Curriculam Vitae
Employment
December 2001 - present
Freelance on flame* and inferno* working on commercials, film, broadcast and pop promos .
September ’08 Flame demonstrator at IBC, Amsterdam
Featured in BBC2 ‘s “The Apprentice” as team flame artist
Recent Commercial credits include Guerlin “Insole” , Egg “Guinea pigs Experiment” and “Guinea Pigs Money” , Dior “J’Adore” , Cadburys’s Flake “Astronaut” for Floria Sigismondi (shoot fx supervisor)
Recent Broadcast credits include "Prison Break Series 3 " , West Indies Titles for Sky Sports (winner of an RTS Gold award) , “Men of Iron”, “The Body of”, “D Day” “The Nile”, ”Sea of Souls” (shoot supervision), ”Concert for George” and “Dragons Alive” for the BBC at Mill TV. Also four months of work on “Pyramid”, Mill TV’s Emmy nominated effects based drama.
“Sevilla” for Juan Lebron at Estudios La Punta Del Diamente, Seville
Film Credits include Harry Potter , Hannibal , Cats and Dogs, Black Hawk Down and Band of Brothers at MillFilm and Far North at Pepper
Employment History
Part time sessional lecturer at Ravensbourne College on BA Moving Image Design 2003 - 2006
Mill Film 41-42 Great Marlborough Street London W1
Digital Film Compositor
Sept 1999 – Dec 2001
Freelance flame*/ fire*/ Henry
July 1999 – Sept 1999
The House, 12 Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, Soho
Flame Operator/Senior Henry Operator
October 1996-July 1999
Soho 601,71 Dean Street, Soho, London
Henry Operator
March 1994 - October 1996
Clear Post Production (known at the time as Facilities R Us),51 Great Marlborough Street.Soho, London
Harry Operator
June 1993 – March 1994
Operating and assisting Harry suites, including technical backup, as well as overnight jobs for pop promo clients
The Framestore, 33 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London
Assistant editor and Harry trainee
April 1991-June 1993
Assisting Edit and Harry suites and carrying out own projects such as short films and pop promos on downtime, including an award winning 4 1/2 minute hand coloured animation of one of the main arias in Madame Butterfly for BBC/Opera Imaginaire directed by Jonathan Hills
The Crypt/Edit Art, Paddington
Edit assistant and Paintbox operator
April 1990 – June 1991
Rank Video Services, Brentford
Vt Operator
June 1998-April 1990
Education
Dagfa House School, Beeston, Notts 1976-1981 12 “O” levels
The Becket School, Nottingham1981-1983 3 “A” Levels
Manchester Polytechnic1983-1986 BA (Hons) History 2:1
