John left the music business "following an ill-fated busking-trip to Paris with nine-piece kazoo band performing Motown numbers.
BBC Wales and Sgrin Cymru collaborated on Welsh Rarebits, which produced John's BAFTA-nominated short film Suckerfish.
John's final post graduation short Sister Lulu was made under the Channel 4/Sgrin Cymru's Screen Gems.
Both Suckerfish and Sister Lulu went on to win international festival prizes, including selection by NEW DIRECTIONS Y2K who sponsored a trip to New York and Los Angeles for the 'best new UK directors'.
The movie stars Blinded By The Light star Viveik Kalra and Shruti Haasan[5] John's television drama work includes Murphy's Law, Channel 4 feature-length comedy Wedding Belles written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and primetime series like Being Human,[6] for which he gained a BAFTA nomination as Best Director, Ashes To Ashes and Downton Abbey.