Come Dine With Me - ITV Studios for C4 , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director
PD'd 5 episodes of this very popular series, also the first series of CDWM Ireland.

The Apprentice, series 5 (BBC1) - Talkback Thames , United Kingdom
2009 - Edit Producer
Cutting 'Why I Fired Them', the hour-long episode to be screened before the series Final.

What's Your Story? - dfg (Documentary Filmmakers Group) , United Kingdom
2010 - Other
Running documentary training for hard-to-reach communities of budding filmmakers of all ages.

No Place Like Home, ITV - Fever Media , United Kingdom
2008 - Edit Producer
and PD.
Shot one ep, edit produced 6 and worked across several other eps. (in edits, dubs and grades) in this 30-part series about expats test-driving a relocation back to Britain.

Badger or Bust, SkyOne - Diverse Production , United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Directed 2 of 6 episodes of this business reality series with former Apprentice runner-up Ruth Badger

Parentchannel.tv - Parent Innovation Consortium , United Kingdom
2009 - Series Producer
Series producing 70 short films providing advice and support for parents of 5-19 year olds for a website funded by the Department of Children, Schools and Families. Fast turn-around and politically complex job.

Say No to the Knife, BBC3 - Silver River , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Presenter-led BBC hour in which 2 young people desperate for plastic surgery consider their options with psychological and lifestyle advice.

Dating the Enemy - Granada Media , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
PD'd 1 of 6 in the series for ITV1 in which young people date their polar opposite to see if they can overcome stereotypes to find love

Shipwrecked, C4 - rdf , Unspecified
2005 - Edit Producer
Reality series in the Cook Islands. Cut 1 x 60' from 146 hours of rushes!

Spendaholics, BBC3 - betty , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Crew directing and self-shooting for this BBC hour in which a young debtor tries to change their fortunes with expert help.

Wife Swap USA - rdf , United States of America
2005 - Producer/Director
Managed a large crew across 2 locations in a show which pitted a Kentucky hunting family against an Arizona vegan animal rights activist. ABC and C4

Britain's Next Top Model - Thumbs Up , United Kingdom
2005 - Series Director
Directed 4 of 8 eps of this first series based on the American format. Directed 3 crews and a team of DV shooters.

Get a New Life, BBC2 - Brighter Pictures (Endemol) , United Kingdom
2004 - Edit Producer
Working across several edits simultaneously. Cut 6 x 1 hours of this ob doc follow-up to the presenter-led relocation series.

Who Rules the Roost, BBC2 - Ricochet Digital , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Stressed-out working parents try staying at home with the kids to find a new life/work balance. Lightly formatted, ob doc series.

Ann Summers Uncovered - Flame , United Kingdom
2003 - Series Producer
Series produced and directed this 7-part series for ITV on the sex toy and lingerie chain.

FAQ (Five) - Prism Entertainment , United Kingdom
2003 - Director
Self-shot and crew-directed inserts for this educational magazine series for Five, making science accessible to, and entertaining for, 8-12 year olds.

The Baby Whisperer - Outline Productions - Discovery , United Kingdom
2003 - Series Director
Filmed and directed a large part of this series in which Tracy Hogg helps parents on the edge with their baby problems.

eLove - Cineflix , Canada
2002 - Director
USA and worldwide locations. Series following Internet daters as they meet in the flesh for the first time. Self-shot 5 x 30' episodes.

The Real Birth Show - Chapter One , United Kingdom
2001 - Director
Filmed women's stories of the births of their babies for this warts-and-all C4 studio based show hosted by Zoe Ball.

Crimewatch Daily - BBC , United Kingdom
2000 - Assistant Producer (Self-shooting)
Directed/filmed crime story inserts; as AP briefted presenters for this show aired live from Scotland Yard

No Entry - BBC , Northern Ireland
1999 - Assistant Producer (Self-shooting)
Secured this commission, cast all characters and filmed on the Garvaghy road during the Orange Order marching season in 1999. Fast turnaround BBC2 feature.

