Joseph is a film director and producer
And the co-founder of Silicon Gothic
After undertaking multiple shorts in different genres, he is now undertaking long-form work in the thriller and gothic comedy genre
Additionally, Joseph has been awarded funding from a number of organisations including the BFI NETWORK, NYFA and GENERA.
SHORT FILMS
ON IN 15
ON IN 15
Director (2020)
WORKSHOP
ON IN 15
Director (2020)
MEXED
THE SOLDIER'S POST
Producer (2021)
THE SOLDIER'S POST
THE SOLDIER'S POST
THE SOLDIER'S POST
Co-Director (2023)
FINAL PARADE
THE SOLDIER'S POST
THE SIKH SOLDIER
Director
(showing at festivals, release in 2024)
THE SIKH SOLDIER
THE SOLDIER'S POST
THE SIKH SOLDIER
Co-Director and Co-Writer
(Released on Apple TV & Vimeo, 2025)
DENMARK DOESN'T EXIST
DENMARK DOESN'T EXIST
Director and Writer
(showing at festivals, release in 2025)
BLACK SAMPHIRE
DENMARK DOESN'T EXIST
Executive Producer
(showing at festivals, release in 2025)
DOG RUN
DOG RUN
Associate Producer
(Released on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, 2024)
FEATURE FILMS
SNAPSHOT - elevated horror film
Director
(currently in post production, release 2025)
MITTLEWIG COVE
Co-Director and Executive Producer
(filming 2025)
BLACK SAMPHIRE
BLACK SAMPHIRE
Executive Producer
(filming 2025)
NEWS
SCREEN DAILY EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Archer’s pinhole camera-style UK feature ‘Snapshot’ starring Tom Stourton wraps production
Production has wrapped on UK filmmaker Joseph Archer’s privately-financed directorial debut Snapshot, starring Tom Stourton, who co-wrote and starred in 2021 feature All My Friends Hate Me. The film is about the 19th century inventor of the pinhole camera and has been shot entirely in a 1:1 circle aspect ratio to mimic this style.
ABOUT
Joseph is an independent filmmaker based in London and the Midlands, UK.
His 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.
His debut feature film Snapshot, starring BAFTA-nominee Tom Stourton, will explore the horrors of modern misinformation.
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
(trying to look serious and directory-like, making the photo black and white helped)