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About Mark is an award winning, experienced and multiskilled film and television director who guarantees to bring to a production extremely high quality stylish visuals combined with strong storytelling. Not only a confident director on location he also has the ability and experience to self edit to an extremely high standard. He has a reputation for gaining the trust and utmost respect from screen talent and crew and being very enjoyable to work with. He works extremely hard, takes a lot of pride in his work and loves the job he does. He enjoys challenges and always works to a very high standard even in high pressured situations. Terrestrial director at 23. Terrestrial series director at 25 and debut feature film at 29. |
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Key Skills Very experienced and creative directing on location and in the edit (single and multicamera location) Extremely PC literate and experienced in Photoshop. Basic web design. I also have USA iVisa, a full clean UK driving licence and a car. |
| 2011 | ||
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| Director | The Only Way Is Essex | Directing fast turnaround multi camera complex shoots on 3rd series of BAFTA winning show - ITV2 - Lime Pictures, London |
| Director | My Little Princess | Sole director for E4 Pilot shot on Sony F3 - Lucky Day Productions, London |
| Producer & Director | TOWIE - Reem All About It | Sole producer and director of pre series catch up show with cast interviews - ITV2 - Lime Pictures, London |
| Director | The Only Way Is Essex | Directing fast turnaround multi camera complex shoots on 2nd series of BAFTA winning show - ITV2 - Lime Pictures, London |
| 2010 | ||
| Series Director and Editor | Great British Hairdresser | Directing every shoot on the series and styling the whole look of the show with main camera shooting HDCAM with prime lenses. 4-5 camera shoots and multiple contestants at all times. Abbey Clancy presents. Also Avid editor on 2 x hour long episodes from scratch and finessing all others - E4 - Splash Media, London |
| Director | Devil’s Playground | Feature film, winner of Best Film and Best Director at British Horror Film Festival and number 5 in national DVD chart. Starring Danny Dyer (Human Traffic, The Business), Craig Fairbrass (Bank Job, Eastenders), MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga, The Descent), Jaime Murray (Hustle, Dexter), Colin Salmon (James Bond, Resident Evil) - Black & Blue Flms, London |
| 2009 | ||
| Director | Run | Short Film starring Kevin Sacre (Hollyoaks) - Mr Macauw Films, Manchester |
| Director/DOP/Editor | The Chemists - This City | Music video. Lit and self shot on RED all band and crowd shots. Also self edited - Mi Productions, Manchester |
| Director/DOP | Red Bull X-Fighters | Promo for live event and rider hero shots self filmed on RED, London - Red Bull/UMTV, London |
| Camera/Editor | World Freerunning Championships | Intro VT on freerunning. Shot in 1 day, edited the next, tx day after. BBC3 - North One Television, London |
| Producer/Director | Guinness World Records Smashed | Directing half the series VT's with Steve Jones and Konnie Huq going head to head attempting to break world records - Sky One - Outline Productions, London |
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 15 | Continuing with setting the look of the show, employing chosen camera crews and directors. Directed all over the world. Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| 2008 | ||
| Series Director | Fifth Gear Europe | Nat Geo/Discovery - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Director/Camera | Megastructures | Nat Geo/Discovery - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 14 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Camera Operator | The Gadget Show | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Editor | Cage Gladiators | ITV4 - Big Tank Productions, Manchester |
| 2007 | ||
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 13 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| 2nd Unit Director | The Tournament | 35mm feature film starring Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Ian Sommerhalder (Lost), Kelly Hu (X-Men). 2 month shoot in Bulgaria - Mann Made Films |
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 11 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 10 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Director, Camera, Editor | The Making of " Jeremy Clarkson's: The Greatest Raid Of All" | Half hour documentary on the model making and filming process of the boat used in the reconstructions - BBC2 - North One Television, Birmingham |
| 2006 | ||
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 9 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Series Director | Fifth Gear series 8 | Re-inventing look of the show, employing chosen camera crews and directors. Directed all over the world. Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Director and Editor | Manchester Art Gallery | 6 stylish and interesting films for the Manchester Art Gallery about people and their unusual collections - Centre Screen Productions, Manchester |
| 2005 | ||
| Editor | Cannon Ball 8000 Destination Rome | ITV1 - Big Tank Productions, Manchester |
| Director and Editor for | Corporate | Recruitment film for South Yorkshire Police and 2 films for the NWDA about North West gardens and a Liverpool based investment company - Centre Screen Productions, Manchester |
| Director and Editor | PCTV | A stylish 45 minute long comedy drama pilot with a large crew and cast of 15 - Mr Macauw Productions, Manchester |
| Director | Fifth Gear series 7 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| 2004 | ||
| Director and Editor | Corporate | Numerous stylish corporate documentaries, factual and artistic films for clients such as NWDA, Department of Health, Manchester Art Gallery and the English Golf Union - Centre Screen Productions, Manchester |
| Director and Editor | Ready Teddy Death | An exciting and unusual 45 minute DVD sold in HMV and Amazon called that had great reviews in the Guardian newspaper and was also shown on music station Kerrang about different inventive ways to kill a teddy bear! - Gut Vision/No Picnic Productions, London |
| Director | Fifth Gear series 5 | Directing VT's for motoring program in the UK and abroad - Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Producer/Director & Editor | Bike Shows UK | 30 minute fly on the wall documentary - Granada Television, Manchester |
| 2003 | ||
| Location Director/Camera | Viewing Recommended | Fly-on-the-wall docusoap for Granada Television - Multi Media Arts, Manchester |
| Director | Fifth Gear series 4 | Channel Five - North One Television, Birmingham |
| Director and DOP | Fifty Fifty | Short film. Finalists in the National 48 hour Film Challenge - Voight Camp Freddy, Manchester |
| Freelance Director | Reverend Bob Torque Show | Directing features for Men & Motors - Multi Media Arts, Manchester |
| Director | Fifth Gear series 3 | Directing VT's for motoring program in the UK and abroad - Channel Five - Chrysalis Television, Birmingham |
| DV camera direction/operation | Reality Bites | Cooking reality show with hidden filming in a kitchen - ITV1 - Multi Media Arts, Manchester |
| 2000- 2002 | ||
| Director / Assistant Producer / Senior Researcher / Researcher | Men & Motors (various) | Started as researcher and worked up making all Men & Motors motoring programmes - Granada Television, Manchester |
| 1999 | ||
| Researcher / Assistant Researcher | Reds@Five | A Live and Pre-recorded studio kids show for Manchester United Television (MUTV). Also worked on a contestant based quiz show - Granada Television, Manchester |
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