John Dower Director in Film, Television & Interactivity - Telling the Stories That Need to Be Told Now

SILENT WITNESS Series 25
Second unit Director on opening 2 x 60" episodes Directed by Bill Anderson. Produced by Nick Lambon. Exec Producer Lawrence Till.  

SILENT WITNESS Series 24
Second unit Director on 4 x 60" episodes Directed by Paulette Randall and Lawrence Till. Produced by Nick Lambon for BBC.

WOLFBLOOD Series 4 & 5
Directed the final 4 episodes of series 4 and was lead Director on series 5, directing the first 5 episodes for CBBC/ZDF.  9 x 25".
Producer Jonathan Wolfman & Execs Lucy Martin & Juliet Charlesworth.

CASUALTY
Directed 3 x 50" episodes for BBC1 with Producers Jane Steventon, Tim Holloway & Maggie Boden.

EASTENDERS
After beings selected for the BBC “Eastenders” multi-camera Directors Course, John has directed 47 x 30" episodes for BBC1 with various Producers.

GIRL MISSING
6 part original series in development with Writer/Producer Diane Whitley and Biteback productions. Adapted from the Bestseller “Girl Missing” by Sophie McKenzie.

FIRST COMMUNION DAY 
Short 25" film for Television. Winner of the BBC Dennis Potter award.  Written by Lin Coghlan & Produced by Natasha Dack for Tiger Lily Productions.

GRANGE HILL
Directed 4 x 25" episodes of the 25th series of the CBBC school series.  Produced by Josephine Ward.

HOME FARM TWINS
Directed entire 13 x 25" episodes of the 2nd series of the animal-centred children’s drama series for CBBC. Produced by Ros Anderson.

JINX
Directed the pilot 30" episode for Nickelodeon with Kindle Productions. Starring Holiday Grainger. Produced by Diane Whitley.

THE BILL
Directed 2 x 50" episodes with Talkback Thames for ITV with Producer Jamie Nuttgens.

MAKE MY DAY
Directed 4 x 30" episodes of hidden camera comedy show with Monkey Kingdom for Channel 4. Producer Will McDonald. Winner of comedy award at Montreux TV Festival.

MEREB
Series Producer & Directing Mentor for the 4 x 30" pilot episodes of Ethiopia’s first TV soap series, set on the streets of Addis Ababa.