A mere 16 years later, he won the Royal Television Society award for best documentary in the same year that he graduated with a first class degree in film & television. Also that year he made Against the Dying of the Light for the BFI. His brief for which was "to make archiving in Wales sexy." Somehow he managed it, and the short went on release in UK cinemas. 

He then directed Storm, a short drama set in Russia at the end of World War II. Storm was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and was also nominated for a BAFTA for best short film (although ultimately it was beaten by a film starring a sock puppet.)

Undeterred, he continued to direct short films, and generally shout from the rooftops with near evangelical passion about the projects he wanted to get made.

In 2006, he directed Define Normal BBC documentary series, Define Normal, in which people living with serious physical disabilities talked frankly about their lives. The series was a critical hit and is still repeated frequently on digital stations.

In 2008 Jack started shooting his first feature, Flush, a smart, sassy, innovative comedy-drama set entirely in toilets. He is currently in talks with a number of UK broadcasters to turn the idea into a TV miniseries, and has already completed a half-hour pilot.

Among the projects Jack currently has in active development are The Dead Letter Room, which he describes as "a British Twin Peaks set in the world of celebrity PR" and  My Brother's Keeper, a short drama based on the true story of the last two Jews living in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

He is married to the writer Christi Daugherty. They live in the Surrey countryside with three cats, a hyperactive puppy and a friendly ghost. 

Jack is still shouting from the rooftops to anyone who will listen.