KEY SKILLS

• Teaching
• Producing
• Directing
• Writing

• Production Management
• Production Coordinating

• ENG
• Sound
• Lighting Cameraman

●  Extension Certificate (with Distinction)

– Producing (University of California, Los Angeles)

●  Masters Degree

- Television Features & Documentary (University of Salford, UK)

●  Batchelor of Arts (Hons) 2.1

- Television & Radio Production (University of Salford, UK)

●  Advanced Level Certificates

- Art; English Literature; Communication Studies (England)

●  California State University - Cal Poly (Pomona), California, USA (2023) 

- Media Professor (U.S. terminology) / Media Lecturer (U.K. terminology) - Filmmaking

●  Emerson Academy for the Arts & Sciences, Studio City, CA, USA (2013 - 2018)

- Media Tutor to teens on the autism spectrum - Short Film / / Local News / Reportage

●  University of Salford, Manchester, England (2000 - 2011) 

- Media Professor (U.S. terminology) / Media Lecturer (U.K. terminology) - TV Production

●   Channel M Television, Manchester, England (2000 - 2011)

- founding member 'from scratch' of a local TV station, providing hands-on development, project management, financial oversight, physical production, academic instruction & practical leadership for a pioneering student television production unit embedded within a major UK university media school.

●  Black Pebble Media, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2018 - Present)
- Owner / Creative Producer / Writer / Feature Documentary Development

●  Terracotta Creative, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2014 - 2018)
- Owner / Marketing / PR for small businesses in both UK and USA

●  Career Break (Fatherhood), Los Angeles, CA, USA (2011 - 2014)

- Stay-at-Home Dad (new-born daughter), producing yummy meals, groovy games and very funny faces
 

●  Channel M Local Television (Guardian Media Group), Manchester, England (2000 - 2011)

 - Creative Producer / Director / Series Producer / Line Producer / Camera / Sound

●  Career Break (University), Salford, England (1996 - 2000)

 - Academic study / B.A. (Hons) degree & M.A. degree

●  The Post Office, Middlesbrough, England (1984- 1996)

 - postman / mail carrier / counter clerk / cashier / community ambassador / public servant

●  2011 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Winner – Best Low Budget TV Show

 - 'Wildtrack' (Executive Producer)

●  2010 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Runner-up– Best Regional TV Show

●  2009 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Winner – Best Low Budget TV Show

 - 'Zeitgeist' (Series Producer / Producer / Director / Camera)

●  2008 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Runner-up – Best Newcomer  TV Station

●  2006 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Winner – Best TV Programme

 - 'Reel North' (Series Producer / Producer / Director / Camera) - (ahem) Student TV  beat the BBC! - hello!

●  2005 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Runner-up – Best TV Programme

●  2004 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Runner-up – Best TV Programme

●  2001 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Winner - Best Cable, Satellite or RSL

- 'Final Clearance / Hitting Home' (Producer / Director / AVID Offline Editor)

●  2001 - Royal Television Society (NW) Broadcast Awards: Runner-up - Reflecting Life in the Region

- 'Final Clearance / Hitting Home' (Producer / Director / Offline Editor)

●  1999 - Royal Television Society (NW) Student Awards: Winner - Best Fiction

- 'Love & Air' (Producer)

● RTS Committee Member, Student Coordinator (8 years)

- Royal Television Society North West Region (Manchester, UK) 

● Academic External Examiner (2 years)

- Limerick Institute of Technology (Limerick, Ireland)

● Film Festival Jury / Board Member (6 years)

- Mediaschool Film Festival (Lodz, Poland)

- KINO Film Festival (Manchester, UK),

- Commonwealth Film Festival (Manchester, UK),

- Exposures Student Film Festival (Manchester, UK)

● Griffith Observatory Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)

- VIP & member functions / event filming / educational outreach

● American Red Cross (Los Angeles, CA)

- driver helping to distribute ARC products to SoCal hospitals

● California Defensive Driving Certificate (Los Angeles, CA)

- state approved advanced driving course

- awarded by the American Red Cross

- voluntary online study and in-person test

● California Mature Driver Certificate (California, U.S.)

- state approved advanced driving course

- awarded by the American Safety Council

- voluntary online study (7-hours)

● Photography (semi-professional)

- Street

- Urban

- Portrait

- Landscape

- Pets

● Creative Writing

- memoire / novel (3)

- screenplay (5)

- documentary (10)

- child's book (1)