Renny Borthwick – Grip 07957657106 / [email protected] SuzCruzNorth: 0161 6350075 [email protected]
Full, clean driving licence with Fully Comprehensive Business Insurance BECTU Member with Personal Liability Insurance
I am a Grip with professional experience on features, dramas, commercials, promos and shorts. I’m familiar with most dolly types (Chapman, Fisher, Panther, Elemack, Matthews etc.) as well as large and small jib arms, ladder pods, sliders, hand-held support and vehicle rigs, including Bickers low loaders.
• Feature Films ‘Tales From The Lodge’ (Arri Alexa w/flatbed dolly), (2 days of pick-ups) DoP David Mackie, Dir Abigail Blackmore, Starring Johnny Vegas
‘Gatecrash’ (RED w/Bickers Low Loader), Gatecrash Film Ltd (1 week of car rigs as Assistant Grip) Key Grip Stu Gibson, DoP Mark Nutkins, Dir Lawrence Gough, Starring Anton Lesser
‘Carmilla’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Hysteria Pictures Limited (1 day) DoP Michael Wood, Dir Emily Harris, Starring Jessica Raine
‘Benjamin’ (Arri Alexa w/Fisher-11 dolly), Open Palm Films (regular dailies) DoP Dave Pimm, Dir Simon Amstell, Starring Anna Chancellor & Jessica Raine
‘Cake’ (Arri Alexa w/Egripment Focus dolly), Indus Talkies (1 week London block) DoP Mo Azmi, Dir Asim Abbasi
‘The Village in the Woods’ (Arri Amira w/sliders), Reel King Media (1 week Kent block) DoP Jaime Hobbis, Dir Raine McCormack, Starring Richard Hope
‘Birches’ (Arri Alexa w/sliders & steadicam support), True Films DoP Richard Dunton, Dir. Randall Stevens, Starring Natasha Little, Drew Waters, Todd Carty & Cathy Sara
‘Redcon-1’ (RED w/PeeWee dolly & hand held support), Apocalypse Pictures Ltd (2 weeks Glasgow block) DoP Lorenzo Levrini, Dir. Chee Keong Cheung, Starring Akira Koieyama & Carlos Gallardo
‘I, Daniel Blake’ (35mm w/sliders), Sixteen Tyne Ltd (1 day) DoP Robbie Ryan BSC, Dir. Ken Loach, Starring David Johns Winner 2016 Palme d'Or & 2017 BAFTA for Outstanding British Film
‘Lady Macbeth’ (Arri Alexa w/vehicle rigs & hand held support), Sixty Six Pictures DoP Ari Wegner, Dir. William Oldroyd, Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis & Christopher Fairbank Three 2018 BAFTA nominations for Outstanding British Film, Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer and EE Rising Star award
‘Housefull-2’ (35mm w/PeeWee dolly), Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment (1 week as Assistant Grip) Key Grip Cassius McCabe, DoP Manoj Soni, Dir. Sajid Khan
• TV Drama ‘Emmerdale’ (HD w/PeeWee dolly, ladderpods, sliders and car rigs), ITV (dailies) Various DoP’s and Directors
‘Taxi Tales’ (3 x Sony F7 & Universal Car Rig/Bickers Low Loader), Tamasha DoP Mark Wolf, Dir Ben Anthony
‘Age Before Beauty’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly & Sliders), Mainstreet (1 day as Assistant Grip) Key Grip Dave Rankin, DoP Craig Feather, Dir Paul Walker, Starring Polly Walker, James Murray & Robson Green
‘The Dumping Ground’ (Arri Alexa w/slider), CBBC (1 week as 2nd Unit Grip) DoP David Baillie, Dir. Charles Bates
‘George Gently’ (RED w/PeeWee dolly, sliders & steadicam support) Company Productions North (dailies) Key Grip Cassius McCabe, DoP Jean Phillipe Gossart, Dir. Nick Renton, Starring Martin Shaw & Lee Ingleby
• Commercials & Corporates Gucci ‘DIY’ (Hand-held & over the head rig) – Lighthouse Management – DOP Jeremy Valender Camon X Pro ‘Clearly Better’ (PeeWee dolly) – RD Content – DOP Paul O’Callaghan Chevrolet ‘Find New Roads’ (Fisher-11 dolly) - Black + Cameron - DOP Simon Hawken (Assistant Grip) Odeon Cinemas ‘Limitless’ (Fisher-11 dolly) - NFTS - DOP Ian Forbes Sky (PeeWee dolly) - Agile Films - DOP Peter Emery Samsung ‘Q Style’ (Panther Twister dolly) - The Operators - DOP Sebastian Leliard Nisa ‘Big Night In’ (Fisher-11 dolly) - Th2ng - DOP George Steele Northumbria University (PeeWee dolly) - Mallinson TV Productions - DOP Ken Simpson
