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Contact
joefredpreston@hotmail.com
07905264151
Joe is a filmmaker and artist based in London. He works across TV (mostly as an assistant producer) and the fine art world. His previous films include a documentary for Channel 4 News about the drought and conflict in Northern Kenya and South Sudan. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2022 and was executive produced by Federico Escher.
Before that his previous films included The Victory Arch, which was a documentary charting the sculptural ambitions of Saddam Hussein as he attempted to use British foundrymen to create his own cultural legacy in Iraq. The film tells the story of the men who built the biggest statue of Saddam Hussein ever made, and what it can tell us about the history of Britain and the Middle East. He produced and directed the film, it was shot on location in Iraq and was executive produced by BAFTA winning filmmaker Olly Lambert.
As well as this, his photography and prints have been exhibited widely, as well as published in numerous magazines and online publication.
Selected film festivals and screenings:
Spring Fair, Somerset House, 2025
Channel 4, 2022
Aesthetica Film Festival,
(BAFTA Qualifying) 2022
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival,
(BAFTA Qualifying) 2022
Prague International Indie Film Festival 2022
Serbest International Film Festival
(Semi Finalist) 2022
North West Art Film Fest, Liverpool, 2017
The Next Thing, The Bury Museum of Art, 2017-2018
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
Soil, (Somerset House, London, 2025)
Closing the Loop, (East Quay Gallery, 2024 - Solo Show)
Ares (Cromwell Place, London 2023)
Aesthetica Film Festival (York, 2022)
VO Curations (London, 2022)
Prague International Film Festival (Prague, 2022)
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Wales, 2022)
Sources (Curated and appeared in, Castlefield Gallery, 2019)
Love & Care of the Countryside (PS Mirabel, Manchester, 2018)
System, m a . complicate (Vernon Gallery, Stockport, 2018)
Muriel (The Mural Room, Edinburgh, 2018)
The Next Thing (The Bury Museum of Art, 2017-2018)
First Bowie, Now This (Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, 2017)
After School Special (Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, 2017)
The Art of Falling Apart Förårsutstillning (Bergen, Norway, 2017)
North West Art Film Fest (Liverpool, 2017)
Residency Exhibition, Ballyvaughan (Ireland 2017)
Healthier Together, The Holden Gallery (Manchester, 2016)
Ian Presents Another Art Exhibition (London, 2016)
Project Unit X, London Scottish House (Manchester, 2016)
Art School Illustrated (Publication, 2015)
Ian Presents An Art Exhibition (London, 2015)
Education
Kingston Fine Art Foundation
Manchester School of Art
Bergen Academy of Art and Design
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