About Matt

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    AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 2012

    I have over 13 years of television production experience. I am particularly well organised and thrive in demanding environments. I am able to think on my feet and work well under pressure, adjusting where necessary to changing demands. I am knowledgeable in all aspects of production including scheduling, budgeting, cost reporting, sourcing crews, interviewing and appointing staff; balancing the creative aspirations of the editorial team with the financial resource and time constraints. I am particularly experienced on working with small budgets, arranging foreign shoots dealing with filming permits, visas, and carnets etc.

    I was selected as a Broadcast Magazine Media Hotshot of the year in 2006 for production managing. The Broadcast issue was published late August 2006.
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    Credits

    • Blue
    • Pink
    Great British Menu - series 8 (budget drafting) - Optomen TV , Unspecified
    2011 - Production Manager
    My role was to draft a budget and schedule for a possible 45 x 1hr series (instead of 30min eps) for the successful GBM series in the most efficient and cost effective way including new format/content points for a possible pitch to the BBC.


    Skindeep: The Beauty Business - Optomen TV , Unspecified
    2011 - Production Manager
    5 x 30mins shows - consumer series investigating the unregulated aspects of the Beauty industry looking at high street salons and home beauty kits - the series exposes beauty blunders and seeks to right wrongs.

    PERFECT - Optomen TV , Unspecified
    2011 - Production Manager
    20 x 60 mins shows - The series is a studio based series where in each episode two top chefs battle it out in different rounds to create the 'Perfect' food dishes for a panel of judges.

    MARKET KITCHEN'S BIG ADVENTURE - Optomen TV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Production Manager
    125 episode HD Studio food series with Location VT inserts.

    GORDON RAMSAY'S GREAT ESCAPE (SERIES 2)  - One Potato Two Potato , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2010 - Production Manager
    The series looks at Gordon Ramsay learning, sampling & cooking the food dishes of South East Asia.
    Each episode follows Gordon in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia & Vietnam.


    JUNIOR MASTERCHEF - Shine TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2009 - Production Manager
    Based on the MasterChef format, Junior MasterChef is a 13 part cookery competition series for CBBC where young cooks between the ages of 9-12 years old compete to become the best up and coming young cook.

    THE BIGGEST LOSER  - Shine TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2009 - Production Manager
    An ITV1 reality series in which 16 seriously overweight people live in a manor house and train for 8 weeks to see who can lose the most weight and avoid a weekly elimination from the house.

    OPEN HOUSE - Ricochet TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2008 - Production Manager
    A BBC 1 Daytime Property series following the stories of people attempting to sell their homes on a one off open day. In each show our presenter meets with a home owner looking to sell their home to discuss what they are looking to achieve. Then a team of designers are sent in to de-clutter and dress rooms in the home to prepare for the Open Day event in which potential buyers come and view the property and hopefully put in offers on the same day.

    THE GAP YEAR - BEBO WEBSITE  - Endemol , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2008 - Production Manager
    An Internet based production for the "BEBO" networking website where six Bebo members from around the world (one person from
    each of Bebo's most popular networking countries - UK, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia & New Zealand) will travel on their own
    individual six month Gap Year each with a Producer / Director to discover and attend events around the world and report on their
    experiences via uploading blogs and video messages to the Bebo website.

    BLOOD, SWEAT & T-SHIRTS - Ricochet TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2007 - Location Manager
    This BAFTA nominated series takes 6 British shoppers with a passion for fashion and give them a cultural exchange and unique opportunity of learning to make the clothes they wear in the country they are made in. The programme shows the British shoppers travelling to India were they work and live alongside their Indian colleagues in places such as sweat shops & out in the cotton fields so they may experience where their clothes come from. On this production I looked after the location budget, health & safety and organised all the logistics on location in India for 5 weeks.

    GUILT TRIP  - Celador Productions , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2007 - Production Manager
    Guilt Trip is a current affairs/factual series where within each episode we take three people with a passion for particular luxury items on an emotional journey in which they come face to face with the consequences of what they treasure through a close-up glimpse of the production process and see the people it affects. Subjects that the episodes focused on are Gold, Trainers, Cheap Clothes, & Tobacco. Filming locations included South Africa, Ghana, India & Brazil.

    SIN CITIES - Shine TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2006 - Production Manager
    Sin Cities is a factual entertainment series where presenter Ashley Hames explores the sexual cultures within cities around the world. In this series Ashley examines sexual themes within the sex industry, such as Sexual Mutilation, Arty Sex & Prostitution.

    MAN'S WORK  - Shine TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2005 - Production Manager
    The series features presenter Ashley Hames, a self confessed slacker who has never done a hard days work in his life, taking on thirteen of the world's most physically and emotionally demanding & dangerous professions in the world to become a Man. Episodes include Ashley becoming a Colombian Narcotics officer, Bush Fire Fighter in Australia & Alaskan Crab Fisherman in the USA.

