Return of the Clouded Leopards -  - , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
1x 60 min documentary (National Geographic) following the Wildlife Trust of India as they hand rear & release back into the wild 2 Clouded Leopard cubs, returning to the jungle 1 yearlater to search for them. Self shot (DSR tapeless HD - PDW700 )in a very remote Assam Jungle. Filmed & Directed, leading a team on location, taking program (60min) through edit

Massive Moves - Windfall Films , United States of America
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Shooting PD (EX3) on fast turnaround engineering / Obs Doc series - with CGI .

Following owners & moving company as they move a building structure to a new location. Filmed in Missouri USA

Skin Deep - the Business of Beauty - - , Unspecified
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
BBC3 Investigative series looking into beauty treament disasters and lack of regulation. Presented by Jessica Jane Clements.

The Making of a Royal Wedding - - , United Kingdom
2011 - Producer/Director
ITV USA - a 'behind the scenes' Observational Documentary covering events leading upto the Royal Wedding. Directing crew and self shooting on EX1. Events included the making of the Royal Livery, the Horseguards prep for wedding, accreddited Press Photographer, Hatmaker to the Queen, the Royal Mint - making of the commemorative coin, Prep of the Wedding cake etc.

Most delicate access negociations ever undertaken!

A Farmer's Life For Me - - , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Shooting PD (DSR)on primetime BBC2 Fact Ent / Obs Doc series with Jimmy Docherty (Jimmy's Farm). Working as part of large Production of x10 teams each consisting of PD's, AP's and Runners. Shooting on DSR, managing storylines and my team.

Motorway Madness - - , United Kingdom
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Shooting PD on Primetime quirky, single doc (1x60) for C5, about a motorway service station coping with the great British Bank Holiday getaway. Shooting on Ex3 (tapeless) and managing x2 teams of Location Directors & Runners. Taking programme through edit for fast turnaround.

Too Fat for 15 - - , United States of America
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Series following morbidly Obese teenagers at a 'Fat Camp' in North Carolina.

Iraq - News Features - confidential , Iraq
2009 - Producer/Director
May 09 - Jan 10
Producer / Director.
Producing News Features and providing communications advice about Iraq. Based in Baghdad, Iraq.

Rehab - - , United States of America
2009 - Producer/Director
Sept 08 - Mar 09
PD on 8 x 60min Observational Documentary series. Seven celebrities enter an LA rehab clinic to combat their addictions - including alcoholism, drug addiction, body dysmorphia and bulimia.
Producing/Directing (single & Multicam); self shooting across the series (DSR & Z1) and Editing programs 3
(Rowetta) & 8.

The Beat - Life on the Street - Two Four , United Kingdom
2008 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Shooting PD on observational documentary about Community Police. Shot in South Wales, for ITV1

Dispatches - The Truth About Street Weapons - . , United States of America
2008 - Producer/Director
PD on C4 's Dispatches (The Truth About Street Weapons).
Current Affaires documentary about gangs and knife & gun violence. Filmed in UK and Chicago - crew and self shot (DSR). Directed, part Filmed and Editied.

Shout - Cineflix , Canada
2007 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Shooting PD (Z1) on x2 pilot Obs Docs for American & UK broadcasters. Filmed in UK, Toronto (Canada) & New York. Produced / Directed / Filmed & Edited

INX News - INX / Barron TV , India
2007 - Producer/Director
Trainer / Producer / Director.

Training News reporters and camera crew for a new English speaking news channel based in Delhi, India.

Escape to the Country - Talkback , United Kingdom
2007 - Unspecified
Produced, Directed and Filmed(DSR) 3x 60min BBC2/BBC1 Presenter led property show. Presented by Jules Hudson and Alistair Appleton

Tribal Wives - - , Namibia
2007 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
self shooting PD (DSR) on obs doc series for BBC2. Filmed in Namibia.

Last Man Standing - - , Papua New Guinea
2006 - Location Director
Last Man Standing (8 x60min series) for BBC2, BBC3 and Discovery USA. Professional sportsmen are sent to live with indiginous tribes in remote communities, where they will be coached to take part in the rituals & initiation rites, leading up to a competition against the locals in tribal sporting events.

Pre-production and Filming (self shooting - filmed on high def) in very remote locations, Amazon (Brazil), Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Mexico.

Directing on 4:8 programs.

Hard Labour / UK's Toughest Jobs - - , United Kingdom
2006 - Producer/Director
Hard Labour - Demolition. (Series 2 now renamed 'UK's Toughest Jobs)
(Discovery Europe).


