Johnny Capps
Johnny Capps is a British television producer and writer. He graduated from the University of Manchester. After joining Shine Limited in 2002, he worked as Head of Development for Drama. He worked for the BBC as Development Executive, (The Scarlet Pimpernel and Dangerfield). With Julian Murphy, he created and executive produced a fantasy series for BBC One Merlin, then Capps, Murphy, and Howard Overman created and produced a mythological fantasy series Atlantis. The three creators are directors of their company Urban Myths Films, responsible for producing in 2019 a horror comedy television series for Channel 4 and Netflix – Crazyhead, for ITV (in co-prod. with ITV Studio) – A Confession, for Canal+ and Fox Europe and Africa – War of the Worlds based on H.G. Wells, and for Netflix The One based on John Mars SF novel.
Sources:
Profile at urbanmythfilms.com (accessed: January 14, 2020).
Interview: Atlantis Executive Producers Johnny Capps & Julian Murphy, TV Drama World Screen, published on Feb 28, 2014; 7’20”, YouTube, youtube.com (accessed: January 14, 2020).
Interview with Jemima Rooper and Co-Creators Johnny Capps and Howard Overman Talk Atlantis, the Biggest Threats and Villains of This Season, and More by Christina Radish, collider.com, Nov. 30, 2013 (accessed: January 14, 2020).
Bio prepared by Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com
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