwright Films/Metro International Entertainment 

 

RECENT DRAMA:  IN DEVELOPMENT

HOTEL WAR - PRODUCER / UK LINE PRODUCER

Writer: Tom Williams.

Starring: Freddie Highmore

Co-Production with Korda Studios, Hungary

Drama series.   6 x 1 Hours.  Returning anthology

GRACE - PRODUCER

Writer: Medeni Griffiths.

BBC TV. Contemporary drama series  6 x 1 hours .  Returnable

 

LIFE & DEATH – PRODUCER

Writers: Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran.

Turnaround from ITV.  Contemporary drama series  6 x 1 hours.  Returnable

 

CAPE REVELATION  – UK PRODUCER

Writers: Gavin Strawhan and Pip Hall.

Director: Bharat Nalluri.

TV3 NZ.

Contemporary thriller. 6 -part mini series shooting New Zealand 

HOPE FALLS – UK PRODUCER

Writer: Katie Ford.  Based on an idea by Roland Joffe

Co- Production with Shaftsbury Films.

CBC.  Contemporary dreamed  10 x 1 hour series shooting Ontario

THE SHEPHERD - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Writer / Director: Iain Softley

Starring: John Travolta

Co-EP Frederick Forsyth. Co-Production with Bill Kenwright.

Feature length single film for theatrical and TV

 

FEATURE FILMS:

THE LIABILITY – PRODUCER

Director: Craig Viveiros.

Starring: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Tululah Riley, Kierston Wareing

and Peter Mullan.

Corona Pictures.

TRUTH OR DARE – PRODUCER

Director: Rob Heath.

Starring: David Oakes, Alexander Viahos, Jack Gordon, Liam Boyle, Jason Maza, Tom Kane, Jennie Jacques and Florence Hall.

Corona Pictures.

DANGEROUS PARKING – PRODUCER

Director: Peter Howitt.

Starring Peter Howitt, Saffron Burrows, Sean Pertwee and Tom Conti.

Flaming Pie Films.

LIKE MINDS –   CO -PRODUCER

Director: Gregory Read.

Producer: Piers Tempest.

Starring Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh and Eddie Redmayne.

Gunpowder Films.

THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - LINE PRODUCER

Director: John Hay.

Producer: Tracey Adam.

Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Dougray Scott.

Lex Filmed Entertainment.

FAT SLAGS - LINE PRODUCER

Director: Ed Bye.

Producer: Luc Roeg.

Starring Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson, Geri Halliwell, Anthony Head and

Jerry O’Connell.

AIN / Entertainment Film distributors.

THE CALCIUM KID - CO-PRODUCER.

Director: Alex de Rakoff.

Starring : Orlando Bloom, Omid Djalili, Ronni Ancona and David Kelly.

Working Title 2 Films.

SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - CO-PRODUCER

Director: E Elias Merhige.

Writer: Steven Katz.

Producers: Nicolas Cage and Jeff Levine.

Luxembourg Co-Producer: Jimmy de Brabant.

Executive Producers: Paul Brooks and Alan Howden.

Starring : John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, Cary Elwes and Udo Kier. Shot on location and studio in Luxembourg.

Pilgrim Films/Saturn Films/BBC Films.

2 Academy Award Nominations.

Official Selection - Cannes 2000 Director’s Fortnight.

DOWNTIME - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Director: Bharat Nalluri.

Writer: Caspar Berry.

Executive Producers: Nik Powell and Stephen Woolley.

Starring : Paul McGann, Susan Lynch, Tom Georgeson and David Roper.

Shot on location and studio in Liverpool.

Pilgrim Films/Scala Productions/Ima Films (France).

Screened at Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and London Film Festivals.

KILLING TIME - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Director: Bharat Nalluri.

Executive Producers: Paul Brooks and Alan Martin.

Writer: Neil Marshall, Fleur Costello and Caspar Berry.

Starring : Craig Fairbrass, Kendra Torgan, Peter Harding and Nigel Leach.

Shot on location and studio in Newcastle.

Pilgrim Films/Metrodome Films.

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DRIVEN - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Director: Bharat Nalluri.

Writer: David Fryer.

Starring : Pavel Douglas, Paul MacNeilly and Anna Galvin.

30 minute thriller noir drama for Tyne Tees/Yorkshire/Granada TV.

Houston Worldfest Film Festival Category Winner and Silver Award.

IN BED WITH JIMMY MONTY - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Director: Bharat Nalluri.

Writers: Neil Armstrong, Brian Walsh and Mark Robertson.

Starring : Adam Pearson, Carol McGuigan and Dave Johns.

30 minute comedy drama for Tyne Tees Television.

SHORT FILMS:

FISH - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Director: Bruce Goodison.

Producer: Deborah Hunter.

Writer: Tony Owen.

Starring Mel B.

Broadcast on BBC Choice.

PSYCHE OUT - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Director/Writer: Stewart Svaasand.

Producer: Deborah Hunter.

Starring : Jason Hughes, Darren Tighe and Phil Hoffman.

Widespread UK festival screenings.

NEW VISIONS - PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Six short films commissioned by Tyne Tees/Yorkshire/Granada TV for new Writers and Directors.

NIGHT NURSE DIRECTOR/WRITER: CASPAR BERRY.

Royal Television Society (NorthEast Centre) Best Broadcast Drama,

San Francisco Golden Gate Film Festival Certificate of Merit.

DOG EAT DOG DIRECTOR/WRITER: NEIL MARSHALL.

TEA TIME DIRECTOR/WRITER: FLEUR COSTELLO.

HARRY’S ASHES DIRECTOR/WRITER: STEPHANIE CLOVER.

WILD BLUE DARK DIRECTOR/WRITER: DAVID FRYER.

JAM PACKED DIRECTOR/WRITER: MALCOLM MCLUCAS.

 

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