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    Employment History

    (Please see CV attached for more details)

    May 11 - Oct 11
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    SKINDEEP: THE BEAUTY BUSINESS - BBC3 (5 x 30')
    Optomen TV

    Jan 11 - April 11
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    PERFECT - UKTV (20 x 60')
    Optomen TV

    Sept 10 - March 11
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    MARKET KITCHEN'S BIG ADVENTURE - UKTV (125 x 60')
    Optomen TV

    Feb 10 - Aug 10
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    GORDON RAMSAY'S GREAT ESCAPE (SERIES 2) - C4 (4 x 60')
    One Potato Two Potato

    Aug 09 - Feb 10
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    JUNIOR MASTERCHEF - CBBC (13 x 30')
    Shine Limited

    Oct 08 - July 09
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    THE BIGGEST LOSER - ITV1 (40 x 60')
    Shine Limited

    March 08 - September 08
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    OPEN HOUSE (Series 2) - BBC1 (40 x 30')
    Ricochet Ltd

    January 08 - February 08
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    THE GAP YEAR - BEBO WEBSITE
    Endemol UK

    November 07 - December 07
    LOCATION MANAGER
    BLOOD, SWEAT & T-SHIRTS - BBC3(4 x 60')
    Ricochet Ltd

    April 07 - November 07
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    GUILT TRIP - BBC2 (4 x 60')
    Celador Productions

    Aug 06 - April 07
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    SIN CITIES (Series 4) - BRAVO (10 x 30')
    Shine Limited

    Sept 05 - Aug 06
    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    MAN'S WORK - BRAVO (15 x 30')
    Shine Limited

    July 05 - Sept 05
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    100 GREATEST FUNNY MOMENTS - C4 (1x 240')
    Shine Limited

    May 05 - July 05
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    JULIE BURCHILL ON REALITY TV - Sky One (1 x 60')
    Shine Limited

    April 05 - July 05
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    TEENAGE TOURETTES CAMP - ITV (1 x 90')
    Shine Limited

    Nov 04 - April 05
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    THE LAST HUNT - Sky One (3 x 60')
    Shine Limited

    Aug 04 - Nov 04
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    JUMP BRITAIN - C4 (1 x 60')
    Carbon Media

    April 04 - July 04
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    COMMENTATORS: BEHIND THE MIC - Sky One (1 x 60')
    Maverick Television

    April 04 - July 04
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    I LOVE BOLLYWOOD - C4 (4 x 3')
    Maverick Television

    Feb 04 - April 04
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    CELEBRITIES DISFIGURED - C4 (1 x 60')
    Maverick Television

    Feb 04 - April 04
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    BORN TOO SOON - C4 (2 x 60')
    Maverick Television

    Jan 03 - Jan 04
    I took a year out of my career to travel the world.

    Aug 02 - Jan 03
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    KIRSTY'S HOME VIDEOS (SERIES 4) - Sky One (8 x 60')
    Carlton Television

    Mar 02 - Aug 02
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    SCOOP! SCANDAL! & DISASTER! - ITV (4 x 30')
    Carlton Television

    Mar 02 - Aug 02
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    LEGENDS - ITV (6 x 60')
    Carlton Television

    Oct 01 - Apr 02
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    CHILDREN'S CASUALTY - ITV (6 x 30')
    Carlton Television

    Oct 01 - Apr 02
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    FIRST EDITION - ITV (7 x 30' - in series of 15 progs)
    Carlton Television

    Apr 01 - July 01 / Sept 01 - Oct 01
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    THE BEE GEES STORY - ITV (1 x 60')
    Carlton Television

    Apr 01 - July 01 / Sept 01 - Oct 01
    PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    THE ELTON JOHN STORY - ITV (1 x 60')
    Carlton Television

    July 01 - Sept 01
    RESEARCHER
    RAYMOND BLANC'S PASSION FOR PERFECTION - ITV (12 x 30')
    Carlton Television

    Feb 01 - Apr 01
    DEPT. PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
    Carlton Television

    Aug 00 - Feb 01
    JUNIOR RESEACHER
    CELEBRITY! - ITV (30 x 30')
    Carlton Television

    June 00 - Aug 00
    RUNNER
    LATE NIGHT LIVE - ITV(6 x 30')
    Carlton Television

    Aug 99 - June 00
    FACTUAL DEPARTMENTAL RUNNER
    Carlton Television
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    Referees

    Emily Brownridge
    Unit Manager
    Optomen TV
    Tel: 020 3227 5900

    Fiona McDonald
    Production Exec
    Shine Limited
    Tel: 020 7985 7000

    Katie Boston
    Production Executive
    Ricochet Ltd
    Tel: 01273 224 800

    Joe McLusky
    Managing Director
    Carbon Media
    Tel: 020 7324 0700
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    Industry Awards

    I was selected as a Broadcast Magazine Media Hotshot of the years in 2006 for production managing. The Broadcast issue was published late August 2006.
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Biography, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Food, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Music, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Property, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Travel

    Specialisms

    • Celebrity, 
    • Children's, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Copyright Clearance, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Food, 
    • Football, 
    • Internet, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Maths, 
    • Music, 
    • People Finding, 
    • Popular Culture, 
    • Sex Industry, 
    • Sport, 
    • Tourism, 
    • Travel, 
    • USA

    Languages

    • English

    Permits

    • EU

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG), 
    • PADI Diving licence
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