X Machines - WAG TV/Discovery , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Film about the Kamov KA-32 helicopter and its mission to install Avalanche Cannons in Sochi, Russia in time for the Winter Olympics.

The Tonight Programme - ITV , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Self-shooting Producer/Director on an investigative doc about retail issues.

Factory Lines - Wag TV , Unspecified
2011 - Edit Producer
Edit producer on Factory Lines, a new series for Discovery.

Factory Lines - Wag TV , Unspecified
2011 - Director
A new series for Discovery about factory production lines around the world. Self-shooting director on an episode about a locomotive factory in Southern Russia.

Paranormal Witness - RAW Television , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer
Producer working on a new drama documentary series about unexplained phenomena. Due to air on Syfi in the US in 2011.

Various - Mir Productions , Russian Federation
2010 - Executive Producer
Executive Producer and Development Producer on numerous projects, including a Russian version of the BBC Drama Series Afterlife and observational series for Discovery Channel Russia.

Panorama, Dispatches - Blakeway , United Kingdom
2010 - Development Producer
Working on treatments and pitches for Panorama, Dispatches and various BBC Current Affairs investigative documentaries. July-August, 2010

Literature, Scripts and Screenplays Award - Arts Council , United Kingdom
2010 - Writer
Awarded a Literature grant by the Irish Arts Council to develop writing projects including prose and film screenplays. January-June 2010

Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection, Channel 4 Dispatches - Blakeway Productions , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Produced and directed a film about the growing influence of Russian Oligarchs in the UK and their financial connections to Peers in the House of Lords.

Extracted - RAW Television , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Produced and directed a pilot for a new drama documentary series called Extracted, which recreates five daring search and rescue missions in different parts of the globe.

Channel 4 News - Indy Fund/Evolve TV , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
Produced and directed extended investigative items for Channel 4 News.

Heat or Eat: The Pensioners' Dilemma, Channel 4 Dispatches - Blakeway Productions , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Directed and shot one of five portraits of older people and their struggle to survive winter in contemporary Britain.

Guardian Online - Guardian , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Streaming travel films and articles on the Taklamakan desert in China, Hokkaido in Japan, the phenomenon of Tuk Tuks in Cambodia and Ecotourism in the Amazon.

Visionaries, BBC World - Blakeway Productions , United Kingdom
2007 - Series Producer
A series pitting great Visionaries of the past against contemporary figures in the fields of Arts and Science. Episodes include: Da Vinci Vs Andy Warhol, Wren Vs Foster and Madonna Vs Mozart.

Panorama, BBC One - Blakeway Productions , United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Entitled How to Poison a Spy, the documentary investigated the infamous case of the poisoned Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, including drama reconstruction and interviews with the story's leading players.

3BM Blakeway Television - 3BM Blakeway Television , United Kingdom
2006 - Development Producer
Commissions included Panorama: How to Poison a Spy for BBC 1 and My Friend Sasha: A Very Russian Murder, a Storyville on BBC 2.

The Culture Show, BBC Two - BBC , United Kingdom
2005 - Director
Director on the BBC's flagship arts magazine programme for its first two seasons, producing and directing over fifteen films on a wide variety of subjects in all genres, including:

The 3PM Ladies - June Whitfield becomes a contemporary art critic.
17th June 2006

Karine Polwart, Quiet Folk Sensation
27th May 2006

Brian Eno, Pop's Producer Guru
6th April 2006

Robert Altman - Legendary film director reveals all.
2nd March 2006.

Design Quest, Spitfire - Dan Snow take a trip in a Spitfire, circa 1944.
24th February 2006.

Design Quest, The Mini - DJ Edith Bowen on her love for the Mini.
16th February 2006.

The Three Emperors - a blistering critique of China's cultural charm offensive.
10th November, 2006.

The Rise of the Modern Etiquette Guide
13th October 2006.

Tabloid Nelson - A comic take on the Nelson Bicentenary celebrations.
June 2005.

Bryn Terfel, Bass Baritone from the Valleys
13th June 2005.

Orwell's 1984, Big Brother at the Opera
5th May 2005.

Robert Crumb, Cult Cartoons
10th April 2005.



Circle of Life - The Making of Dinosaurs, Beasts and Monsters - Impossible Pictures , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
Documentary about the making of the revolutionary series Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts and Walking with Monsters.

Oliver Stone talks to Kirsty Wark - BBC Four , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
Arts documentary on film director Oliver Stone based around an exclusive interview about his historical epic Alexander.

Anthony Caro talks to Andrew Graham-Dixon - BBC Four , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
30 minute arts documentary about Britain's most eminent sculptor, Anthony Caro, including extensive access to his North London studio.

The Year London Blew Up - Blast Films , United Kingdom
2004 - Associate Producer
Drama doc for Channel 4 about the IRA London bombing campaign of 1974-75. Role included tracking down over thirty victims and police officers.

Space Race - BBC Two , United Kingdom
2004 - Assistant Producer
Role included groundbreaking original research in Russia, plus scripting input.

BBC Four Current Affairs - BBC Four , United Kingdom
2003 - Assistant Producer
Assistant producer on BBC Four Profiles of Donald Rumsfeld, neo-con writer Robert Kagan and opera producer Peter Sellars.

Rapido TV - Rapido TV , Russian Federation
2000 - Assistant Producer
Role including researching, producing and directing shoots for Eurotrash in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Various - Various , Russian Federation
2000 - Producer
Produced, directed, researched and set up location shoots in St. Petersburg and Moscow for Channel 4 News, MTV, BBC World Service and BBC Radio 1.

TV TRAINING:

TV Production - Degree Option - Trinity College, Dublin.

BBC Digital Video, Lighting and Safety courses

Fully trained self shooter on PD150/170, DSR500 and Digi

Can edit to broadcast standard on Final Cut Pro and Avid Express.


EDUCATION:

BA - Drama - Trinity College, Dublin.
MA - Drama/Directing - University of London.