Laura Evers Johns is an award-winning director, scriptwriter and senior creative working in advertising, film and theatre.
Guest judge for the Recovery Street Film Festival and the London Kurdish Film Festival. Member of Directors UK, Cinesisters and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
Training
National Film & Television School
Directing Actors 2019
National Film & Television School
Documentary Shooting 2014
City University of London
MA in Creative Writing (Playwriting and Screenwriting) 2005 – 2007
Awards
Winner: Recruitment Marketing Awards 2020 – Video (£5,001 - £15,000)
Winner: Recruitment Business Awards 2016 – Best Video
Winner: Recruitment Marketing Awards 2016 – Best Use of Video (below £10, 000)
Shortlist: CIPD Awards 2016 – Best Video
Shortlist: RAD Awards 2016 – Best Video
Shortlist: Sheffield Doc Fest’s Fast Track To Features 2014
Shortlist: The Pitch 2012/13
Shortlist: Rapha Condor Sharp Film Competition 2012
Shortlist: Virgin Media Shorts 2011
Nominee: Film London's Best of Borough Awards 2010
Finalist: Film London's New Pathways Film Fund 2009/10
Winner: PPMA Awards 2009 – Best Local Government Press Ad
Shortlist: Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award 2004
Filmography
WRITER: I CAN
Commercial (2020)
Agency: Penna
Client: MI5
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: GET CLEAR
Commercial (2018)
Client: Media Trust
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: ONLY THROUGH A SONG
Music Video (2017)
Artist: Poggy
DIRECTOR: WALK WITH ME
Commercial (2017)
Agency: Tonic
Client: Police Now
DIRECTOR: SHE'S ELECTRIC
Music Video (2016)
Production company: NTSH
Artist: Oasis
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: I WILL NOT LET AN EXAM RESULT DECIDE MY FATE
Music Video (2016)
Artist: Suli Breaks FT. Gigi
DIRECTOR: UNDER ONE ROOF
Commercial (2015)
Agency: TMP Worldwide
Client: Hertfordshire County Council
WRITER/DIRECTOR: COUNTY OF OPPORTUNITY
Commercial (2014)
Agency: TMP Worldwide
Client: Hertfordshire County Council
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: THE VOYAGE OF RECOVERY
Documentary (2014)
Client: Phoenix Futures
WRITER/DIRECTOR: THE HEART OF DICKEN PARTRIDGE
Short Film (2012)
Production company: Fortune/Freshlight Films
WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: BY HOOK
Short Film (2010)
Production company: Film London
WRITER: ALICE IN THE CITY
Short Film (2007)
Production company: ArtsEd
Theatre credits
DIRECTOR: HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE
Written by Cheryl White (2017)
Company: Lost for Words
WRITER: BETTER FORGET
Written by Laura Evers Johns (2006)
Lion & Unicorn, Kentish Town
Company: Secret Theatre Company
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: CROCODILE SEEKING REFUGE
Written by Sonia Linden (2005)
The Lyric Studio, Hammersmith
Company: ice&fire Theatre Company