MARK DAVID HEBDEN Self-Shooting Producer/Director Address: Ealing, London / [email protected] / 07966789653 / Full UK Driving Licence / I-Visa SHOWREEL – markhebden.com PROFILE I have over nine years experience working in television, across Primetime Factual Documentary, Current Affairs, Factual Entertainment and Digital/Online content. A highly experienced self-shooter, I have an extensive knowledge of a wide range of cameras, lighting, editing software and workflow. I am confident working with talent and producing contributors, as well as shooting with multi-camera setups, edit producing and scripting. I’m experienced at filming sensitive, access-based documentary to a high standard, as well as working in character and presenter-led Factual and Entertainment formats and Reality TV. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS – Self-Shooting Producer/Director on 6 x 45min episodes of new Reality series for MTV – Geordie OG’s – Self-Shooting Producer/Director on 15 x 45min episodes and 3 x series of Obs-Doc, Factual Format for BBC1 - Ill Gotten Gains – Shooting Director on a Primetime, international Obs-Doc for Channel 4 - World’s Weirdest Home’s EXPERIENCE Self-Shooting Producer/Director: Ill Gotten Gains, (Series 4), 15 x 45min, Darlow Smithson, BBC1. Oct 2019 - April 2020 Factual format following the work of Police and the Proceeds of Crime Act with presenters Rav Wilding & Angellica Bell. Series Producer: Joe Farr / Camera: FS5 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bk6l23
Self-Shooting Producer/Director: Geordie OG’s, 6 x 45min, Lime Pictures, MTV. April – June 2019 Managing a crew of 5 and self-shooting 6 x 45min episodes of a new Reality series for MTV set in the North-East and across the UK. Series Producer: Sophie Alcock, Executive Producer: Huw Slipper, Camera: Sony FS7
Self-Shooting Producer/Director & DOP: Six Steps, 2 x 30min, Parable, OTRO. February – April 2019 Two biographical documentaries about elite footballers James Rodriguez and Toni Duggan. I shot one episode in its entirety and took one episode through the edit. Exec Producer: Helen Collerton, Cameras: Sony FS7
Self-Shooting Producer/Director: Building The Player, 2 x 30min, Parable, OTRO. October – December 2018 6-Part Series for new VOD channel OTRO, looking at elite footballers Luis Suarez and James Rodriguez and sport-science. Filming in the US and UK, I produced and shot material for two episodes and took one episode through the edit. Series Producer: Paddy Hughes, Cameras: Sony FS7 https://www.otro.com/gb/
Self-Shooting Producer/Director: Eating With My Ex, Thames TV / Shotglass Media, BBC3. September - October 2018 I shot contributor back-stories and dinner date actuality on the TX pilot and series of this Factual Entertainment/Reality format. Series Producer: Laura Woolf, Cameras: C300 / FS7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06yq5t7/eating-with-my-ex-series-1-episode-3
Self-Shooting Producer/Director & Editor: Photo Op, Shotglass Media / The V&A Museum - August 2018 I directed, shot and edited 2 x 5 minute shorts for The V&A Museum’s website/social, promoting an upcoming photography exhibition. Exec Producer: Kat Hebden, Cameras: C300, Sony A7sRII
DV Director, World’s Weirdest Home’s: 3 x 45min, Voltage TV, Channel 4. April – July 2018 Documentary following people that live in weird and wonderful homes; travelling through Canada, the US, Mexico and Cuba, I self- shot the Florida segment of the show. Series Producer/Director: Storm Theunissen, Cameras: Sony FS7 / A7sii / Zhiyun Crane https://www.channel4.com/programmes/worlds-weirdest-homes/on-demand/68155-001
Self-Shooting Producer/Director: Northbound with Bushmills, Shotglass Media / Vice Media. February 2018 Culinary travelogue of Northern Ireland, presented by Chef, Halaigh Whelan-McManus to promote Bushmills Whisky. Series Producer/Director: Paddy Hughes, Camera: C300 https://partners.vice.com/bushmills/bushmills-city-guides/news/northbound-with-bushmills/
Self-Shooting Producer/Director & DOP: Ill Gotten Gains, (Series 2), 10 x 45min, Darlow Smithson, BBC1. Jan - Dec 2017 Factual format following the work of Police and the Proceeds of Crime Act with presenters Rav Wilding & Angellica Bell. Exec Producer: Larry Walford / Series Producer: Joe Farr / Camera: C300 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bk6l23