Producer / Director (self shooting and with crew) on 1 of 6x 60min Obs doc series for The Discovery Channel. Directing & Editing 1:6 programs about putting disaffected, longterm unemployed, young workshy men / women to work in tough, physically demanding jobs (Demolition).

The Tsunami Children - BBC , Sri Lanka
2005 - Location Director
Shooting AP / Director on 1x60 min BBC2 documentary about an orphanage / rehabilitation centre for children affected by the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.

Filming in Sri Lanka (2nd Director / camera / sound). Shooting on DSR500, DSR370 & PD170.

4 Ages of Every Child - - , United Kingdom
2005 - Unspecified
Shooting PD (DSR) on 4 x 30min documentary series about reforms in education & social services following the murder of Victoria Climbie. Filming with teenagers and young people (including young offenders) on one of the toughest housing estates in Brighton.
Producing,Directing (Shooting) & Editing 2:4 programs.

Baby's Room (series 1) - - , United Kingdom
2004 - Producer/Director
Shooting PD & PSC Director on 15x30 min series called 'Baby's Room' for Discovery Health. Series about late pregnancy & Birth and nursery makeover.

Self shooting interviews and actuality (including birth)- filmed on PD 170;

Directed Makeover (filmed by PSC Crew)- with designer Andrea Maflin.

Edited 7:15 programs

Desperate Midwives (series 1) - BBC , United Kingdom
2004 - Director/Cameraperson
Shooting Director on 5x60min series, for BBC Three, about Midwives in Derbyshire. Actuality filming included childbirth (including caesarean op), case studies and iv's. Shooting on DSR570.

Wife Swap 4 - RDF Media , United Kingdom
2004 - Director/Cameraperson
Self shooting Director on Wife Swap 4. Filming x1 storyline on location (DSR500),and Pre-production (including writing filming scripts).

Melting Pot - - , United Kingdom
2003 - Producer/Director
Shooting PD on 6 x 30 min reality series. Duties included Production (including casting), filming on DV (PD150) and Editing 2:6 programs (including writing V/O script).

Worksmart - - , United Kingdom
2003 - Unspecified
AP / Journalist on health & safety series called 'Worksmart'. Duties - finding case studies, checking factual accuracy (including legal status)and writing scripts. Some filming on DSR500.

BoxTalk - - , United Kingdom
2002 - Producer/Director
Producer / Director for The Box, Music Channel. Producing,Directing and Editing items for Boxtalk, including celebrity interviews.

- - - , United Kingdom
2002 - DV Director
DV Director on a two videos for the voluntary sector

Naked in Blackpool - - , United Kingdom
2002 - DV Director
Shooting on Ob Doc series.

Young,Gifted & Broke - - , United Kingdom
2001 - DV Director
DV Director on Presenter led 26x30min series 'Young, Gifted & Broke', a Music and Arts series for ITV. Presented by Magenta Devine. Duties including filming on DSR500 & PD150 and Editing 13:26 programs.

Living Colour - - , United Kingdom
2001 - Producer/Director
Producer / Director 13x30min series called 'Living Colour'. Presented by Nikki Bedi, a format series about Colour - including colour therapy, and personal & house makeovers (including Feng Shui). Duties included Producing, PSC Directing and Editing all 13x30 min programs for tx on UPC Dutch TV.

Health Matters - - , United Kingdom
2000 - Unspecified
Health Matters (6x60 min). Presenter led studio program, with location VT's; Subjects included Aids, Drug dependency, infertility, Heart disease, etc. My role was Directing Digi crew & Editing to produce VT's and gallery Producing during studio filming days.

Asian Arts - - , United Kingdom
2000 - Unspecified
x 2 Arts series (6x10 on each). Directed VT pieces (filmed on Digi Beta). Presenter led studio series with location VT's]; Featuring leading figures within the Arts arena.

The God List - Roger Bolton Productions , United Kingdom
2000 - Unspecified
AP/Senior Researcher on 'The God List' for C4. A documentary which examined Religious belief and secular power in Multicultural Britain, Presented by Jon Snow. Included discusions with the representatives (and at time individuals) of various leading figures- including Cabinet Offices, Industrialsts, Royal Household etc.

