Phil Dunn(IV)

Phil Dunn is a director, writer, poet and owner of Authentive, a production company based in Brixton, South London. With a varied background, having studied Medicine, then Theology, Phil had no formal training in film. Through Authentive, set up in 2005, he learned on the job, making hundreds of films for clients in the corporate, charity, fashion and music sectors.

In 2018, Phil felt it was time for him to apply the skills he had gained to one of his own stories. His first short, Box Office Smash (2018) (2018), marked a jumping off point in his career, garnering official selections at prestigious international festivals, winning 14 awards and critical acclaim. His next short film, About (2020) (2020), continued this momentum, winning the same number of awards and obtaining equally impressive reviews, propelling him further into the world of cinema.

His third short, The Stupid Boy (2022) (2022), is Phil's most ambitious and personal to date. It has won more than 50 awards at over 70 festivals, and qualified for consideration at the BAFTAs and the Oscars in 2024.

Phil is following up this success with Fire Lily, a powerful poetry and dance narrative short, and writing two feature films.