Experience

Brinkworth Productions

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Director

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Brinkworth Productions

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self-shooting Producer/Director

  • Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  Shooting for 12 weeks in resus and surgery, solely on primes for this dramatic medical documentary series which strips away sit-down interviews and voice over, to focus on visceral action and dialogue-led story telling. Took 1 film through the edit. Shooting for 12 weeks in resus and surgery, solely on primes for this dramatic medical documentary series which strips away sit-down interviews and voice over, to focus on visceral action and dialogue-led story telling. Took 1 film through the edit.



Blast! Films

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Edit Producer

  • Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  I edit produced two episodes of this successful returning police series that I helped develop right from its genesis back in 2012. The themes of the episodes were 'Truth & Lies' and 'Scared of the Kids'. I edit produced two episodes of this successful returning police series that I helped develop right from its genesis back in 2012. The themes of the episodes were 'Truth & Lies' and 'Scared of the Kids'.



LABEL1 TELEVISION LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self-shooting Producer/Director

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

  BBC2 Hospital Series 6 (6x1hrs) Shot on Sony FS7 with zoom and prime lenses This series looks at how the Royal Free Hospital Trust in London attempts to return to business as usual after the COVID pandemic while preparing for the potential of a second surge. BBC2 Hospital Series 6 (6x1hrs) Shot on Sony FS7 with zoom and prime lenses This series looks at how the Royal Free Hospital Trust in London attempts to return to business as usual after the COVID pandemic while preparing for the potential of a second surge.



VOLTAGE TV PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self-shooting Producer/Director

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2020

  “Grand Indian Hotel” (w/t) 4x1hr Voltage TV / Channel 4 (Feb – Mar 2020 – CURRENTLY ON HOLD DUE TO COVID-19 LOCKDOWN) India’s most luxurious hotel group, The Oberoi, opens its doors to our cameras where we follow the experiences of exclusive guests from across the globe as well as go behind-the-scenes with the staff who orchestrate the perfect stay. As well as a visual treat, this series will explore the hopes and dreams of middle class millennial Indians choosing an aspirational career in hospitality over their parents more traditional job roles and one that offers them a unique perspective on wealthy Western and Indian tourists. I was due to film at two of the four hotels in the series and take one film into the edit. Shot on Sony FS7 Mkii. Exec: Lucy Carter; SP: Chris McLaughlin; Comm Ed: Shaminder Nahal Show less



Blast! Films

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self-shooting producer/director

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  “Growing Up Gifted Series 3” 2x1hr Blast Films / BBC Two The third and final instalment of this longitudinal ob-doc series about social mobility as seen through the lives of six 16 year-olds in their final year of secondary school. The films draw on three years’ worth of footage including the crucial final 6 months as they sit the GCSE exams that will decide if they have a future beyond their low income backgrounds. I made the film which followed the three girls which I shot on Sony FS7 with prime and zoom lenses including lighting and shooting my Master Interviews and I took the film into the edit. Execs: Sacha Baveystock, David Hodgkinson; Comm Ed: Hamish Fergusson Show less



72 Films Ltd

• Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

• Self-shooting producer/director

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  “Our Cops in the North” 6x1hr 72 Films / BBC One Working as part of a team of directors, this series followed crimes ‘great and small’ that were investigated by Northumbria police within the same week. As well as developing the access from sign-off, I filmed with a wide range of officers from detectives to neighbourhood officers to call centre staff and worked on the edit for episode 1. Shot on Sony FS7 with prime and zoom lenses. Execs: John Douglas, Kirsty Cunningham; SP: Lucy Morgan; Comm Ed: Hamish Fergusson Show less



Field Day Productions Ltd

• Location Director

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

  “When Trump Came to Town: Inside the American Embassy” 1x30’ Field Day Productions / Channel 4 Using our exclusive access to the U.S. Embassy from the main series, this fast turnaround special episode TXed just 10 days after the Presidential visit. I filmed with staff at the Embassy and the Ambassador’s residence during the preparations and throughout the visit. Shot on Canon C300 with prime and zoom lenses. Exec: Roger Graef, Sally Angel SP: Simon Gilchrist ; Comm Ed: Dorothy Byrne “When Trump Came to Town: Inside the American Embassy” 1x30’ Field Day Productions / Channel 4 Using our exclusive access to the U.S. Embassy from the main series, this fast turnaround special episode TXed just 10 days after the Presidential visit. I filmed with staff at the Embassy and the Ambassador’s residence during the preparations and throughout the visit. Shot on Canon C300 with prime and zoom lenses. Exec: Roger Graef, Sally Angel SP: Simon Gilchrist ; Comm Ed: Dorothy Byrne



