Jack Tarling

Jack Tarling has produced five feature films and many short films through his company Shudder Films; KNEECAP, featuring rap trio Kneecap alongside Michael Fassbender, premiered at Sundance 2024 and sold to Sony Pictures Classics. It was shortlisted for 2 Academy Awards, nominated for 6 BAFTAs (winning Best Debut) and won 7 British Independent Film Awards; GOD'S OWN COUNTRY, which won prizes in 2017 at Sundance, Berlin, Edinburgh, Galway and many other festivals, won 4 BIFAs, including Best Film, received a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding British Film, was the highest grossing UK debut of the year; AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, which was critics pick in the New York Times and sold to Netflix.

Currently in post production for 2026 releases, Jack has produced:

LEARNING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER, directed by Rebekah Fortune and starring Ezra Carlisle, Rory Kinnear and Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova, is financed by Screen Ireland, UK Global Screen Fund, Ffilm Cymru, the Netherlands Film Fund and sold by Bankside.

DAUGHTER OF EDEN, written and directed by Fateme Ahmadi, starring Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Hiam Abbas, Amir El Masry and Lindsay Duncan, is financed by BFI, BBC Film, Screen Ireland and Civic Studios.

Jack has also line produced several other feature films for the BFI, BBC Films and others, including two which premiered at Venice, and he previously worked in development at Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free. In 2019/2020 he worked to produce an unannounced US-set interactive feature film for Sony Interactive Entertainment

Jack has produced short content for Disney/Hulu, exec produced a slate of ten short films for Northern Film + Media and produced short film ASSESSMENT which was shortlisted for a BAFTA in 2010.

Jack co-founded the Mother Tongues Development Award (in partnership with Curzon, Charades and Intermission) which supports UK-set films told in a language other than English.