About Keith

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    Best selling point - Attention to detail workaholic.

    Keith is an award winning director of content having worked within the broadcast, advertising, commercial, corporate, financial,charity and education sectors since 1988.

    As a professional communicator creating distinct content and messaging  he is passionate about delivering a clear directive to a target audience.

    He lives  London with his family.

    Interests - Writing,running,photography,cycling.



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    Credits

    Year of the Volunteer - Media trust , United Kingdom
    2008 - Executive Producer
    Community Channel

    Inspector - Man-made , United Kingdom
    1996 - Director
    BBC 10 x 10 Short Film
    London Film Festival

    The Box - Man-Made , United Kingdom
    1999 - Director
    Short Film
    Edinburgh Film Festival
    Nottinghill Film Festival



    Appointment - Man-made , United Kingdom
    2000 - Director
    Short Film
    Edinburgh Film Festival

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    Employment History

    Credits: Career History:

    Director: Super 35mm/35mm/ 16mm/ High speed Phantom/Canon 5D/7D Arri Elexa,Redcam.


    2011-present BA Olympic Idents
    Write,Design,Direct 2012 BA sponsored Olympic Atheletes, to create a series of idents, shooting on a high speed camera system.
    2011 present RAPP Advertising Agency Training Films.
    Write,Direct three 4 minute films that focusses on the problems of mis communication.
    2011-present Audi Channel Films
    Design, Direct 90 second commercial that outlines the design of the LED lights on the new Audi range.
    2011 London 2012 Olympic /Paralympic Films
    Directing: Lord Coe,Dame Tanni G-Thompson/ Leigh Bolt re Paralympian Ticketing Films
    2011 Aegon Asset Management films.

    2011 Tenth Avenue Media Company
    32 films launching new company strategy.

    2011 Mastercard "Kasabian" Global Film
    Directing "Kasabian" music band for Mastercard Commercial.
    2011 Xbox Digital

    2011 Cuprinol TV Commercial.
    Directing a motion control shoot for Cuprinol.
    2011 HTC Branding film.
    Directing Girl dance at Pineapple Studio: for online commercial
    2011 Reebok: New brand film for 2012
    Directing In Nurnberg Germany
    2010 Xbox Digital Gold Award Creative Circle.

    2010 London Olympic 2012 Ticketing Films.
    Direct Lord Coe, Dame Tanni Grey, Thompson,Eddie Izzard, Jonathan Edwards.
    Shooting in London, Peurto Rico.
    2010 London Olympic 2012 Eddie Izzard presenting Nationwide launch of Direct Eddie Izzard Volunteering incentive: Gamesmaker.

    2010 Nestle: Maggi Global Branding Films for Europe, Asia.
    Nestle: Maggi podcasts.
    Direct two camera shoot in London, Berlin, Paris.
    2010 Polycell Digital Training films 32 films x 4 minutes
    Direct 32 films in three days.
    2009 Global Branding launch for Grants Whisky.
    14 days shoot 2 cameras: for Global branding films.
    2009 Global TV commercials for Grants Whisky

    2009 Grants Whisky Sponsor Piers Morgan TV show. Multi 5D.

    2009 Visa Access TV campaigns for Nigeria. Shooting London. 35mm.


    2008 Director: Script Editor 15 minute commissioned pilot for new 24 part live action/cg animaon childrens series for Fresh One Productions.

    2008 Writer/Director: Corporate film for Linklaters Law firm.

    2008. Writer/Director/Producer: "West London Action for Children".
    Create a promotional film for childrens charity based in West London, promoting the support they give to children and their families that have been ravaged by violence, alcoholism and poor education.

    2007 Director: promotional film British Heart Foundation. 10
    minutes Hi def.

    2007 Writer/Director: Bacardi: Isle Of Wight Music Festival 4 x 4mins.
    Web stremming Promotional films about the Bacardi DJ's 2007 -- Director: Topps Tiles 8 x 30 secs commercials.UK
    13 Million media spend.


    2000-2007 Further installatieons of our PLUS CG animated Characters.


    2007 Executive Producer: "Volunteer Films", Media Trust 25 x 4 minute
    films.

    • As the Executive Producer of the series I partnered chosen charities with selected production teams and devised an efficient production schedule that met with budgetary and time commitments. . My aim was to make non exploitative series of films which allowed the viewers an insight into the world of the UK charities and provided those charities with tailormade content
    • This probono scheme raised in excess of 650K of goodwill. Working with BBC,CNN,MTV,Channel Four and hand-picked independent filmmakers.
    • .


    2005 - 2006 Writer/Director/Producer: Forgiveness Project / 2x 4 minutes.

