Joz Norris

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Dog House Completes Its Festival Run - November 2024 November 27th, 2024

Last one! Dog House got a Special Mention at the London Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival! That’s the end of the festival run for this short. We made this very much for nothing, and at the end of production we scraped together a bit of budget to put it into a small handful of festivals, […]

We Hit Our Target! - November 2024 November 26th, 2024

WE DID IT! A huge huge thank you to everyone who donated to our crowdfunder and helped us to secure what we need in order to make this sitcom pilot. We now have a stretch goal for anyone who wanted to donate in the last 2 days, and you can donate here if you’d like […]

Dog House at London Lift-Off Film Festival - November 2024 November 25th, 2024

Very happy to announce that Dog House is also an Official Selection at the London Lift-Off Film Festival! I’m so proud of this little film – we made it for almost nothing, and at the end of production we had very little left for film festival submissions, so for it to have done so well is a […]

Make Your Life Good Again - November 2024 November 19th, 2024

MAKE YOUR LIFE GOOD AGAIN This week’s hero is Martin – a grouch with a heart of gold! Our mission at Make Your Life Good Again is simple – turn this grumpy bear’s frown upside-down! A new sketch is available now on Youtube. Written by Joz Norris & Miranda Holms Directed & Edited by Miranda […]

Dog House is an Award Winner! - November 2024 November 18th, 2024

DOG HOUSE is the WINNER of the Best Comedy Short Film category at the UK Film Awards! So proud of everyone who helped us to make this strange, sad, ridiculous, daft little film. Here’s to making good funny stuff! You can watch the (award-winning!) film here if you’ve not seen it yet.

The Happiness Chain – Cast Announcement! - October 2024 October 31st, 2024

I’m very excited to announce the cast for The Happiness Chain! Roisin O’Mahony! Huge Davies! Rosalie Minnitt! Phil Ellis! Donna Preston! We’re still raising the money we need to make sure we can bring this idea to life, and I can’t wait to work with these legends to make it happen. All donations very gratefully […]

Eggbox 3! - October 2024 October 21st, 2024

Eggbox, mine and Miranda Holms’s showcase of the best new work from the scripted comedy community, is back at the Pleasance on the 28th of January 2025! We’ll be curating another night of some of the best short films and most exciting new scripts, which will be read by a cast of amazing comedy actors. […]

The Happiness Chain – Crowdfunder - October 2024 October 17th, 2024

I’m making a sitcom pilot! Last year I wrote a script that got nominated for a bunch of writing awards (didn’t win any of them though, boo hoo, woe is me). The amazing Ben Kent suggested we team up and make it, and it’s my last big project of 2024. I’ve rewritten it to be […]

Eggbox 2.0 – Thank You! - October 2024 October 3rd, 2024

Eggbox 2.0 is in the bag! After our first show at King’s Place at the end of last year, Miranda and I were so happy to bring our short-film-and-new-writing night to the main house of the Pleasance Theatre for a lovely sell-out show. We’re very excited to keep building this show as a space for […]

Piece for LMAONaise – Everything Wrong With The Top 5 Films On IMDb - September 2024 September 17th, 2024

In order to pave the way for our film night at the Pleasance, Miranda Holms and I have proven our filmmaking credentials by pointing out where the supposed 5 best films of all time went wrong for LMAONaise. Thanks to Zoe for letting us write this and I hope you marvel at our genius, which […]