About
JJ Splice Films is a full-service production company based in Surry Hills, the creative heart of Sydney. Combining cinematic artistry with technical precision, JJ Splice offers end-to-end production and post-production under one roof.
Our central Sydney studio complex includes a fully equipped live-action soundstage, professional screening room, edit suites, and a projected grading theatre designed for premium feature-film finishing. From concept to final master, JJ Splice Films delivers world-class storytelling with a hands-on, boutique approach — where craft, technology, and creative collaboration meet.
Dean Francis
Dean Francis
Dean Francis
Founder & CEO
Dean Francis is a twice-AACTA-nominated filmmaker whose work straddles the line between bold genre cinema and intimate queer storytelling.
A graduate of AFTRS with a Master of Arts in Directing, Dean made his feature debut with the supernatural thriller ROAD TRAIN (released internationally as ROAD KILL), followed by DROWN, which became a festival sensation, winning seven international awards and securing theatrical releases in the USA, Germany, and Australia.
Over nearly two decades, Dean’s films have screened at more than 200 international festivals. As a cinematographer, he has collaborated with some of Australia’s most distinctive filmmakers, including Craig Boreham on LONESOME and Georgina Haig on ASHES, both AACTA-nominated.
Dean’s third feature as director — and first as writer/director — BODY BLOW, a neon-noir crime thriller set in Sydney’s gay district, premiered to an electrifying response at Fantastic Fest 2025, where critics hailed it as “a thrilling slice of queer cinema!” (The Hollywood News). The film has since secured theatrical releases in the United States and Australia and sold to multiple international territories.
Through his studio JJ Splice Artists, Dean nurtures the next generation of actors and writers, building on his teaching experience at Australia’s finest institutions including AFTRS and NIDA.
His work is defined by fearless themes of power, identity, and obsession — films that don’t flinch, and don’t play safe.
