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MELANIE DICKS - 1st Assistant Director

2009 – Present Melanie set up Greenshoot in 2009 to try and deal with the vast amounts of film waste that is landfilled every year. She has dedicated the last 15 months to Greenshoot and is currently working on the new Britishstandard 8909, a management framework for sustainable filming, as an Environmental Consultant. Greenshoot are currently working on “Sherlock Holmes 2”, “ Reborn” and “47 Ronin”. Greenshoot have diverted over 1,000 tonnes of film waste in the last 6 months that would have been landfilled.

ST TRINIAN’S: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON’S GOLD Directors/Producers: and Barnaby Thompson. Co-producer: Mark Hubbard. Starring , , Tallulah Riley, Sarah Harding And Gemma Arterton. Fragile Films.

FROM TIME TO TIME Director: Julian Fellowes. Producers: Paul Kingsley and Liz Trubridge. Starring Maggie Smith, , Eliza Bennett and Hugh Bonneville. Fragil Films.

ST TRINIAN’S Directors/Producers: Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson. Co-producer: Mark Hubbard Starring Rupert Everett, Jodie Whittaker, Lena Headey, Gema Arterton and Colin Firth. Fragile Films.

RUN, FAT BOY, RUN Director: . Producer: Robert Jones. Starring , Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria and . Material Entertainment/New Line.

THE 10 th MAN Director: Sam Liefer. Producer: Teddy Liefer. Starring and Andrew Sachs. Daydreamer Productions. (Short)

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IT’S A BOY GIRL THING Director: Nick Hurran. Producers: Steve Hamilton Shaw, and . Starring Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers and Sharon Osbourne. .

SEVERANCE (Hungary and Isle of Man) Director: Christopher Smith. Producer: Jason Newmark. Starring Danny Dyer and Laura Harris. Qwerty Films/Dan Films.

IMAGINE & YOU Writer/ Director: Ol Parker. Producers: Sophie Balhetchet and Barnaby Thompson. Starring Lena Headey, , and Celia Imrie. Cougar Films/ Fragile Films.

THE UPSIDE OF ANGER Director: Mike Binder. Producers: Alex Gartner and Jack Binder. Starring Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, Evan Rachel Wood and Erica Christensen. Upside of Anger Ltd.

KILLING HITLER Director/Producer: Jeremy Lovering. Starring Keith Allen and Ken Cranham. Diverse Films.

PLOTS WITH A VIEW Director: Nick Hurran. Producer: David Ball. Starring , Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina and Lee Evans. Miramax Films.

MIKE BASSETT: MANAGER (UK and Brazil) Director: Steve Barron. Producer: Neil Peploe. Starring Ricky Tomlinson and Amanda Redman. Hallmark Entertainment.

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LUCKY BREAK Director: Peter Cattaneo. Producer: Barnaby Thompson. Starring , Olivia Williams, Tim Spall, and . Fragile Films.

LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET Director: Betsan Morris Evans. Producers: Anne Marie Cassey and Jane Wellesley. Starring Ken Cranham, Steve Macintosh and Neve Macintosh. Warner Sisters.

GUEST HOUSE PARADISO Director: Adrian Edmondson. Producer: Philip McIntyre. Starring , Adrian Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Helene Mahieu and Bill Nighy. Polygram Filmed Entertainment.

THE MAN (UK and Tenerife) Director: Betsan Morris Evans. Producer: Colin Ludlow. Starring Lenny Henry, Adrian Edmonson, John Sessions and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Crucial Films.

THE COMMISSIONER (UK and Germany) Director: George Sluizer. Producers: Marc Samuelson and Andreas Grosch. Starring and Armin Mueller-Stahl. New Era Vision.

LA PASSIONE (UK, France and Italy) Director/Producer: Chris Rea. Starring Chris Rea and Shirley Bassey. Warner Bros.

OVER HERE Director: Tony Dow. Producer: Jacinta Peel. Starring Tim West, Sam West and Martin Clunes. BBC.

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STOMP – “BROOMS” Director: Luke Creswell. Producer: Steve McNichols. Oscar Nomination 1996 Best Short Film, Live Action

WITNESS AGAINST HITLER Director: Betsan Morris Evans. Producer: Jack Emery. Starring , and James Wilby. BBC.

THE ENGLISH WIFE (UK and France) Director: Simon Shore. Producer: Beryl Vertue. Starring Zoe Wannamaker and Stanislas Carre de Malberg. .

CAPTIVES Director: Angela Pope. Producer: David Thompson. Starring , Julia Ormond and Peter Capaldi. BBC Films.

DEADLY ADVICE Director: Mandie Fletcher. Producer: Nigel Stafford Clark. Starring Jane Horrocks, Sir John Mills, and Billie Whitelaw. Zenith Films.

THE SNAPPER (as Production Manager) (Dublin) Director: Stephen Frears. Producer: Linda Myles. Starring Colm Meany and Tim Kellagher. Miramax/BBC Films.

CLOTHES IN THE WARDROBE (as Production Manager) Director: Waris Hussein. Producer: Norma Heyman. Starring Julie Walters, Joan Plowright and Jeanne Moreau. BBC.

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BBC Films include: “HANCOCK” with Alfred Molina “HEADING HOME” with Joely Richardson “THE COMMON PURSUIT” with Tim Roth and Stephen Fry “OLD FLAMES” with Stephen Fry “THEY NEVER SLEPT” with Edward Fox “THE FOUR-MINUTE MILE” with Adrian Dunbar “HARRY’S KINGDOM” with Tim West “TUMBLEDOWN” with Colin Firth

Countries worked: Brazil, France, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Italy, South Africa, America, Ireland, Hungary

Other information: Movie magic scheduling, aerial photography and co-ordination, 2nd Unit Directing, multi camera, animatronics, motion control and CGI, casting, crewing, Stunt and precision driving co-ordination, location safety, budget and scheduling management. Full driving license.

Melanie took a six-month sabbatical in 1998 and raised £50,000 to produce a breast cancer awareness video for the younger woman called “Think Pink”. Presented by Jane Horrocks, the video is being distributed through the HSBC Bank.

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