Stories beneath the surface.
More Than Illusion Media creates work driven by curiosity — about who we are, how we see the world, and how we make sense of being here.
Discover the PhilosophyA life spent looking closer.
Writer, director and producer John Swindells has spent more than thirty years following stories into unexpected places — drawn to people, ideas and moments that challenge the way we see ourselves and the world around us.
About JohnThe enquiry continues.
The form evolves.
A new slate of documentary and narrative projects takes that same curiosity into new territory — consciousness, connection, identity, technology, and the ways we make sense of ourselves and one another.
Explore ProjectsThirty years. One continuing enquiry.
From ashrams in India to refugee camps in Africa, from Pine Ridge to the streets of Melbourne, from mental health to a different way of seeing, the films span three decades and very different worlds — all driven by the same curiosity: How do people make sense of life?
Explore the WorkThe same eye. A different brief.
Thirty years of documentary craft brought to organisations with complex stories to tell — finding the human story inside the message and bringing it to the screen with clarity, intelligence and emotional truth.
Explore Corporate Work