GALLERY OF EVERYDAY THINGS - ABC Australia
, Australia
2011 - Location Director
8 half hours for ABC Australian TV and distribution by National Geographic: Popular history, the extraordinary stories behind ordinary things, combining animation, interview, graphics, archive and actuality. The series features the bicycle, toothbrushes, underwear, hats, beer, sugar, bread and spectacles.
NARROW ESCAPES OF WORLD WAR TWO - WORLD MEDIA RIGHTS/ IMG
, United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director
PD 3 x 1 hrs of 13 eps archive, interview and recon based history series for the YESTERDAY Channel and international sales through IMG. Episodes on the Chindits in Burma, The Siege of Kohima and the Long Range Desert Group
ASIA'S MONARCHIES - Off The Fence
, Singapore
2010 - Writer/Director
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR & WRITER 3 (of 5) x 52' contemporary political history series on the Emperors of JAPAN, Kings of CAMBODIA and the Sultans of BRUNEI. 2010 headline series for CHANNEL NEWS ASIA, Asia's biggest cable channel based in Singapore. 'Documentary of the Week' TX to 26 million in 22 Asian countries. JAPAN ep highest ever rated programme in the history of CHANNEL NEWS ASIA. WINNER: Japan, Special Commendation 2010 Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union Awards, Best Documentary. SILVER WORLD AWARD Best History/ Society Documentary, NYC TV & Film Festival 2011.
Creating Shared Value - World Televsion
, Ghana
2010 - Producer/Director
CORPORATE 2x 5':NESTLE films shooting in Ivory Coast and Ghana following production of cocoa, coffee and maize from village plantation to factory.
EXTINCTION SUCKS - Off the Fence BV
, Netherlands
2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
SERIES PD: 6x 26' Extinction Sucks is unlike anything you've seen before; a riotous wildlife adventure series following the efforts of two outrageous Australian girls to raise money for critically endangered animals. Second original commission for IPTV Babelgum.com. Self-shooting in HD, tapeless on the new Sony EX1 and EX3 cameras. I researched, set up, and shot the series filming in Vietnam, Nepal, India and Australia.
CO-PRODUCED WITH WWF. Screened at Jackson Hole Festival 2009.
See eps at www.babelgum.com/extinction-sucks
THE INSIDER - Mentorn
, United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Series II 2X24 Mentorn for C4.
Emma-Jane Cross, herself bullied as a child, says prevention is the key to beat bullying in schools. Interviewees included Gordon Brown, David Cameron. Second episode on boyhood obesity with the Scottish tenor singer Nicky Spence, formerly a 25 stone teenager. Exec Elizabeth Clough, Editor Jill Robinson
THE INSIDER - Mentorn
, United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Series I 2X24' Mentorn for C4. PD'ing two episodes of C4's Friday night current affairs polemics.
First episode chosen to open the series: The Muslim Hangover Cure, on binge drinking, presented by a non-drinking Muslim a&e doctor. 2nd on medical ethics and disability, presented by the journalist Clover Stroud, who's mother suffers from severe brain damage. Exec & Editor as above.
European Business Awards - Key 20 Media
, United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
CORPORATE - Short buisness profiles in East Europe
SPENDAHOLICS - Betty
, United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
BBC3 9PM 1X56'
Luke Freeman is 26 and £27k in debt. He's spent all is money on snowboarding and eating out, psychologist Mark Hopkins and Lifestyle Coach Jay Hunt try and get to the root of his spending. SP Lyn Rowett.
BRITAIN'S TOP DOG - RDF Media
, United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
7x56' for C4, Sunday evenings
Liza Tarbuck and Stuart Hall lead the search for the country's top canine. Includes dog agility, dog scentwork, and doggy dancing! Self shooting on Z1. Best in Show meets Crufts meets Pop Idol. P/Ding two eps. SP Tayte Simpson.
HOW TO RESCUE A HOUSE - BBC
, United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
BBC 2 8pm 2X30'
Architect Maxwell Hutchinson presents series on why there are 1 million empty houses in Britain, helping people who want to bring them back into use. Directing crew with presenter, self shooting with contributors. SP Jane Merkin.
DESPERATE MIDWIVES - BBC
, United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
BBC3 9pm 2x30' Self- shooting on DSR 2 episodes in-house BBC, ob doc series on the lives of Derbyshire midwives. Exec Ann Laking, SP Charlotte Reid.
LOST FOR WORDS - October Films
, United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
1x52' for C4 Independent Film & Video, produced with October Films. A one hour authored film on four competitive Scrabble players and their obsession with words. Conceived, p/d'ed and self-shot. Exec Tom Roberts.
(After winning the C4 Pitching competition at Sheffield Documentary Festival, 2003. Premiered at same festival, Nov 2004. GOLDEN JURY AWARD, HOUSTON Worldfest)
JOE MILLIONAIRE UK - Wall to Wall
, United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director
C4 2x45' UK version of Joe Millionaire, 3rd most watched programme in US of the year. Reality series set in Ibiza for Channel 4/E4, a bouncer from Brighton tries to convince 15 unsuspecting girls that he's a millionaire living the high life. Exec Leanne Klein
MEET THE IN-LAWS - Maverick TV
, United Kingdom
2003 - DV Director
FIVE 1x52' A young couple agree to stay at their in-laws for the first time, and then the in-laws meet each other. Self shooting on PD150, actuality based series, working with emotionally-charged, multiple contributors from dawn till dusk. Exec Richard Mckerrow, SP Harry Lansdowne.
STRIP SCHOOL - First Freedom
, United Kingdom
2002 - Director
FIVE 1x52'
The first ever school for strippers in the UK opened it's doors in November 2002, where 4 very different girls learned the ins and outs of the trade. Directing full crew on DSR.
$100 TAXI RIDE - Cafe Productions
, United Kingdom
2002 - Director/Cameraperson
NAT GEO CHANNELS 4x30'
Broadcast in 65 countries world-wide on the National Geographic Channels a series shot in 8 world cities (2 per episode) following cab drivers around their towns. Highly authored pieces in the first person that included scripting and editorial skills, plus spontaneous, guerrilla filmmaking with little access. Exec Andre Singer,
THE COACHING SLOT - Dual Purpose
, United Kingdom
2002 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
4x3' for C4 series of films to be aired after C4 News on why Britain has failed to educate top class sports coaches
On Air promos - SCI FI Channel
, United Kingdom
2001 - Director/Cameraperson
12x2'
On-air promotions and programme presentations, shot & lit myself in a studio with a presenter.
FIVE MEN WENT TO MOW - Endemol
, United Kingdom
2001 - Director
1x30' Carlton
Metroland 1st directors film for on 5 brothers obsessed with racing lawnmowers, culminating in a Le Mans style all night race. (Winner: Silver Award, Houston WorldFest 2000. Sold by myself to Australian & Finnish Television).
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