George Jaques

Production	Character	Director	Company
A TOWN CALLED MALICE	Anthony Lord	Jamie Donoughue	Rogue State
SERPENT QUEEN	Francis II	Stacie Passon	Lionsgate / Starz
THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN (TV MOVIE)	Young Esus	Felix Barrett	Punchdrunk/Sky Atlantic
CHERNOBYL		Johan Renck	Sister Pictures/HBO

Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
SURPRISED BY OXFORD	Bill	Ryan Whitaker	Nook Lane Entertainment
DEATH ON THE NILE	German Soldier	Kenneth Branagh	Fox UK Ltd

Short Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
ONE PUNCH	Jamie	Huse Monfaradi	DogEatDog \| Athenaeum Productions

Stage

Production	Character	Director	Company
FLY HOME BUTTERFLY	Charlie	Abigail Sewell	TALAWA Theatre Company / Shoreditch Town Hall
BREATHE	Leo	Hannah Hauer-King	Bunker Theatre / Athenaeum Productions
MONSTER	Darryl	Niall Phillips	Omnibus Theatre
THE CURSE OF CRANHOLME ABBEY	The Curse	Tim Norton and Jo Billington	Young Pleasance
DILATE	Matt	George Jaques	Athenaeum Productions/Testbed1

Rehearsed Reading

Production	Character	Director	Company
THREE GHOSTS	Dan	Sean Holmes	Simon Stephens \| Shakespeare's Globe
THE CASCADE	Tristan	Michael Longhurst	Donmar Warehouse

Other

Production	Character	Director	Company
Lewis Capaldi's POINTLESS (Music Video)	Son	Hector Dockrill	Pulse Films
EVENTS & MOMENTS	Cast	Ed Bye	Paul Jackson & Rob Grant for Lockdown Theatre
CRUEL ALIENS	Cedric Skittleman	Ed Bye	Paul Jackson & Rob Grant for Lockdown Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

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George is a director, producer, writer and actor. At age 23 his debut feature BLACK DOG, which he co-wrote at 18 with AVATAR 2’s Jamie Flatters, was part of the BFI and British Council’s Great 8 showcase at Cannes Film Festival 2023 and will have it's world premiere at London Film Festival 2023 competing for the Sutherland Award (Best First Feature).

Watch the trailer here: Black Dog

The film was executive produced by David Parfitt and stars Flatters, Nicholas Pinnock, Paul Kaye, Ruby Stokes, Hattie Morahan and Amrita Acharia.

In 2022, George was named by Screen International as Star of Tomorrow, he also won the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the inaugural Soho House Awards alongside fellow award recipients John Boyega and Charlotte Tilbury.

At 16, he founded London based Athenaeum Productions, and he has since been supported by companies such as Sky, Sony and Warner Brothers. Before leaving school, George had his writing performed in a number of theatres including The National Theatre, and he completed a directing course at the Young Vic. He staged two sell-out shows, DILATE and BREATHE, which first caught the attention of key creatives at Sky.

Since then, George directed a number of short films, gaining support from Warner Brothers and BAFTA winning creatives.

During the pandemic, George had his debut acting co-lead, shirtless and terrified, opposite Jude Law in HBO/Marc Munden’s THE THIRD DAY: AUTUMN. He has since played a lead in Justin Haythe/Lionsgate’s series THE SERPENT QUEEN opposite Samantha Morton, and a lead in Sky/Nick Love’s gangster show A TOWN CALLED MALICE, with Martha Plimpton, Dougray Scott, and Jason Flemyng.

George is an ambassador for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

In Development

Production	Company	Notes
UNTITLED FEATURE FILM	Athenaeum Productions	Director, Producer & Writer

Film

Production	Company	Notes
BLACK DOG	Athenaeum Productions & 27 Ten Productions in association with Trademark Films	Director, Producer & Writer. Executive Produced by David Parfitt. Starring Jamie Flatters, Nicholas Pinnock, Paul Kaye, Ruby Stokes, Amrita Acharia & Hattie Morahan.

Short Films

Production	Company	Notes
TINY DANCER 2021	Athenaeum Productions.	Writer, Director & Producer. Short Film. Starring Mia Jenkins, Jason Flemyng & Emily Coates. Supported by Technicolor, GCRS, Nike.
CRACKED 2021	Athenaeum Productions	Writer, Director & Producer. Short film. Starring Steffan Rhodri & Harper Gray. Supported by Technicolor, Russell & Bromley, GCRS.
TUESDAY 2021	Athenaeum Productions	Writer, Director & Producer. Short Film. Starring Nana Agyeman-Bediako, Cameron King & Seraphina Beh. Supported by Technicolor, GCRS, Stone Island.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING 2020	Athenaeum Productions	Director, Producer & Actor. Supported by Molinare, The Mill & Panavision.
SILENCE 2019	Athenaeum Productions	Writer, Director & Producer. Co-produced with Jason Flemyng. Starring Jamie Flatters and Luca McDonald. WINNER at Bahamas International Film Festival.

Theatre

Production	Company	Notes
THE AMBER TRAP 2019	Damsel Productions / Theatre503	Associate Producer.
CLEANSE 2018	National Theatre / New Views at The Dorfman	Writer. Dir. Audrey Sheffield.
BREATHE 2018	Athenaeum Productions / Bunker Theatre	Writer. Dir. Hannah Hauer-King.
DILATE 2017	Athenaeum Productions / TestBed1	Writer & Director.