Director's Works
Immensely talented and with a self-described ‘curious soul’, Joe Connor has made a name for himself in film, music, theatre and photography. Experienced and single minded in his quest to direct Joe is a creative polymath; director, recording artist, photographer, mime artist, clown! Joe’s commercial work includes films for Land Rover, Volvo, Nike, Puma and most recently Summer of Music for BBC Creative. His films have been shortlisted at Cannes Lions, D&AD’s, British Arrows and 1.4. Joe has directed music videos for Harry Styles, Ellie Golding, Paul Weller, Coldplay, Sam Smith and Placebo and has picked up several best music video nominations at the UKMVA’s. Breathe, Joe’s latest short, is a beautifully elegant film and a visceral reminder to pause our hectic post-Covid lives and is a film is a reflection of Joe’s innate creativity and Joe is the co-founder and artistic director of the acclaimed visual theatre company Parrot in the Tank, has directed fashion films for Paul Smith and with Hollywood luminaries Tom Hiddleston, Lily James and Stanly Tucci and shot still portraits of Ed Sheeran, Anthony Joshua and Kylie Minogue. Joe’s drive and energy is led by his love of entertainment and all the ways to tell a story, whether through music, imagery, language or performance. Having trained as a theatre director at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating with First Class Honours – in mime!, and spent nights working as a 35mm projectionist at The Everyman Cinema, he has a great and passionate understanding in the power of film and the endless potential for the creativity that it provides.
The crew on this was INCREDIBLY small, it was just a cast and crew of 3 people including Joe, who shot this all so was a massive effort to get it done. They put themselves in some spicy situations to get the images, wanted people to feel like they were inside the wave and it paid off - as you can see.