JONNY DRY

Director / writer

​Multi-award winning filmmaker and writer.

Social change through cinema.

Co-founder of Studio Erma.

Participatory writing and film.

Occasional assistant director for film and theatre.
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@_jonnydry

Film

'Sun Shines on Me', 2024, NYU Tisch Film School, directed by Owain Astles.

'Salvage', 2023, funded by BFI NETWORK, written by Callum Mitchell.

'Open Country', 2023, funded by Exeter Pheonix.

'Tom's Dream', 2022, Screen Cornwall and Hall for Cornwall commission, written by Jowan Jacobs.

'Small Groups Through Time', 2021, Hypatia Trust commission.

'An Tarow', 2020, funded by FylmK 2019, written by Samuel Jay Chessell. Available on BBC iPlayer.

​BFI NETWORK/ Film Hub South West, New Writers Lab, 2019.

Awards

'Salvage', Two Short Nights 2025 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

​​'Tom's Dream', London Lift-Off Film Festival 2024 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

'Salvage', Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2024 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

'Open Country', Two Short Nights 2023 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

'An Tarow', Two Short Nights Film Festival 2021 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
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'An Tarow', Babel Film Festival 2021 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

'An Tarow', Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2020 - NOMINATED Best Celtic Short

'An Tarow', Little Wing Film Festival 2020 - WINNER Best Director

'An Tarow', Little Wing Film Festival 2020 - NOMINATED Best Cinematography

'An Tarow', Little Wing Film Festival 2020 - NOMINATED Best Editing

'An Tarow', Cornwall Film Festival 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

​Press

BBC News: Youth voice documentary to be shown across South Bristol schools and youth clubs

Raindance interview with 'Salvage' lead Jamie Robson

Screen Cornwall: Cornish language films launch on BBC iPlayer

'Open Country' featured in D&C Film

Jonny Dry selected for Cultivator Creative and Cultural Leadership Programme