Experience

DocHearts

• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Company Director

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Independent Film & TV production company specialising in content for Broadcast, online and theatrical distribution. We work with brands, broadcasters and forward thinkers to tell an array of stories, factually! www.dochearts.com Independent Film & TV production company specialising in content for Broadcast, online and theatrical distribution. We work with brands, broadcasters and forward thinkers to tell an array of stories, factually! www.dochearts.com



Netflix

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Producer/Director

  • Jul 2016 - Nov 2016

  Produced and Directed 30 x 5' Branded Content pieces to promote the Netflix series The Get Down 3 X 30' & 3 X 6' special for Netflix U.K. A documentary mini-series looking at how the birth of hip-hop influenced many generations of Urban artists. http://youtu.be/2Hg9tS281XU Produced and Directed 30 x 5' Branded Content pieces to promote the Netflix series The Get Down 3 X 30' & 3 X 6' special for Netflix U.K. A documentary mini-series looking at how the birth of hip-hop influenced many generations of Urban artists. http://youtu.be/2Hg9tS281XU



BBC

• Italy
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Director

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  3 x 60' Rip Off Britain Holidays - Self Shooting VTs for popular consumer interest programme. Overdosing filming and edit producing a piece on the growing rise of aviophobia - the fear of flying. 3 x 60' Rip Off Britain Holidays - Self Shooting VTs for popular consumer interest programme. Overdosing filming and edit producing a piece on the growing rise of aviophobia - the fear of flying.



ITN

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Producer/Director

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2016

  3 x 60' Benefits for Channel 5 Self Shooting and Editing episodes for the flagship prime time series. Developing online Content for AOL and Channel 4. 3 x 60' Benefits for Channel 5 Self Shooting and Editing episodes for the flagship prime time series. Developing online Content for AOL and Channel 4.



Sugar Films Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Director

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  How to Be a Hip-Hop Millionaire 6 x 5' for ALL4 How to Be a Hip-Hop Millionaire 6 x 5' for ALL4



cmb advertising

• Filmmaker

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  Full Service producing and directing major campaign for one of Trinidad's largest brand. Carnival KFC TVC http://youtu.be/n528wyYdI5c Full Service producing and directing major campaign for one of Trinidad's largest brand. Carnival KFC TVC http://youtu.be/n528wyYdI5c



Ten66 Ltd

• United Kingdom

• Producer/Director

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  12 x 5' The Black Lesbian Handbook UK & US An online series that lifts the lid on the underground urban lesbian scene. Made up of a number of characters that lead us into the world of Studs, femmes, heads and straps. Original idea conceived, pitched and delivered by me in production with Ten66 for Channel 4s online shorts. The Black Lesbian Handbook USA 2nd Series - Follow up to the hit 4oD original: Bigger, Bolder and just a little more noisy. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-black-lesbian-handbook Show less



Stripey Horse

• Graphic Design

• Producer/Director

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  My Famous Face 6 X 10’- Channel 4 Shorts A series about individuals who have gone under the knife to look like someone famous. My Famous Face 6 X 10’- Channel 4 Shorts A series about individuals who have gone under the knife to look like someone famous.



Hurricane Media

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Director

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  Directing a documentary about a landmark hate crime case for Avon & Somerset constabulary ‘The police didn’t see Deen as a victim despite blood pouring out of his head’ http://gu.com/p/4949z?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Directing a documentary about a landmark hate crime case for Avon & Somerset constabulary ‘The police didn’t see Deen as a victim despite blood pouring out of his head’ http://gu.com/p/4949z?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Producer/Director

  • Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

  BBC1 - The One Show is a live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests. As a Producer / Director on the flagship show i work in the News and Current Affairs department, crafting journalistic, factually led films from script to edit. Self shooting, on location producing, quick turnaround. BBC1 - The One Show is a live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests. As a Producer / Director on the flagship show i work in the News and Current Affairs department, crafting journalistic, factually led films from script to edit. Self shooting, on location producing, quick turnaround.



Boundless TV

• Germany
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Director (Shooting)

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2014

  3 x 60' Britain at the Bookies Produced for BBC One by Boundless, The Bookies will lift the lid on the inner workings of an increasingly popular British pastime enjoyed by eight million people each year, rich and poor alike. Capturing everything from the highs and lows of life on the betting floor to the technological wizards that set the odds, this major access series will take a revealing look at the customers and shop staff that keep the industry afloat. I was tasked with covering the shop floor in a Coral betting shop in Sout East London. Directing Narrative, covering actuality, self shot on c300z Show less

• Producer / Director

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  1 x 60' - Countdown to the Invictus Games: Meet the Warriors Self shooting obs doc based on competitors of the first ever Invictus games, backed by HRH Prince Harry. As the contestants are whittled down and selected in the run up to the games, the film follows their journey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04h89y9 1 x 60' - Countdown to the Invictus Games: Meet the Warriors Self shooting obs doc based on competitors of the first ever Invictus games, backed by HRH Prince Harry. As the contestants are whittled down and selected in the run up to the games, the film follows their journey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04h89y9



