How Do They Do It? - WAG TV , Unspecified
2012 - Producer/Director
Hugely successful pop science series broadcast worldwide by Discovery. Directed, scripted and cut films shot in the US and Europe.

Gadget Geeks - Bullseye TV , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director
New prime time format for Sky One, featuring gadget tests and builds. Directing three new presenters in VTs which also feature contributors. Also directing three gadget builders as they produce inventions to improve contributors' lives. Multi-camera shoots as well as some self shooting (EX-3 with nanoflash). To air in January 2012.
Exec: Mike Griffiths
SP: Jake Attwell

Driving Wars - Blink Films / Dave , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director
Unique game show fronted by Colin Murray in which contestants drive real-life cars via remote control. Directed presenter links featuring stunts and pyro explosions as well as multi-camera set pieces with contestants. Scripted six of the eight programmes in the series.
SP: Dom Bowles
Exec: Dan Chambers

Squeamish - Talkback Thames / Discovery Networks , Unspecified
2011 - Producer/Director
New commission for Discovery Networks looking into the grisly, the grim and the gross. Shooting in locations worldwide.
Exec: Charlie Bunce
SP: Jonathon Holmes

Coast - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director
P/D for a 60' episode of the BBC's award-winning series looking into the stories of our shoreline. Three filming weeks involving five presenters followed by six weeks in the edit. CGI sequences, stunts and very high production values.
Exec: Bill Lyons
SP: Steve Evanson

Chelsea Flower Show - BBC / BBC1 & BBC2 , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director
Producing and directing insert VTs, both working with crews and self-shooting. Also directing crews on fast-turnaround insert films on location during Chelsea Flower Show itself.
Exec: Gill Tierney
SPs: Rosemary Edwards & Julie Heptonstall

Celebrity Quitters - Tiger Aspect / Five , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Reality show for Five in which five celebrities give up smoking. Filmed irascible chef John Burton Race's struggle to cope without his beloved cigarettes after 30 years as a thirty-a-day man. Self shot on Z5.
Exec: Ricky Kelehar.
SP: Toni Williamson

Renault TV - RDF Digital , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Produced and directed films for a a blue chip client's internet site and new satellite channel. Delivered content including a pilot for a food and cookery show and a celebrity car racing challenge, working bilingually in French and English.
Exec: Dom Bowles

Hampton Court Flower Show - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Directed insert VTs prior to the show and on location during the show itself, as well as presenters' links filmed with a jib for same-day broadcast.
Exec: Gill Tierney
SP: Caroline Jones

Chelsea Flower Show - BBC / BBC1 & BBC2 , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Self shooting (DSR) director for four observational films during show preparations. PSC director on site during the show itself.
Exec: Gill Tierney
SP: Rosemary Edwards

Various - RDF Digital , United Kingdom
2009 - Producer/Director
Produced and directed observational documentary films for a blue-chip corporate client's internet channel.
Exec: Dom Bowles

Wife Swap - RDF / C4 , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
Classic confrontational formatted doc.
Exec: Rukhsana Mosam

Ben Fogle's Extreme Andes - Ricochet / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2008 - Cameraperson
Series pitting members of the public against harsh environments and gruelling physical challenges. One of two cameramen (DSR 450) on eight-day high-altitude trek in Chile.
Exec: Chris Kelly
SP: Angela Norris

The Seven Deadly Sins - Twofour / Five , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Access-driven documentary series looking at contemporary cases of classic sins.
SP: Mike Brennan

Drama Trails - Tiger Aspect / ITV4 , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
The stories behind ITV's present and past drama series. Scripted, produced big-name talent, directed crews and self-shot on DSR 570 and DSR 450.
Exec: Ricky Kelehar
SP: Chris Hill

Logica - Vanilla Films , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director
Corporate film for blue-chip client outlining its new strategy following a rebranding exercise. The film featured graphics animated using After Effects.
Exec: Karen Benveniste

Wish You Were Here?... Now and Then - Talkback Thames / ITV1 , United Kingdom
2007 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Travel series. Scripted, produced, shot (on DSR 450), directed and cut ten programmes.
Exec: John Comerford
SP: Jenny Cole

The World's Richest People - ITN Factual / Discovery , Unspecified
2007 - Producer/Director
Documentary series on the life stories and lifestyles of the fabulously wealthy. Directed shoots in locations worldwide, scripted and edit produced.
Exec: Philip Armstrong-Dampier
SP: Jonathon Holmes

Holiday 2006 - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Scripted, directed, shot (on Z1) and cut four films shot in 13 countries on five continents in 30 days, chronicling presenter Simon Calder's 'gap month' journey around the world.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Graeme Cooper

