JOHN FLEMING
February 2007 – [email protected] – 07836-703504 ______
TELEVISION & FILMS
ACTION TIME Researcher “Joker in The Pack” for BBC1
ANGLIA TV Scriptwriter, Promotions Writer/Editor “Film Five” Writer-Producer, Promotions Director, Promotions Director/Manager, Promotions Script Consultant "Trisha"
ASSEMBLY FILM & TELEVISION Programme Consultant, “Jo Brand’s Hot Potatoes”
ATV Scriptwriter, Promotions Concept/Research “Moonlight Sonata” (documentary on wartime bombing of Coventry) Researcher “Tiswas”
BBC TV Researcher, Ceefax Sub-Editor, Ceefax Researcher, BBC TV News Writer, BBC Elstree Entertainment Dept ‘Offers’ Script Consultant, “Four Square” gameshow
PETER BEARD PRODUCTION Script "The Jingle Zone" (launch promo) Script "Lifestyle TV" (Dutch PR tape) Script "Lifestyle TV" (UK marketing tape) Script "Smirnoff's 170th Anniversary" (PR tape) Script "Terry's Chocolates 1989 Xmas" (PR tape)
BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS Judge "Best Use of Humour in Animation"
CAPLAN WILKIE Co-director ITV sales tape Concept ITV press/agency tape Script Granada Productions US sales tape
CENTRAL TV Researcher "Tiswas" Researcher "The Saturday Show" Associate Producer "The Saturday Show"
CHANNEL 4 Producer-Director, Promotions
CHANNEL 5 Co-director station launch press tape Consultant concept/script station launch programme
CHANNEL X Researcher “The Last Resort With Jonathan Ross” for Channel Talent Consultant “Tonight With Jonathan Ross” for Channel 4
DISCOVERY EUROPE Producer, Promotions
FAMILY CHANNEL Consultant, station launch promotions Director, Promotions
FIRST INDEPENDENT FILMS Director, corporate tape
GANGSTER VIDEOS Production Manager & Consultant on: "Angel of the Underworld" "Bamford's Bust Up 1" "Bamford's Bust Up 2" "Beyond The Grave - The Krays" "Ronnie Biggs Night Out 1 & 2" "Bride of Bronson - I Married a Monster" "Cass Pennant - Enough Said!" "Cockney Rejects" "Dave Courtney's Dodgy DVD" "Dave Courtney - Even Dodgier" "Dave Courtney's Party - Uncut!" "Free at Last - Reg Kray's Funeral" "The Krays' Geordie Connection" "The Krays' Geordie Connection DVD" "Mad Frank Fraser - Friends & Enemies" "Punch-Up Volume 1" "Punch-Up Volume 2" "Punch-Up Volume 3" "Pyle's Punch-Up 1" "Pyle's Punch-Up 2" "Pyle's Punch-Up 3" "Pyle's Punch-Up 4" "Pyle's Punch-Up 5" "Pyle's Punch-Up 6" "Pyle's Punch-Up 7" "Pyle's Punch-Up 8" "Pyle's Punch-Up 9" "Pyle's Punch-Up 10" "Pyle's Punch-Up 11" "Roy Shaw: Brute Force" "Thug Club" "Total Violence 1" "Total Violence 2" "A Tribute to Tony Lambrianou" "The Ultimate Gangster Collection" "The Ultimate Gangster DVD" "The Ultimate Gangster DVD 2" "Warriors II" "Warriors III" "Warriors IV"
GMTV Scriptwriter, station launch promotions
GRANADA TV Scriptwriter/trailermaker, Promotions Liaison/writing, local lunchtime News Researcher "Cartoon Crackers" Researcher "Hold Tight!" Researcher "Ruby Turner in Concert" Researcher "It Bites in Concert" Researcher, pre-production "Runway" Question contributor "Connections" Editor/Manager, Promotions Director, Promotions Script Consultant "This Morning"
REG GRUNDY PRODUCTIONS Question contributor "Txandaka" game show for Euskal Telebista, Spain Question contributor "Txandaka" re-format for Euskal Telebista, Spain
HARPER CREATIVE
Voice-Over Director, three soft-core porn channels Script consultant Hallmark promos Script consultant TCM docu "The First 100 Years of The Western" Voice-Over Director, MTV movie competition Voice-Over Director, Nickelodeon movie competition Researcher TCM documentary "The A-Z of Crime Movies"
