John Deery is an award-winning British director. Deery's first film,
"Conspiracy of Silence," which he wrote and directed, stars Academy
Award-winner Brenda Fricker ("My Left Foot"), Hugh Bonneville ("Downton
Abbey") and Chris O'Dowd ("Bridesmaids").
"Conspiracy of Silence" was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters'
Lab and is a well-reviewed film, winning the National Board of Review's
Freedom of Expression Award.
Jeffrey Lyons of WNBC/ New York called the film "Extremely powerful and
superbly acted."
John Deery won the prestigious Hartley-Merrill International
Screenwriting Award and was nominated for Best Film Director at the
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Deery has also directed several successful projects for British TV, and
is co-creator and producer of the No. 1 children's animation series,
"Underground Ernie", for BBC.
John Deery is a Fellow of Sundance Screenwriters Lab, where he developed his screenplay of the movie, Conspiracy of Silence.
Deery was presented with the Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Award at the Cannes Film festival in 2001.
John Deery's film, Conspiracy of Silence, won the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award in 2004. The award was shared with Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 that year.