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    Producer / Director / Writer / Self Shooting PD 

    Beginning his career shadowing directors in Molinare (Rory Bremner Show, Movie Chart Show), Endemol (Big Brother & The Pepsi Chart Show), and Discovery, Andrew has gone onto working as a producer, (self shooting) director, writer, and editor of prime time entertainment, docs, drama, and commercials, also producing various brand films for a number of large brands, (including 2 years in-house at HSBC). Andrew has also worked on commercials development, video pitches, and mood reels for every major advertising agency including, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis, Abbot Mead Vicars (AMV), Bartle Bogle Hegerty (BBH), and M&C Saatchi.

    He is a directing graduate of the BBC Academy and trained at The National Film & Television School, and also trained in screenwriting at BAFTA and The Script Factory. He went on to write, direct and produce a short film that featured in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He has also written a feature length screenplay with co-writer, and associate producer of Guy Ritchies' RockNRoller - and is currently in discussion with various companies with a view to a world wide commercial release.

    Andrew is also competent in operating camera's and lighting, operating the Canon 5D Mark 2, Sony EX3, DVW- 790, and the Red M-X among other cameras - always with a keen aesthetic eye, while always showing great awareness for the story at hand. Over the years he has become experienced in using dollies, jibs, car rigs, steady-cam, and underwater rigs.

    You will find Andrew to be resourceful, creative, organised, technical, and articulate, with a keen eye for attention to detail - and always able to hit the floor running on any given production.
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    Credits

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    Premier League Giveaway - Capstone Sports Productions , Unspecified
    2011 - Producer/Director
    Producing and directing 16 episodes of a Premier League football quiz panel show, for an international audience.

    Commercial for Halifax - CMP , United Kingdom
    2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Writing and directing a successful pre-commercial pitch for the current choir led run of Halifax commercials, also winning the advertising agency an ongoing £30 million contract to produce the bank's commercials over the coming years.

    Geordie Shore - Lime , Unspecified
    2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Working on the first episodes of the breakthrough series of the successful UK version of the American phenomenon of MTV's Jersey Shore. It has since attracted MTV UK's highest viewership for a UK made show.

    Hidden Britain - Hardy Pictures , United Kingdom
    2011 - DV Director
    Channel 4 pilot a Presenter led documentary on the subject of mythical Britain. Travelling around key sites and discussing them with experts.

    Wayne Rooney's Street Striker - Plum Pictures , Unspecified
    2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Writing and directing the breakthrough show, following the England football striker as he scours the streets for talented young footballers. The winner will be sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to the world cup final.


    Bill Grainger's Hidden Weekends - Optomen , Unspecified
    2010 - Producer/Director

    Following on from Bill's success with his BBC series 'Bills Food', he travels the UK in search for the perfect local produce and meeting the local farmers, fishermen, locals, while staying in various Landmark Trust buildings dotted around the country.


    Jack Osbournes Adrenaline Junkies - Ginger TV , Unspecified
    2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Jack Osbourne's globe-trekking six-month quest to get in physical and mental shape, climbing the rockface of California's El Capitan mountain, running with the bulls in Pamplona, and white water rafting on the Zamebezi, creating a "an overall 180-degree mental make-over".

    Paradise Hotel - Mentorn , Unspecified
    2009 - Producer/Director
    A group of single people live in a luxurious hotel resort, competing to see who can stay in the hotel the longest. Periodically, someone is removed from the show, and others are brought in to replace them. Each week couples pair off and must share a hotel room together. One person is left over, and he or she has to leave.

    Arctic Exploration - CNN , United Kingdom
    2010 - Producer/Director
    The need for energy resource looks to grow by 40% by the year 2030, this program looks at the oil industries quest to look at new areas namely the challenging Arctic Greenland in search for fossil fuels.

    Doctors - BBC , United Kingdom
    2011 - Director
    Shadowing the director, on the Doctor's drama series.

    Hollyoaks - Lime Pictures , United Kingdom
    2011 - Camera Operator
    Camera assistant on Hollyoaks.

    Living Heritage - Kerry Media , United Kingdom
    2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Narrator led series detailing some of the world's unique heritage sights from Italy, China, and Korea, India, and the Caribbean. Looking at art forms that have been preserved detailing them and their history, and how the trade routes have influenced various practices, story told through narrator led video, graphics, and interviews.

    Wakestock Festival - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Narrator led program following the yearly Wakestock wakeboarding festival following the festivities, participant interviews, and the finalist stages. Vibrant cutting, with stylised grading and effects.

    Korn A Phenomenon  - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Interview led series by the peers of Korn, discussing the vibrancy and uniqueness of their style of music. Also discussing their music videos, and how they have communicated with the youth that have bought into their music.

    FT - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Series of online videos for the Financial Times.

    Esoterica - Promo - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2009 - Director
    Music Promo of the band's launch single.

    De La Rue - CMP , Unspecified
    2009 - Producer/Director
    Animated super hero cartoon of Microsoft's bid to overcome counterfeit software, and De La Rue's procedures to counteract this.

    Keane - Promo - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2008 - Director
    Promo of Keane's unplugged music tour.

    HSBC - Jack Morton Worldwide , United Kingdom
    2008 - Director
    Interview of HSBC holdings chairman, following the story of the Stars event, the most talented up and coming people within the company.

    SteveEdwards - Promo - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2008 - Producer/Director
    Music Promo of Steve Edwards successful single launch.

    Betfair  - CMP , United Kingdom
    2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    The story of the most successful online companies, mapping the growth and uniqueness of its staff, and why people were inspired to invest, become part of the company and use its services.