Nation Goes to the Polls - BBC , United Kingdom
1997 - Researcher
1-hour special following 6 floating voters in the lead-up to the dramatic 1997 General Election

The Apprenctice, No Place Like Home (ITV1), Badger or Bust (SkyOne), Say No to the Knife, Spendaholics (BBC3), Wife Swap USA, Shipwrecked (C4), Who Rules the Roost (BBC2), Britain's Next Top Model and much more...


Edit Producer
THE APPRENTICE, WHY I FIRED THEM

Producer/Director and Edit Producer
NO PLACE LIKE HOME, Series presented by Catherine Gee on ex-pats struggling to decide on whether to return home or not. Filmed 1 and cut 6 x 60 mins. Fever Media for ITV

Development Producer/Director
Diverse Productions for C4, Spring 2008

Producer/Director
BADGER OR BUST, Ex-Apprentice star Ruth Badger fronting her own business reality series, bringing ailing companies back from the brink. 2 of 6 x 1hrs. Diverse Prods. for SKY ONE. TX May/June 2007

Producer/Director
DATING THE ENEMY, Series of half hours, pitching young people against their worst nightmare dates to see if they can overcome stereotypes to find love. 1 X 30' for ITV1. TX Nov. 06

Producer/Director
SAY NO TO THE KNIFE, 1 x 60'
Formatted presenter-led doc. series trying to change the minds of vulnerable young people who want plastic surgery by giving them style advice and psychotherapy. Silver River for BBC3. TX Sept. 2006

Edit Producer
SHIPWRECKED, Battle of the Islands
Reality series set in the Cook islands. Cut 1 x 60' from 146 hours of rushes! rdf for T4 TX Jan. 2006

Producer/Director
SPENDAHOLICS, 1 x 60' Presenter-led formatted ob. doc. on young people in debt learning to turn things around with life- and psychological coaching. Crew directing and self-shooting.
betty tv for BBC 3 TX Oct. '05

Series Director
BRITAIN'S NEXT TOP MODEL, Thumbs Up for LIVING TV
Series one of the UK version of the hit US show. 1 of 2 series directors, I directed and cut 4 x 1 hours. Multi-camera location and studio direction plus management of a team of DV directors and lots of celebs. Tx Sept. '05

Producer/Director
WIFE SWAP USA, rdf for ABC and C4
Directed an episode of the award-winning US version of this series, pitching a conservative Kentucky hunting family against liberal Arizona animal rights activists. High-stress, highly formatted and humorous programme. Managed a large US and UK crew across 2 locations. TX May 2005.

Producer/Director
WHO RULES THE ROOST, Ricochet Digital for BBC.1 x 60'. A working couple with 2 small children each grapple with being stay-at-home parents for the first time. Directed DSR 570 crew and self-shot on PD170. TX Dec. 2004

Edit Producer
GET A NEW LIFE, Overseeing 2-3 simultaneous edits in very fast-turnaround schedule. Responsible for cutting 6 x 60 min programmes and shaping several more of these observational follow-ups to the prime-time relocation show. Brighter Pics. for BBC 2

Series Producer/Director
ANN SUMMERS UNCOVERED, Produced, directed and edited 7 x 30 min. programmes about the sex toy and lingerie chain. (Also filmed some of them) These pop doc. programmes were fast turnaround and low budget but incredibly well received, peaking at 22% share. Narrator: Jenny Éclair. Went mini-network in other ITV regions. For ITV 1. tx Sept./Oct. 2003

Producer/Director
THE BABY WHISPERER,
Observational docs. following the work of baby health guru, Tracy Hogg.
Produced/Directed 7 x 30' episodes of this observational documentary series following the work of presenter and baby guru, Tracy Hogg.. I helped shape this series from the start, selecting stories and formatting the first shows. Cut a further 2 episodes shot by other directors, making a total of 9/15. For Discovery Health Europe. Tx Summer/Autumn 2003 and still tx'ing!

