Jon Giuseppe Drever (born 29 June 1979) is a British director, producer and screenwriter, mostly working in comedy genre. He is best known for his collaborations with comedian Brett Goldstein, which include the Low-budget film feature film SuperBob (2015).
His directorial feature debut, SuperBob, was released in 2015 and starred Brett Goldstein (with whom he went to the same school in Sutton) as a Peckham postman-turned-superhero and Catherine Tate as his boss. It received four-star reviews from The Times, Evening Standard, Empire and Den of Geek. Drever described the film as "a gentle, upbeat, positive and funny romantic story about a man who learns to fight for what's important".
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 Sexual addiction meeting.
2009 | SuperBob | Original three-minute short film | ||||
2014 | Virunga | Executive producer | ||||
2015 | SuperBob | Creator | ||||
2016 | Bullet to the Heart | Short film starring and co-written with Brett Goldstein and Aisling Bea | ||||
2017 | Ross Noble: Off Road | Three-part series | ||||
2018 | Spectre of Shame | Short film starring and written by Goldstein | ||||
Password | Short film starring and written by Joe Wilkinson | |||||
2019 | The Tool | Web pilot episode starring Javone Prince | ||||
2020 | Trevor | Short film |
2015 | FilmQuest Awards | Best Screenplay (shared with Brett Goldstein and Will Bridges) | SuperBob | ||
Best of Fest | |||||
FirstGlance Film Festival | Best Feature Length | ||||
Best Science Fiction Film | |||||
Crystal Palace International Film Festival | Best Comedy | ||||
Best Feature Film | |||||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special (shared with Leonardo DiCaprio and other producers) | Virunga |
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