John Cook Lynch

John Cook Lynch is the award-winning director of Eddie (2016) and Crackle Pop (2018).

Lynch's debut short, Eddie played at international festivals and won 7 awards including Best Short at London's Unrestricted View Festival with The London Horror Society calling Eddie, "Without a doubt one of the best films we've seen this year." His 2018 short "Crackle Pop" - a kaleidoscopic VR music doc - featured at Raindance Film Festival and Sheffield International Documentary Festival. It was nominated for a 2018 UK Music Video Award and won the Bronze Halo Award at VR Days Europe 2019.

In 2018 Lynch joined the roster of Directors for Epic Pictures' International horror anthology, "Deathcember" alongside Ruggero Deodato, Lucky McKee, Isaac Ezban, Pollyanna McIntosh and others. His segment, "Cracker" is part of the final film completed in 2019 and due for release in 2020.

As well as producing and directing, John also founded CineFringe Film Festival, the film festival of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010. The festival ran for 6 years from 2010 - 2016 with John serving as Festival Director.