About me

Tom is a Shooting Director, Camera Op and Filmmaker/Videographer based in London, UK. Specialising in a cinematic style, focussing primarily on documentaries, social & branded content, he creates short format films and VT’s of people’s stories, places and products. Tom prefers to work with modest crews for documentary work and is readily adaptable to large crews for broadcast and commercial work.

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Projects

• Support Worker Day 2022Short film created for the Royal College of Nursing's Support Workers Day campaign. This film, along with social edits was used as one of the main tools to draw attention and encourage engagement with the campaign, receiving nearly 250,000 views on the day. The challenge was to convey a Support Worker's role is across a variety of health and social care settings, and the important tasks they undertake on a day to day basis, whilst also capturing a grateful sentiment from the public and colleag
• Network Rail | Lionel StanhopeSelf-funded, did it for the craic having lived in South London my whole life these signs kept popping up under railway bridges, and I wanted to find out more about the artist behind them. Lionel Stanhope is the artist, and here's his story as he installs the Selhurst sign.
• Nurses Day 2022The client wanted to show nurses in their roles, so we thought what better way to exemplify that than put the viewer in the patients perspective. Using a POV helmet cam, we filmed across a variety of settings showing the care and compassion that nurses give in the daily work.
• Richmond 24A short film focusing on Chris Hall and Chris Presdee's 24 hour ride around Richmond Park to raise money for a charity, documenting their journey through training until the actual event itself. Here's the trailer, full film can be found at https://vimeo.com/195765551
• Velux | The Daylight ProjectA short from a series of films that explored the impact that daylight has in our day to day lives.
• Stand Up To Cancer | Toddler With A TazerPart of a series of VT's for Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4, camera operating and editing this piece with Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy.

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Work history

Shooting DirectorRoast Film Co
Mar 2021London, United KingdomFull Time
Heading up a production company to offer clients a full production service in the corporate / commercial sector, primarily focussing on creating short form branded shorts led by stories of people or products for online and social content.
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Videographer / Camera Op / EditorSelf Employed
Dec 2016London, United KingdomFreelance
Freelance Videographer / Filmmaker, Camera Op and Editor over several years, often shoot-directing on set with small crews in intimate environments or slotting into a larger team as a camera operator. Primarily working in comedy or documentaries, social & branded content, favouring short form narratives of people’s stories, places and products.

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Skills

• Camera Operating
• Editing
• Producing
• Directing
• Cinematography
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Lighting
• Davinci Resolve
• Sony FS7

Education

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Film and Television StudiesUniversity of East Anglia
Sep 2008 - Aug 2011Norwich, United Kingdom
BA (Hons) Film & Television Studies (2:1)