About me

Writer, director, D.o.P. editor, currently working with BBC Creative producing short form content. Other clients include UKTV, Nike London, This Works, Skinesis, Clarins and Diptyque.

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Projects

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  Paola Mateeva Dancer and ArtistThe amazing creative force Paola Mateeva captured in Holland Park, London on a beautiful October day in 2022. I just followed her around with a BlackMagic 6K on a Zhiyun Crane 2s gimbal and she put the pieces together.
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  The Art of Directing on BBC World News with Cush JumboWritten and Directed trail for BBC World News starring Cush Jumbo (from the Good Wife and The Good Fight) A 30 minute shoot off the back of the links shoot for the series shot at the beutifully bijou Sands Films Studios in Rotherhithe
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  BBC World News Future of Work SeasonWritten and Directed by me for a season of programs on BBC World News exploring how work may look very different in the not too distant future. Starring Jason Riddington-Smith and Kattreya Scheurer-Smith. Special Fx design work by Michael Drayton from BBC Creative.
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  Current D.O.P showreelA brief selection of projects that include filming Cush Jumbo for BBC World News, Notting Hill Carnival for Chantimedia and various beauty projects for a variety of clients
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  BBC World News Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst 40 sec promoWrote and Directed this slightly unusual promo for Aaron's BBC World news program. All locations on or around Canada Water, London.
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  Greg James "Kick Ass" BTSOperated camera (Canon C300) and directed this behind the scenes making of promo for the BBC Radio 1 social team

Projects credited in

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  The Capture'Seeing is Deceiving' campaign for BBC One Drama, The Capture - TV/Cinema launch, teasers, episodics and social assets.

Work history

Promo DirectorBBC Creative
Aug 2016London, United KingdomFull Time
I make branded content for the BBC in the form of trails and social media

Skills

• Adobe Premiere
• Avid
• Davinci Resolve
• Camera Operating
• Writing
• Directing
• Photography

Education

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MA in ScreenwritingBirkbeck College, University of London
Aug 2014 - May 2016London, United Kingdom
An integrated programme in the history, theory and practice of screenwriting. It helped develop my practical screenwriting skills and techniques, and taught me how to develop outlines, treatments and scripts towards a portfolio of original projects including several feature films and TV series.

Awards

Promax Gold AwardPromax UK
Best News and Current Affairs promo 2014 for Lyse Doucet's My Breaking News story about the siege in Yarmouk