Lonelyleap

• United Kingdom
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

  Lonelyleap creates documentary and corporate films both for clients and independently. Devoted to exploring the story until it is revealed in a unique and captivating way. http://lonelyleap.com/ - see for yourself, the work is great! As a producer working for content focusing on Glasgow 2014. I am producing multi platform branded content. Work includes but is not exclusive to ☑ Pre-Production / Research ☑ Scheduling & Planning ☑ Edit Producing 9 x 2' films ☑ Story Editing ☑ Writing creative pitches ☑ Creative direction of narratives ☑ Production Show less



Waddell Media Ltd

• Producer / Director

  • Mar 2014 - Apr 2014

  A Very British Mission (W/T) - 16 x 3' A season of films for Channel 4 will put the spotlight on a very British phenomenon. The meteoric rise of the West African church and its Pentecostal doctrines. Following up to 3 stories a week i will be getting to the grain of the characters that follow their faith, from miracle workers to the baby-faced preachers. To be broadcast throughout Easter. Role includes but not exclusive to: ☑ Pre-Production / Research ☑ Scheduling & Planning ☑ Self-Shooting - PMW200 ☑ Story Editing ☑ Negotiating Access ☑ Data wrangling / Edit logging ☑ Risk Assessment ☑ Creative direction of narratives Show less



Knickerbockerglory TV

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• DV Director

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  GPs Behind Closed Doors - 4 x 60' for C5 Documentary series which will take us to the heart of a local doctors surgery. By fitting a fixed camera rig to the consulting rooms of a local surgery in Lewisham we are given exclusive access to some of the 500+ patients who pass through St John’s Medical Centre every day. Directing and shooting patient back-stories and additional footage to be used across series. TX Spring 2014 - Channel 5 GPs Behind Closed Doors - 4 x 60' for C5 Documentary series which will take us to the heart of a local doctors surgery. By fitting a fixed camera rig to the consulting rooms of a local surgery in Lewisham we are given exclusive access to some of the 500+ patients who pass through St John’s Medical Centre every day. Directing and shooting patient back-stories and additional footage to be used across series. TX Spring 2014 - Channel 5



Promotional Videos

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer / Account Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  The company produces on-line videos for internal & external promotion - B2B Communications. As a Producer i worked across a handful of the companies portfolio, client facing, pitching, budgeting, directing crews , editing and delivering content cross-platform. Maintained existing relationships and delivered projects on time and budget. The company produces on-line videos for internal & external promotion - B2B Communications. As a Producer i worked across a handful of the companies portfolio, client facing, pitching, budgeting, directing crews , editing and delivering content cross-platform. Maintained existing relationships and delivered projects on time and budget.



Shed Media Group

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director / Editor

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

  Ramadan Reflections - 30 x 2' Location directing and offline post for Ramadan Season on Channel 4. Editing on FCP and shooting Canon C300 Production Company: Watershed TV Ramadan Reflections - 30 x 2' Location directing and offline post for Ramadan Season on Channel 4. Editing on FCP and shooting Canon C300 Production Company: Watershed TV



The Africa Channel International

• Producer / Director

  • Nov 2012 - May 2013

  African Masters 12 x 30' - The Africa Channel Flagship series on African contemporary art featuring the likes of Yinka Shonibare, William Kentridge, El Anatsui, Sokari Douglas Kamp and Andre Magnin. Managed multi-national crews, scheduling, budgeting, scripting and overseeing total production form script to TX. Shot on location in New York, Paris, Senegal, Lagos, Ghana, Benin, South Africa, Houston and Kenya. http://www.theafricachannel.co.uk/african-masters/ African Masters 12 x 30' - The Africa Channel Flagship series on African contemporary art featuring the likes of Yinka Shonibare, William Kentridge, El Anatsui, Sokari Douglas Kamp and Andre Magnin. Managed multi-national crews, scheduling, budgeting, scripting and overseeing total production form script to TX. Shot on location in New York, Paris, Senegal, Lagos, Ghana, Benin, South Africa, Houston and Kenya. http://www.theafricachannel.co.uk/african-masters/



Bladonmore

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer / Director

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2012

  Produced 5 brand led films for major client Europcar. Corporate production for usage at AGM. Produced 5 brand led films for major client Europcar. Corporate production for usage at AGM.



