
An award winning writer/director Craig was born in Cardiff, Wales 1969. As a seven year old he became interested in film after his parents gave him a Super 8 camera for his birthday and he quickly set about making "film stars" of all his family and friends.
He first started writing as a teenager when he joined the Orbit Youth Theatre Company gaining his first experience of acting, writing and directing until he left at sixteen.
In 1989 Craig worked for independent production company White Elephant as Director of Photography. Here he worked on half-hour adaptations of William Shakespeare plays.
In 1995 Craig enrolled at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design. After three years he left SIAD with a BA Hon's Film Degree.
Next Craig formed his own production company The Workshop Presents making many short films, music promos and commercials and worked as a director for several production companies such as Angelic, Corkscrew and Addiction.
In 1999 he was asked by Lee Lighting to set up their Kino-Flo department as at that time he was one of the first people in the UK to use them. Spending his time at Shepperton and Pinewood Studios watching the big boys made him more determined to make features.
In 2000 Craig signed to London Management where he developed several scripts. Craig left London Management in 2002 and signed to Renting Eyeballs where he directed music videos aired on MTV.
Craig left Renting Eyeballs in 2002 to make his debut feature film entitled THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS at his production company. The film has screened at festivals worldwide and won the award for Best Horror at the Swansea Bay Film Festival 2007.
Also in 2007 Craig co-founded production company Go Faster Stripe directing live comedy gig’s for artists such as Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Simon Munnery and Robin Ince.
In 2008 Craig teamed up with producer Martin Proctor for his next film entitled THE REVENANT CELL due for release 2009.
In addition Craig is also developing a three-part TV drama entitled HOME SWEET HOME in collaboration with Corkscrew Production and several feature scripts such as STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW, a comedy drama for Paper Chase Films.
Features:
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Director/Writer: Winner of Best Horror at the Swansea Bay Film Festival 2007, Nominated for Best Feature at the Everglades Festival 2007.
Shorts:
LITTLE BLUE SPOT - Director/Writer: Winner of Best Student Film and Best Comedy at the 1997 Surrey Film Festival
Ladies & gentlemen the king has left the building - Director/Writer
THE WRONG NUMBER - Director/Writer
SWITCHCARD KILLER - Director/Writer
THE WEEKEND – Writer
Music Promos:
CLEAR: “Johnny Marr was a mistake”/Angelic - Director/Writer
NOVENA “Stand”/Angelic - Director/Writer
DJ SVARRE “Gamebox”/Addiction - Director/Writer
Commercials:
XFM spot “RADIO” - Director/Writer
MTV spot “MUSICMAN” - Director/Writer
HAIR OF THE DOG - Director/Co-Writer Kodak Commercial Awards
Go Faster Stripe - www.gofasterstripe.com Director/Camera:
Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Simon Munnery, Robin Ince, Lucy Porter, John Hegley