An award winning dual citizen (US/UK) currently residing in Co. Sligo and running a transatlantic film & television development, production and sales company
Capabilities:
Writer/Director
Employment:
Calmworks® - Founder and COO – 2016
London College of Contemporary Arts - Lecturer Film Production/Editing/Sales – 2013
Paramount Pictures - GI Joe Production Runner – 2008
Mactrician - IT Consultant – 2007
Ventana - Bartender/Mixologist – 2006
Big Sur Fire Department - Volunteer Firefighter – 2005
CSB Contractors - Carpenter – 2004
Oxford School of Drama - Cinematic Technique lecturer – 2003
Artburst – Hackney Festival – teaching support for kids mural and T-shirt painting - 2006
Lawrence Gordon Productions – Tomb Raider II The Cradle of Life Production Runner, (1st AD Cliff Lanning) - 2003
London Screenings - Brought British Film Establishment support to the London Screenings film market from film council CEO John Woodward - 2002
Sgrin (Welsh Screen) - Negotiated a nation-wide theatrical distribution deal with Sgrin (Welsh Screen) for the short film Noise Control - 2002
Buena Vista International – Negotiated a nation-wide theatrical distribution deal with Buena Vista International for the short film To Catch a Crow - 2001
The Irish Film Board – Won funding from the Irish film board to complete To Catch a Crow - 2001
Remote Films Ltd. – Independent Producer - 1996
londonscreenings.com – Launched first ever online film market londonscreenings.com - 1999
The Kodak Vision Premieres – Created and launched the Kodak Vision Premieres - 1999
Soho Screenings – Co-founder of the first ever stand alone film market screening event to take place during the London Screenings – 1996
The Mavericks Writers Film Festival - Launched the mavericks writers & film festival – 1999
Janapreemee English School - Kathmandu – Teaching ages 5-18yrs English as a foreign language - 1991
Parent Films (aka Parent International aka Parent Productions) - Founder and COO – 1989 to present
TV Appearances:
BBC News “Film Row” (National TV interview with BBC News’s Moira Stewart) - 2001
Channel 5 “Everything you Need to Know About Filmmaking” (National TV Interview with Katie Ledger and Jonus Hurst Co-guest with Dov Siemens) - 2001
Channel 5 “Jet Moran” (National TV Interview with John Marriot) - 2003
British Sky Broadcasting “Noise Control” (National TV Interview with Richard Jobson) - 2003
Composing and Journalism:
Fox Children’s Channel - Composer and Performer - 1995
Corporate Commercials (various) – Composer and performer – 1994
BBC TV – Journalist: BBC TV local election coverage Correspondent - 1997
GLR Interview with Roger Corman – Journalist: Interviewer / Producer / Sound Recordist - 1997
Screen International – Journalist: London Screenings Correspondent -1997
Acting roles:
To Catch a Crow - DAVE THE PRODUCER - PFJ Productions - 1999
The Wicked Weekend (25mins, DVCam, Documentary, Director/Camera)
Software:
Final Cut Pro, Avid, Logic, Protools, Excel, Word, Final Draft, DVD Studio Pro 2, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Movie Magic Budgeting, Movie Magic Scheduling, Da Vinci Resolve Studio
Filmography as Editor:
Noise Control (7mins, Super 16mm & DVCAM, Cotswolds)
Two Parts Man (10mins, Betacam, the lakes)
Heroin (3mins, 16mm, silent, Harlem NYC)
The Broach (5mins, Super 16mm, NYC)
Awards:
Red or Dead Audience Award - BBC British Short Film Festival
Audience Award - Kodak BAFTA European Short Film Showcase Cannes
Judges Highly Commended - Turner Classics Movies Short Film Competition
Best Film - inCURT Short Film Festival
Audience Award - Uruguay International Short Film Festival
Education:
University of Highlands and Islands - MSc Psychology (MBPsS) - September 2019 / December 2020
UMASS Oasis Center for Mindfulness - Qualified MBSR™ Facilitator - February 2015 / March 2016
Berlinale Talent Campus – A week long technical filmmaking master class for Award Winning Filmmakers at the 53rd Berlinale under the mentorship of Wim Wenders (tutored by Spike Lee, Stephen Frears, Denis Hopper and Mike Figgis) - Dec/Jan 2003
City University of New York and University of North London (Now London Metropolitan University) - BA (Hons) Film Studies and English literature - September 1992 / July 1995
Chipping Norton Comprehensive - (4 A levels, 9 GCSEs) – grad. 1991
Referees:
Margaret Matheson – MD, Bard Entertainments
Lord Robert Skidelsky of Tiltern - Peer, The House of Lords
Jack Oliver - Head of Co-productions, Sky Cinema
Elliot Grove - Founder, British Independent Film Awards/Raindance Film Festival
David Marlow - Executive Producer, Silver Light Media