Alex is an award-winning, highly experienced writer, producer, director, making high-end, top-rating, engaging factual shows. Projects include single films, feature-length documentaries, short series and long running strands.Prep, producing and directing complex and ambitious series with shooting locations in the UK, Continental Europe, US, Alask...
Read MoreAlex is an award-winning, highly experienced writer, producer, director, making high-end, top-rating, engaging factual shows. Projects include single films, feature-length documentaries, short series and long running strands.Prep, producing and directing complex and ambitious series with shooting locations in the UK, Continental Europe, US, Alaska, South America, Russia, Arctic Circle, China, Australia, Africa, Hawaii - for domestic & international broadcasters.Specialist areas in science, history, presenter-led travel, archive, drama recon.Highly experienced and skilled with CGI. Devising, storyboarding, liaising with FX studios across the world.Completing and delivering shows on-time and on-budget.Negotiating and gaining access to challenging establishments. Military, Medical, NASA, Aviation, Marine.Extensive experience with both presenter-led series and single documentary films.Working with full crews across the world.Devising & shooting with specialist equipment. ROV / Mini Cam Rigs / High-Speed / Jib & Crane.Full edit experience, taking all shows through the edit and online delivery.Very accomplished in script writing and narrative, pre and post production. Overseeing series development / research. Pitching and scripting. Running teams.Liaising with broadcasters at all stages of production; UK, US and worldwide. Dealing with multiple broadcasters for co-production projects.Clients: BBC 1 and 2, ITV 1, Channels 4 & 5, UKTV, Discovery, Discovery Science, National Geographic Channels International, Smithsonian, PBS/Nova, History US Canada, ZDF, SBS, eOne.Programming highlights include:National Geographic - Drain the Oceans. Nat Geo’s highest rating show. Underwater archaeology series. Using photo-real CGI, location shoots in Uruguay, Argentina and Norway, the film uncovers the secrets behind the rise and fall of Hitler’s naval super-fleet.Discovery - Curiosity Strand: Life Before Birth. Using CGI, extraordinary life-like prosthetic models and specialist shooting, Life Before Birth is story-driven and follows three expectant mothers through their pregnancies - creating and capturing stunning imagery of their developing foetuses.Channel 4 - Flying Across Britain with Arthur Williams - Pilot and presenter, Arthur Williams, buckles-up and takes to the air in his vintage Piper Cub aircraft - taking us on an amazing aerial tour across the UK. On the way, he uncovers our rich aviation heritage, from long-lost sunken WWII flying boat wrecks to a mind-blowing innovation from a real life Iron Man!BBC - Horizon: Man on Mars: Mission to the Red Planet. With unique access, the film goes behind NASA’s closed doors as they take their first steps to blasting humans to Mars. From witnessing the awesome, ground-shaking power of a main-engine test to the almost impossible task of designing a lander that will transport the crew to the surface in one piece, Horizon squares up to the real challenges engineers and scientists face in this deep space adventure.History US / ZDF / eOne - Mummies Alive. Dr Dick Shepherd, lead forensic pathologist behind Princess Diana’s death, puts six mummies under his microscope. All brutally murdered, we follow Shepherd’s investigation and use photo-real CGI to discover who they are. How they die? And who are the killers!For a complete overview, please checkout Alex's website - www.hearle.net
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