- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Andrew Jones was a prolific independent film producer, screenwriter, director and editor.
Born on 6th October 1983 in Swansea, South Wales, Andrew was educated at Olchfa Comprehensive School and later attended the University of Glamorgan. At the age of 27, he founded UK production company North Bank Entertainment to produce independent genre films with a similar aesthetic to the work of American luminaries Roger Corman and Charles Band. Andrew went on to become one of the most prolific independent film producers in the UK with an established track record of commercially successful titles. Andrew's feature films, most of which he also wrote and directed, regularly received distribution in numerous territories around the world including the UK, North America, Canada, Germany, South America, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Distribution companies he worked with include Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and 4Digital Media.
In North America, Andrew's independent titles regularly appeared on the DVD shelves of retail giants such as Walmart, generating a high level of physical sales which consistently defy the odds. In the United Kingdom, nine of Andrew's films reached the Top 30 of the national DVD chart, thirteen of his films placed in the Top 5 of best selling Direct-to-Video titles in their first week of release and four of his films reached the Number 1 position on the HMV DVD Premiere Chart.
According to the annual BFI Research and Statistics booklet North Bank Entertainment regularly maintained a Top 10 spot on the list of production companies involved in the greatest number of commercially released British feature films each year. Andrew's top selling titles include the Robert (2015) franchise which to date has generated five films, culminating with Robert Reborn (2019) all of which have been released in dozens of territories worldwide.
Andrew was married to artist and filmmaker Sharron Jones and resided in his hometown of Swansea in South Wales until his passing in 2023.- IMDb Mini Biography By: North Bank Entertainment
- SpouseSharron Jones(October 5, 2012 - January 15, 2023) (his death)
- Commissioned in 2008 to write and direct a remake of 1979 horror classic 'The Driller Killer' starring 'Last House on the Left' cult actor David Hess in the lead role. The film re-located Abel Ferrara's original story about a psychotic artist from New York to London. However, the project never got into production after a financial dispute between the Executive Producers could not be resolved.
- Wrote a script for a sequel to 1980 cult classic 'The House on the Edge of the Park' with director Ruggero Deodato and actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice in 2010. He later dropped out of the project after the death of David Hess who was set to reprise his role in the sequel.
- His 12th feature film 'The Curse of Robert the Doll' reached #25 in the UK National DVD Charts and #1 in the HMV New Releases Chart.
- His 13th feature film 'The Toymaker' finished its first week of release as the 3rd highest placed Direct-to-Video independent film in the Official UK DVD Chart. It also opened at #3 in the HMV New Releases DVD Chart in the UK.
- Wrote a script for a remake of 1974 cult horror classic Chi Sei? (a.k.a 'Beyond the Door' and 'The Devil Within Her') for KOA Entertainment in 2008.
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