Jack Casey
Director - TV/Film
Main Directing Reel
Almost Never - Reel
Forbearance - Short Film
Steak - Short Film
About
I'm a Writer / Director with over 20 years industry experience, working across various genres such as Drama, Comedy and also Children's TV.My passion lies in exploring stories which are driven by the human condition. I look to create and direct genuinely evocative characters to produce the kind of work that captivates an audience.I absolutely love to collaborate. Be it with writers, actors, producers or any other facet of a production's crew to bring to life believable characters and worlds, interesting and fascinating imagery, and memorable, thought-provoking performances.Most recently, I've wrapped on Season 2 of the BBC’s hit drama 'Blue Lights' - a show that I feel represents and does justice to my journey up to this point - full of character, drama and humour.
Brief History
My directing journey began around 7 years ago with a character-driven, self-penned short film called 'Forbearance', which centred around the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on a father and son's relationship seen through time.This led to me signing with Independent under the stewardship of Alec Drysdale who landed me my debut TV show, CBBC’s 'Almost Never' - a teen-based comedy / drama with bags of ambition.
I quickly became the lead director across three series of the show, culminating with me writing an episode in my final series.In between series of 'Almost Never', I made my second short film ‘Steak’ - a comedy teaser I wrote to raise awareness of the rising presence of homelessness in Manchester. The story follows two rough sleepers in their pursuit of a, much-deliberated on, steak supper.In pursuit of my own ‘steak supper’ (more adult-based content), I began second unit directing for shows such as, 'The Tower' (ITV), 'World on Fire' (BBC) and 'COBRA' (Sky). For season one of ‘Blue Lights’, I was a full time second unit director and my work led to me being offered block two of season two.My short films are self-produced and written with me also acquiring writing credits on two Children’s TV shows.
I have a slate of ideas all in various stages, including pilot scripts for TV comedy and drama, as well as full feature-length concepts.
Check out my showreels and short films above and, if you'd like to have a chat about any projects, please feel free to contact me below.