Harry (1989) is a London-based, self-taught neurodivergent, award-winning filmmaker and a member of BAFTA Connect and Directors UK. He grew up in Kingswood, Bristol, and left school at sixteen, planning to join the Army before working as a labourer for several years. After getting in trouble with the police and realising there was more to life, Harry moved to Ibiza to work for the summer and discovered a passion for photography. Upon his return to the UK, he saved up and moved to London to study Fine Art Photography, where he realised a love of cinema and has been obsessed ever since.

His narrative short films have screened at Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying film festivals worldwide. His latest film, This Love Isn’t Taught, premiered at the BAFTA-qualifying BFI Flare film festival in March 2026. His previous film, The Out, premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts Film Festival in 2022, which was named one of the Best Short Film Festivals in the World by Moviemaker Magazine. The Out won Best Director at the BIFA-qualifying Little Wing Film Festival, was nominated for Best Film at the British Short Film Awards and screened at London Short Film Festival, among others.  

Harry has been selected for Creative UK's Screen Launchpad 2026 with Tigh-na Films, his production and distribution company, which he's currently in the early stages of setting up. He's developing his debut feature, a youth community cinema project, and several short films. His work focuses on bold, poetic storytelling and the lives of outcasts and those from underrepresented and marginalised communities.

BAFTA Connect Member

Screen Launchpad 2026

Directors UK Member

harryjamesbrandrick@gmail.com