John T. Davis: His Own Trail is a poetic portrait of the enigmatic filmmaker, artist and musician from Holywood, County Down.
John is Ireland's most internationally respected documentary filmmaker, a reputation established with films like Shellshock Rock, Route 66 and Hobo. This film explores the director’s unique outlook on life and his talents as a musician. Interspersed throughout is footage of John travelling through America, traversing the landscape that inspires his dreams, fantasies and realities, as well as clips from a number of his documentaries. Lensed in black and white, director Paul McParland captures John performing his music and reflecting on his life and films.
A selection of John's films are available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Dir: Paul McParland | 2015 | UK | 1 hr 2 mins
Following the Iron Compass is a documentary about filmmaker John T. Davis and his passion for flying model aircraft, and the connection between the creative and the spiritual.
John T. Davis is Ireland’s most internationally respected documentary filmmaker, a reputation established with films lik...
The Uncle Jack is at once a portrait of John T. Davis’ maternal uncle John McBride Neill, the cinema architect who from the 1930s to the 1960s designed 18 of Northern Ireland's most cherished cinemas, and a self-portrait of Davis himself.
It was ‘the uncle Jack’ who catalysed Davis’ passion for ...
Witness The Outcasts at their incendiary best in this thrilling concert film from John T. Davis.
Organised by Terri Hooley's Good Vibration Records, this legendary gig found almost 1800 people cramming into The Ulster Hall to see local band The Outcasts. The events depicted here were later immor...