Field Day Productions Ltd

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Self-shooting producer/director

  • Oct 2017 - May 2018

  "Inside the American Embassy" 3x1hrs Field Day Productions / Channel 4 With unprecedented access, this three-part ob-doc series went behind the doors of the U.S. Embassy in London during a time of great change. Self-shooting on the C300 with prime and zoom lenses, I directed and edit produced the second episode set inside the Consulate, where hopeful travellers come for a visa interview to try and enter America. A film exploring immigration policy as Trump’s controversial travel ban came into effect. “Trump’s travel ban turns these already delicate interviews into a series of grippingly intimate, politically fraught and often heartbreaking encounters.” – Guardian. I also shot across the series during multi-camera shoots including VIP events, visits and high-profile media interviews with the Ambassador. Execs: Roger Graef, Sally Angel; SP: Simon Gilchrist; Comm Ed: Dorothy Byrne Show less



Blast! Films

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self-shooting Producer/Director

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  "999: What's Your Emergency? Series 4 & 5" 17x1hrs Blast Films / Channel 4 Shooting solo in police custody for 11 weeks on the C300 and using a hot head rig for police interviews. I edit produced two episodes including interrotron interviews and some compliance – one about Vulnerable People who have Slipped through the Cracks in the System and one about Crimes Against Womanity. Exec: David Hodgkinson SP: Martin Hicks SD: Greg Lander-Williams "999: What's Your Emergency? Series 4 & 5" 17x1hrs Blast Films / Channel 4 Shooting solo in police custody for 11 weeks on the C300 and using a hot head rig for police interviews. I edit produced two episodes including interrotron interviews and some compliance – one about Vulnerable People who have Slipped through the Cracks in the System and one about Crimes Against Womanity. Exec: David Hodgkinson SP: Martin Hicks SD: Greg Lander-Williams



The Garden Productions

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shooting Producer

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

  "Britain's Busiest Motorway" 6 x 30' ITV1 An ob-doc series about the traffic officers and roadworkers who operate and maintain Britain’s busiest motorway: the M25. I managed the casting and much of the story producing across the series, as well as being integral to developing the access within Highways England and a number of Maintenance and Civil Engineering Contractors. During the 6 week shoot, I shot in the two Control Rooms on the Canon XF305 obtaining most of the footage for two of the central characters Emily and Tom who appear throughout the six episodes. Exec: Steph Weatherill SP: Rob Rawlings Show less



The Garden Productions

• London, United Kingdom

• Development Producer

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Secured access to two police organisations for this research-heavy, access-led crime development for a feature film about gun crime (which became the BAFTA-winning Gun No. 6 directed by James Newton) and access to a number of special schools for a BBC THREE series about young people on the autism spectrum (not commissioned). Exec: Zac Beattie Comm Ed: Danny Horan Secured access to two police organisations for this research-heavy, access-led crime development for a feature film about gun crime (which became the BAFTA-winning Gun No. 6 directed by James Newton) and access to a number of special schools for a BBC THREE series about young people on the autism spectrum (not commissioned). Exec: Zac Beattie Comm Ed: Danny Horan



The Garden Productions

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Edit Producer

  • Sep 2015 - Nov 2015

  "24 Hours in A&E" Channel 4 I edit produced two episodes of the award-winning rig series which filmed round the clock at St. George’s Hospital, Tooting. The episodes were entitled “Daddy’s Girl” and “Dangerous Pursuits” and I conducted all the interviews for both. Exec: Spencer Kelly SD: Bruce Fletcher "24 Hours in A&E" Channel 4 I edit produced two episodes of the award-winning rig series which filmed round the clock at St. George’s Hospital, Tooting. The episodes were entitled “Daddy’s Girl” and “Dangerous Pursuits” and I conducted all the interviews for both. Exec: Spencer Kelly SD: Bruce Fletcher



