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    I am an award-winning Director/ Cameraman and occasional Producer with experience in documentary, corporate, sport and news production.

    I specialise in remote, hostile and other environments or projects where it's not always desirable or possible to send a larger crew.  I have worked extensively overseas including remote parts of Africa and the Middle East and with all three services of the British Armed Forces, I am attracted to the challenge of creating powerful, effective and striking content whether embedded in Iraq, filming wildlife on a remote island in the Atlantic or from a tent on the side of a Alpine mountain range.

    I am based in London and SW Scotland.

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    Credits

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    GOLD RUSH - Raw Television , United States of America
    2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Shooting PD for the second series of the Discovery hit series, GOLD RUSH. Based in the wilds of Alaska for 3 months, I followed the stories of two mines as they chased gold and the American Dream.

    FOR FULL CREDIT LIST -  PLEASE SEE WEBSITE OR DOWNLOAD CV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Director/Cameraperson
    www.diverseambition.com

    BBC News - BBC Newsgathering , Worldwide
    2010 - Cameraperson/Editor
    a regular shoot/edit for all BBC Newsgathering national and international operations.

    International Handball  - Avanti Sport Ltd , United Kingdom
    2010 - Cameraperson
    Quarter finals, European Handball

    Rocks in a Hard Place: II Sqn in Basra - COI , Iraq
    2009 - Director/Cameraperson
    six mont ob doc following the servicemen of II Sqn on the frontline in Iraq. Digibeta, lipstick cameras.

    Comic Relief Simon Pegg/ Nick Frost - BBC , United Kingdom
    2009 - Cameraperson
    Trailer for BBC Comic Relief 2009. Digibeta.

    British Army - This Film Continues - Publicis , Unspecified
    2008 - Lighting Cameraperson
    continuation films for British Army advertising campaign

    Afghanistan Diaries - COI , Afghanistan
    2008 - Producer/Director
    video blog following RAF Regiment serviceman in Afghanistan

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    Employment History

    NON FREELANCE EMPLOYMENT
    CoullMedia - Head of Production
    responsible for live and pre-recorded online streaming of major events/ projects, production design, shooting, editing and direction
    (including mullticam) and development of interactive online video. Clients include ITV, UMusic, Lycos, Emap, TEAMTalk Media and
    Microsoft

    KEYT (ABC), Santa Barbara, USA -  Camera/ Producer
    newsroom and gallery production, OB production and crewing, subbing and scripting

    Emap Digital Radio - Producer/ Editor
    stations worked on include Heat, Mojo and Q

    Choice FM, Accra, Ghana Broadcast - Producer/ Journalist
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    Education

    MA Television Production (Distinction) - Falmouth College of Arts

    MA(Hons) Psychology (First Class) - The University of Edinburgh
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    Industry Qualifications

    Hostile Environment & First Aid Training (HEFAT) - Centurion Risk Assessment Services.

    MSHA Surface Miner

    BBC NALS

    Civilian PDT - MoD (Chilwell)

    Full clean driving licence

    Conversational French
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    Technical Equipment

    FREQUENTLY USED EQUIPMENT  
    Sony  PDW-800/700/500, HDW-650P, DVW-970/ 700, PMW-350, DSR 450, EX1(R)/ EX3/ Z1/Z7
    Panasonic AJ-HPX3700, AG-HPX500, AG-DVX1000
    Canon XF305, EOS 5DmkII

    Experienced in use of rifle, radio and personal mics and SQN mixers

    Final Cut Studio (full suite - to online standard), Avid (Adrenaline, DV, Newscutter), Adobe Premier Pro, CoolEdit, Soundforge, Dalet


    OWNED EQUIPMENT (for full list see www.diverseambition.com)
    HD and Digibeta camera channels + std and w/angle
    portable LCD monitor
    2x Sennheiser lapel radio mics (+ XLR adaptors) x2
    2x rifle mics + windshields and pistol grip
    Litepad lighting kit

    Full HD broadcast Final Cut NLE suite with AJA I/O box and external storage
    Portable Final Cut NLE suite and external storage
    Iridium satellite phone
    Enhanced civilian (blue) body armour (level IV) and helmet
    Medical kit incl field dressings and CA Tourniquets

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    Affiliations

    Member of the Guild of Television Cameramen
    Member of BECTU
    Member of Expedition Media

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    Referees

    Andrew Lane Fox
    Head of Moving Image, non-Broadcast and AFP
    andrew.lanefox@coi.gsi.gov.uk

    Susannah Nicol
    Senior Public Information Officer, Ethiopia
    United Nations World Food Programme
    susannah.nicol@wfp.org
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    Industry Awards

    IVCA GOLD 2009 - Regular Communications (as Director/ Camera)

    IVCA Highly Commended 2009 - Recruitment (as Director/ Camera)

    IVCA SILVER 2009 - Recruitment (as Exec Producer)

    CIPR 2008 - Best Use of Social Media (as Director/ Producer)


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    Skills

    HD/ Digibeta/ DVCAM
    Location sound for broadcast
    Covert/ miniature cameras

    Hostile and remote environments (including embed with Armed Forces)

    Sensitive topics

    NLE edit systems, including Avid and FCP (to online)

    Solo-working (including shooting PD)

    Foreign locations and clearances

    Media law, including rights clearances, new media and convergence.

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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Commercials, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Mobile Content, 
    • Online, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Commercial, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Development, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Docusoap, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Live Multi-cam OB, 
    • Live TV, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Science, 
    • Science Fiction, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Sport, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Studio Direction, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Organizations

    • BECTU, 
    • Guild of Television Cameramen, Expedition Media

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Africa, 
    • Arts, 
    • Community, 
    • Consumer Affairs, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Crime, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Design, 
    • Digi Beta, 
    • Drugs, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Environment, 
    • Ethnic, 
    • Events, 
    • Farming, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Genetics, 
    • Health, 
    • High-Definition, 
    • hostile and remote environments, 
    • Human Rights, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Interior Design, 
    • International Affairs, 
    • Internet, 
    • Journalism, 
    • Literature, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Medicine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Middle East, 
    • Mountaineering, 
    • Music, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News & Current Affairs, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • People Finding, 
    • Philosophy, 
    • Photography, 
    • Police, 
    • Politics, 
    • Popular Culture, 
    • Programme Development, 
    • Psychology, 
    • Radio, 
    • Science, 
    • Sex Industry, 
    • Sexuality, 
    • Social Anthropology, 
    • Social Issues, 
    • South Africa, 
    • Technology, 
    • Theatre, 
    • Travel, 
    • Undercover Investigation, 
    • Wildlife, 
    • Youth Culture

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French

    Permits

    • EU, 
    • USA

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG), 
    • Hostile Environment and First Aid (HEFAT), MSHA Surface Miner, BBC NALS
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