 His 2005 short "Special People" won Best Film at the 2005 Chicago International Film Festival, Best Drama at the 2006 Royal Television Society Awards, the BBC New Filmmakers Award and was shortlisted for the 2007 Oscars, BAFTAs and Turner Classic Movies Prize Shorts.Also shot in 2005, real-time crime drama "The Ends" won best short at the 2005 Raindance Film Festival in London and was nominated for the Golden Horseman Award at Dresden film festival.It also won the Big Issue Film Award and was shown on Channel 4 and cable TV throughout Europe.