About me: I am a highly experienced Line Producer/Production Manager.
My career started in theatre before moving into television with BBC drama. I worked there as an AFM, before promotion to Location Manager and Production Manager.
Recently I have worked as a production executive at Paramount/Channel 5 for scripted productions, and as line producer of Marriage (BBC), Queens of Mystery, (Acorn/Amazon Prime) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (C5)
As a freelance line producer my work also includes children’s drama, features, documentaries, music and animation. These include, line producer on the feature film ’Captain Webb’ , line producer on ’Killer Ratings’ (Netflix) and production manager of the RTS award winning ’Queen’s Nose’, Bafta award winning ’Giblet Boys’, Emmy award winning ’America, The Story of Us’ and Sunken Garden, a 3D mixed live action/film project for the English National Opera.
I have LP’d Drama, Documentary and Drama-Doc series for US, UK and Middle East broadcasters, including Netflix, Discovery, Nat Geo, BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Al Arabia and Viceland.
I have managed Single camera drama and documentary productions as well as multi camera OBs. I have also worked in HD UHD/4K and 3D and I have an extensive knowledge of post production, including animation/CG effects.
Experience from projects all over the UK as well as abroad in Africa, Asia, Europe, Canada and the US. This includes working with local facilitators/crews and supervising a number of tax credit systems. Most recently foriegn work has been in in Spain, Brazil, South Africa, India and Malta.
Clean Driving License.
33 years experience.
Genre: Animation, Childrens, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Feature Films, Natural History
Additional skills: 16mm or 35mm, Archive, EP Budgeting, EP Scheduling, Health And Safety, Negotiating a contract with a broadcaster
Overseas experience in: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Norway, Peru, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, United States of America.
Willing to be based in: Will consider any base, Any location/country
Credits
THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES
Production company: Clapperboard Studios; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Channel 5/Acorn.
Line producer of series 2. 7 x 1 hour episodes drama/comedy, filmed in Malta and Gozo.
CHANNEL 5/PARAMOUNT PLUS
Production company: Paramount; On-screen credit: Scripted Production Executive; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Channel 5/Paramount Plus.
Production Executive working across all scripted content for Channel 5 and for Paramount Plus in the UK. Overseeing budgets and production deals for the drama slate.
MARRIAGE
Production company: The Forge; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.
4 x 1 hour episode family drama with Sean Bean and Nicola Walker, written and directed by Stefan Golaszewski.
QUEENS OF MYSTERY
Production company: Sly Fox; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Acorn/Amazon Prime.
6 x 1 hour episodes for Acorn/Amazon Prime. Unconventional, stylised comedy/crime capers shot on locations in and around London and in Kent
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE
Production company: Bad Penny Productions/Eagle Films; On-screen credit: UK Production Manager; Programme type: Feature Films; Broadcaster: n/a.
Set up and ran the UK shoot for this independent feature. Filmed in and around Stratford upon Avon under Covid protocols.
BUFFERING
Production company: Avalon; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Comedy, Drama; Broadcaster: ITV.
New scripted comedy/drama filmed on location in SE London
JUNGLE HEROES
Production company: Double Act ; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Natural History; Broadcaster: National Geographic.
6 x 45 minute episodes documentary series following the work of Wildlife SOS (WSOS) The Indian charity working across the country to relieve the conflict between human encroachment and India’s wildlife. Producer Alex Wood, Series Showrunner Simon Everson.
HOW TO ROB A BANK
Production company: Antenna Pictures; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Viceland.
8 x 1hr episode drama Doc series. Eight former bank robbers tell the stories behind their criminal exploits and how they were caught. Documentary shot across the US and drama reconstruction shot in Cape Town, South Africa, Series Producer Roz Bain, Executive Producer, Kim Flitcroft.
KILLER RATINGS
Production company: Silvervan ; On-screen credit: Drama Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Netflix.
7 x 1hr episode ’whodunit’ drama doc series, focussing on the drugs trade, organised crime and Brazilian TV. shot on street locations in Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Director Marcello Galvao, Series Showrunner, Alex Marengo
THE LAST TSARS
Production company: Nutopia; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Netflix.
6 Part series, set up and facilitated the drama shoot in Lithuania.
PEOLE MOVING PIXELS/TALKING TOM AND FRIENDS
Production company: People Moving Pixels ; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Animation; Broadcaster: Youtube Channel - Online.
