He is known for his original feature documentaries – ‘Children on the Frontline’, ‘Fire in the Night’, ‘The Battle for Marjah’ – as well as his documentary series ‘The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities’. He released his recent theatrical features ‘Ronaldo’ with Universal Pictures and ‘Being AP’ with BBC Films. For the last year, Anthony has been working on a feature documentary called ‘The Director and The Jedi’, which follows Star Wars director Ryan Johnson and his experience of making the latest Star Wars instalment. The film had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2018. His commercial work for Ogilvy and Saatchi on Du Pont Horizons and Jaguar campaigns have won multiple industry awards. Anthony’s commercial work is always intelligent, emotionally insightful and has a visual flair. He has created successful campaigns for many big brands such as Vodafone, Lurpak and Expedia.
Being AP
An intimate documentary portrait of legendary British horse-racing jockey A.P. McCoy.
Undoubtedly one of Northern Ireland’s greatest ever sportsmen, the story of AP’s final season is a fascinating mix of sacrifice, doubt, decisions, triumphs and failures, injury and ultimately, finding a way to leave the stage. With unprecedented access to a top athlete, the film tracks all the elements that make up McCoy’s life. We see him in action at racecourses across the UK and Ireland. We are with him at the Cheltenham Festival and Aintree. We see him struggling with injury at home, setting himself new targets and grappling with the decision whether to retire or not. We track the successful early part of the season, when AP harbours the outrageous idea of riding 300 winners in a season. We see the shattering effect of injury on body and psyche. We witness the torment of deciding whether this is to be his last season, and we are there as he goes through the public agony of playing out his retirement in public. And then it’s no more.