Big Bright Films / Bright Hand Pictures

• Producer / Director

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  What Did I do Last Night? Season 1 & 2 ***MIPTV Pick of the Fest*** 12 x 30' - Current TV The show that brought the nation the hangover from hell, what happened to one young person when they played back the night before, the morning after? http://current.com/shows/lastnight/ Badges of Convenience 1 x 10' - Channel 4 Special VT for IAAF World Athletics coverage, Short ob-doc uncovering the notion of 'plastic brits' competing for Team GB. The Fade 1 x 80' - CBA / Channel 4 (Funded) Observational Documentary profiling the life and times of four barbers around the world, doing the same thing in different time zones. Show less



Independent Producer

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2011

  During this period alongside owning a company. I freelanced for various companies and production houses creating short form content. TRANSPORT FOR LONDON - BUSOLOGY ALFA ROMEO - BALLONS – Web Viral / Yuki Media and The Big RD NIKE FOOTBALL - LOVE HATE R7 - nikefootball.com TV & Web / Wieden&Kennedy FOOTLOCKER – BE THE REVOLUTION OF YOU – TVC / Sunset & Vine NIKE FOOTBALL- DROGBA MSL nikefootball.com /AKQA NIKE WOMEN - HERE I AM In House Marketing / Slice PR NIKE FOOTBALL - TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL- Web Content / AKQA & PictureFields NIKE WOMEN - WHATʼS YOUR LIMIT / Web Content / AKQA & PictureFields NIKE FOOTBALL- STREET STORIES / Web Content / AKQA Associated Board Royal School of Music – SOUNDJUNCTION.ORG Interactive Website / In House Show less



The Film Lounge Ltd

• Director

  • Jan 2007 - May 2009

  The Film Lounge Ltd, was purchased by myself and business partner Simon Banks from the Apollo Home Entertainment chain. We ran three outlets across south London which operated in home end DVD distribution and exhibition, with internet cafe's attached to all premises. Upscaled business from £80k p/a to £320k p/a turnover within 3 years. The Film Lounge Ltd, was purchased by myself and business partner Simon Banks from the Apollo Home Entertainment chain. We ran three outlets across south London which operated in home end DVD distribution and exhibition, with internet cafe's attached to all premises. Upscaled business from £80k p/a to £320k p/a turnover within 3 years.



Maroon Productions

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

• Assistant Producer

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2007

  Maroon Productions was established in 1994. The company specialises in producing top quality documentaries equally at home in other genres such as current affairs, factual entertainment, sports and the arts. Productions: Battyman - 1 x 60' Channel 4 Giving Up the Weed - 1 x 60' Channel 4 Search for an Asian Villain - 1 x 60' Channel 4 Maroon Productions was established in 1994. The company specialises in producing top quality documentaries equally at home in other genres such as current affairs, factual entertainment, sports and the arts. Productions: Battyman - 1 x 60' Channel 4 Giving Up the Weed - 1 x 60' Channel 4 Search for an Asian Villain - 1 x 60' Channel 4



ABRSM

• United Kingdom
• Musicians
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Digital Video Producer - Soundjunction.org

  • Dec 2004 - Sep 2005

  SoundJunction produced by the ABRSM is the award-winning site for listening to, exploring, discovering and creating music. I was in charge of the total video production for the site, which contains over 100 contributions from established musicians. Looking after a team of 3 cameramen and 2 editors. Duties included, but not exclusive to: *Budgeting *Scheduling *Crewing *Filming / Editing *Location / Production Management *Contributor Liaison SoundJunction produced by the ABRSM is the award-winning site for listening to, exploring, discovering and creating music. I was in charge of the total video production for the site, which contains over 100 contributions from established musicians. Looking after a team of 3 cameramen and 2 editors. Duties included, but not exclusive to: *Budgeting *Scheduling *Crewing *Filming / Editing *Location / Production Management *Contributor Liaison



The Albany Theatre

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Director (P/T)

  • Feb 2004 - Aug 2005

  The Albany Digital was the production arm of the Albany Theatre in Deptford, south east London. Under the lead of Jake Strickland, i was employed as an in-house filmmaker, creating content for clients such as the LPO, BBC Radio, ABRSM and the National Theatre. The Albany Digital was the production arm of the Albany Theatre in Deptford, south east London. Under the lead of Jake Strickland, i was employed as an in-house filmmaker, creating content for clients such as the LPO, BBC Radio, ABRSM and the National Theatre.



Opta

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Football Data Analyst (P/T)

  • Aug 2003 - May 2005

  Recording the stats of up to 8 live football games a week at London Waterloo HQ. Feeding information to global partners and associates. Making critical decisions about the run of live play and equal IT skills to implement records. Recording the stats of up to 8 live football games a week at London Waterloo HQ. Feeding information to global partners and associates. Making critical decisions about the run of live play and equal IT skills to implement records.



The Home Office

• Australia
• Furniture
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Officer

  • Sep 2001 - Jan 2003

  National Asylum Seeker Support (NASS) As part of a nationwide team, i was required to investigate the claims of Asylum seekers dispersed throughout the UK. Up to 70 investigative home visits per week, dealing with sensitive cases that led to information provided for central government assessment and the office of National Statistics. National Asylum Seeker Support (NASS) As part of a nationwide team, i was required to investigate the claims of Asylum seekers dispersed throughout the UK. Up to 70 investigative home visits per week, dealing with sensitive cases that led to information provided for central government assessment and the office of National Statistics.