Ian Mantgani

Ian is a mixed-race director of South Asian and Irish heritage. He was nominated for a Sundance London ‘Story of Our Time’ award for his short documentary This Film Was Shot on Digital, was the subject of an Evening Standard feature for his short city-symphony documentary Last of a London Summer, toured the festival circuit with his short Dogs at Polling Stations and had a viral hit with a one-minute stop-motion remake of King Kong that has had half a million views on YouTube. Ian has made a number of independent productions and has also worked on studio productions with the likes of Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. He is also a celebrated prose writer and curator, and a founding member of The Badlands Collective, dedicated to showing great overlooked films on 35mm prints.