CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS: Name: DARREN FLAXSTONE Mobile: 0780 858 5479 Freelance Film Editor e-mail: [email protected]

I am a freelance Film Editor with a dramatic visual sense and passion for story telling, which I have brought to a diverse range of exciting projects covering factual, drama and natural history.

SELECTED & UPCOMING CREDITS:

April 15 1 x 50 min BBC 2 Patagonia: Nature’s Secret Prog 2 - The Open Steppe. Paradise Prod. Nick Smith Baker

Jan 15 1 x 50 BBC 1 Wanted in Paradise Thailand. Series following families relocating abroad. Prod. Michelle Bullen

Dec 14 1 x 50 min BBC 2 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Prog 2 – Mountains of the Deep. Earth Prod. Ted Giffords

Jun 14 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Wastemen Obs Doc following Geordie waste workers. Progs 1 + 3. Prod. Liz Allen/ Xavier Alford

May 14 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom Prog. 3 - Winter. Prod. Ian Gray/Tuppence Stone

Apr 14 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Supersenses: The Secret Power The science of animal senses. of Animals Prod. Sam Hodgson

Dec 13 1 x 60 min Turkey & Tinsel Following a group of octogenarians on a wild weekend in Weston. Multistory Dir. Martin Parr

Nov 13 1 x 60 min BBC 1 Life Story Prog. 3. Epic animal dramas. Prod. Ian Gray

Aug 13 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Wild Brazil Prog. 2 - Facing the Flood. Animal lives in Brazil’s rainy season. Prod. Joe Stevens

Jun 13 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Expedition: Burma Prog. 3. Revealing the wildlife of Burma’s Karen region. Prod. Susanna Handslip

Mar 13 1 x 60 min BBC 1 Operation Snow Tiger Prog. 2. The quest to film the Siberian tiger. Prod. Victoria Bromley

Jan 13 1 x 60 min BBC 4 The Sound of Cinema Prog. 1. The story of the symphonic film score. Prod. John Das

Jun 13 2 x 45 min Tudor Crystal & Portrait of glass blowers in The Midlands and a Black Country pigeon Dec 12 Multistory Mark Goes to Mongolia fancier’s trip to Mongolia. Dir. Martin Parr

Oct 12 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero Prog. 2. Bill traces the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace.

Prod. Sam Hodgson WINNER RTS WEST, BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL 2013

Sep 12 1 x 90 min Dark Vision RTS nominated and award winning Independent horror feature film. Stray Spark Prods

Aug 12 1 x 60 min BBC 2 The Polar Bear Family & Me Prog. 2. Gordon Buchanan’s quest to film Polar Bears. Dir. Saritha Wilkinson

June 12 1 x 60 min BBC 1 Miniature Britain George McGavin gets intimate with the wildlife of Britain. Prod. Jo Scofield

May 12 5 x 60 min BBC 1 Planet Earth Live Julia Bradbury’s Minnesotan bear encounters. Dir. Stuart Derrick / Chris Howard

Mar 12 1 x 90 min BBC The Making of Planet Earth Feature length retrospective. Prod. Sally Cryer U.S. Aug 11 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Africa Prog. 4 - Cape. Landmark portrait of the Cape and its wildlife. Prod. Hugh Pearson WINNER TELEVISUAL AWARDS Best Specialist Factual 2014

Jul 11 1 x 20 min Teddy Gray’s Sweet Factory Acclaimed photographer Martin Parr’s quirky portrait. Dir. Martin Parr Multistory

May 11 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Protecting Our Children Prog. 2 - Hard hitting series following Bristol social workers.

Prod. Emma Burman. Series Producer Sacha Mirzoeff

WINNER RTS NATIONAL & WEST, BEST EDITING 2012

Jan 11 1 x 60 min My Life As A Turkey Joe Hutto’s two years as ‘mother’ to a brood of 13 wild turkeys. BBC Natural World

Passion Pictures Prod Dave Allen EMMY WINNER: Best Wildlife programme Nom: BEST EDITING, Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival 2011 and Wildscreen 2012 WINNER: BEST EDITING Missoula 2012. WINNER GOLDEN PANDA AWARD Wildscreen 2012

0ct 10 1 x 60 min BBC 2 Madagascar Prog. 2. ‘Lost Worlds’. A journey through Madagascar’s forests.

Prod. Ian Gray

Jul 10 1 x 90 min Buffering Independent feature film comedy.

