CJ Francis was born and raised in Ipswich, England. A graduate of the University of Lincoln in 2012, CJ earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Production and won the best Script Production Student Award in his graduating year.
In the time since, CJ has made a variety of videos on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
His most popular videos include:
A Barbie/Oppenheimer reel that amassed 24.2 Million views on Instagram Reels
A Cocaine Bear TikTok that amassed 6.9 Million views
“Crouching Tiger Hidden Lightsabers”, an early experiment with After Effects lightsaber FX laid over Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
During his free time CJ enjoys reading, writing, distance running, and good food.
During his day job CJ works as a Team Leader at Cineworld Cinemas, leading a team through a busy cinema environment running shifts, taking care of technical/AV duties to make sure everything’s running smoothly, and making social media content in the form of Instagram Reels and photos as well as maintaining the site’s Facebook Page.
He has been featured several times on Cineworld’s National Social Media pages both collaborating with Head Office for videos, and the reposting of his own original work. He was nominated for Cineworld's Spotlight Award for his Passion For Innovation, winning Regional and Divisional categories for his services towards creating unique, engaging, and successful Social Media video and photo content.
While he enjoys it, he’d very much like to quit the day job.