HTV Associate Producer, Promotions Producer-Director, Promotions Director, press, sales, marketing & sponsorship tapes Director, HTV Group corporate tape Director, Rights Division international launch tape
IMAGICIANS Associate Producer "The World of Guinness Peat Aviation" (12 minute corporate)
ITCA Writer/Producer/Editor "Children's ITV" for ITV
ITVA Co-director ITV sales/marketing/press tapes Co-director ITV re-launch tape
ITV NETWORK CENTRE Co-director ITV sales/marketing tapes Consultant concept & script, press/ad agency tape Producer-Director, ITV Daytime relaunch promos Consultant/Producer-Director, promos Producer-Director, ITV2 sales tape
ITV NEWS CHANNEL Consultant/producer image/promos
LAID BARE NET Production Manager & Consultant on: “Sam Heuston - Laid Bare” “Shell & Vanessa - Laid Bare” “The Laid Bare Collection”
LAMBIE HARPER Launch promos Discovery Channel, Italy Launch promos Discovery Channel, South Africa
THE LEARNING CHANNEL Producer, Promotions
LIFESTYLE Writer-Producer, Promotions
LWT Researcher "Game For a Laugh" Researcher "Surprise! Surprise!"
MENTORN FILMS Associate Producer "Early Bird" for Channel 4
MIRRORVISION Writer-Producer, Promotions
NOEL GAY TV Associate Producer, BSB series development Associate Producer "The Flip Show" pilot for BSB Associate Producer "Pull The Plug!" pilot for BSB Fact contributor "La Triviata" for BSB Question contributor "Origins" pilot for BSB Talent consultant "The Happening" for BSB Producer "Malcolm Hardee: 25 Years in Showbiz" for BSB Producer "Jerry Sadowitz: The Last Laugh" for BSB Producer, pre-production "Hardee's Half Hour" for Channel 4
OPEN MIKE Talent Consultant "The Jack Dee Show" pilot for Channel 4 Researcher "Jack Dee's Saturday Night" for ITV
PERFORMANCE CHANNEL Producer-Director, Promotions Producer-Director, Corporate Commercials
SCREENSPORT Producer, Promotions
SOUTHERN TV Scriptwriter, Promotions
TALBOT TV Question contributor, "Who's Bluffing Who?" for BBC1
TARA TV (Dublin) Producer-Director station launch promos Producer-Director station re-launch promos
THAMES TV Scriptwriter, Promotions
TV3 Producer-Director, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish promotions
TV1000 Producer-Director, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish promotions Producer-Director, "Film till tusen":...Swedish movie preview programme (30 mins)
TVMAX (Prague) Producer, Czech promotions for Max 1 & Supermax Producer, Czech marketing tapes
TVS Journalist/Trailermaker, Promotions Researcher, "Prove It!" Director, Promotions
UK GOLD Producer-Director, Promotions Director, Sales tape
UNIVERSAL HARMONY FILMS Co-writer treatment, feature film "One Life Later" Scriptwriter, feature film "One Life Later"
UPC TV (Amsterdam) Producer-Director, station launch promos
WOODS' NETWORK HEROES Writer, links Discovery Home & Leisure "House"
YORKSHIRE TV Writer-Producer, Promotions
NEW MEDIA
ANTHROPICS TECHNOLOGY Scripts sample G3 mobile message system
BORKOWSKI PR WEBSITE Contributor, gossip column
CHORTLE Comedy reviews, Edinburgh Fringe
WRITERS GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN Daily blog, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Advisor, Edinburgh Fringe New Writers Awards
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS PUBLISHED
ANATOMY OF THE MOVIES: INSIDE THE FILM INDUSTRY (Pub: Macmillan in USA...Windward in UK & Ireland) Contributed chapters on special effects, stunting and sci-fi in the movies. Other contributors included Martin Scorsese, Donald Sutherland, Robert Towne.
HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK (Pub: Ebury Press in UK & Ireland) Editor/consultant, (non-humorous) autobiography of Glasgow comedienne Janey Godley. A true story of sexual abuse, gangsters, drugs, murder, suicide, Semtex and love. No 3 hardback bestseller; UK top ten paperback bestseller. WH Smith ‘Book of the Month’ choice BBC Radio 4 Open Book ‘Favourite Read of 2005 in listeners’ poll.
I STOLE FREDDIE MERCURY'S BIRTHDAY CAKE (Pub: Fourth Estate in UK & Ireland... Trafalgar Square in USA) Co-author, autobiography of comic, agent, club-owner, 'godfather of alternative comedy' Malcolm Hardee.
SIT-DOWN COMEDY (Pub: Ebury Press in UK & Ireland) Editor, anthology of specially-commissioned writing by 19 British stand-up comedians.
THE STANDARD FAMILY REFERENCE ENCYCOPEDIA (Pub: Dutton-Elsevier in USA) Multiple entries (and sub-editing) for a North American desk encyclopaedia on a wide variety of subjects from Cholera to Christianity, Abbeys to Zoroastrianism.
BOOKS FORTHCOMING
TRAVELLER (in preparation) Author, biography of world-class archaeologist, sexual adventurer and Soviet Cold War 'asset'.
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
THE INDEPENDENT Obituary for Malcolm Hardee
MONTHLY MAGAZINES
HALLS OF HORROR teenage film magazine Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.
HOUSE OF HAMMER teenage film magazine Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.
HOUSE OF HORROR teenage film magazine Features and interviews on recent and cult horror movies by various production companies.
THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES hippie newspaper Film Section editor: news, reviews and interviews on the latest movie releases and current film industry gossip.
MENSA MAGAZINE general magazine Interviews
STARBURST film magazine Interviews and features on current and cult SF/fantasy films and television programmes.
WEEKLY MAGAZINES
THE MOVIE partwork Reviews and features (as Martyn Sadler) on classic movies and film techniques.
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL film trade paper Interviews (as Martyn Sadler/John Fleming) with high-profile film industry figures.
TOPS children's comic Contributions to Sally James column on bizarre facts and eccentric people.
RADIO
ANGLIA TV Writer-Producer radio promotions
MADHOUSE Writer-Producer "The Titter Factor" (pilot)
STAGE
BRITISH MENSA Audition/Production Consultant "HiQ" variety show (London showcase)
CHARLIE CHUCK PRODUCTIONS Script consultant "Charlie Chuck is Scrooge" "John Laurie, Frazer and I" (Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
CROSSWORDS PRODUCTIONS Script consultant "Legend of the BBC"
FUNNY WOMEN Judge, semi-final , British Funny Women Comedy Awards
JANEY GODLEY Creative Consultant "Good Godley!" (Edinburgh Fringe 2004) "Janey Godley Is Innocent" (Edinburgh Fringe 2005) Production Co-Ordinator “Good Godley!” (Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand, 2006) “Janey Godley’s Blog - Live!” (Soho Theatre, London & Edinburgh Fringe 2006) “Janey Godley’s The Point of Yes” “Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie’s Square Street” (Edinburgh Fringe 2006)
MALCOLM HARDEE Director "I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake" (Edinburgh Fringe and Bath Festivals) Producer "The Malcolm Hardee Memorial Show" (five-hour Hackney Empire tribute show) "The Malcolm Hardee Charity Cabaret" (four-hour Hackney Empire tribute show)
WEBSITE DESIGN
ENGLAND www.bullasworld.com www.casspennant.com www.gangstervideos.co.uk www.johnwardinventor.co.uk www.laidbare.net www.malcolmhardee.co.uk www.rickygrover.com
ITALY www.sandywild.co.uk www.vwagrate.com
SCOTLAND www.IanBlairWatt.co.uk www.janeygodley.co.uk
WALES www.nigelcrowle.com
[email protected] - 07836-703504 (UK) or +44-7836-703504