CURRICULUM VITAE
Married with two daughters. Committed to high professional standards in stereo sound for film and television. A reliable, experienced and capable team leader with a thorough knowledge of all analogue and digital techniques for both studio and location productions.
1997 - Freelance Sound Recordist | Position Impossible (C4),The Suicidal Dog (BBC/Cinema), Right to Reply (C4), Simon Rattle - Moving On (BBC), Search for the Holy Grail (Poorhouse Prods); Rachmaninov(Claverdon Films/NVC Arts); |
1995 - 1997 BSkyB, London Sound Supervisor | Supervised full range of Sky’s programming involving international feeds and communications programmes including: Premier League, Football, PGA Golf, music mixes for Hit Mix, and children’s drama on DJ Kat Show, and The Ghouls Family |
1990 - 1995 Freelance Sound Supervisor | Worked on many drama and documentary productions including: England, My England, (C4/Cinema), China (Worklight Films/C4), A Short Film About Loving (C4) |
1983 - 1990 HTV West Sound Supervisor | Gained experience of all aspects of stereo television sound. Credits include: Rolf’s Cartoon Club, Keynotes, The Time, The Place (ITV), Gallery, Hand in Hand (C4) |
1978 - 1983 Thames TV Boom Operator | Employed as a studio and location boom operator on ITV network programming including: London Night Out, Never the Twain, Shelley, Rainbow, Edward and Mrs Simpson, Jemima Shore Investigates, Rumpole of the Bailey |
1978 - 1978 (Sept.)University of Sheffield | Educational film and television
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1971 - 1978 Polytechnic of Central London | Educational film and television |
Drama | In Production |
Mr. In-Between Super 35mm/DAT Feature film by Peter Waddington Cinema release Dir: Paul Sarossy Prod Co: Phantom Pictures Ltd. | How am I doing Digibeta Video Arts training video with Dawn French, Meera Syal, Ben Miller, David Haig Dir: Simon Langton Prod Co: The Production Tree |
The Suicidal Dog 35mm/DAT Cinema short with Steve Steen and Tilly Vosburgh Dir: Paul Merton Prod Co: Hat Trick Productions | Who Cares Digibeta x 2 Training drama for Soundwell Health Authority Dir: Andy Picheta Prod Co: Turning Point Training |
The Piano Tuner 35mm/DAT Cinema short with Hugh Laurie Dir: Jill Roberston Prod Co: Goldpush Ltd. | Chocolat Digibeta EPK for Miramax feature film starring Juliet Binoche, Johnny Depp Prod Co: Miramax |
England my England Super 16mm/DAT Feature film by John Osbourne Cinema/C4 with Simon Callow, Michael Ball, Lucy Speed, Dir: Tony Palmer Prod Co: Ladbroke Films | Eurostar Commercial 16mm/DAT ‘Phoebe’ Agency: St Luke’s Dir: Tim Hearn Prod Co: Brewers |
China 16mm/DAT Cinema short shown on C4 with Caroline Catz Jesse Birdsall and Reece Dinsdale Dir: Ben Fuller Prod Co: Worklight Films | Party Political Broadcast Super 16mm/DAT Pro-European Conservative Party Dir: Jaine Green Prod Co: Matelot |
Ketchup BetaSP Training drama for Sainsbury's Dir: Rod Smith Prod Co: Venture | |
Documentary | |
Position Impossible DigiBeta/DAT 3 part documentary for C4 on the Khama Sutra shot in India Dir: Carl Hindmarsh Prod Co: Diverse Production | Clitoris Uncovered DigiBeta Documentary for C4 Dir: Jaine Green Prod Co: Optomen Television |
Simon Rattle - Moving On DigiBeta/DAT Music documentary for BBC2 Dir: Jaine Green Prod Co: BBC Arts and Music | Right to Reply DigiBeta Viewer’s complaints strand C4 series 1999/2000/01 Prod: Ed Braman Prod Co: C4 |
Parsifal DigiBeta/DAT Music documentary with the Kirov Opera for European TV Dir: Tony Palmer Prod Co: Poorhouse Productions | Job Man Beta SP Documentary for BBC 2 Dir: James Cameron Prod Co: BBC South Eas |
Lion County BetaSX Documentary series for BBC on the Marquis of Bath and the Longleat Estate Dir: Jonathan Challis Prod Co: Lomond/Bazal West Productions | Vets in Practice DigiBeta The original docusoap. Dir: Emma Hancorn Prod Co: BBC Features, Bristol t |
The Human Body 16mm/DAT BBC educational series Dir: Liesel Evans Prod Co BBC Education | |
CORPORATE | |
Serco Produced and directed 3 videos for 2000 Management conference Prod Co: The Scenic Route | Halifax plc Directed video inserts for 2001 sales conference Prod Co: Mongoose Partnership |
Raw Comms City presentations for internet broadcast | Spring Florists Event 1999 Promotional Video for the organisers Dir: Diana Robertson Prod Co: The Scenic Route |
EMI Records EPKs for Petshop Boys and Robbie Williams Prod: Katie Kinch | BMC Software Various in-house videos NTSC shoots Prod Co: IDCreatif |
Core Skills post 16 Training video for the Training Agency Dir: Ben Wheatley Prod Co: Minds Eye | Women, Men Live For - Men, Women Live For The 1998 Pirelli Calendar launch Natural History Museum, London Prod Co: Pirelli |
UEF 1999 Annual staff conference video Dir: Warwick Partington Prod Co: Media Training Masterclasses | Merrill Lynch Various items for in-house videos NTSC shoots |
With a Song in My Heart Jose Carreras Rigoletto WNO Tom and Jerry with the WNO Beta SP Promotional videos for opera CDs Prod Co; Teldec International/WEA | Moving on Up In-house video insert for DHL Dir: Sophie Currell Prod Co: G2 |
TEACHING | ARTICLES |
Craft Tutor Sound Recording on Location 1, 1994 – BBC Training & Development, Wood Norton | SQN4 series IV Cooper Sound ENG Mixer Sound Pro 1997 Audio Media 1998 |
Craft Tutor, Boom Operators/Sound Assistant Level 2, 1998 Screen Training Ireland, Dublin | Boom Review Lectrosonics 300 Sound Pro 1998 Audio Media, Aug 1999 |
Craft Tutor, Sound Recordists Level 3, 2000 Screen Training Ireland, Dublin | Nagra ARES-P Audio-Technica Mics Line Up 2000 Line Up 2001 |