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JEREMY WILLIAMS CURRICULUM VITAE Mobile: 07752 154541 E-Mail: Jeremyleewilliams@Hotmail.Com Twenty-Four Frames Per Second Films JEREMY WILLIAMS CURRICULUM VITAE Mobile: 07752 154541 E-mail: [email protected] Twenty-Four Frames Per Second Films @twentyfourfilms As an award-winning television producer/director [BAFTA, One World Media Award] I have worked in broadcast television in the UK for twenty years. Producing and directing a range of programmes from current affairs and observational documentaries to history and factual entertainment, I have led creative teams to deliver visually stylish and content rich programming that have generated large audiences, achieved critical acclaim and been screened at film festivals worldwide. EMPLOYMENT NORMAL LIFE 2010-2016 PICTURES/TWENTY FOUR FILMS Director/Producer “On A Knife Edge” Vision Maker/Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund/South Dakota Humanities Fund/Nebraska Humanities Fund: A 90-minute feature documentary with animation. Across four years this observational film follows the coming-of-age of a young Lakota boy from a remarkable Native American family living in the poorest community in the United States. The film deals with leadership and identity and captures the current social, economic and political instability on the Reservation. The film references American wars, history and injustice. Currently in production 2011- 2016. DoP Steve Robinson. Hi-Definition. QUICKSILVER 2009 Producer/Director “Dispatches: Orphans of the Burma Cyclone” Channel 4: A 60- minute documentary filmed inside Burma by under-cover cameramen working for the Democratic Voice of Burma following orphan survivors of Burma’s Cyclone Nargis, the devastating storm that hit the country in May 2008. Flim highlighted the plight of the Burmese living under the military junta. TX C4 June 2009. HDV. Screened in the US as ‘Eyes of the storm’ for Wide-Angle/PBS. Winner of the One World Childrens’ Rights Award 2010 and the Rory Peck Award 2010. Runner Up Best Documentary, AIB Awards 2009. The film was used by the Democratic Voice of Burma [DVB] in their campaign for social and political change in Burma. OCTOBER FILMS 2007-2009 Producer/Director/ Writer Nobel Media: “Restless Flights: The Literature of JMG Le Clezio”, a 30 minute portrait of the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008 author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio. Filmed a rare, in-depth interview with the writer in Nice and followed him on a trip to Mauritius, the home of his ancestors and the setting of his greatest novels. DoP Michael Timney. Nobel Media. DvCam Producer BBC Storyville: “The Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry”, a 90-minute feature documentary following American 7th Cavalry veteran of Major Robert ‘Snuffy’ Gray - a tale of 150 years of US frontier history and a journey into the mind of a troubled American war hero. Developed and produced the doc and organised access with the US Department of Defense and Korean & Vietnam veteran association groups. For BBC Storyville, ARTE and NHK. Nominated for a One World Media Award for Best Documentary 2009 & “Best of the Fest,” Minneapolis Film Festival 2010. Hi-Definition. OPTOMEN TV 2007 Producer/Director/ Writer Channel Four: “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares”, 1x60 flagship show with Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay attempting to turn round an ailing restaurant called The Priory in West Sussex. 4.6 million audience, the highest in the series, with a 20% share. Series won a BAFTA for the production team in the ‘Features’ category 2008. Digibeta. LANDMARK FILMS 2002-2007 Series Director BBC 1 & BBC2: “Sleep Clinic”, series of 8x30 minute documentaries for BBC1 and BBC2 about patients treated by Papworth Hospital’s Sleep Centre in Cambridgeshire. Worked across the series managing a team of directors and associate producers and liaised with the medical and administrative teams at Papworth Hospital. TX February–April 2007. Audiences between 2.5-3 million and shares of 20% at 10.30 slot BBC1. DVcam. Series Producer Five TV: “Beat It”, series of 3x60 minute observational documentaries for Five TV about people trying to overcome obstacles in their lives. Managed and led a production team of eight and directed two documentaries in the series, The Boy Who Stammered, about a teenager lad with a speech impediment and Angry With My Father, about a young man with a violent temper. programmes. TX June 2007. DVcam. Writer/Producer /Director “Our Father Who Art In Heaven”, a 15 minute festival doc about two brothers who grew up with a violent and abusive father who return home on his death. Completed 2006. Screened Raindance Film Festival 2007, Runner Up, Best Documentary, Rushes Soho Shorts 2007. Also screened in 2007 at The End of the Pier International Film Festival in the UK and at the ‘In The Palace’ International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria. Currently screening on BBC Film Network. DVcam. Producer/Director Five TV: “Pet Poisoners,” 60 minute documentary for Five about strange and dark cases of pet poisoning across the