Joseph is a film director and producer
And the co-founder of production company Silicon Gothic
His debut feature Snapshot will premiere in the Official Competition at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival and is nominated for the grand prize.
Additionally, Joseph has been awarded funding from a number of organisations including the BFI NETWORK, NYFA and GENERA.
FEATURE FILMS
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
Director
(currently in post production, release 2026)
MITTLEWIG COVE
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
Co-Director and Executive Producer
(post production, release 2027)
BLACK SAMPHIRE
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
BLACK SAMPHIRE
Executive Producer
(filming 2026, release 2027)
NEWS
SCREEN DAILY EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Archer’s pinhole camera-style UK feature ‘Snapshot’ starring Tom Stourton wraps production
SNAPSHOT in competition at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival and deemed an 'unmissable premiere' by the press.
ABOUT
Joseph is an independent filmmaker based in London and the Midlands, UK.
His debut feature Snapshot will premiere in the Official Competition at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2026 and is nominated for the grand prize. Starring BAFTA-nominee Tom Stourton, the mystery-horror filmed in the style of a Victorian pinhole camera will explore the horrors of modern misinformation.
His previous short form work has screened at Bafta-qualifying film festivals, such as Raindance, Encounters, Aesthetica, and Carmarthen Bay Film Festival.
Joseph has had the pleasure to make projects starring BAFTA-winners Jess Ransom and Cathy Tyson and the legendary BAFTA-nominee Stephen Fry.
He has been awarded film funding from BFI NETWORK, NYFA and GENERA, and has been backed repeatedly by exec producer Lucas A. Ferrara.
Joseph co-founded Window Zebra Productions in 2019 and headed up its narrative production. He left the company in 2022 in order to set up Silicon Gothic Films, where as co-founder he produces narrative work that highlights environmental damage and social issues in modern British society.
Joseph has written articles for the Open University on film and sustainability and most recently he delivered a seminar at University of Cambridge on sustainable narrative filmmaking for the Marlowe Society.
Joseph Archer