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    Fast and versatile director and series producer, I have a proven track record in visual story telling and innovative television.  I am skilled at both running a project from development to completion and picking up and polishing a troubled edit. From 90-minute documentaries for Arena to experimental news reports for More 4, I bring a compelling visual style and a skilful approach to directing presenters and commentary writing.

     

    With more than ten years in television I have worked on an broad range of experience of different genres . I have a lot of experience working with presenters, both familiar faces and new figures to television, and have directed large and small-scale drama inserts. I have directed and self shot observational material and made innovative archive and graphics based series. I come in on budget and enjoy collaborative work. 

     

    Several films that I have directed have won international awards including top prizes at the Trento and Telluride film festivals for Mountain Men, a CRE award for Violent Times, a Jules Verne Award for Icemen and a series Peabody for Dancing in the Streets.

    "Must See TV" The Sun "Rivetting" The Daily Mail "Excellent" The Telegraph. "The BBC at its Best" "So Subversive as to be treasonable" The BBC Duty Log 
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    Credits

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    Lionel Bart - Illuminations for Five , United Kingdom
    2012 - Producer/Director
    60 minute biography of Lionel Bart for BBC4

    Justice: A citizen's guide to the Twenty First Century - BBC , United Kingdom
    2010 - Producer/Director
    Authored film with Michael Sandel, US philosopher, shooting all over the world, drama recon, "Riveting" The Daily Mail, "Excellent" Metro

    The Invisible Man of Science Fiction - BBC , Unspecified
    2006 - Producer/Director
    Drama doc starring Chris Langham as John Wyndham- "Utterly Absorbing" The Evening Standard

    The Race for Everest - BBC , United Kingdom
    2003 - Producer/Director
    BBC's 50th anniversary film for the first ascent of Everest- recon, CGI- "Truly Wonderful" The Scotsman

    Mountain Men  - BBC , United Kingdom
    2002 - Producer/Director
    3 episodes of multi award winning series combining recon, archive, and specially shot filming all over the world- "Excellent" "Amazing" Awards: Telluride, BANFF, Trento

    Icemen - BBC , United Kingdom
    2000 - Producer/Director
    Directed and series produced three episodes of an award winning series on Arctic exploration - "The best documentary series of the year" The Daily Telegraph

    The Lost World of Albert Kahn - BBC , United Kingdom
    2007 - Producer/Director
    Two episodes in very well received archive based series - "Beautifully produced" , "Best in the Series"

    The Story of X - Illuminations for Five , United Kingdom
    2006 - Producer/Director
    Directed and produced three part series for Five combining archive, recon, interview- "A consistently fascinating series" Time Out

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    Employment History

    I have  been a Producer/Director for over ten years and have a very wide experience of lots of different sorts of programmes. I have produced three series (two for BBC 2, one for Five), two of which won awards, all of which recieved good press and ratings. 

    Presenters    : I have worked with many authors presenters on long and short films including Michael Sandel, David Stafford, Ben Woolley, Danny Baker, Ruby Wax, Amanda Redman, Saffron Burrows, Robert Elms, Jonathan Meades, Alexei Sayle, Jools Holland and Malcolm McLaren.

    Drama Documentary: I have directed several extended  drama inserts for factual programmes that I have produced. For Wyndam, The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (BBC4), I worked with Chris Langham and Brendan Gregory on extended dramatized sequences. I have done the BBC drama director's course.

    Science: I have worked for BBC Science Department, making the well received An Experiment on a Bird in the Airpump for the Enlightenment season on BBC4

    Travel: I have filmed all over the world from the Arctic to Cambodia to the Himalayas and have made travel films for BBC 2. I've done extreme  environments training courses and 
     

    History: I have made several history series including Icemen (BBC2) and Mountain Men (BBC2), both of which won international awards. I have made popular history series on advertising and X films for Five.


    Music    : I have made several music documentaries, including Dancing in the Streets for BBC2 and The King Meets the President for Channel 4.

    Arts: I have made specials for The Late Show, a ninety minuter for Arena and recently made two episodes of The Wonderful World of Albert Khan.

    Edit producer: I have worked as an edit producer for the OU I learning project and edit  produced full length programmes for BBC4 and the OU.

    Current Affairs    : I directed Dispatches: Flooding (Channel Four) and recent made three short films for More 4 News, bringing back historical characters to report on contemporary events. 

    Development:     I have done a lot of development at the BBC and independent companies. I developed, sold and produced Icemen for the BBC and The History Channel and Mountain Men for the BBC and TLC. I have recently developed and sold two books and have a movie script in pre-production with Universal.

    Languages: Italian, French

     

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    Education

    Manchester Universtiy: BA Hons Drama
    Bristol Universiy: Postgraduate in Radio, Film and TV
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    Industry Qualifications

    BBC Drama Directors Course
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    Technical Equipment

    Z1, Super 8 (own equipment), FCP
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    Affiliations

    Directors UK
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    Referees

    Clare Paterson: clarepaterson21@hotmail.com, 07720 289347

    Linda Zuck: linda@illuminationsmedia.co.uk, 07973835322 <
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    Industry Awards

    CRE Award - 'Violent Times'Wall to Wall
    Peabody Award- 'Dancing in the Streets'BBC
    Telluride Festiwal award- Mountain Men
    BANFF, Trento- The Ghosts of K2
    Jules Verne Award, Paris: Icemen:The Frozen Skies
     The Adventurer's Handbook, Innovation award

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    Skills

    Fluent Italian
    Working French
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Corporate, 
    • Film, 
    • Radio, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Development, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Food, 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Music, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Science, 
    • Travel

    Organizations

    • Directors UK

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Art, 
    • Art History, 
    • Arts, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Crime, 
    • Fashion, 
    • Food, 
    • Heritage, 
    • History, 
    • Languages, 
    • Literature, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Music, 
    • Travel

    Languages

    • French, 
    • Italian
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