John Dryden

John Scott Dryden is a Peabody-winning writer, director and executive producer. He created the multi-award-winning PASSENGER LIST, a mystery thriller about a plane that disappears mid-flight between London and New York, and the iconic historical fantasy series TUMANBAY which has run for four seasons, and also led to a series of best-selling novels.

He is Executive Producer and Director of CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE starring Kim Cattrall and Ed Harris, with S2 launching in Summer 2025. Having established his reputation as a writer and director at the BBC, he is one of the world’s most successful fiction podcast creators.

Recently: he collaborated with “John Wick” creator Derek Kolstad on the Audible Original THE STRANGE CASE, starring Vanessa Kirby, Sofie Gråbøl & David Oyelowo; and co-wrote and executive produced the horror series THE SISTERS for Realm FM starring Mae Whitman, Helen Baxendale, David Morrisey. John created, wrote and executive produced the globe-trotting spy caper THERE’S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU for the BBC; executive produced and directed BUZZ starring John Lithgow for iHeart Radio which was written by "24" writer Stephen Kronish. John also directed and executive produced the social media thriller TAGGED for Sony.

Other fiction podcast shows include MUMBAI CRIME, THE CIPHER, RESTART and LIFEAFTER. For the BBC he created the thrillers SEVERED THREADS, A KIDNAPPING, PANDEMIC and THE RELUCTANT SPY as well as major literary adaptations including the Sony Award winning dramatization of Charles Dickens' BLEAK HOUSE, Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID’S TALE and Vikram Seth's A SUITABLE BOY.