Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder - RDF co production , England
2011 - Producer/Director
Direct commission from Channel 4.

In a pretty English village in the Surrey stockbroker belt lives the infamous Mr Wallace, whose hoarding habits have spread across a million pounds-worth of property.

Mr Wallace is arguably the UK's most extreme hoarder and his house has become a death trap. It is so packed that he has to crawl over mountains of papers and magazines simply to move from room to room; it takes 30 minutes to get to his front door from the chair he eats and sleeps in.

Film maker, Christian Trumble, is given unique access into his intriguing home, where no one else has ever ventured.

The council tried to force Richard to clear his garden but he fought them to the Crown Court, represented himself and won.

A year on, things are coming to a head as the picturesque village is competing to win Britain in Bloom and Richard's home is once again the source of contention.


FROM ROCK TO RING - Exposure (Advertising Agency) , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director
Following the story of a diamond from the world's richest mine in northern Botswana, through sorting in Gabarone, grading in Antwerp to Jewellery design in Milan. Told through the people; miners, polishers and designers that are involved in a cut diamond's extraordinary journey.


FIDDLES, CHEATS & SCAMS - ITV Current Affairs , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director
Prime time series for ITV1 looking at a range of fraud cases that have hit the headlines in recent years. Including the lorry driver who tried to sell the Ritz for £250 million and the fake celebrity chef who learned to cook in prison. Mixing interviews with drama reconstruction.


LAGOS THE FASTEST GROWING CITY ON THE PLANET  - Self Funded , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Lagos is a crazy metropolis that's officially the fastest growing city in the world. This film explores the human cost of rapid urbanisation through unprecedented access to the city's slums and meeting a range of character who struggle to survive from day to day. It's a rollercoaster journey through a reality that is shocking, distressing and hidden from view (inspired by my Ch4 New piece - Mega Slums).


LAST MAN STANDING - WATER BUFFALO - BBC (BBC & Discovery co-pro) , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
"Six young men take on the challenge of a lifetime - to travel the world and compete against the most remote tribes on earth at their own sports". In this film they visits the remote island of Sambawa, Indonesia, to take part in the ancient sport of water buffalo racing! This project involved managing a cast and crew of over 20 with 3 crews working in tandem... and shooting on high speed 16mm film!



PRINCIPAL VOICES - CNN , United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Flag ship series, made in conjunction with Time and Fortune magazines, meeting the world's leading visionaries. This set of films focuses on the work of 'Social Entrepreneurs', and their efforts to empower disadvantaged communities. Shooting in Rwanda, Nepal and San Francisco, the brief was to create 3 x 90 second 'commercials' plus a documentary. Reaching a global audience of over 200 Million.



WORLD'S TOUGHEST TRIBES - GUYANA - Ricochet , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
Modern anthropological series. This film meets the Vaqueros of Guyana, South America. These Amerindian people are the original cowboys who live and work in exactly the same way their ancestors did over 400 years ago.


IRAQ: THE HIDDEN STORY - Zenith / Channel 4 , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Jon Snow travels to Baghdad to discover why we are so profoundly disconnected from the real Iraq. Combing interviews with the likes of Rageh Omaar and Robert Fisk with previously unseen archive, the film explores the relationship between the reported news and the reality of what's happening on the ground.


WIFE SWAP USA - RDF Media (NY Office) / ABC , United States of America
2005 - Producer/Director
A right wing military family from Kentucky
swap with left wing Minnesotan peace
activists!

TV IRAQI STYLE - ITN Factual / More 4 - Discovery US , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Iraq: The Bloody Circus season concludes with
this exclusive insight into the TV revolution of
post-Saddam Iraq. Following the struggles
facing Iraqi crews and the new celebrities
making it big in Baghdad.(Screened at the Curzon Cinema Soho 2007 & Dubai 2008).

GRAND DESIGNS ABROAD - Talk Back Thames / Channel 4 , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Two films about very different projects in southern Spain. The series
opened with the modernist Malaga build and the controversy caused by in colourful painted walls.(RTS nominated series).


MEGA SLUMS - LAGOS - Commissioned by CH4 News , United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
A special report about the rapid urbanisation of the planet. The film visits the slums of Lagos, the fastest growing city in the world, to show the human cost of massive population growth. (The film is currently being re-cut this for the documentary festival circuit.)



BOSS SWAP USA - RDF Media (LA Office) / ABC (US) , United States of America
2004 - Producer/Director
The successful Wife Swap format is applied to
the business world, as two businesses from LA
enjoy the 'swap' experience.

GRAND DESIGNS Series IV - Talk Back Thames / Channel 4 , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
This film follows an experimental oak framed
build in Scotland, which of course goes
disastrously wrong! (Achieved highest ever
ratings 5.9m).

THE REAL 4400 - Unique TV / Sky 1 & International distribution , Unspecified
2005 - Producer/Director
Authored documentary exploring the alien
abduction phenomenon. A scientific
investigation into the subject, meeting
scientists, researchers and 'abductees' from
across the globe. Distributed internationally
with Paramount's Emmy nominated drama
'The 4400'.


MUGGED (First Edition) - ZKK , United Kingdom
1999 - Producer/Director
Documentary looking at the dramatic rise of
street crime in London. The film follows Lambeth
Police's efforts to confront the muggers head
on and interviews both victims and offenders.


WHO'S HOT ... WHO'S NOT (Metroland) - Carlton Television / ITV1 , United Kingdom
2000 - Producer/Director
The film explores our celebrity obsessed culture through the work of the paparazzi.
Meeting the players who cut the deals with the
mags and the lads on the street getting the
snaps. (Made into a BBC3 series, and a
celebrity of Darryn Lyons - 'The King of Paps').

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA
BA (Hons) Media Production
Specialist area - 16mm Film Production

Completed hostile environmental training with Pilgrim Security Services.
Attended a series of Channel4 and Carlton TV documentary master classes.
Trained in PSC Directing at Granada Television.
Awarded 'Advanced Production Safety' certificate.
Completed BBC's Health and Safety training.
Selected for Edinburgh International Television Festival 'TV25 Delegate' fast track scheme.
Selected for Carlton TV's Metroland Documentary Scheme.