Films

A collection of some short film I’ve written and occasionally directed. These were usually part of BraineHownd Films, which was set up by my brother Mark AC Brown.

My award-winning short film, I Am Lonely. It won the NFB Canada Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival

A rich landowner is escorted to a lavish ball by a lady of the night. On the journey, she tells him The Ballad of the Lonely Highwayman. But all is not what it seems as myth and reality blur. Starring:
Victoria Johnston
Chris Spyrides
Jack Baldwin
Written and directed by Jonathan Brown.

A group of friends argue over the merits of a new app that charges them with looking after a homeless person. It might be a game to them, but for their avatar, it is life and death.
Claire – Anna James
Jane – Claire Morley
Mike – David Phillips
Shelter Worker – Matthew Pattison
with Guy Samuels as GARY
And Amelia Tyler as the iHomeless App
Directed, Edited & Produced by Tony Hipwell
Screenplay by Jonathan Brown
Shot by Steve Piper
Sound by Oliver Mitchell & Jack Hobbs
Make Up by Molly Carroll
App Design by Cal O’Connell

Dave and Nikki live a perfect middle-class existence. Safe in their own little bubble, this life is threatened when their neighbour’s fighting starts to encroach on their day-to-day world. The question is – do they intervene in what is clearly a violent situation or do they just ignore it and hope it goes away?
A satire on foreign policy and Britsh manners.
Written and directed by Jonathan Brown
Starring Matt Prendergast and Rachael Holoway
DoP: Jack Reynolds
Sound: Michael Clayton
Editing, Sound Design, titles and more – Frederic Fournier