Andrew Mark Sewell is the founder of transmedia company B7 Media, a former senior BBC executive and now multi award-winning independent filmmaker and radio drama producer/director.

A three times Audio Production Awards ‘Best Drama Producer’ nominee (2015, 2017 & 2022), winner of the prestigious NYC International Radio Program ‘Best Director’ Award for Dan Dare; Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot (BBC Radio 4) and The Effect (Audible), Sewell’s name has become synonymous with a new wave of cinematic audio drama

Notable drama productions for BBC Radio 4 include Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, cult BBC sci-fi series Blake’s 7, Isaac Asimov’s I, Robotand the acclaimed Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures series (inspired by the 1950s Eagle comic). Series for Audible Original’s include the docudrama The Space Race and psychological sci-fi thriller, The Effect. Most recently Sewell co-created and directed Greenborne, a new, post-Covid radio soap opera launched across the UK and sci-fi comedy Venna’s Planet (based on Robin Evans’ graphic novel) starring Amelia Tyler, Sally Knyvette, Misha Crosby and Caroline Munro.

Future projects include the audio and graphic novel sci-fi thriller Pilgrim and 1940s wartime naval drama Unsinkable starring Brian Cox, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nathalie Emmanuel and John Malkovich.

Other credits include UKTV’s Ghostwatch LIVE (credited as the first live paranormal investigation on television); Echoes of the Past, Tomorrow’s World+; Sonnet 155 featuring Richard Briers (his last stage performance), Benedict Cumberbatch, Hattie Morahan, Paul McGann and Lisa Dillon; and acclaimed indie films Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Exit Thread and most recently The Colour of Spring.

AWARDS

[1] Winner: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont has received 3 awards and 2 nominations and most notably won Best Narrative Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival (2006) and Best Actress, Joan Plowright, AARP Movies for Grownup Awards (2006).

[2] Winner: Exit Thread has received 25 awards and 6 nominations, including ‘Best Feature Film’, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (2016).

[3] Winner: Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot ‘Best Director’ (Gold) and ‘Best Drama Special’ (Silver) at the NYC International Radio Program Awards (2017).

[4] Winner: The Martian Chronicles ‘Best Drama Special’ (Silver) at the NYC International Radio Program Awards (2015) and was also Radio Production Awards (2014) nominee for ‘Best Sound Design’.

[5] Nominee: The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War was a BBC Audio Drama Award nominee; Farshid Rokey: ‘Best Debut Performance in an Audio Drama’; Radio Production Awards (2015) nominee for ‘Best Sound Design’.

[6] Winner: Dan Dare ‘Best Digital Drama’ NYC International Radio Program Awards (2018), ‘Best Online Drama Program’ (Silver) and ‘Best Director’ (Silver) at the NYC International Radio Program Awards (2017).