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 Brett Goldstein (born July 17th, 1980) is an English actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster. Known for his role as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series ''Ted Lasso'', he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Suppo ...

, which include the

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feature film '' SuperBob'' (2015).

Career

Together with his business partner,

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, Drever co-founded the production company,

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, which produced the

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and

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-nominated feature-length documentary '' Virunga'' (2014), released on

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. He sold his half of the company in 2018 to concentrate on making comedy, working with comedy stars like

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and more. His directorial feature debut, ''SuperBob'', was released in 2015 and starred

(with whom he went to the same school in

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) as a

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postman-turned-

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and

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as his boss. It received four-star reviews from ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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attending a

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meeting.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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