About Jack Jewers
Jack Jewers is a filmmaker and visual artist.
Passionate about telling stories in all media, his body of work crosses film, TV, and digital. His short films and web series have been shown in and out of competition at major festivals around the world, including Cannes, New York, Washington D.C., Marseille, Dublin, and London’s FrightFest. He has also worked in advertising.
Jack has won several accolades for his film work, including an award from the Royal Television Society and a nomination for Best Short Film by BAFTA Wales. He has been invited to speak about his work at several major film and TV industry events, including Series Mania in Paris. .
Away from the cinema in all its forms, Jack has a deep interest in literature and history. His debut novel, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys, was published to rave reviews in 2022, including being named an historical fiction book of the year by The Times.
He lives near London with his wife, the author Christi Daugherty. You can find out more about his work at www.jackjewers.com.
Other Films and Series
by Jack Jewers
Whatever After
Sometimes the wrong dreams come true… A fantasy anthology series for adults, Whatever After takes myths, legends, and fairy tales, and reimagines them for the modern age. Three short pilot episodes have been produced, featuring Jessica Brown Findlay as the narrator.
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The Memory Project
A found footage web series which takes a different abandoned home movie each episode and remixes them to create something beautiful. Real lives. Real history. Reimagined.
Two series of The Memory Project were produced for Facebook in the spring of 2020, gaining a quarter of a million views in just a few weeks.
Night School
Set in the world of the bestselling books by CJ Daugherty, Night School was one of the most popular British web series ever produced. It has racked up millions of views on YouTube and was an official selection at several film festivals around the world.
Press coverage included a cover story in the Guardian and features on BBC Radio.
Shalom Kabul
At the turn of the 20th century, there were approximately 80,000 Jews living in Afghanistan. By 1999, there were just two. Yitzhak Levy and Zebulon Simentov lived together in a ramshackle house in Kabul, surrounded by the Taliban, And they hated each other.
A dark comedy with a heart, Shalom Kabul is the tale of a true Afghan odd couple.