Jonathan Van Tulleken is an acclaimed director working in television. He directed/exec-produced the first block of FX's historical epic Shōgun. He directed the entire Season 2 of the celebrated show, Top Boy. He has also directed the BAFTA winning TV series Misfits, episodes of Danny Boyle's drama mini-series Trust and was the pilot director/exec-producer on the HULU original drama series Reprisal.

His short films have been nominated for BAFTAs and shown at major international film festivals including Toronto, Palm Springs and Slamdance. His feature script Off Season - based on his short film of the same name created at his alma mater, Columbia University - is being produced by Big Talk Films. He has a reoccurring collaboration with the critically acclaimed comedian Tim Key and makes many of the films for Tim's live performances including for his Perrier and Chortle award winning shows.

Jonathan works in both North America and the UK.

About the Andrew Sarris Award

Named for the world-renowned critic, theorist and film program professor, the Andrew Sarris Award was created by film students to honor outstanding artistic achievement of distinguished alumni. In addition to teaching at Columbia, Andrew Sarris worked extensively as a film critic and is the author of numerous books, including the landmark, American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968 and many other influential works.