    BP - Stone , United Kingdom
    2008 - Director
    Following a staff member who builds a 'Second Life' presence of BP in the virtual world, highlighting the obstacles and opportunities.

    Arnette, Angelina Jolie - Angry Sumo , United Kingdom
    2007 - Director
    Commercial for fashion sunglasses, shot in the states featuring Angelina Jolie.

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    Employment History

    Andrew is a confident self shooting producer and director, having started with Endemol, Molinare and Discovery: he began his career shadowing directors, then editing, AP, then soon moving into directing, writing, and producing entertainment, docs, commercials and promo's.
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    Education

    Directors Series - National Film & Television School

    Serious Screenwriting - BAFTA/ The Script Factory

    Diploma in Cinematography - Raindance Film School

    Directing Drama - BBC Academy

    Directing Documentary to Drama - National Film & Television School

    Observational Filming - National Film & Television School

    Advanced Camera Directing - Hollywood Camera Works

    Lighting On The Move - Ravensbourne College

    Producing Documentary - National Film & Television School

    Summer Soaps Screenwriting - National Film & Television School

    TV Technology Certificate - The Moving Image Society

    BA Honors Degree in Film & Music - Brunel University
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    Industry Qualifications

    Directors Series - National Film & Television School

    Serious Screenwriting - BAFTA/ The Script Factory

    Diploma in Cinematography - Raindance Film School

    Directing Drama - BBC Academy

    Directing Documentary to Drama - National Film & Television School

    Observational Filming - National Film & Television School

    Advanced Camera Directing - Hollywood Camera Works

    Lighting On The Move - Ravensbourne College

    Producing Documentary - National Film & Television School

    Summer Soaps Screenwriting - National Film & Television School

    TV Technology Certificate - The Moving Image Society

    BA Honors Degree in Film & Music - Brunel University
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    Technical Equipment

    Owns a Canon 5D & 7D Mark 2, LED panel light, and Zoom audio recorder. An apple Macbook Pro, with FCP, Avid, After Effects, Motion and Photoshop.

    Also proficient in operating the Sony EX3, Z1, Z7, DVW790 (Digi-beta), Panasonic AF101, AG-HPX250EJ,  cameras and Red M-X, and editing on Final Cut Pro and Avid, with compositing skills on After Effects and Motion.

    Experienced in directing productions with HD cameras, and also 35mm film and Super 16mm cameras, in conjunction with a cinematographer.
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    Affiliations

    BECTU & PACT
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    Referees

    Available on request.
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    Industry Awards

    Short film written, produced and directed by Andrew, featured in the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.

    Andrew was sponsored by Panasonic to produce a music video and showcase their new camera, having produced & directed the video it represented the UK as part of the High- Definition section, at the International Broadcast Conference.

    Andrew has recently written a feature length screenplay with the co-writer, and associate producer, of Guy Ritchies' RockNRoller - which is in negotiation of co-production, with a view to a worldwide commercial release.
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    Skills

    Skilled in producing, directing, camera, lighting and editing.
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Animation, 
    • Commercials, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Film, 
    • Mobile Content, 
    • Music Promos, 
    • Online, 
    • TV, 
    • web video content, virals, actors show reels, Canon 5D Mark 2 operator, Red M-X operator

    Programme Types

    • Animation, 
    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Commercial, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Development, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Docusoap, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Feature Film, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Drama: Television Serial, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Leisure, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Property, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Religion, 
    • Science, 
    • Science Fiction, 
    • Sitcom, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Sport, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Style, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Organizations

    • BECTU

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Architecture, 
    • Art, 
    • Art History, 
    • Arts, 
    • Asian Britain, 
    • Aviation, 
    • Business, 
    • Cars, 
    • Celebrity, 
    • China, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Clubbing, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Community, 
    • Computer Gaming, 
    • Consumer Affairs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Copyright Clearance, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Crime, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Dance, 
    • Design, 
    • Digi Beta, 
    • Digital Special Effects, 
    • Disability/Special Needs, 
    • Drama, 
    • Drugs, 
    • Ecology, 
    • Economics, 
    • Education, 
    • Electronics, 
    • Engineering, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Environment, 
    • Ethnic, 
    • Events, 
    • Fashion, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Finance, 
    • Food, 
    • Football, 
    • Genetics, 
    • Geography, 
    • Have trained in directing and cinematography at the NYFA and Raindance Film School. And had a short film in the Cannes Film Festival in 2010., 
    • Health, 
    • Heritage, 
    • High-Definition, 
    • History, 
    • Human Rights, 
    • Industry, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Interior Design, 
    • International Affairs, 
    • Internet, 
    • Journalism, 
    • Latin America, 
    • Legal/Business Affairs, 
    • Literature, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Medicine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Middle East, 
    • Motorbikes, 
    • Music, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News & Current Affairs, 
    • People Finding, 
    • Philosophy, 
    • Photography, 
    • Police, 
    • Politics, 
    • Popular Culture, 
    • Programme Development, 
    • Programme Formatting, 
    • Psychology, 
    • Puppetry, 
    • Religion, 
    • Science, 
    • Shopping, 
    • Social Anthropology, 
    • Social Issues, 
    • Sociology, 
    • Sport, 
    • Technology, 
    • Tourism, 
    • Transport, 
    • Travel, 
    • Undercover Investigation, 
    • USA, 
    • Wine, 
    • Writing

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French

    Permits

    • EU

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG), 
    • PADI Diving licence
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