Jonathan is a filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and studied at the Edinburgh College of Arts.
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As a director first and foremost Jonathan also has lots of experience in cinematography where he has access to his own Blackmagic 6K camera, and sound design, as well as editing all of his own films using adobe creative cloud. His work would be best described as eerie and atmospheric. It’s concerned with themes of environmentalism and anthropocentrism, taking inspiration from the works of Scott Barley and Mark Fisher. Jonathan hopes to make cosmic horror more accessible to a younger audience.
After learning that filmmaking was a viable area of study only after leaving Secondary school, Jonathan hopes to make filmmaking accessible in all schools in Scotland and supports the education of film to be taught in Scottish schools as a curricular subject.
In 2019 Jonathan won best drama for his film Esmerelda at the Scottish Youth Film Festival.