May 10 1 x 60 min BBC 2 A Million Snake Bites Investigating India’s snakebite epidemic. Prod. Robin Smith Natural World 2011 Hugo Television Awards – Silver Hugo

Mar 10 1 x 60 min BBC 1 Springwatch Special ‘Changing worlds’. Climate change in the UK. Prod. Richard Taylor Jones

Name: DARREN FLAXSTONE Mobile: 0780 858 5479 Freelance Film Editor e-mail: [email protected]

SELECTED & UPCOMING CREDITS - CONTINUED:

Oct 09 1 X 60 min BBC 2 The History of Now The story of the Noughties. Prog 2. Prod. Rachel Jardine

Nov 09 1 x 90 min Release Hard hitting independent feature drama.

Aug 09 1 X 50 min BBC 2 Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness Ray Mears explores the western coast of Canada. Prod. Julia Foot

Jun 09 1 X 60 min Bearwalker of the Northwoods The story of Lynn Rogers who has been ‘walking’ with wild bears for BBC Natural World over 40 years. Prod. Ted Oakes

Mar 09 1 X 60 min Black Mamba, White Witch Lenny Henry narrates the RTS nominated story of Swaziland’s no.1 BBC Natural World snake catcher. Prod. Jo Schofield

Jan 09 4 X 50 min River Monsters Jeremy Wade’s fishy adventures. Jan 10 ICON Films

May 10 Prod. Barney Revill / Steve Gooder/ Charlie Bingham Jul 15 Nov 08 1 x 90 min Shank Brutal & tender indie feature film drama. Dir. Simon Pearce

Sept 08 1 x 50 min Life: Reptiles Landmark David Attenborough series. Prod. Rupert Barrington BBC 1 WINNER BEST BEHAVIOUR Jackson Hole 2012

Jul 08 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Natures Great Events: South Africa’s great sardine run. Prod. Hugh Pearson The Great Tide Nomination Wild Talk 2010, BEST EDITING

May 08 1 x 50 min Mountains of the Monsoon A portrait of India’s Western Ghats. Prod. Harry Marshall BBC Natural World Mar 08 1 x 50 min The Unseen Alistair Cooke Portrait of the famous broadcaster via home movie footage. BBC 4 Prod. Rachel Jardine WINNER: Best archive, Focal Awards ‘09

Oct 07 1 x 60 min Timeshift: Dame Stella Rimmington’s investigation of Anglo - Russian relations. BBC 4 Watching The Russians Prod. Rachel Jardine

Jul 07 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Wild China EMMY winning journey through the coastal regions of China.

Prod. Charlotte Scott

May 07 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Alan Titchmarsh’s Woodlands’ Prod. Bridget Appleby

Nature of Britain

Mar 07 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Lenny’s Britain Lenny Henry’s darkly comic look at British leisure activities. Prod. Sacha Mirzoeff

Jan 07 1 x 50 min BBC2 Ganges Prog. 1. The source of the Ganges & it’s influence on people and wildlife. Prod. Ian Gray

Oct 06 1 x 30 min BBC 3 Grime Scene Investigation Presented by comedian Rufus Hound. Prod. Jelena Illich

Aug 06 1 x 50 min Tiger Kill Simon King and his quest to film the first tiger kill in nearly 40 years. ICON for BBC 2 Prod. Harry Marshall Wildscreen ‘08 nomination for BEST EDITING

Jul 06 1 x 60 min BBC 4 st Timeshift: 21 century lifestyles and attitudes. Prod. Matt Pelly

The New Middle Classes

May 06 1 x 50 min Supersize Crocs Rom Whitaker’s global quest to track down a 20ft crocodile. Icon Films Prod. Richard Chambers

Nov 05 2 x 60 min BBC 1 Ocean Odyssey EMMY nominated epic using CGI, model work & dramatic Impossible Pictures Discovery reconstruction to reveal the secrets of the deep. (Discovery title: Secrets of the Deep). Dir. Dave Allen Innovation nom Wildsceen’06 / Winner best CGI Jackson Hole ’07

Aug 05 1 x 50 min The Iceberg That Sank The mysteries behind the infamous iceberg. Prod. Cluny South BBC Natural World The Titanic

Apr 05 1 x 75 min Shooting Under Fire Feature length documentary following Reuters photographer Rheinhard Nat Geo Krause on the frontline of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. Prod. Sacha Mirzoeff WINNER 2005 Fernsehpreis award: BEST DOCUMENTARY

Sep 04 1 x 50 min The King Cobra & I Rom Whitaker’s mission to start India’s first King Cobra sanctuary. BBC Natural World ICON Films Prod. Harry Marshall WINNER: Best International Film, The Nature Vision Festival, Bavaria ‘06

Jun 04 1 x 50min Deep Jungle Prog. 3. Exploration of humans and the jungle. Prod. Rupert Barrington PBS/ Granada Wildscreen ’06 award winning series