Director (DV)
FAQ, Science series for 8-12 year olds. Distilling complex info into engaging VTs C5. Nov. '02 - March '03

Producer/Director
BORN TO PERFORM for C4 Cast and filmed this pilot on recent drama school graduates seeking their first big break in showbiz. Developed an experimental drama-doc. style. Carlton TV

Director
e-LOVE, documentary series (13 x 30 mins)on international Internet dating for Cineflix Canada (TX: WTN Canada,Oxygen USA and UK Living). Worldwide locations as couples met in person for the first time. Directed and filmed 5 of the 13 episodes. Sept. 2001 - March 2002

Director (DV)
A SECOND CHANCE, Pepper Productions for C4. On excluded schoolchildren starting at new schools. Sept. 2001 (Short-term)
2nd Director (DV)
CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MOBILE PHONES?, Fulcrum TV for C4, July 2001

DV Director
THE REAL BIRTH SHOW, for C4. I filmed solo with several women before and during the births of their babies. I had to maintain access in hospitals and contributor participation through medically difficult labours. 6 x 10' VT inserts for this studio-based show hosted by Zoe Ball. TX 2001

DV Director
CRIMEWATCH DAILY, BBC 1
Directing VT inserts(IV plus abstract reconstrucion) for this daytime crime appeals programme, preparing scripts for studio and supervising comp role assembly for live tx. 2000/2001

Assistant Producer /DV Director
NO ENTRY, Community Programmes, BBC TV A commission I secured. 30' fly-on-the-wall fast-turnaround doc. on life on both sides of the divide in Portadown, N.Ireland, at the height of the Orange Order's marching season. I researched, found all of the contributors and secured/maintained access to film (very tricky!). Filmed and recorded sound on DV with Garvaghy Road residents. TX July '99

DV Director
ONE DAY IN SCOTLAND
50' documentary on the lives of 6 Scots on the day of the elections to the new Scottish parliament. tx May '99

Researcher/DV Director
VIDEO NATION, BBC TV. Finding new contributors from dukes to down-and-outs, in Britain and N. Ireland. Training new contributors to film and cutting their material into 2-minute Shorts. July -Dec. '98
GLASTONBURY SHORTS
10 x 2' Video Nation Shorts, Glastonbury festival '98
Finding, and filming with, characters at the festival.

Researcher
VH-1 On-Air Dept., MTV Networks Europe.
Finding unusual contributors and setting up shooting schedule for 10 short and quirky promos featuring members of the public who are passionate about hit music. Sept. - Oct.'97

Researcher
PRISON WEEKLY, BBC Community Programmes
6 x 30' series. Magazine programmes on life in prisons. July - Aug.'97

and much more...

Universities:
Bournemouth University, England - 1995 to 1996
PG Dip in Television Production

Scholarship to University of Oslo, Norway - 1990
Theatre Studies Foundation
Media and Communications to M.Phil. level - 1992 to 1995 (II.1)
Transferred to Bournemouth MA

Trinity College Dublin - 1986 to 1990
Bachelor of Arts in Modern English and Psychology (II.1)


Other training:
Oslo Film and TV Academy - Spring 1993
Programme Production, six-month evening course (II.1)


Secondary School:
Loreto College Dublin, Ireland - 1981 to 1986
Higher level: French (B), German (B), Irish (B), History (B), Physics (C), Maths (C), English (C)

Universities:
Media and Communications to M.Phil. level - 1992 to 1995 (II.1)
PGdip in Television Production Bournemouth University, England - 1995 to 1996 (II.1)
Other training:
Oslo Film and TV Academy - Spring 1993 Programme Production, 6-month evening course (II.1)

Additional industry training:
BBC Safeguarding Trust Modules - June 2008
BBC Health and Safety training - 1998
Public order and riot training, 1999 (for filming in hazardous environments), BBC + Met. Police
DSR 570 filming/directing - DV Talent/Skillset 2003
Final Cut Pro, a comprehensive study - Soho Editors, March 2008.