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FEATURE FILMS
“Dark Shadows” Assisting colourist on providing colour managed rushes to Editorial on (Warner Brothers) site of shoot. Liasing with various departments (VFX, Camera, Production) to troubleshoot. Supplying graded VFX through pipeline to editorial. Workflow management
“TT3D: Closer To The Edge” Online, stereo camera matching, client attended depth grade, 200+ (CinemaNX) stereo fixes
“African Cats” DI consultant, HD conform, opticals, VFX, noise reduction (Disney Nature/Wild Horizons) “Where The Wild Things Are” 2k online, opticals, client attended reviews, support grading, pipeline (Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow) development “In The Loop” HD online conform (for film out), optical (BBC/Aramid) “The Boat That Rocked” multiple HD previews, online 2k conform, opticals, DI vfx (Working Title) “Nutcracker: The Untold Story” multiple 2k preview conform, client vfx sessions “Shanghai” 2k preview conform (The Weinstein Company) “The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian” Pipeline development (Disney)
TELEVISION
“Frozen Planet” Conform, grade prep/assist, workflow consultancy (BBC) “The Mighty Boosh: Live in Manchester” online, opticals, vfx, titles (Warp/Universal) “No.1 Ladies Detective Agency” (BBC/HBO) assisting online conform, optical “Rubicon” Online “recap” promo (AMC)
TV CAMPAIGNS
“The Killer Inside Me” UK TV Campaign (Icon) “Green Zone” UK and International TV Campaign (Universal/Working Title) “Kick Ass” UK and International TV Campaign, Trailer elements (Universal/Marv Films) “Cemetery Junction” UK and International Campaign (Sony Pictures) “Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang” UK and International TV Campaign, Ident shoot (Universal/Working Title) creative and finishing (TV station Idents, electronic billboards) “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” UK TV Campaign (Momentum/SFI) “The Girl Who Played With Fire” UK TV Campaign (Momentum/SFI) “Toy Story 1,2 3D, 3” UK and International TV/Web Campaign (Disney/Pixar)
“Despicable Me” UK and International TV Campaign (Universal) “Step Up 3D” UK and International TV Campaign (Summit/Universal) “It’s A Wonderful Afterlife” UK TV Campaign (Icon) “The Descent: Part 2” UK TV Campaign (Pathé) “Bounty Hunter” UK TV Campaign (Sony) “Legion” UK TV Campaign (Sony) “Salt” UK TV Campaign (Sony) “The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” UK and International TV Campaign (20th Century Fox)
TRAILERS
“The Killer Inside Me” UK and International trailer (Icon) “Let Me In” UK Trailer (Icon) “The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” Pearl & Dean 30” Cinema Trailer (Fox) “The Kid” UK trailer (Revolver)
SHORT FILMS
“On Hollowtree Farm” Online conform/grade NFTS/dir. Nick Haynes
CORPORATE
“UK Film Council” Promotional materials.
“Killing Bono” Film festival Promo (Paramount) “Johnny English II” Corporate ‘sizzle’ (Universal) “Chris Meledandri: Awards Reel” Congratulations reel for Producer Chris Meledandri at Cine Expo 2010
MISC
The following projects I acted as Head of Data Operations and VT, assisting the Online Editors and Colourists where necessary:
Features: “Casino Royale” (Sony) “Stardust” (Paramount) “Hot Fuzz” (Universal/Working Title) “1408” (Dimension) “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas” ( “Doomsday” (Rogue/Intrepid) “In Bruges” (Focus/Film4) “Mr Bean’s Holiday” (Universal) “The Killing Of John Lennon” (IFC/Works) “Inkheart” (New Line) “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day” (Focus Features) “Hannibal Rising” (Weinstein Company) “Death At A Funeral” (Parabolic Pictures)
TV: “Generation Kill” (HBO)