Experience

b a k

• Creative Producer/Director

  • May 2019 - Present



bak

• Creative Producer

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Budgets, schedules, financial management of projects, contractsDeveloping strategic marketing plans with clients.Managing corporate relations and liaising with clientsCopywritingDeveloping online visual content for companies and brands ScriptingTranslation (Welsh and Spanish)Directing and managing talentAnalysing data to measure project performance and conversion rates.



Director/writer/producer

• Shoot From The Hip Films

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  PRETTY VILLAGE feature documentary telling the story of a single village in North West Bosnia and the attempt of returnees to rebuild their community in the long shadow of the war ( best documentary BiH Film Festival New York, Docs for Sales section IDFA). International sales, SFK Paris.MY GRANDFATHER THE SPY (BBC/FFILM CYMRU WALES/SPRING FILMS)Feature documentary thriller set in South Wales, Manchester and Bulgaria. An investigation into the disappearance of filmmaker Dave Evan's… PRETTY VILLAGE feature documentary telling the story of a single village in North West Bosnia and the attempt of returnees to rebuild their community in the long shadow of the war ( best documentary BiH Film Festival New York, Docs for Sales section IDFA). International sales, SFK Paris.MY GRANDFATHER THE SPY (BBC/FFILM CYMRU WALES/SPRING FILMS)Feature documentary thriller set in South Wales, Manchester and Bulgaria. An investigation into the disappearance of filmmaker Dave Evan's grandfather in 1979.Executive Producer Andre Singer.Sales Agents, Starline Entertainment.Due for release autumn 2019.In production: THE MAN WITH A FORK ... (Polish TV/Polish Film Institute/Ffilm Cymru Wales)feature documentary co-production with Poland. The story of Peter Lloyd, a man who's body is at war with modern life This is the story of Peter Lloyd who battles with the medical establishment for recognition of his debilitating condition, Electro-Magnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS).In development;MEET THE PONGOS, feature documentary with Czech and Slovak partners. Feature documentary about the experience of Roma in the UK told through the eyes Europe's most watched gypsy vlogger, Pista Pongo.EXILES OF TIMBUKTU, (Ffilm Cymru Wales) feature documentary in Mali about the rescue of the world's oldest archives from the hands of book burning fundamentalists. Show more Show less



Freelance director/writer

• Director

  • Feb 2009 - Present

  Free lance writer and director in film, television and theatre. BAFTA winner for feature film Daddy's Girl, director on award winning series Y Pris. BBC series with Red Planet, Crash. Script consultant and director of motion capture for hit Xbox game TOCA PRO-RACE DRIVER for Kodemasters. Script writer for TV series NUTS & BOLTS.In partnership with MUSEUM of WELSH LIFE, created the installation THE REFUGEE HOUSE (2012) This hugely successful project attracted over 6,000 visitors in its 6… Free lance writer and director in film, television and theatre. BAFTA winner for feature film Daddy's Girl, director on award winning series Y Pris. BBC series with Red Planet, Crash. Script consultant and director of motion capture for hit Xbox game TOCA PRO-RACE DRIVER for Kodemasters. Script writer for TV series NUTS & BOLTS.In partnership with MUSEUM of WELSH LIFE, created the installation THE REFUGEE HOUSE (2012) This hugely successful project attracted over 6,000 visitors in its 6 week tenure at St Fagans.Feature documentary film, PRETTY VILLAGE (Co-producer and Director) (2014, winner of Golden Apple for best documentary at BiHFF New York. Visiting Lecturer in Acting for Film and Television at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and for BA Script Writing at University of South Wales. Show more Show less



Wales International Documentary Festival

• Artistic Director

  • 2015 - May 2019

  Strategic direction of festival, creative programming of event, managing funding bids and developing links with national and international partners and sponsors.



Zoom Cymru/Merthyr Valleys Homes/First Campus/Merthyr Education Authority

• Project Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  Pilot schools project at Key Stage 2, looking at how film can be used in the curriculum to enhance literacy, independent learning and all round learning competencies.



ZOOM CYMRU

• Media Training Officer/International Development

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2015

  Responsible for devising and delivery of film workshop programmes and training to young people across Wales, working closely with broadcasters, universities, schools and youth services to develop pathways into work and learning for young people.Tasked with developing the sustainability of The Zoom Young People's International Film Festival and in particular working to create transnational links with youth groups here and abroad. Currently working with partner organisations to create a small… Responsible for devising and delivery of film workshop programmes and training to young people across Wales, working closely with broadcasters, universities, schools and youth services to develop pathways into work and learning for young people.Tasked with developing the sustainability of The Zoom Young People's International Film Festival and in particular working to create transnational links with youth groups here and abroad. Currently working with partner organisations to create a small nations focus for the festival. Show more Show less



JOIO CYF.

• Director

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  Director of feature drama, TIR, written by Roger Williams and produced for S4C. Nominated for Best Drama, celtic Media festival 2014 http://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/