Joseph Ollman
Directing
Biography
Joseph Ollman is a Welsh actor, writer and director. His debut short Throw Me to the Dogs was screened at several festivals including Aesthetica, London Short Film Festival and Cork Film Festival. His second short Meat on Bones was also screened at festivals all over the country and was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru in 2017. He later directed the short film Penelope as a part of It's My Shout: Short Films from Wales, broadcast in 2016 on BBC Two. His next film Bitter Sky, starring Darci Shaw and Richard Harrington, screened at multiple festivals such as Aesthetica Short Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. It was later broadcast on BBC Two and streamed on Mubi. His next short, The Trail, was produced by his own production company Four Face Films.
Known For
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
Industry
The extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world. Follow Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress.
Domina
The powerful real-life story of Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. Based on the young adult novels by Richelle Mead.
Vampire Academy
When a cleaner is hired by a wealthy businesswoman, her life changes forever as their initial friendship threatens to become a manipulative, psychological game of cat and mouse.
The Guest
Six scenes. Six years. Six moments that shaped the relationship of Jenna and Leon. Pink Wall examines what defines us, the pressures of gender expectations, and our perpetual struggle between life and ambition.
Pink Wall
A love story set during the Great American Eclipse.
Souls of Totality
Martin’s sister, Sam, takes him on a walk to reconnect. However, their encounter with a suspicious walker who hands them a complimentary parking ticket fills Martin with a sense of dread and paranoia about their safety.
The Trail
Lucy Castor works for a sex robot packaging company where synthetic humans are packaged and stored awaiting customers' orders.
Stockroom
In the Welsh wilderness a young girl must break away from the coercive control of her adopted father, reluctantly befriending a lad from the local scrapyard.
Bitter Sky
A troubled teenage boy, growing up in a dreamless wilderness and isolated from those around him, is stripped of his dignity as his father abandons him for the outside world which he is trying to retreat from.
Throw Me To The Dogs
Adele, Jude and Debbie, a gang of mischievous teenage girls, hatch a plan to steal from a wealthy woman. But have they taken on more than they bargained for?