Steve Crowhurst

Steve was never built for a nine to five office job. He was a creative soul from an early age and at twenty-three, he worked his way across the world to discover and experience different cultures, people and jobs, opening his eyes to what brings us together and pulls us apart as a human race.

Upon his return he worked on fine art projects and experimented with Super 8 film visuals, with those close to him urging him to ‘get a proper job’. So at twenty-seven, after putting himself back through a media University course, he spent the next eighteen years learning and working in Broadcast Television for the likes of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, making observational documentaries and music projects. As he established himself as an award-winning Series Producer/Director Steve continued to pursue his love of film in his spare time, self-funding short films and music videos that combined intelligent, thought-provoking content with his love of gritty, cinematic visuals.

His debut feature film Big Boys Don’t Cry was released in 2020 and was a chance for Steve and his long-time partnership with Director of Photography, Louie Blystad-Collins to flourish and grab hold of the opportunity to show what they could do in film. Steve’s love of cinematic visuals and his documentary instincts would combine with force to tell an emotive true story with deeper social commentary surrounding abuse in the care system in the 1970’s. The film held the Number three spot on Netflix’s ‘most watched films chart’, only being held off the top spot by two £40 million films; Glass Onion and Knives Out, both starring Daniel Craig. This is a fact that Steve is greatly proud of, as the film obviously resonated with the audience.

Steve has bided his time after his debut feature, turning quite a few opportunities down due to them not being the direction he wants to take. He now feels he has found the right project and the right team to be able to improve on and trump his debut feature’s success.