TOM YOUNG

Bio

Tom trained as a pianist and Classical composer and has had orchestral pieces performed on both BBC2 and BBC Radio 3. Since turning to filmmaking he has mainly made documentaries, including JAN: A REFUGEE’S STORY and BILL, both commissioned by and screened at the Earl’s Court International Film Festival. JIM, a short LGBT drama Tom wrote and directed, was developed with BFI NETWORK South East’s Short Film Development Programme and subsequently received funding from BFI NETWORK. It won the Iris Prize Audience Award 2022 and can be seen on All4.

Currently working on

Tom is developing JIM into a feature about the real life priest who inspired it, Fr Bill Kirkpatric, in partnership with Tedium Pictures. Bill was an extraordinary figure who overcame immense personal difficulties to become a pioneering carer for people living with AIDS in the 1980s. He was also one of the first openly gay priests to be ordained by the Church of England. Tom is also writing a sci-fi TV pilot and horror feature.