Philip John
- Known for
- Directing
Biography
Philip John is a multi award-winning Welsh writer director. Ex bass player with DIY punk band Reptile Ranch. Philip dumped the music business following an ill-fated busking trip to Paris with a nine-piece rhythm and kazoo outfit performing Motown numbers. His postgraduate short, Suckerfish, was BAFTA nominated. He has also received two Best Director BAFTA nominations for his work on the UK series Being Human. Philip is known for Downton Abbey (2013-15) Outlander (2016) and Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous comedy, Wedding Belles (2007). Philip's movie Moon Dogs premiered at the EIFF in 2016 to packed houses and much acclaim, and was chosen for Best of the Fest,. Moon Dogs won Best International First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh the same year.
Known For
Filmography
Chennai Story
Movie · Director

Finders Keepers
TV · Director · 4 eps

Annika
TV · Director · 6 eps

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger
TV · Director · 1 ep

Bang
TV · Director · 14 eps

Marvel's Runaways
TV · Director · 1 ep

Marvel's Iron Fist
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Good Karma Hospital
TV · Director · 5 eps

The Halcyon
TV · Director · 2 eps

Moon Dogs
Movie · Director

Stan Lee's Lucky Man
TV · Director · 2 eps

Spotless
TV · Director · 2 eps

Outlander
TV · Director · 4 eps

Crossing Lines
TV · Director · 1 ep

Abroad
Movie · Director

Material Girl
TV · Director · 2 eps

Downton Abbey
TV · Director · 6 eps

Svengali
Movie · Director

Being Human
TV · Director · 11 eps

Ashes to Ashes
TV · Director · 2 eps

Mistresses
TV · Director · 2 eps

Wedding Belles
Movie · Director

Small Gauge Trauma
Movie · Director

Sinchronicity
TV · Director · 2 eps

Sugar Rush
TV · Director · 5 eps

Distant Shores
TV · Director · 3 eps

New Tricks
TV · Director · 6 eps

Doc Martin
TV · Director · 2 eps

Spine Chillers
TV · Director · 3 eps

Cutting It
TV · Director · 2 eps

Wire in the Blood
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sister LuLu
Movie · Director

Murphy's Law
TV · Director · 2 eps
Suckerfish
Movie · Director

A Mind to Kill
TV · Director · 2 eps
Wales Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Bill
TV · Director · 1 ep