Blast! FIlms

• Producer / PD / Additional Camera

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  BBC Four: “Power to the People” (wt) 3x1hr Blast! Films With access to one of the Big Six energy companies, this three-part series explores the challenges of generating, delivering and paying for our gas and electricity through a range of characters from the board room to the boiler room during the year when the sector was voted ‘more loathed than banking’. I produced two of the three programmes, with director Richard Alwyn, handling access both on the ground and at corporate level. I shot additional interviews and actuality on the Canon XF305 and edit produced the film about Trust & Money most of the way through to delivery.Exec: Alistair Pegg Show less

• Senior Producer

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Development / Various Projects I am developing complicated institutional access across a range of ob-doc projects for Channel 4 and ITV ranging from the police to social care provision. I also did some additional shooting on two of the three films for “CCTV: Caught on Camera” a recent Channel 4 series about both the Watchers and the Watched. I have also been doing bits of directing, shooting and editing for various taster tapes and other Blast projects as some potentially very exciting access percolates both here and abroad… Show less



Blast! Films

• London / Various

• Series Producer

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2013

  With the emergency care system in crisis, and supporting care and social services at their most stretched, I gained access to three ambulance Trusts from across the UK and we filmed (hand-held and mini-rig) in six ambulances for 14 weeks and three 999 control rooms in three locations. This series looks at the social issues behind medical emergencies and episode themes included mental health, death & end-of-life care, birth & parenting, alcoholism and issues affecting young adults. I edit produced, filmed sequences for and conducted the interviews for TX 5 about Old People called ‘Nan down’. Show less



Blast! Films

• London / Blackpool

• Producer

  • Apr 2012 - Nov 2012

  Channel 4: “999: What’s Your Emergency?” 10x1hr Blast! Films (Apr-Nov 2012) ‘999…’ simultaneously explores the work of Blackpool’s ‘first responders’ – the police, paramedics and fire fighters - who come to the rescue in our hour of need from the point the 999 call is made right through to the custody suite or A&E. Promoted to Producer I returned to this series handling access, compliance, legal issues, story-producing in the edit and managing the numerous ongoing relationships with staff, local residents, and senior management at each of the services. Execs: Guy Davies/Simon Ford Show less



The Garden Productions

• London

• Gallery AP

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

  Channel 4: “24 Hours in A&E” (Series 2 & 3) 28x1hr The Garden Productions (Jan-Mar 2012) As a Gallery AP, I dealt with producing patient stories on the rig, ensuring the consent protocol informed the filming and providing the link between the floor and gallery on this critically acclaimed and popular returning series in which 91 cameras filmed round the clock in London’s busiest Emergency Department. Series Prod: Kirsty Cunningham Execs: Nick Curwin / Magnus Temple Channel 4: “24 Hours in A&E” (Series 2 & 3) 28x1hr The Garden Productions (Jan-Mar 2012) As a Gallery AP, I dealt with producing patient stories on the rig, ensuring the consent protocol informed the filming and providing the link between the floor and gallery on this critically acclaimed and popular returning series in which 91 cameras filmed round the clock in London’s busiest Emergency Department. Series Prod: Kirsty Cunningham Execs: Nick Curwin / Magnus Temple



Blast! Films

• AP

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Channel 4: “999: What’s Your Emergency?” 10x1hr Blast! Films I handled much of the access and casting for the Fire and Rescue Service and assistant produced and operated sound for Nick Leader for an intensive two month shoot with the Police in Blackpool. Series Prod: Daniel Fromm. Exec: Guy Davies

• AP

  • Aug 2010 - Sep 2011

  More4: “Confessions of a Nurse” 4x1hr Confessions of a Nurse takes an intimate look at the ward life and home life of Britain’s largest public workforce to find out what it really means to care for patients in a busy NHS hospital. Filmed over a year at a Hospital Trust in Birmingham, I was involved right from the development and casting, throughout the extensive filming period and beyond, managing contributor relationships and dealing with duty of care issues. Series Dir: Ben Anthony. Series Prod: Lucy Cohen Show less