Employment History
SELECTED CREDITS (Jan 2000 - Present)
Edit Producer
WARSHIP: SERIES 2 - ITV / FIVE
Scripting and directing the edit for 1x60 in this primetime ob doc series following the crew of HMS Bulwark leading the Navy's largest deployment for a decade to the Middle East.
Producer / Edit Producer
DISHING THE DIRT - ITV1
1x60 in this new current affairs series going undercover in the food industry to expose what conditions are really like in the kitchens of the nation's restaurants.
Directing edit, directing and scripting presenter links and programme scripting.
Producer / Director
SAINTS AND SCROUNGERS - Flame Television / BBC1
Current affairs series following investigators from the Department of Work and Pensions and various councils as they identify, pursue and bring to justice people defrauding the benefits system.
Included filming main camera (Sony Z1), scripting, directing the edit, preparing live legal cases for broadcast.
Edit Producer
WARSHIP - Granada / FIVE
Edit produced and scripted 1x60 primetime ob doc following aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious on a four month deployment. Included scripting and creating the individual stories and overall narrative structure of the programme from rushes sent off the ship.
Lighting-Camera
DISPATCHES - October Films / CHANNEL 4
UK filming for the Dispatches progamme Iraq: The Betrayal, marking the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. Involved filming various actuality sequences, presenter links and key interviews.
Producer / Director
DON'T TELL THE BRIDE - Renegade Pictures / BBC3
1x60 ob doc following a groom-to-be on a month long social experiment to see if a he can organise his fiancé's dream wedding with no involvement from her; and looking at the wider impact which this has on the couple and their families.
Filmed (DSR570) produced and directed shoot and edit, directed mulit-camera shoots.
Producer / Director
DANCEX - BBC1
1x60 primetime documentary launching this Saturday night entertainment series.
Produced and directed coverage of auditions process, including directing presenters and talent. Scripted and directed the edit.
Producer / Director
STRICTLY DANCE FEVER - BBC1
Directed and scripted 1x60 primetime ob doc launching this entertainment series. Also produced observational content for the studio shows, living on location and producing a team of 15 shooting APs and researchers to develop multiple storylines on a weekly basis.
Producer / Director
HOUSE OF TINY TEARAWAYS - Outline Productions / BBC3
BBC3's flagship observational series attempting to help families experiencing severe problems with their young children, as they undergo intensive behavioural therapy in a last ditch attempt to keep their families together.
Directed, filmed (Z1) and directed edits for various observational packages in the series.
Producer / Director.
BABY SQUAD - Cineflix / UKTV
Filmed and directed 3x30 in this ob doc series using expert intervention to help new parents overcome behavioural problems with their children. Presented by Patsy Palmer.
Scripted and directed presenter links & ran two edits concurrently.
Producer / Director
NATURAL BORN DEALERS - Leopard Films / CHANNEL 4
4x60 formatted ob docs following antiques enthusiasts as they try to learn the skills needed to make it as professional dealers.
Included filming main camera (Sony DSR570), producing and writing links for presenters, directing multi-camera shoots.
Development Producer
TWENTY TWENTY TELEVISION
A 3 month contract involving the development of various one off programmes and series from conception through to pitching to commissioning editors.
Producer / Director
THE HOME FRONT - Outline Productions / UKTV HISTORY
1x60 historical documentary combining reality filming with archive footage, personal testimony and expert interviews, to tell the story of World War II life in Britain.
Filmed, produced, scripted, and directed shoot and edit for 1x60 programme examining the effect on family life of living with food, fuel & clothes rationing; air raids and evacuation.
Producer / Director
EUROPEAN NIGHTMARES - September Films / BBC1
7x45 documentary programmes telling cautionary tales of Brits whose ventures into foreign property have ended in disaster.
Included 5 weeks on location in Spain, filming main camera (Sony PD170) and directing the edit.
Director / Camera
SORTITOUT-MAN - Outline Productions / BBC3
1x30 in series combining consumer affairs and factual entertainment to address everyday injustices and antisocial behaviour.
Included directing 3 camera shoots, directing the edit, filming, working with presenters.
Associate Producer / Sound
THE SARAH PAYNE STORY - Platinum Film & Television / FIVE
1x60 current affairs programme, chronicling the disappearance and murder of this eight year old girl which dominated the headlines in the summer of 2000 and following the family during the court case of her murderer, as they fight to introduce the controversial 'Sarah's Law' giving parents access to information on paedophiles in their area.
Associate Producer
First Edition - ITV1 London
Various current affairs programmes investigating issues including the state of the health, police and education services in London and the multi million pound impact of unregulated roadworks.
Associate Producer
THE LONDON PROGRAMME - Platinum Film & Television / LWT
Investigations into the extent of gun crime in the capital and the impact of Brixton's experiment to decriminalize the use of cannabis.
Producer / Camera
ROVING REPORTS - ASSOCIATED PRESS & DIVIDED WORLD - RTE
Various 10 minutes news features from around the world for these current affairs programmes, including covering the aftermath of Mozambique's flooding in 2000 and the run up to the 2000 US presidential election.