Oil, Sweat and Rigs - Mentorn / Discovery , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Hard-hitting, 60' doc series set on America's oil rigs. Self-shot on Z1 over a five week period.
Exec: Malcolm Clark
SP: David Herman

Britain's Top Dog - RDF / C4 , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
60' LE format. Directed crews, shot on Z1, developed new talent, managed relationships with contributors, drew up and drove storylines, cut and scripted in edit.
SP: Tayte Simpson

Watchdog - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
Sourced stories as well as scripting, directing and cutting insert films.
Exec: Lisa Ausden
SP: Doug Carnegie

Departure Lounge - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer/Director
Scripted, directed and cut presenter-led films shot in locations worldwide. Also self-shot inserts on Z1.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Chris Walley

Spending Other People's Money - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2005 - Producer
Formatted doc pitting tightwads against compulsive spenders.
SP: Richard Bowron

Holiday 2004 - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Scripted, produced, directed and cut inserts filmed worldwide.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Jenny Cole

Crimewatch UK - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Scripted, cast, produced, directed and cut over a dozen reconstructions. Liaised with police forces and regularly dealt with victims of serious crimes. Sensitive subject matter requiring delicate contributor handling skills as well as strong journalism.
Exec: Owen Gay
SPs: Sally Dixon / Karen Benveniste

Holiday 2003 - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director
Scripted, produced, directed and cut inserts filmed worldwide.
Exec: Janine Waddell
SP: Gary Broadhurst

Winter Flying Gardener - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director
Glossy 30', presenter-led gardening format with the twist of being shot in the depths of winter. Logistically challenging, week-long shoots involving a helicopter.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Kathy Myers

The Flying Gardener - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director
Produced, directed and cut one 30' programme for this glossy, gardening -cum-landscape format. Multi-location, week-long shoots with presenter and contributors, also involving aerials filmed from a helicopter fitted with a gyroscopic mount.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Kathy Myers

Hampton Court Flower Show - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2002 - Producer/Director
Directed inserts worldwide before the show and fast-turnaround films during it.
Exec: Owen Gay

Chelsea Flower Show - BBC / BBC1 & BBC2 , United Kingdom
2002 - Producer/Director
Directed and cut presenter-led inserts around Europe in preparation for the show. Responsible for fast-turnaround films during the show.
Exec: Owen Gay
SPs: Abigail Harvey / Karen Benveniste

Watchdog Value for Money - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2001 - Producer/Director
Sourced stories as well as scripting, directing and cutting insert films.
Exec: Owen Gay
SP: Hilary Rosen

The Flying Gardener - BBC / BBC2 , United Kingdom
2001 - Assistant Producer
Contributor-finding, setting up shoots, assisting with logistics and factual research.

Watchdog Healthcheck - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2001 - Researcher/AP
Sourcing and standing up stories. Setting up shoots and studio items. Secret filming for a story on hospitals failing to maintain adequate standards of cleanliness.

Watchdog Healthcheck - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2000 - Researcher/AP
Sourcing and standing up stories. Setting up shoots and studio items.

Watchdog - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
2000 - Researcher/AP
Sourcing and standing up stories. Setting up shoots.

Watchdog Healthcheck - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
1999 - Researcher/AP
Sourcing and standing up stories. Setting up shoots.

Watchdog - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
1999 - Researcher/AP
Sourcing and standing up stories. Setting up shoots.

Watchdog - BBC / BBC1 , United Kingdom
1998 - Runner
Basic running duties and junior research

2006 - present
Freelance Producer/Director - television and corporate films
BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV3, C4, Five, Discovery, Sky One

2001 - 2006
Staff Producer/Director - BBC Documentaries and contemporary factual
Crimewatch UK, Holiday, Departure Lounge, The Flying Gardener, Winter Flying Gardener, Watchdog, Healthcheck, Value for Money, Spending Other People's Money, Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show

1999 - 2001
Researcher/AP - BBC Documentaries and Contemporary Factual
Watchdog, Healthcheck, Value for Money

1998 - 1999
Round-the-world trip
India, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands, USA

1996 - 1998
IIR Publications - staff writer
Journalist on several trade publications. Position involved intervieweing managers of major businesses and outlining their strategies.

1995 -1996
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Postgraduate Diploma in Language Studies (Interpreting and Translating)

1990 - 1994
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE)
BA (Hons) in French and Italian - II.1

1985 - 1990
ST. PAULS SCHOOL, BARNES, LONDON
A-LEVELS: French (A), Italian (A), English Literature (B)

BBC Safe Management of Productions, Parts I & II

BBC Z1 workshop

BBC DSR workshop

BBC Scoops editorial course

BBC online introduction to Producers Guidelines

Expert user of HD and DV cameras (HDX900, PMW500, DSR, EX3, Z5, etc).