Brave New World with Stephen Hawking - IWC Media , Unspecified
2013 - Assistant Producer
• Continuing on from initial development, I negotiated access to 21 cutting edge experiments and technologies for this blue chip series
• Negotiating internationally with leading scientists, big corporations and colleges such as Microsoft, Lockheed and MIT to gain access to cutting edge experiments and materials
• Casting presenters and contributors as per Discovery and editorial requirements


Gold Rush - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2012 - Assistant Producer
• Responsible for researching the equipment mining and geological processes within the mines and providing detailed factual information back to directors and series producers
• Additional story research
• Ensuring continuity across suites

Dragons - Impossible Pictures , United Kingdom
2012 - Assistant Producer
• Responsible for negotiating access to artifacts and locations for our dramatic reconstructions and factual interviews
• Organising logistics and shoot dates with location contacts and co-ordinating logistics and shooting restrictions with crew

Infested 3 - Darlow Smithson , United Kingdom
2012 - Researcher
• Responsible for casting contributors and developing stories
• Negotiating access
• Writing treatments

How Sex Works - Pioneer Productions , United Kingdom
2011 - Researcher
• Researcher on location for all filmed practical science experiments and expert interviews on a 3 week US shoot for 3 episodes
• Lead Science Researcher responsible for contributor and expert Finding for this 3x60 Series
• Interviewing potential contributors and developing treatments
• Negotiating access and interview/experiment shoot dates
• Setting up shoot logistics

Locked-Up Abroad 6 - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2011 - Development Researcher
• Story and contributor finding for the series
• Found and developed 2 stories that became filmed episodes
• Contributor finding for our tie-in book deal for Random House entitled "Banged-Up Abroad: Hellhole"
• Interviewing potential contributors and developing treatments
• Negotiating access, compensation and interview shoot dates
• Script research and annotation

The Imposter - Raw & Protagonist Pictures , United Kingdom
2011 - Researcher
• Called in late in production to assist directors and producers in digging up additional case information
• Interviewing city officials & law enforcement experts to confirm facts and story details

The Liquid Bomb Plot - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2010 - Researcher
• In-depth case research to assist producers and directors
• Interviewing law enforcement and intelligence experts and contributors for contextual case information
• Script research to provide and confirm factual details for drama

Get Out Alive - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2010 - Assistant Producer
• Story and contributor finding (Responsible for developing the high-octane "Somalia" episode)
• Interviewing potential contributors and developing treatments from interviews
• Negotiating access, compensation and interview shoot dates
• For work on opening three eps - credit was raised to Assistant Producer

Fugitive Chronicles - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2010 - Researcher
• Called in for additional research work to obtain additional contextual and factual information
• Interviewing law enforcement experts to confirm facts and story details
• Script research and annotation

Breakout - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2009 - Researcher
• On call to series producer and directors for background research
• Interviewing state and federal officials and law enforcement experts to confirm facts and story details
• Script research and annotation

Locked-Up Abroad 4 - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2009 - Junior Researcher
• On call to series producer and directors for background research
• Interviewing experts on international law and foreign prisons as well as contributors to confirm facts and story details
• Script research and annotation

Locked-Up Abroad 3 - Raw Television , United Kingdom
2009 - Junior Researcher
• On call to series producer and directors for background research
• Interviewing experts on international law and foreign prisons as well as contributors to confirm facts and story details
• Script research and annotation

Jan - Feb'13: Development AP, Brave New World (IWC Media for Discovery x 6 eps - 45 mins)
• Continuing on from initial development, I am currently researching and developing stories for this blue chip series
• Negotiating with leading scientists and big corporations such as IBM, Microsoft and Harvard University, to gain access to cutting edge experiments, materials and technologies

August- September'12: Development Assistant Producer (IWC Media)
• Worked directly with Exec. Producer to develop the format and wrote a 40 page treatment for the 2nd series of "Brave New World with Stephen Hawking" commissioned for Discovery
• Negotiating with leading scientists and big corporations such as IBM, Microsoft and Harvard University, to gain access to cutting edge experiments, materials and technologies
• Casting presenters as per Discovery requirements
• Developing ideas for new projects

April'12 - August'12: Development Assistant Producer (Impossible Pictures)
• Concept and format development for future commissions under head of factual
• Writing treatments and proposals
• Assessing contributors for interview
• Negotiating access, compensation and interview shoot dates

Jan '12 - April'12: Assistant Producer, Dragons (Impossible Pictures for Nat Geo x 1 ep 60 mins)
• Responsible for negotiating access to artifacts and locations for our dramatic reconstructions and factual interviews
• Organising logistics and shoot dates with location contacts and co-ordinating logistics and shooting restrictions with crew

Feb '12 - April '12: Story Researcher, Infested 3 (Darlow Smithson for Disc. Animal Planet x 9 ep 45 mins)
• Story and contributor finding
• Interviewing potential contributors and developing treatments from interviews
• Negotiating access, compensation and interview shoot dates

Aug'11 - Jan '12: Researcher, How Sex Works - Pioneer Productions
• Researcher on location for all filmed practical science experiments and expert interviews on a 3 week US shoot where I was responsible for cash flow and on-set logistics.
• Lead science researcher on this 3 episode series on love, sex and relationships
• Negotiating access and setting up interviews and experiments for shoots
• Interviewing and assessing potential contributors

Jan - 09 - July 2011: Casting AP/Researcher, Raw Television
• Finding and assessing contributors for shows such as "Locked-Up Abroad" and "Get Out Alive" (Found and developed stories for 3 filmed episodes across 2 series)
• Tracking down hard to find contributors for interview and other potential media productions
• Interviewing and assessing interviewees for broadcast potential
• Pitching ideas and writing treatments
• Negotiating interview dates and compensation
• Interviewing experts
• Fact checking
• Script annotation

2009-2010: National Film & Television School
• Script Development (PG Diploma)

2008-2009: Met Film School
• 1 Year Practical Filmmaking (PG Diploma)

2004-2005: Harlow Journalism College,
• PPA Magazine Journalism (PG Diploma)

2001-2004: University of Central Lancashire,
• BA Screenwriting (2:2)

1999-2001: Hemel Hempstead School 6th Form -
• A-Levels (English: B History: B Theatre Studies: B)

1994-2001: Hemel Hempstead School
• GCSES (11 GCSES: B-C including maths and english)

NCTJ Journalism Law - Harlow Journalism College