    • Researching/producing/directing/camera
    • FORGIVENESS PROJECT 10 minute film and WIENER LIBRARY Working with complex issues related to OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS of urban and war crimes

    2003- Director/Creative Director: BFCS/Sci-Fi Channel.

    Storyteller Series Pilot: Rutger Hauer as the storyteller.

    2000-2007 Man-made Films Director:Designer.
    60+ commercials for Plus Supermarkets for six countries, Total budget: 4million Euros.
    Birds,Air Canada, Band Aid, Ribena,Motorola,Virgin.

    2002-2003 Writer/Director: The Appointment-Short film.
    HI-DEF festival Edinburgh, UK Festivals.

    2000 Commercials Director: BFCS
    Directing Commercials for Air Canada, Proctor Gamble,

    2000-2001 Writer/Director: The Box Short Film
    HI-DEF Festival: Edinburgh UK Festivals.

    1998-1999 Commercials Director: Hungry Eye Films.
    Directing Commercials for British Knights , Pepsi, Nintendo.

    1996-1997 Commercials Director: Limelight Films.
    Directing commercials for McDonalds, Air France, British Knights.

    1996-1997 Co-Director: Rik Mayalls Grimm Tales. Hare and the Hedgehog.

    1996-1997 DIRECTOR: BBC 10x10 Drama Inspector Calls Too.BBC 2.

    1995-1996 BBC Bristol Them and Us
    Exec Producer: David Pearce.
    Segment Producer
    Overland Trains/ Underground system :
    • Research, script writing, directing 2minute live action/animation inserts/ titles for programme.

    1992-1994 Man-made Films: Design/Direct Promos/Sponsored MTV/Nickelodeoan Title sequences for Pepsi, Coca-Cola,L'Oreal,Caprisun,Wella.


    1990-1991 Redwing Films: Channel Four: Animator: Bed-time stories for Big Folk. Deadsy and the Sexo Chango.: 20 mins film .


    1988-1990 M-Ocean Pictures : Animator for numerous Music videos including : Maxi Priest, Ofra Hasa, Enya,Wedding Present.

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    Education

    SRN
    RGN General Nursing 1981-4

    BA Hons Graphic Design Kingston Uni, Specialism Film/Animation 1984-8

    MA Screenwriting, Royal Holloway University 2008-10
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    Industry Qualifications

    BA Hons Graphic Design Kingston Uni, Specialism Film & Animation

    MA screenwriting, Royal Holloway University

    Director, 20 years

    Producer, 10 years

    Writer/Script editor, 4 years


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    Technical Equipment

    PC/Mac literate, Self shooting on Canon5D/7D, HdCam.
    Excellent post production skills, versed with 3D and post production techniques.


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    Affiliations

    SCWBI

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    Referees

    Zoe Collins MD Fresh One Productions
    Edd Oppe  Creative Director Spafax International.
    Lottie Cooper MD Framestore London

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    Industry Awards

    Awards

    Director
    2011 Creative Circle Gold ,Silver,Silver: XBox 

    Creative Director
    2006 Eurobest Charity film
    2006 BTAA Bronze Charity Film

    Writer/designer/animator/director
    1996 Promax BDA MTV Europe
    Euro First Look

    Animator
    1988 Deadsy Channel four film.
    1990 Deadsy Zagreb and Melbourne,
    1990 Deadsy Edinburgh Film Festival.
    1990 Deadsy Special Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Animation Celebration
    1990 Deadsy Golden Plaque Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.


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    Skills

    Writing
    Sponsorship
    corporate
    commercial.
    Directing 200 commercials
    Broadcast
    Producing
    Advertising
    Corporate
    Script Editing
    Self shooting
    Commercial Broadcast
    corporate HdCam Canon Slr 5dMk2

    An award winning creative working within the broadcast, advertising, commercial, corporate, financial,charity and education sectors since 1988. Keith is a professional communicator creating distinct content for multiplatform useage that focuses a clear message to a target audience.
    He has worked all over the world in studios, locations, hospitals, fishing trawlers to inside prisons.
    He just loves working.
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    Additional Information

    Industries

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

    Programme Types

    • Animation, 
    • Arts, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Comedy (Children's), 
    • Commercial, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Feature Film, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Education, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Health, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Leisure, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Natural History

    Organizations

    • SCWBI

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Art, 
    • Business, 
    • Cars, 
    • Celebrity, 
    • Children's, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Community, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Design, 
    • Digital Special Effects, 
    • Disability/Special Needs, 
    • Education, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Medicine, 
    • New Media, 
    • Photography, 
    • Science, 
    • Social Issues, 
    • Writing, 
    • Youth Culture

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French

    Permits

    • Australia, 
    • EU

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG), 
    • Motorcycle
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