Jon Drever Explained

Jon Drever
Birth Name:	Jon Giuseppe Drever
Birth Date:	1979 6, df=y
Years Active:	2006–present

Jon Giuseppe Drever (born 29 June 1979)^[1] is a British director, producer and screenwriter, mostly working in comedy genre.^[2] He is best known for his collaborations with comedian Brett Goldstein, which include the low-budget feature film SuperBob (2015).

Career

Together with his business partner, Orlando von Einsiedel,^[3] Drever co-founded the production company, Grain Media, which produced the Academy Award, Emmy and BAFTA-nominated feature-length documentary Virunga (2014), released on Netflix.^{[4] [5]} He sold his half of the company in 2018 to concentrate on making comedy, working with comedy stars like Ross Noble, Aisling Bea, Diane Morgan, Joe Wilkinson, Javone Prince and more.

His directorial feature debut, SuperBob, was released in 2015 and starred Brett Goldstein (with whom he went to the same school in Sutton)^[6] as a Peckham postman-turned-superhero and Catherine Tate as his boss.^{[7] [8] [9]} It received four-star reviews from The Times, Evening Standard, Empire^[10] and Den of Geek.^[11] Drever described the film as "a gentle, upbeat, positive and funny romantic story about a man who learns to fight for what's important".^[12]

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 sex addiction meeting.^{[13] [14]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Editor	Notes
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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2015	FilmQuest Awards	Best Screenplay (shared with Brett Goldstein and Will Bridges)	SuperBob		^[15]
		Best of Fest			^[16]
	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		^[17]

External links

• • Jon Drever at British Comedy Guide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drever . Jon . 2017-06-30 . This is the amazing cake that woman I live with made for my birthday yesterday . 2022-09-27 . Twitter . en.
2. Web site: About . 2022-09-27 . jondrever . en.
3. Web site: filmdoctor . 2015-10-16 . 'SuperBob' Director and Producer – Jon Drever – In Conversation . 2022-09-27 . Film Doctor . en-US.
4. Web site: Virunga documentary receives Oscar nomination . 2022-09-27 . www.wwf.mg . en.
5. News: 2014-11-07 . Netflix's 'Virunga' uncovers Congo's fight to protect resources . en . Reuters . 2022-09-27.
6. Web site: Dessau . Bruce . 2014-11-27 . I believe it can fly: comedian Brett Goldstein on his new film . 2022-09-27 . Evening Standard . en.
7. Web site: Dessau . Bruce . 27 November 2014 . I believe it can fly: comedian Brett Goldstein on his new film SuperBob . 20 January 2016 . Evening Standard.
8. Web site: Kemp . Stuart . 2013-07-12 . Former 'Doctor Who' Star Catherine Tate Cast in Superhero Comedy 'Superbob' . 2022-09-20 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
9. Web site: 2015-10-18 . SuperBob review – a mild-mannered British film with amiable powers . 2022-09-20 . the Guardian . en.
10. Web site: Superbob . 2022-09-27 . Empire.
11. Web site: jbindeck2015 . 2015-10-15 . SuperBob review . 2022-09-27 . Den of Geek . en-US.
12. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2015-10-14 . Director Jon Drever talks about SuperBob . 2022-09-27 . British Comedy Guide . en.
13. Web site: Jolley . Fran . 2015-10-15 . We Talk To SuperBob Star And Writer Brett Goldstein About His Fave Superhero Movies! Exclusive - HTF Magazine . 2022-09-27 . Hit The Floor . en-GB.
14. Web site: James Bond has a problem... : Video 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2022-09-27 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
15. Web site: 2015 FilmQuest – FilmQuest . 2022-07-29 . en-US.
16. Web site: Jon Drever . 2022-09-27 . IMDb.
17. Web site: Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special Nominees / Winners 2015 . 2022-09-27 . Television Academy . en.