May 04 1 x 30 min BBC 1 Massive Nature The Trap. Amazing animal attack strategies. Prod. Emma Peddie

Mar 04 2 x 50 min Austin Stevens Adventures: Prod. Graham Booth / Michael Davies / Duncan Chard Nov 07 Tigress for Ch 5 Costa-Rica / Mexico

Name: DARREN FLAXSTONE Mobile: 0780 858 5479 Freelance Film Editor e-mail: [email protected]

SELECTED & UPCOMING CREDITS - CONTINUED:

Jan 04 1 x 30 min Ch 4 My Foetus Controversial BAFTA / GRIERSON nominated documentary.

Dir Julia Black

Oct 03 1 x 50 min BBC 2 Ireland: Sculpted Isle EMMY nominated film. Prod. Karen Partridge Natural World

Sep 03 1 x 30 min BBC 1 Wildlife On One: King Croc The history and biology of crocodiles. Prod. Karen Partridge

Jul 03 1 x 50 min BBC 2 Moon Power The effects of the moon on the earth. Prod. Peter Crawford Natural World

Jun 03 1 x 50 min Elephant Cave RTS nominated documentary about cave dwelling elephants. BBC Natural World Prod. Vanessa Berlowitz

Apr 03 1 x 50 min Diagnosing Darwin The mysteries of Charles Darwin’s ill health. Prod. Tom Cholmondley ICON Films

Jul 02 1 x 50 min Killer Bees - Taming the Swarm Prod. Karen Partridge BBC Natural World WINNER Jury Award, Japan Wildlife Festival 2003

Mar 02 4 x 3 min Ch. 4 Young Minds Children talk about their mental health problems. Prod. Julia Black

Dec 01 1 x 50 min BBC 1 Killer Whales: Wildlife Special Prod. Phil Chapman / Sue Flood

Dec 01 1 x 50 min BBC 2 Animals: The Inside Story ‘New Lives’. Fantastic voyage through the inner workings of animals.

Prod. Karen Partridge

Jun 01 2 x 50 min Baltic Secrets The mysterious Baltic landscape. Prod. Nick Upton. Green Umbrella Winner BEST EDITING Missoula Film Festival 2002 / SVT

Jan 01 1 x 50 min Ch4 Yeti: Hunt for the Wildman A team of adventurers on a quest to find the creature of legend. ICON Films Dir Harry Marshall

Jun 00 3 x 50 min PBS Triumph of Life Epic evolution series. Prod. Nick Upton/ Emma Peddie

Aug 99 1 x 12 min Jack in a Box 35mm Darkly comic short drama, winner of the Kodak Award. Drama for HTV Dir. Darren Flaxstone

Jul 97 1 x 10 min Just Testing 16mm Lottery Funded short thriller. Dir Darren Flaxstone Drama for HTV

May 99 1 x 30 min Nibha of the Elephants The plight of one of India’s few female Mahouts. Dir Harry Marshall ICON Films

Aug 96 6 x 50 min The Ultimate Guide Ground breaking mix of natural history and graphics Oct 98 Discovery Channel Ants & Housecats - Prod. Karen Partridge Crocodiles - Prod. Steve Gooder

Oct 95 1 x 50 min Orang-Utans: The High Society Intimate portrait of Sumatra’s ‘Man of the Forest’. Prod. Mark Linfield BBC Natural World

Jan 94 3 x 50 min Mystery of the Senses Author Diane Ackerman explores the human senses. PBS / Channel 4 Prod. Peter Jones, Michael Gunton & Nigel Ashcroft

Jul 92 1 x 40 min Lune Tense and touching drama from ‘The Long Firm’

Director Billie Eltringham

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design: 1988 – 1992 - National Diploma, AV Design & HND Film and Television, specialisation in film and video editing

REFEREES:

Dave Allen - Series Producer / Director Passion Pictures Tel. No.: 0797 322 8403 John Das - Executive Producer BBC Features Tel. No.: 0117 973 2211 Sacha Mirzoeff - Executive Producer BBC Documentaries Tel. No.: 0785 596 9899 Ted Oakes - Series Producer BBC Tel. No.: 0117 973 2211 Harry Marshall - Creative Director Icon Films Tel. No.: 0117 910 2030 Rupert Barrington - Series Producer BBC Tel. No.: 0117 973 2211 Tuppence Stone - Series Producer BBC Tel. No.: 0790 017 8695 Mike Gunton - Executive Producer BBC Tel. No.: 0117 973 2211 Victoria Bromley - Producer BBC Tel. No.: 0773 068 5299