Jon Drever

For the psychologist and neuroscientist, see Jon Driver.

Jon Giuseppe Drever (born 29 June 1979)^[1] is a British director, producer and screenwriter, mostly working in comedy genre.^[2] He is best known for his collaborations with comedian Brett Goldstein, which include the low-budget feature film SuperBob (2015).

Jon Drever
Drever in June 2015
Born	Jon Giuseppe Drever (1979-06-29) 29 June 1979 (age 45)
Occupations	Director producer screenwriter
Years active	2006–present

Career

Together with his business partner, Orlando von Einsiedel,^[3] Drever co-founded the production company, Grain Media, which produced the Academy Award, Emmy and BAFTA-nominated feature-length documentary Virunga (2014), released on Netflix.^[4][5] He sold his half of the company in 2018 to concentrate on making comedy, working with comedy stars like Ross Noble, Aisling Bea, Diane Morgan, Joe Wilkinson, Javone Prince and more.^[2]

His directorial feature debut, SuperBob, was released in 2015 and starred Brett Goldstein (with whom he went to the same school in Sutton)^[6] as a Peckham postman-turned-superhero and Catherine Tate as his boss.^[7][8][9] It received four-star reviews from The Times, Evening Standard, Empire^[10] and Den of Geek.^[11] Drever described the film as "a gentle, upbeat, positive and funny romantic story about a man who learns to fight for what's important".^[12]

Drever and Goldstein continued working together after SuperBob, making short films Bullet to the Heart (2016), co-starring Aisling Bea, and Spectre of Shame (2018), with Goldstein as James Bond attending a sex addiction meeting.^[13][14]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Editor	Notes
2009	SuperBob	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Original three-minute short film
2014	Virunga	No	Yes	No	No	Executive producer
2015	SuperBob	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Creator
2016	Bullet to the Heart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film starring and co-written with Brett Goldstein and Aisling Bea
2017	Ross Noble: Off Road	Yes	No	No	No	Three-part series
2018	Spectre of Shame	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Short film starring and written by Goldstein
	Password	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Short film starring and written by Joe Wilkinson
2019	The Tool	Yes	No	No	No	Web pilot episode starring Javone Prince
2020	Trevor	Yes	No	No	No	Short film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	FilmQuest Awards	Best Screenplay (shared with Brett Goldstein and Will Bridges)	SuperBob	Won	[15]
		Best of Fest		Nominated	[16]
	FirstGlance Film Festival	Best Feature Length		Won	[16]
		Best Science Fiction Film		Won	[16]
	Crystal Palace International Film Festival	Best Comedy		Won	[16]
		Best Feature Film		Nominated	[16]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special (shared with Leonardo DiCaprio and other producers)	Virunga	Nominated	[17]

References

1. Drever, Jon (2017-06-30). "This is the amazing cake that woman I live with made for my birthday yesterday". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
2. "About". jondrever. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
3. filmdoctor (2015-10-16). "'SuperBob' Director and Producer – Jon Drever – In Conversation". Film Doctor. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
4. "Virunga documentary receives Oscar nomination". www.wwf.mg. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
5. "Netflix's 'Virunga' uncovers Congo's fight to protect resources". Reuters. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
6. Dessau, Bruce (2014-11-27). "I believe it can fly: comedian Brett Goldstein on his new film". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
7. Dessau, Bruce (27 November 2014). "I believe it can fly: comedian Brett Goldstein on his new film SuperBob". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
8. Kemp, Stuart (2013-07-12). "Former 'Doctor Who' Star Catherine Tate Cast in Superhero Comedy 'Superbob'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
9. "SuperBob review – a mild-mannered British film with amiable powers". the Guardian. 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
10. "Superbob". Empire. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
11. jbindeck2015 (2015-10-15). "SuperBob review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2022-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. Guide, British Comedy (2015-10-14). "Director Jon Drever talks about SuperBob". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
13. Jolley, Fran (2015-10-15). "We Talk To SuperBob Star And Writer Brett Goldstein About His Fave Superhero Movies! | Exclusive - HTF Magazine". Hit The Floor. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
14. "James Bond has a problem... : Video 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
15. "2015 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2022-07-29.
16. "Jon Drever". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
17. "Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special Nominees / Winners 2015". Television Academy. Retrieved 2022-09-27.

External links

• Jon Drever at IMDb
• Jon Drever at British Comedy Guide