Independent filmmaking is my passion. There is nothing more exciting to me than creating an idea, finding a few actors, then getting out there and shooting it.
I never let budgets be a hindrance. My style has always been to take whatever resources I have at any given moment, and to make something with it.
I write, direct and edit all of my films – and work with some of the best upcoming actors in the industry.
Here are a selection of my short films. Not all of them are my most recent, but they’re some of my favourites.
‘Emilie and New York City’ was shot the day after it was written, on a whim in New York City. ‘Worldwork in Rwanda’ is a documentary piece about reconciliation in Rwanda. ‘Mess’ is a remake of my first ever short film, and ‘Sally the Life Coach’ is a web-series.
I alternate the films I show on this page. They’re all low-budget, and they’re all pieces of me.
A film about a woman, New York City, and the years that pass.
Cast: EDEN MARRYSHOW, CHELSEA WATTS
Written, Directed & Edited By: DANIEL JOHNSON
A clip of the work I have been filming in Rwanda for the past two years, where an organisation called CFOR bring perpetrators and survivors of the 1994 genocide together to reconcile.
A young couple, a hasty marriage, and a whirlwind of romance. What could go wrong?
Cast: AMY BURROWS, JOSEPH TREGEAR
Written, Directed & Edited By: DANIEL JOHNSON
Sally The Life Coach is a positive-thinking-and-doing-and-believing life coach. Here she shares her views on abundance and the river of life.
Cast: NATALIE GUMEDE, TONY CRAIG, ELIZABETH GUTERBOCK, WILLIAM HARTLEY, STEPHEN MITCHELL.
Created by: DANIEL JOHNSON
Full Series: www.sallythelifecoach.com