Set up and staffed new animation studio in Tenerife, with voice recording in Los Angeles for 52 part animated series. Features voices of Colin Hanks, Tom Kenny, Lisa Schwartz, Maria Bamford, James Adomian. Producer Linni Rita Gad, Supervising Director Stefan Fjeldmark.
GYPSY'S REVENGE
Production company: Lightbox; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Discovery.
2 hour, Feature Drama Documentary investigating the extraordinary murder of a mid-west woman in 2015. Shot across the US, from Louisiana to Chicago, with a drama recon shoot in South Africa. Director, Jesse Vile, Exec Producers. Suzanne Lavery, Jonathan Chinn & Simon Chinn.
DEATH IN MECCA
Production company: BBC; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: BBC Worldwide.
1 x 60 minute documentary about the 1979 takeover of Mecca’s Grand Mosque by Islamic militants. A key event behind the foundation of of Al-Qaeda and modern Islamist extremism. Set up recon drama shoot in Jordan and extensive CGI to deliver film for tight deadline for festival exhibition and TX. Producer Eli Melki, Drama Director Will Aspinall, Exec Producer Greg Lanning.
COCONUT
Production company: Big Deal Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Comedy, Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.
10 x 6 minute comedy (sit-com) series for BBC 3, shot on location in London. Producer Dhanny Joshi, Director Mustafa Kseibati.
ANCIENT ASSASSINS
Production company: World Media Rights Productions; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Discovery AHC and Sky Vision.
10 x 1 hr programmes. The story of historical special forces who used innovative means to overcome their enemies in battle. A variety of UK and international locations used to film stories from different periods - from Ancient Greece, Rome, the far east, Italy, Romania and Medieval Briton, with a mixture of documentary and drama reconstruction.
BRITESPARK FILMS
Production company: BriteSpark Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Observational Documentary; Broadcaster: Various.
‘Handsome Devils’ 10 x 60 minute drama/documentary for Discovery ID (US), shot UK, USA and Canada. ‘Did He Do It?’ 6 x 60 minute drama/documentary for Discovery ID (US), shot USA and Canada. ‘Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper’ 1 x 60 minute documentary for Channel 5. Shot in Leeds/Yorkshire. ‘Diamond Geezers’ 1 x 60 minute obs doc for ITV, Hatton Garden revealed. ‘The Wives Did It’ 3 x 60 minute documentary for Discovery ID, shot UK, USA and Canada. ‘Outrageous Engineering Blunders – Fixed’ 6 x 60 minute magazine/documentary for Discovery Europe, shot UK and many countries worldwide. ‘Rogue Landlords and Nightmare Tennants’ 6 x 60 minute obs doc for Channel 5, shot UK ‘The Pusher’ 1 x 60 minute documentary for Channel 4, shot Manchester.
CAPTAIN WEBB
Production company: Marathon Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Feature Films.
Feature Film telling the story of Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel. Staring Warren Brown and Steve Oram. Directed by Justin Hardy and Produced by Jack Fishburn and Muiraenn Price
THE TRAILER PARK BOYS LIVE IN F**KIN’ DUBLIN
Production company: Swearcom (Canada); On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Comedy, Drama; Broadcaster: Netflix.
Come-back Special. For their rehabilitation community service, a cautionary, but foul-mouthed stage performance, shot on HD at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre from the Canadian comedy trio. Director Jeremy Chipper, Producer Gary Howsam
VERY FEW FISH
Production company: BBC Drama; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Comedy, Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.
Scripted comedy drama - shot on locations in East London. Producer, Jack Cheshire, Director, Alex Winckler
SUNKEN GARDEN
Production company: Red Ted Films for English National Opera.; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Performed Internationally..
Film drama elements of mixed media opera, composed and directed by Michel van der Aa. Libretto by David Mitchell. 2D and 3D filming in London and Cornwall.
DRIFT
Production company: Max Jourdan Films Ltd; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Film.
Drama film shot on the island of Porquerolles, Provence. Drama shot on Arri Alexa and featuring Rocky Marshall, Nancy Trotter-Landry, Olivier Loustau and Kamel Abdelli. Produced and Directed by Max Jourdan
BROTHERHOOD AND COURAGE; THE MEN OF WASHM STATION
Production company: OR Media; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Al Arabiya.
1 hour observational documentary shot in a busy fire station in Riyadh. Includes work with a number of camera formats - including thermal imaging. Producer/Director Tom Roberts
SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR ON DRUGS
Production company: OR Media; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Al Arabiya.
