PROFILE A twice Royal Television Society Award Winning freelance producer-director-writer with over 25 years professional tv making experience, Peter Thornhill is a specialist in high-end Corporate and Commercial production. He has worked nationally and internationally (through agencies, production companies and directly) for clients as diverse as... Read More

PROFILE A twice Royal Television Society Award Winning freelance producer-director-writer with over 25 years professional tv making experience, Peter Thornhill is a specialist in high-end Corporate and Commercial production. He has worked nationally and internationally (through agencies, production companies and directly) for clients as diverse as Audi, Microsoft, HSBC, Bacardi, QinetiQ, Danone, Roche as well as UK Government departments such as the COI, Home Office, DTI and the British Army, Navy and RAF.Trained at the National Film School and with the BBC, Peter is skilled in both multi and single-camera direction and also self-shoots and edits. He has variously directed, written and produced documentaries and magazine shows for ITV and Sky; comedy work for the BBC, DLT Entertainment, Alamo, The Comedy Unit; science strands in the Perspective series for international distribution by the COI; and a ten part children’s drama series Barty and the Moonmen for the BBC.As a contract producer at Twofour Productions he wrote and directed the RTS Award winning My Daddy for the Driving Standards Agency, and co-created wrote and directed the web soap Heart and Soul .Other blue chip corporate clients and government agencies he has worked for include The Arts Council, BP, Peugeot, TNT, Cadburys Schweppes, Asda, EasyJet, Westland, Marks & Spencers, Maersk, British Horse Society, Royal Mail, Autoglass, Royal College of Nursing, Coke, CITB, Gala Casinos, Boots, NHS, GazProm, Canon and Sony.KEY SKILLS • Producing – effective budgeting, production management, organisation and planning. • Directing and Writing – corporates, event films, commercials, documentaries, drama and comedy. • Able to work creatively - developing and writing pitches, responding to briefs and working pro-actively to sell/upsell: ultimately delivering the client’s brief to the target audience effectively and within budget. • Experienced in running (and being part of) a team and overseeing the technicalities of production, from multi-camera blocking on location and in studio, HDTV and 4K acquisition, to specialised post production effects including animation, grading, compositing. • Experienced in self-shooting (DSLR, 4K) and working/organising shoots in difficult/hazardous conditions (abroad, short notice, culturally sensitive, commercially sensitive, at sea, NATO training exercises etc). • Experienced in creative editing and operating Adobe Creative Cloud Programmes (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects) and fast-turnaround overnight live event programme-making. Read Less