Cook & Chaat - - , United Kingdom
1999 - Assistant Producer
Cook & Chaat - 6 x 1 hour studio based presenter led food / chat show. Similar to 'Light Lunch'...celebrity guest brings ingredient which chef using to cook dish, cooking takes place ewhile celebrity is interviewed by presenter. Show cuts back & forth bewteen cooking and interview.

various 30 & 60min shows - - , United Kingdom
1999 - Unspecified
1999 - 2000
EAST (European Asian Satellite TV / Sky Digital): AP/ Director (Beta), Jun 99-Sep 01. various strands- including 2x Arts series.

As a Director, I Directed VT pieces (filmed on Digi Beta) for a number of strands including:

2x Arts series; Health Matters; Lifestyle; CV (Documentary series about outstanding British Asians)

Techno Babes - - , United Kingdom
1997 - Producer/Director
Independent film 'Techno Babes' shown on C4 and BFI film festival. Documentary about Lesbian Club culture

various independent films - - , United Kingdom
1997 - Producer/Director
Various indipendant projects between 1996-1999,including short films and a promo video for Harefiled Hospital

Gala Dinner with Princess Diana - - , United Kingdom
1996 - Producer/Director
Producer / Director on Gala charity Dinner with Princess Diana at Harrods in aid of Harefiled Hospital.

Duties included Producing and Directing x2 beta crews at fund raising dinner attended ny Princess Diana,Mohammed Al-Fayed and a number of celebrities (including Richard Branson, Omar Sharif, Jeffrey Archer and others)

- - - , United Kingdom
1995 - Researcher
Researcher for a number of Production companies.Use of journalistic training and experience to find suitable case studies and items for use in numerous productions:-


Researcher, BBC1['Car Sick' for 'Open Space'; Initial film & TV / C4 [Dev research for C4 Arts series; Discovery TV ['Shaolin Masters' & 'Alaskan Grillies']; Timeteam/VideoTech (C4)['Slavery Special' for C4 Black History series].
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 SHOOTING PD (DSR , XF 305,  EX3 &  PDW 700). Shooting credits on BBC , C4, ITV,  C5, Discovery, National Geographic, Living & Sky

Selected credits
BBC ( A Farmer's Life For Me, Last Man Standing,  Desperate Midwives, Skin Deep & Escape to the Country)
C4 ( Dispatches)
ITV - The Making of a Royal Wedding
C5 Motorway Madness
National Geographic - The Return of the Clouded Leopards
Discovery ( Hard Labour - 2nd series called UK's Toughest Jobs)
RDF (Wife Swap); Endemol (Rehab) ; IWC ; Talkback ; Brook Lapping ; Cineflix ; Diverse

Experience of programming for TX in the USA ( Too Fat for Fifteen &  The Making of a Royal Wedding)

Also a Journalist &  professional Photographer.

My employment prior to TV career includes:

Photographer - British Airports Authority (staff photographer);

Freelance photographer - Press & PR, Editorial, film & stills;

Editorial Assistant &; Journalist - Air News Press Agency.
Checking factual accuracy for the agency journalists, writing simple copy for use by national & local press and broadcast media.

EDUCATION &  TRAINING;

1997 - MA  Independent Film & Video, London College of Printing, London

1982 - AIIP  -  Vocational degree, Photography - Salisbury College of Art

1991 - Journalism Cert, City University, London


TRAINING
Sept 2011
BBC Safeguarding Trust ('Trust' dilemmas in TV (v1 & V2)

April 2007
Hostile Environment Training  ( HEFAT) 5  day.  Centurion

Jan 2008
Expedition First Aid,
Medical Expertise

Nov 2006 - Risk Management for Production, BBC.

Jan 2006 - Editing on Final Cut Pro (Basic)
Space Triangle.

June 2005 - filming on High Definition, Sony Z1.  DV Talent

July 2003 - Filming & Directing with DSR500.  DV Talent  / Picture Canning.

BBC Health, Safety course.
BBC

April 2002 - Avid Media Composer / Express levels 1
Connections, London

March 2001 - DV filming,a 3 day intensive DV camera course to supplement existing knowledge of DV filming-including sound, lighting  &  camera.          
VET, London

1995 Multiskilling for Broadcast, WAVES

MA Independent Film &  Video
London Institute ,  London College of Printing

Journalism Course  NUJ Approved
City University, London

PQE -  AIIP vocational degree, Photography 
Salisbury College of Art, Salisbury, Wilts

DV camera experience includes :
 DSR ; DSR HD tapeless;   PDW 700,  XF 305,  EX3 ,  Z1 & Z7; XDcam  tapeless; 

Experience of basic location sound equipment inc radio and boom mikes.

Experienced at location lighting - useful photographic training  & experience