Varon Bonicos

Director, writer and cinematographer, Varon Bonicos born United Kingdom 18 May 1974, the son of late film editor Douglas Bonicos. His film career started at 16 as runner for a film editing company. Bonicos worked simultaneously as editor and director for several years, during the period he worked on TV documentaries for Royal Dutch Shell, Sky television that included a TV film about Queen Elizabeth II , art installations for the The Arts Council of Great Britain, Design Museum in London several commercials and music videos. Bonicos's first documentary feature film was 'A Man's Story' filmed over a 12 year period, focusing on the daily life of men's fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. He filmed single handedly and worked in the style of Cinéma verity, inspired by Dziga Vertov's Kino-Pravda. A Man's Story was released in cinema's UK /USA late 2012 and shown around the world in major film festivals. Bonicos worked with Ben Silverman and Robert Redford to create hit USA prime time TV House