JOHN HAY

John is a two-time EMMY and Berlin Bear award-winning film director and TV Executive Producer.

John began his career in documentary then moved into film and TV drama. His most notable credits include Autogeddon, starring Jeremy Irons, which won a Magnolia at Shanghai; Cause of Death, which took the Golden Gate at San Francisco and Stig of the Dump, which won John his first EMMY and a BAFTA.

John produced the British segment of Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard for Fox Searchlight; directed The Steal for Warner Bros and helmed There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble for Pathe. The latter won him a Berlin Bear and ten other major awards including the Golden Gryphon at Giffoni. John also directed The Truth About Love for Universal and Lost Christmas for the BBC/ImageNation which won John his second EMMY.

DAVID WARD

David is a double-Emmy Award winning Producer-Director with over 25-years in the film and television industry. He has been at the creative helm of a diverse range of film and television for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Paramount+, National Geographic, NBC, Scottish Screen and the UK Film Council.

David's recent credits include the primetime documentaries ‘Who Killed Billie-Jo’ for Paramount+ and Channel 5 (Winner, Best Documentary Series, Crimecon True Crime Awards 2023), 

‘Babes in the Wood’ with Sir Trevor McDonald for ITV1,  ‘Made in the UAE' for National Geographic, 'The Arab Who Took on the Arctic' about the first Arab to trek to the magnetic North Pole.

Justin Johnson

Justin is the Chief Programmer for BFI Southbank.

A regular juror at Berlin, Zlin, Poznan and Copenhagen Justin also selects the films for the British Animation Awards and works as a programmer on the London Film Festival.

As one of the UK’s leading experts on family film he also makes regular appearances on TV and hosts events for the Royal Television Society and BAFTA where he has sat on the Film Committee for many years.

RACHEL Norman

Rachel comes from an advertising, production and design background and has worked with a wide range of broadcast clients including Sky, ITV, BBC and Turner. She also spent over a decade working with major video game publishers including Sega, EA and Capcom on international product launches and in game product placement.

Experienced in working on both on and offline Rachel currently works as Line Producer and heads up our online and social media presence.

SHANE COOKE

Shane graduated from Manchester School of Art with a Distinction for his final film then went on to cut his teeth as a DIT on a variety of commercials and shorts. Subsequently, Shane trained as an Assistant Editor with Mark Atkins (Biggie and Tupac and Kurt & Courtney).

Shane has recently joined Atticus to run our cutting room liaising with animators, VFX producers and post-production houses to ensure all of our delivery requirements are met on schedule.