I am a creative and organised person whose made films screened globally as a director. I have also worked up to an assistant director on commercials, shorts, music videos etc.
I am actively seeking to apply my professional and artistic experiences and sensibilities into a company full-time.
Currently I am focussed on two large developing projects in artificial intelligence and heritage: Worlds of AI and Vortex Museum. Before them, I founded my art label Captain Cowboy in 2019; writing, photographing and designing two photobooks The Light That's Lost (2020) and Strange Space (2021) and opening my Etsy shop for prints.
I recently shot film Spirit during the Unearth Art Collective residency, invited into a group of artists from USA, UK and UAE. The film is in post-production considering its sound and grade. In the last few years I've had group exhibition DocPhoto8 and a debut solo show of mixed media First Exhibition held at the Documentary Media Centre.
I have directed films supported by the UK Arts Council and Danish Art Foundation. They've been selected in New York at the Artists Forum Festival of The Moving Image, London Short Film Festival at the ICA, Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival at LACMA and Cinetekton International Architecture & Film Festival in Mexico as highlights. Lost In The Nameless City won an Experimental Award.
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I've been the 1st Assistant Director commercials, Channel 4 televised short films, award-winning shorts and feature documentary. Other highlights include 2nd AD on a Netflix commercial for film Red Notice, producing assistant on The Walking Dead final season premiere shoot for Disney, assisting a camera for Jaguar at the Platinum Jubilee pageant and a unique football/VAR shoot for Samsung to capture the video components of an interactive game for the public.
During the pandemic I bought a Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K and Ronin-S mainly for my own films but branched out into some camerawork such as shooting the title sequence for a Sky show / the show itself as well as interviews / music videos for bands in Margate. I have a wealth of experience as an adept runner and sometimes in the art department with clients NBC Universal, Marvel, Sony, Land Rover Jaguar, Warner Bros, Estée Lauder, TikTok, McDonalds, Vice, Electronic Arts and English Premier League on live streams, TV commercials, commercial content and red carpet premieres.
Projects
- The Divine Visions of Hildegard von BingenThe Divine Visions of Hildegard von Bingen is a film commission from Filthy Lucre supported by the Arts Council & directed by Paul Vernon. The film is an interpretation & visualisation of visions supposedly bestowed by God upon the German mystic & nun which lead her to invent natural sciences, languages, paintings, writings & music. The film premiered at Hackney Showroom with a live score and vocalist for its intended event Lingua Ignota, a Filthy Lucre concert themed around invented language
- A Film By AbigailAward nominated, internationally selected & screened short documentary. A child discusses her ideas for a film at Christmas. Official selections including at London Short Film Festival, San Diego Comic-Con, LACMA and New Orleans International Children's Film Festival. It has been the opening film of a short film showcase at BAFTA for its world premiere and in Germany at 25. International's Emden-Norderney Filmfest, shown/included educationally in New York (US) and Rouen (France). The film has ex
- The Body CanvasHow can artists can be integrated within a performance despite the medium in which they are working? A painter, drawer, filmmaker and dancers move through a series of structured meetings throughout London, developing communication and expression. This film is a culmination of months of laboratories mixing dance on screen with documentary, featuring performers from the London Contemporary Dance School and fine artists. It is co-directed and created by Paul Vernon & Julie Schmidt Andreasen. In 201
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Work history
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Commercials (Television / Content) - Runner(Various)
London, United KingdomFreelance
Television commercials and content for clients including: Save The Children, Mcdonalds, Vice, Amazon, Top Trumps, Gumtree, Hugo Boss and many more . Worked mainly for Sassy Films but also Firehouse and others.
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3rd Assistant DirectorSelf Employed
- London, United KingdomFreelance
3rd AD for Wrigleys commercial content experiment "Kissing with Confidence".
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Skills
- Directing
- Editing
- Photography
- Photoshop
- Editing with Final Cut Pro
- Creativity
- Writing
- Communication
- 3rd Assistant Director
Education
Master’s Degree in Filmmaking (screenwritingLeeds Beckett University
- Leeds, United Kingdom
BA(Hons) 2:1 Film and TV ProductionLeeds Beckett University
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Awards
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Nominee Audience Award & Jury AwardKinodot Experimental Film Festival (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Catalogue Invitation & InclusionArt Video International Film Festival of Cannes
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