Jonnie produced and directed public service drama, documentary and digital media over the last 30 years from the West Midlands. Following from his career as an artist his touchstone has been collaborative film, television and digital media. Acknowledged across the industry as a forward thinker, he has applied new video, technology and digital techniques to create innovative styles and approaches to multi award winning television and digital media.

For 25 years he was a Director of Maverick Television, which he founded and has grown into one of the UK’s leading independent production companies. Maverick joined the UK’s largest Independent Production Company All3Media in 2007. The company has bases in Birmingham, Los Angeles and London employing a wide range of talent, which he supported, mentored and advocated for.

He has served on many creative and cultural organisation boards and is Chair of MAC, a director of The Space, founding trustee of Birmingham Ormiston Academy, Trustee of Birmingham Museums Trust and was awarded an MBE for services to international trade in the Queens 2010 New Year’s honours List.

In 2015/16 he was the High Sheriff of the West Midlands with a theme of arts, creativity and young people and in 2017 was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands. Having retired from the wonderful Maverick he has returned to his first calling – art, which he followed through his MA in printmaking from the Royal College of Art and is pursuing his practice based Phd research: The drawn serigraph: An investigation through portraiture, at the Birmingham School of Art.