I have over fifteen years experience as a producer/director of educational programmes and broadcast documentaries. My skills include the following: • Skilled Camera Operator: Canon XF305, Sony EX3 & other HD Cameras. • Experienced at directing crews • Creative Project Manager (Media and other sectors) • Editor on Final Cut Pro • Commen... Read More

I have over fifteen years experience as a producer/director of educational programmes and broadcast documentaries. My skills include the following: • Skilled Camera Operator: Canon XF305, Sony EX3 & other HD Cameras. • Experienced at directing crews • Creative Project Manager (Media and other sectors) • Editor on Final Cut Pro • Commentary and script writer • Development Producer and Researcher • Extensive International filming experience • Website: http://www.savannahfilms.co.uk I’ve worked on a wide range of educational films, observational documentaries, and multi-platform projects. Clients have included, Future Learn, the Open University, the British Council and the Financial Times. I’ve also worked on prime-time documentaries for BBC1, BBC2, C4 and the Discovery Channel.SELECTED CREDITS: Shooting PD The Open University, Met Office, June to August 2017 Shooting and directing a documentary about how the Met Office crunches huge amounts of data to create weather maps and forecasts.PD – BBC Bitesize, Hunting for History, 2016 - 2017 Producer/Director, 12 short documentary films about how historians use original historical sources to discover history.Shooting PD – BBC Bitesize, Functional Skills, 2016 Shooting and directing, 10 x 3 drama documentary films, in the retail and in the Health and Social Care sectors.Shooting PD The Open University, Religious Studies, 2016 Shooting and directing a documentary, about pilgrimage focusing on the Glastonbury Goddess pilgrimage of 2016. Producer/Director - Evans Woolfe Media Over the past ten years I have made well over 100 films working as a freelance P/D with Evans Woolfe Media, for the Open University and Teachers TV.Producer/Director - The British Council, Shakespeare Lives, 2015-16 Two films about the life of Shakespeare; one based in Stratford, the other in London to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016.Producer/Director - Future Learn, Blended Learning, 2015 Project managing and filming 28 case studies across 6 locations around the UK, working with academics from UCL and the University of Leeds. Click hereProducer/Director/Project Manager – The Open University, TESS-India 2015 Filming and project managing on a large collaborative project involving agencies in the UK and India to produce 300 films in 6 Indian languages, targeted to help improve the teaching of 3 million Indian teachers. Click hereProducer/Director - Financial Times, 2011-12 A series of short films for FT.com reviewing luxury products: Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Morgan, Powerboats and the fastest sailing boat in the World.Producer/Director - The Kennel Club. A documentary about the Kennel Club’s recent research to improve the health of dogs. I also make the annual Crufts montage for the NEC arena.SELECTED BROADCAST CREDITS: Producer/Camera - BBC 1, ‘I Was Not Asleep’ The Inside Story of Selby. 1 x 60’ Bafta award winning film about the Selby train crash and car crashes in the UK and USA caused by drivers who fall asleep at the wheel.Producer/Camera - BBC 2, ‘In Search of Genius’. 2 x 60’ series filmed in the UK and USA about the education of gifted children. Producer/Camera - Ciscovery, ‘Joined’, The World of Siamese Twins. 2 x 60’ series filmed all over the World. I also researched the entire series.Producer/Camera - Engineering at the Cutting Edge. 5 x 30’ series about innovative engineering projects around the UK.Producer/Researcher - C4, Modern Day Eunuchs. 1 x 60’ A psychological documentary filmed in the UK, Canada and USA.EMPLOYMENT HISTORY BEFORE 1999: Before my media career developed my Employment History was in Local Government as a Project Manager and before that I was a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield. My very first professional job was as a teacher in a 6th form College. 1994-1999 - Project Manager, Chief Executive's Policy Unit, Westminster Council, London 1991-1993 - Lecturer, University of Sheffield 1988-1993 - PhD in Politics at the University of Sheffield 1986-1988 - Teacher of Politics and History, St Francis Xavier 6th Form College, London 1985-1986 - PGCE, Social Sciences, 12 to 18, University of York 1982-1985 - BA, 1st Class Honours, Politics and Education, University of York Read Less