EXPERIENCE (continued) DV Director: An Island Parish: Series 11&12 (Shetlands/Anguilla), Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC2. October 2015/16 Character driven obs-doc that follows the life and community of the inhabitants of remote British islands, I spent two weeks in Anguilla in the Caribbean and 5 weeks on Unst in the Shetlands, filming contributor stories, actuality and pickups across all episodes. Series Director: James Worby / Ian Denyer, Camera: C300 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b087ylml/an-island-parish-anguilla-1
DV Director: Ill Gotten Gains: (Series 1), 5 x 45min Eps, Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC1. May 2016 - October 2017 I was the primary shooter on this new factual format, self-shooting contributor back-stories, interviews and live operations with the Police and stylised reconstructions. I was also DOP on all presenter links. Presenters: Rav Wilding & Angellica Bell / Exec Producer: Larry Walford / Series Producer: Joe Farr / Camera: C300 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0842jgq/episodes/guide
DV Director: The English Teacher (Development), Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC2. February - September 2016 I filmed extensively in migrant camps in both Dunkirk and Greece for this development filming for a feature length documentary about educating refugee children. Involved extensive filming in refugee camps, following the work of the charity and gaining access to the families living in the camps. Exec Producer: Simon Ford / Camera: C300
DV Director: Catching The Tax Dodgers, Tiger Aspect Productions, Channel 4. March 2014 – March 2015 Access-based documentary following HMRC and tax evasion. I filmed on a variety of shoots with HMRC officers, from master I/V’s with HMRC officials to dawn raids with the police. I shot contributor back-stories and was responsible for filming slow-motion pretties on a car-mounted rig around central London. Exec Producer: Simon Ford, Series Producer: Larry Walford / Camera: C300 http://www.channel4.com/programmes/catching-the-tax-dodgers/on-demand/58166-001
Self-Shooting Producer/Director & Editor: My Mad Fat Diary Series 3 (BTS/EPK), All4/4OD. February – June 2015 Produced, directed, shot and edited 3 x 5 minute shorts for this highly successful comedy/drama series on E4. I also produced and edited 6 x 3-5 minute cast video diaries (Vlogs) for All4/4oD, working to tight online delivery schedules to meet a weekly transmission. CH4 Online Producer: Lydia Mossahebi / Cameras: C300, 5D, 7D. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-mad-fat-diary-making-of-exclusives/on-demand
DV Director: The Restoration Man (Series 4/5 & Revisits), Channel 4. 2013 - 2014 I self-shot contributor back-stories, actuality filming and GV’s, on this long running property format. I also filmed and cut recces of prospective properties for commissioners and trained AP’s and Producer’s how to shoot. Series Producers: Larry Walford/Bob Marsden. Cameras: C300/XF305. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-restoration-man FURTHER TV EXPERIENCE (Tiger Aspect Productions, September 2010 – February 2014) DV Director: Dispatches: Are You Addicted to Sugar, Channel 4 DV Director/Technical Assistant: Hunting the Doorstep Con Men, ITV Soundman/Camera Assistant:Tales from the Royal Wardrobe/Bedchamber, BBC4 Technical Assistant/Editor (Online shorts): The Great British Property Scandal 2, Channel 4 Location/Camera Assistant: The Restoration Man (Series 3 & Revisits), Channel 4 Data Wrangler/Technical Assistant/Logger: The Removal Men 2, Channel 5 Data Wrangler/Technical Assistant/Logger: The Great British Property Scandal, Channel 4 Education VET Training: Camera Skills for Self-Shooters (Short course) July 2012 London Academy of Film & TV: Avid editing/FCP editing (Short course) August 2009 Brunel University: (BA Hons) American Studies 2001-2004 References Joe Farr: Series Producer/Director, Ill Gotten Gains – [email protected] Helen Collerton: Executive Producer, Building The Player/Six Steps - [email protected] Storm Theunissen: Series Producer/Director, World’s Weirdest Homes - [email protected]