country – Britain’s fastest growing violent crime. TX November 2006. Digibeta. Producer/Director Five TV: “Extraordinary Pets,” 60-minute documentary about Americans who keep Tigers, Giraffe and Crocodiles as pets at home. Five TV TX Autumn 2005. Audience 1.5 million. Digibeta. Producer/Director Five TV: “Real Wife Swaps: The Business of Swinging”, 60- minute documentary in a series of three about the growing middle class swinging scene in the home counties for Five. Audience 2 million - highest rated viewing figures for documentary series on Five in 2004. Digibeta TX August 2004. Producer/Director ITV 1: “The Tallest People in Britain”, 60-minute documentary about four people who are extraordinarily tall for ITV. TX June 2004. Super 16mm. 30% audience share ITV1. Producer/Director ITV 1: “The Laziest Men in Britain”, 60-minute documentary about idle blokes for ITV. Super 16mm. TX June 2003. 34% audience share ITV1. Producer ITV 1: “The Angriest Men in Britain”, 60-minute documentary for ITV about three men on a short fuse. Super 16mm. TX August 2002. 31% audience share ITV1. Producer ITV 1: “The Unluckiest Faces in Britain”, 60-minute documentary for ITV about people whose lives have been shaped by their ugly looks. Super16mm. TX August 2002. 37% audience share ITV1. Short-listed Grierson Kodak Award Best Documentary 2003. 24 FRAMES-PER-SECOND FILMS Writer/Producer/ Director “Ad Infinitum”, 15-minute drama short about a woman’s reflections on life. UK & Kosovo Albanian cast and co-directed with Altina Ruli. Super 16mm. Screened at the Chichester Film Festival (2002) and accompanied the English premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s feature film Morvern Callar. Selected for Ljubljana International Film Festival in Slovenia (2002) and screened in New York January 2003. Co-writer/Producer/ Director “Undone” – trailer for a feature film set in Kosovo following the lives of three young people wrapped up in the aftermath of the conflict in 1999. Cast included Serbian and Albanian actors. Co- wrote script for full feature film with Altina Ruli. Shot on Super 16mm. 2004 OCTOBER FILMS 1996-2002 Producer BBC Timewatch: “Kill ‘em All”, 50-minute documentary for BBC2’s History strand Timewatch about US war crimes during the Korean War (1950-53) and the Pentagon’s attempts to cover them up. TX Feb 2002. Directed by Tom Roberts. Worked closely with a team of Pulitzer Prize winning Associated Press Journalists in Korea and the United States. Uncovered new evidence of war crimes committed during the Korean War by US forces. Screened at the Santa Cruz Film Festival June 2003. Digibeta. Producer BBC Modern Times: “London”, 90-minute observational documentary for BBC2’s documentary strand Modern Times. Twenty-two film crews across London capture the life of the capital over a twenty-four hour period. Originated and produced the film and managed a team of sixty. Film co-directed by Angus Macqueen and Tom Roberts. Daily Telegraph Documentary of the Year. TX September 2000. Digibeta. Writer/Producer Channel 4: “The Colour of Love”, 30-minute documentary for Channel 4’s Adoption Season (2000) about black children adopted into white families. Short-listed for a Prix Europa in 2000 in the Social/History category. Director Denman Rooke. TX Feb 2000 Digibeta. Producer Channel 4: “The War Machine -‘Testing Times’”, 60-minute observational documentary for Channel 4 about the secret scientific establishment DERA which designed and developed new weapons of war for the UK’s MoD. Worked as Associate Producer on two additional films in the series about Future Infantry Soldier Technology [FIST] and Naval weapons for coastal waters. Series Directors Stephen Haggard & Kevin Hull. TX March 1997. CONTENT IS KING 2000 Producer/Director European Union: “The Euro for Europe” – 15 minute publicity film subsequently used by schools and colleges to precede the arrival of the single currency in Europe. Commissioned by the European Union. Made in conjunction with London-based advertising and media company Content Is King. 2000. WALL TO WALL TV 1998 Writer/Producer Channel 4: “Weekly Planet”, BAFTA nominated 90-minute live current affairs discussion series chaired by Jon Snow for Channel 4. ‘Weekly Planet’ addressed current affairs topics including Algeria, Kosovo and the media and democracy. TX June-July 1998 JUNIPER TV 1992-1995 Producer/Director Channel 4:“The Goldring Audit” – series of three 60-minutes documentaries presented by distinguished journalist Mary Goldring about the UK’s export earning industries – motor manufacturing, tourism and pharmaceuticals. TX C4 April 1995. Associate Producer Channel 4: ‘The Goldring Audit’ – a series of documentaries presented by Mary Goldring about the UK’s creative industries – the BBC, the record business and book publishing. TX C4 April 1994. Researcher Channel 4: ‘The Goldring Audit’ – a series of documentaries presented by Mary Goldring about the UK’s privatised utilities – electricity, telecoms and water. Gained access and liased with Thames Water, London Electricity and British Telecom. Researched the documentaries and undertook some directing. TX April 1993.
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