Andrew Jones was a highly accomplished and prolific independent film producer, screenwriter, director, and editor. Born on October 6th, 1983, in Swansea, South Wales, Andrew received his education at Olchfa Comprehensive School and later attended the University of Glamorgan.
At the age of 27, Andrew founded North Bank Entertainment, a UK-based production company, with the mission to produce independent genre films that shared a similar aesthetic to the work of American filmmakers Roger Corman and Charles Band. Over the years, Andrew went on to become one of the most successful independent film producers in the UK, with an impressive track record of commercially successful titles.
Andrew's feature films, which he often wrote and directed, were regularly distributed in numerous territories worldwide, including the UK, North America, Canada, Germany, South America, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. He worked with various distribution companies, such as Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and 4Digital Media.
In North America, Andrew's independent titles consistently appeared on the DVD shelves of major retailers like Walmart, generating significant physical sales that defied industry expectations. In the UK, nine of Andrew's films reached the Top 30 of the national DVD chart, thirteen of his films placed in the Top 5 of best-selling Direct-to-Video titles in their first week of release, and four of his films reached the Number 1 position on the HMV DVD Premiere Chart.
According to the annual BFI Research and Statistics booklet, North Bank Entertainment consistently maintained a Top 10 spot on the list of production companies involved in the greatest number of commercially released British feature films each year. Andrew's top-selling titles include the Robert franchise, which has generated five films to date, culminating with Robert Reborn in 2019, all of which have been released in dozens of territories worldwide.
Andrew was married to artist and filmmaker Sharron Jones and resided in his hometown of Swansea, South Wales, until his passing in 2023.