Film about the drugs problem in Saudi Arabia and the measures being taken to fight it. Shot on HD and includes covert filming of drug surveilance and raids. Director/Producer Nick London
HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA
Production company: OR Media; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Al Arabiya.
1 hour film shot on HD in Saudi Arabia. Director/Producer McDonald Brown
LONDON: THE INSIDE STORY
Production company: Popkorn TV; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Channel 5.
6 x 1 hour episodes shot in Westminster on HD. Observational ’fly on the wall’ documentary about the work of Westminster City Council.
THE PEOPLE SPEAK UK
Production company: History Channel; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama; Broadcaster: History Channel.
1 x 90 minutes. Televised theatre event celebrating 500 years of protest and dissent in the UK and Ireland. Based on the American show of the same name, the cast includes Saffron Burrows, Keira Knightley, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Ian McKellen and a host of acting luminaries, with music from Joss Stone, Tom Robinson, The Unthanks and others. Exec Producer, Delissa Needham, Producer, Miriam Lyons, TV OB Director, Stuart McDonald, Stage Directors, Anthony Arnove and Colin Firth (who also narrated the stage show).
AMERICA, THE STORY OF US
Production company: Nutopia; On-screen credit: Post Production Supervisor; Programme type: Documentary, Drama; Broadcaster: History.
12 x 1hr drama/doc series covering US history from 1600 to the present day. Shot and finished on HD with extensive CGI and archive sequences. Series introduced by US President Obama for its premiere screening. Series nominated for 4 Emmy Awards, it won the Emmy for Sound Design and Mix. Exec Producer Jane Root, Senior Producer, Ben Goold, Series Producers, Kathryn Taylor and Ben Fox
WILL’S DIARIES
Production company: Quercus Productions; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Feature Films.
Romantic Comedy/Drama shot on Red One Camera in Stratford on Avon and London, Producer, Brian Hamilton, Director, Charis Orchard
RONACHAN FILMS
Production company: Ronachan Films; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: BBC/C4.
Worked as cover for the HoP during the summer period, covering a number of documentaries at various stages in the production cycle.
THE ANIMAL`S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL
Production company: Animal Planet; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Discovery.
7 x 1 hour documentary series, shot internationally on HD and concerned with the impact of climate change on wildlife habitats
W10 LDN
Production company: Kudos.; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.
Gritty drama film, shot on on White City Estate in West London, largely at night. Directed by Menaj Hudah and Produced by Tim Cole, the team behind `Kidulthood`.
TONI BISCOTTI`S SCHOOL FOR DRAMATIC YOUTH
Poquito Ltd -Nickelodeon Shot on Digi-Beta. Pilot for improvised comedy drama set in an eccentric stage school and shot on location near London.
PODVILLE
Magic Lantern Productions - BBC Education. 15 x 5 minute interactive drama episodes shot on HD and HDV. Studio/Location shoot in Cardiff of fantasy/comedy drama based internet download teaching game. Shot both in English and Welsh languages.
THE GREY MAN
Production company: Leopardrama; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.
1 hour drama film. Adaptation of an Andy McNab novella. Shot on locations around London. Cast includes Danial Ryan, Olivia Colman, Christopher Fulford and Daisy Donovan. Producer, Amanda Jenks, Director, Declan O’Dwyer
TOTALY FRANK, SERIES 1 & 2
Production company: Initial; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: Channel 4.
Initial - Channel 4 2 x 13 x 30 minutes drama series shot on locations in and around St John Street, London EC1. Youth drama with strong music content about four girls who form a band.
THE QUEENS NOSE, 7 SERIES (1995 -2003)
Film & General Productions - BBC 6 x 30 minutes drama series shot on location in Digi Beta and Hi Def . Series 1 winner of RTS award for Best Childrens Drama. Series 2 and 3 winner of the Sony Award for Digital Cinematography.
FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN
IndieKids/Galafilm - BBC/CBC. 3 x 1hr episodes. Shot on Digi Beta in the UK and Canada. Line Producer on the UK end of UK/Canada co-production. A mixture of Live action and motion capture animation.
DEAD LINE
Platinum Film & Television - Channel 4 30 minute film shot on Super 16mm. Scripted by Ariel Dorfman and shot on locations around London.
LIFE FORCE
Childs Play Production - ITV 13 x 30 minute science fiction drama shot on Digibeta in northern England and Scotland.
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