Owain Astles is a director and 1st AD based in Bristol & London. Member of BAFTA Connect, BFI NETWORK Shorts2Features and BBC Arts.As a 1st AD, Owain works across narrative, documentary and commercials. He has worked with the likes of BFI Network, BBC, Converse and Croc. He has a particular interest in working on productions that tell stories with social impact and that amplify underrepresented voices.Owains directing experience includes Sleeping Rough, a participatory docudrama about street homelessness; To My Younger Self, a BBC Arts-commissioned short about youth solitary confinement; and The Hardest Fight of My Life, a short docudrama about boxing as a coping mechanism for depression. Currently Owain is on BFI NETWORKs Shorts2Features scheme, developing his first feature, about three people impacted by the UK criminal justice system.
Adobe Premiere,After Effects,Archive,Final Cut Pro,Photoshop,Risk Assessment,Self shooting
Short Film