Original Norfolk Beard of the Week
WHO: Jonathan D. Nobbs
WHAT:
Jon is a producer of the CineFringe Film Festival, a short film festival running each August at the Edinburgh Fringe. With the rest of the 3 guys, 1 girl voluntary team, Jon helps to craft from the hundreds of films submitted for free each year a programme that embodies the spirit of the Fringe - eclectic, exciting, and utterly unpredictable.
Jon grew his beard at 19, at the first opportunity his face would let him. Initially an awkward, untameable and straggly entity, over the last 10 years he hopes it has become at least mildly more respectable, if not yet completely under his control.
Which Man Archetype #KING WHY: The relationship between the beard and the film director is a long and beautiful one, from Spielberg to Kubrick to Orson Welles. And just as the director is (hopefully a kind and generous) king over of his or her cinematic kingdom, the CineFringe team feel an almost regal responsibility in trying to get the greatest films the finest audience. Jon feels the 'King' beard oil is therefore his perfect fit. Also, he's been trying to look like Henry VIII his whole life.