1991 National Film & TV School, Beaconsfield
Direction Graduate
Mentors: Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Mike Newell.

1983 University College London
BA Hons. English Literature
Tutors: Dan Jacobson, Karl Miller, John Sutherland

1976 Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich

Work History - Film & Television

Selected list:

2009 Series Director Angels in New York for SBS
Observational documentary following the staging of a new Australian-produced musical on Broadway
In Production TX SBS July 2009 (4 x 30 mins HDX900 DVCPRO HD)

2008 Producer/Director The Nest - The Wilkinsons.
Freehand Productions for SBS
Formatted documentary about Australian families with adult children living at home
TX SBS July 28th 2008 (6 x 60 mins, self-shot DSR570)

2007 Producer/Director Honey We're Killing the Kids - The Bainbridges. BBC3
Intimate ob doc access for the life-changing BBC family format.
TX BBC3 August 20th 2007 (1 x 60 mins, self-shot DSR570 and Z1)

2006 Producer/Director The Monastery, US. Tiger Aspect for TLC
Highly-regarded observational documentary following five non-believers as they spend 40 days and 40 nights in a Benedictine monastery in New Mexico. Produced by Tiger Apsect for DCI.
TX TLC/Discovery Oct/Nov 2006. (5 x 60mins, Self-shot on DVCPRO50 SDX900)

2005 Producer/Director Demolition - Housing Oxford Film & TV for Channel 4
C4 series hosted by presenters Kevin McCloud and Janet Street-Porter about Britain’s most unpopular buildings.
TX C4 November 27th 2005. (1x60mins, Self-shot on DSR570)

2004 Producer/Director Trouble at the Top: Hey Jo. BBC2
Mould-breaking actuality with bumptious millionaire Dave West and his quest for love and happiness.
TX BBC2 February 8th 2005. (1x39mins, Self-shot on DigiBeta)

2003-2004 Producer/Director Trouble at the Top: Terry & Liz BBC2
Classic three-act ob doc story about shoe designer Terry de Havilland’s comeback. Intimate observational documentary for BBC2.
TX BBC2 March 11th 2004. (1x 39mins, Self-shot on DigiBeta)

2002 Lecturer in Film & Television Southampton Institute, specialising in screenwriting.

2002 Super16mm Camera Peace One Day
Contributed film footage to peace campaigner Jeremy Gilley’s feature doc for BBC's Storyville.

1994-1998 Corporate Producer/Director:
Produced and directed numerous videos through my own company. Notably a highly-regarded video dealing with “Internal Dishonesty” at Marks & Spencer.

1993 Drama Director “Memoirs of an Amnesiac”
(Super16mm). Short film with Jeremy Gilley and Beaty Edney.

1992 Drama Director “Lily from Begonia”
Children’s series shot on location in South Africa and the UK. 2 x 26mins.

1991 Drama Director "REVOLVER" (watch now...)
Short Film with Liam Neeson,
Winner of a dozen awards, including Critics' Week Cannes, Aix, Chicago, Tokyo, Brest, Munich and the Kino award in Melbourne. Shown at more than 40 festivals world-wide, sold in 15 territories. (NFTS, 35mm Panavision)

1990 Drama Director:"Magic"
Sole director of $6 million mini-seriesfor NDR International in Hamburg. (NDR 6x52mins, 35mm.)

1988-1992 Commercials Director:
Numerous commercials for agencies, among others Bates Dorland, Saatchi and Saatchi including Clio Award winning Starlight Express commercial.

1988 Documentary Director: “Carrie” following the ill-fated RSC broadway production of the musical based on Stephen King’s book. (Lombard productions, 16mm, 26min)

1988 Music Video Director:
Represented by Eurythmics' production company the Oil Factory. Directed top 10 hit videos for Eurythmics, LondonBeat and others.

1987 Documentary Director: “Super Car” following the development of the Panther Solo mid-engined sports car by a Korean entrepreneur at Panther’s Brooklands factory.(Lombard Productions, corporate, 16mm)

1983-87 Direction Student, National Film School, Beaconsfield. Special tutors included Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh and Mike Newell.

1984 Documentary Camera, Sharpville Spirit (16mm), Loy Films, South Africa (Channel4)

1983 Documentary Camera, Re Tla Bona (We Will See) (16mm), Loy Films, South Africa (for radical South African literacy charity Learn & Teach)

1981 Screenwriter: Sky Blue. Feature based upon a life of my father. Moonyeen Lee Productions, South Africa.

1981 Documentary Camera, The Sun Will Rise (16mm), International Defence & Aid Fund (ANC), South Africa/ London

1980 Writer/Director “Funes the Memorious” (UCL Film 16mm) Student short film based on story by J-L. Borges. (Channel4).



Technical Training

2001 Open University
Interface Design (HCI) and Relational Databases
as part of MSc. in Computing for Commerce and Industry

1995 Apple Developer University, San José, California
Multimedia Development with QuickTime VR

Technical Skills

Excellent working knowledge:
Panasonic HDX900 DVCProHD,
Sony DVW-700WSP DigiBeta,
Sony DSR-570 DVCAM, Sony HDV-Z1,
Panasonic AG-DVX100 DV


Working knowledge:
Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer,
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
Adobe GoLive, HTML, JavaScript

Health & Safety Accreditation

BBC Safe Management of Productions Part 1
BBC Safe Management of Productions Part 2
BBC Safe Manual Handling Techniques for Camera and Sound Operators
BBC Interactive Health & Safety Training

Memberships

Director’s Guild of Great Britain

Working Visas

US I-Visa
Australian Permanent Residence Visa - 801 Spouse

References

Bill Grist
Executive Producer
BBC Popular Features & Business
+44 -7843 - 435 100
bill@gristcommunications.com

Sara Woodford
Series Producer
Tiger Aspect
+44-7932 – 972 624
sarawoodf@aol.com

Andrew McKerlie
Production Executive
Brook Lapping
+44 – 7973 - 504 307
amckerlie@brooklapping.com