Biography
Joshua Bransgrove was born in the rural countryside village of Hullbridge, Essex, to the working-class family of Samantha and Gary Bransgrove. In his younger years, his talents lead him to pursue acting, which he practiced into his late teens; receiving a Distinction at South East Essex College and playing the lead in numerous plays from William Wycherley’s, ‘The Country Wife’ and Brendan Behan’s, ‘The Hostage’. In his mid-twenties Joshua realised his passions lay behind the camera and travelled to Cornwall to study film at the prestigious art University of Falmouth.
During his time there, Joshua began his career as an Assistant Director, working on award winning feature films and shorts. He left university with a First Class Honours and his multi-award-winning directorial debut, ‘Organs of Business’ (2020). Since leaving university, Joshua has gone on to 1st AD on numerous feature films as well as Write/Direct/Produce his own projects, alongside his long-time Producer, Ly-Ann Foster. His focus as a writer/director is to create films which bridge the gap between Art house and Contemporary cinema for passive cinema goers. He shy’s away from political and hot button issues with his films, to avoid isolating viewers and to focus on stories that a wider audience would want to see on the big screen.
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