John Dryden

John specialises in innovative approaches to recording radio drama, freeing it from the limitations of the studio.

John is an award-winning director and writer who has worked on many dramas for broadcasters in the UK including the BBC and Channel 4. He is currently working with producers Jane Scott and Martin McCallum on the feature film A SUITABLE BOY from the novel by Vikram Seth. His screenplay was selected for the six-month script development programme at the Binger FilmLab a script development programme based in Amsterdam.

Much of John’s work as a director has been for BBC radio for which he has pioneered what The Times newspaper described as, “a kind of movie for the wireless” with his productions of BLEAK HOUSE and FATHERLAND. He won this year’s Sony Radio Academy Award for best drama production for the ten-part serial “Q & A” which he directed. Other recent radio dramas include THE CAIRO TRILOGY staring Omar Sharif, which also won a Sony Radio Academy Award in 2007. He is currently writing and directing a thriller commissioned by the BBC set in Japan and directing an adaptation of Orhan Pamuk’s MY NAME IS RED in Turkey. He directed the short films THE BONE TRADE and ROAST CHICKEN, which was produced by Rutger Hauer’s Film Factory and screened at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival.

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