Credits
Jamie's Ministry of Food - Fresh One Productions
, United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
1 x 60 mins for C4.
Can Jamie Oliver start a cooking revolution in Rotherham and discover a solution to the UK's emerging obesity crisis? I filmed the final programme in the series in which he tries to give his ailing project one final push before launching his campaign nationwide. I directed DSR crews, shot on Z1 followed by a 7 week edit.
The Shooting Party - Maverick Television
, United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Documentary series about nine deaf and disabled directors making their first short film for Channel 4. It's a series packed with humour, passion and honesty as the filmmakers talk openly about their lives as well as sharing their experiences as a first-time director. I self-shot the films on the Z1 followed by a 6 week edit.
Dumped - Outline Productions
, United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director
Channel 4, 2 x 60 mins
11 people sign up for a tough eco-challenge, little realising that they are about to spend 3 weeks living on a dump, struggling to survive on the rubbish we all throw away. I directed programmes 2 and 4 with a digi crew and edited programme 2.
No Place Like Home? - Fever Media
, United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
ITV1, 1 x 60 mins
Primetime documentary about homesick ex-pats who, after many years spent living the dream, are now facing the dilemma of whether they should give up on their idyllic life abroad and come back to the UK. We follow them as they return home on a fact-finding journey and discover how the UK has changed, both for the better and the worse. I was heavily involved in reworking the format post commission. I shot on the Z1 and directed a DSR crew followed by a 5 week edit.
The Virgin Diaries - Tiger Aspect
, United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
MTV, 3 x 30 mins
Winner Broadcast Awards 2007: Best Multichannel Programme.
Each film follows 3 months in the life of a teenager as s/he contemplates sex, sexuality and their own virginity. Each diary is self-authored as the young person shares their most intimate hopes and fears through a combination of video diary, actuality and voiceover. I shot the actuality on both DSR and ZI and edited the films over an 8 week period.
Honey We're Killing the Kids! - BBC Manchester
, United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
Series 1, BBC3 & BBC1, 1 x 60 mins
Series 2, BBC3 1 x 60 mins
I produced and directed the first programme of series 1 which then successfully transferred to primetime BBC1. Each programme follows one family as they are shown an image of how their child will look at 40 due to their unhealthy lifestyle. The subsequent actuality is full of humour and emotion as the family struggle to live by Kris Murrin's tough new rules. I shot each programme myself on the Z1 followed by a 6 week edit.
Honey We're Killing the Kids - BBC Manchester
, United Kingdom
2004 - Director
BBC3, 1 x 60 mins
Transmitted pilot. Its success led to the above series for BBC3 & BBC1.
Who Rules the Roost? - Ricochet Digital
, United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Observational documentary series in which couples take it in turns to try out life as a stay-at-home parent. I self-shot on the PD150 and directed a DSR crew, followed by a 6 week edit.
The Games - Endemol UK
, United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
1 x 30 mins Channel 4/1 x 60 mins E4.
10 celebrities compete in a week of live sporting events. I shot the documentary which followed their intensive 12 week training programme directing a team of 3 DV Operators (including myself) shooting on the PD150.
Meet the In-Laws - Maverick Television
, United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
FIVE, 60 mins
A formatted observational documentary series following couples as they introduce each other to their future in-laws for the very first time and stay with them over a long weekend. I shot the programme myself on the Sony PD150 and edited it over a 5 week period.
Kids On Porn - Maverick Television
, United Kingdom
2003 - Development AP
Channel 4, 60 mins
I was brought in to see if it would be possible to make a programme in which children aged between 11-16 spoke openly about their attitudes towards and use of pornography and how this informs their own sexual development. I succeeded in speaking to a number of children from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds as well as persuading a Headteacher from a secondary school to let me talk to his pupils. The documentary was subsequently commissioned.
When Sex Goes Wrong - Maverick Television
, United Kingdom
2003 - Development AP
Series for Sky One about the funny things that happen when we are having sex. I researched, shot and edited a 10 minute pilot and the series was commissioned.
Whatever Happened to the Slimmers of the Year? - Maverick Television
, United Kingdom
2002 - Associate Producer
Channel 4, 60 mins.
One-off documentary to see whether the former winners had kept their trim figures.
Top Toilets - Jool Productions
, United Kingdom
2002 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Channel 4, 4 x 3"
I set up this company with a colleague. We originated ideas and wrote proposals across a wide spectrum of factual programmes. Our work resulted in meetings with several commissioners and ultimately success with the making of "Top Toilets". Each film told a very different story from the history of the Twyfords' factory, to a day in the life of Carol Ellis, Wales' No.1 toilet attendant. "..perfect televisual Faberge eggs" Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 24 Jan, 2002