• Pop Promos ‘Damian Lazarus – Ancient Moons’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Colonel Blimp DoP Joel Honeywell, Dir. Abbie Stephens
• Documentary & Sports ‘Watergate’ - Drama/Documentary Film (RED & Sony F55 w/PeeWee dolly & Jimmy Jib), October Films DoP Dennis Madden, Dir. Charles Ferguson
‘After Butt’ - Short Documentary Film (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Iconoclast TV DoP Luciano Riso, Dir. Ian Giles
‘British Swimming Champs’ - Live Sports (Canon XF305 w/Prosup Laptop dolly), Motion New Media DoP Anthony Sweetman, Dir. Dylan Garton
• Short Films ‘Hair Cut’ (Arri Alexa Mini w/Slider), Joi Productions Ltd. DoP Joel Honeywell, Dir Koby Adom
‘The Devils Harmony’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Tathātā Ltd. DoP David Wright
‘Woe is Me’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Elation Pictures Ltd. DoP Steven Cameron Ferguson, Dir. Simon Cartwright
‘The Sermon’ (35mm w/Matthews Doorway dolly & 15’ scaffold rig), Grasp the Nettle Films DoP Ian Forbes, Dir Dean Puckett
‘Dual’ (35mm w/Matthews Doorway dolly), Split the Sun DoP Ian Forbes, Dir Rose Hendry
‘Wren Boys’ (16mm w/Universal Car Rig), Try Hard Productions Ltd DoP Nick Morris, Dir Harry Lighton 2018 BAFTA nomination for Best British Short Film
‘Rebirth is Necessary’ (Arri Alexa & 35mm w/Matthews Doorway dolly & ladderpod), Iconoclast TV DoP Benoir Soler, Dir Jenn Nkiru
‘Red Crayon’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), Joi Productions Ltd. DoP Adam Suschitzky BSC, Dir Charlotte Carroll
‘Howay’ (Arri Alexa Mini w/slider), Magpie Pictures DoP Steven Bailey, Dir Will Hamilton, Starring David Johns
‘Happiness in Retrospect’ (Black Magic URSA w/Egripment Focus dolly), Pinzutu Films DoP Jody Whittle, Dir, Eli Hart, Starring Iain Connell
‘Fight’ (Arri Alexa w/Matthews Doorway dolly & Miller Pro jib), Signature Pictures Ltd DoP Ruben Woodin-Dechamps, Dir. Jon Max Spatz, Starring Erin Mullen
‘Beast’ (RED w/PeeWee dolly), Sona Films Ltd DoP Patrick Meller, Dir Leonora Lonsdale, Starring Billie Piper & Sinead Cusack
‘Edmund the Magnificent’ (RED w/PeeWee dolly & slider), HAUS Pictures DoP Clive Tickner BSC, Dir. Ben Ockrent, Starring David Bradley, Ian McKellen, Mark Bonnar & Rebecca Front
‘Parallel Universes’ (RED w/Cartoni Jib-O jib), Migdal Management Ltd DoP Rory Achilleos-Sarll, Dir. Liran Nathan, Starring Liran Nathan
‘London Tomorrow’ (Arri Alexa w/PeeWee dolly), B19 Media DoP Stil Williams, Dir. Nimer Rashed
‘Listen Up Emily’ (Arri Alexa & 16mm w/PeeWee dolly), Bournemouth University DoP Leon Pyzora, Dir. Milo Cremer Eindhoven, Starring Sarah Swire & Dan Burton
‘Candy Floss’ (Arri Alexa w/Egripment Focus dolly), HAUS Pictures DoP Daniel Stafford-Clark , Dir. Jed Hart, Starring Barry Keoghan & Grace Hogg-Robinson
Education • 1994 – BTEC Factual TV Production, Stonehills TV Studios, Gateshead • 1991-93 – BTEC Media Studies, Gateshead College • 1988 – A Level Art & History, Lyndhurst Comprehensive, Gateshead • 1986 – O Level English & CSE Maths, Lyndhurst Comprehensive, Gateshead
Independent Travel & Hobbies I am an experienced traveller having made independent trips to the USA, Europe, the Middle-East, India and South East Asia - I’ve also dabbled in sailing. My hobbies include woodwork, model-making, photography, guitar, allotment gardening, cooking, walking, cycling, history and board gaming. • 2015 – 3,000 mile road-trip across the southern U.S. – 2 weeks • 2014 – Backpacked across Tamil Nadu, India – 4 weeks • 2008 – Backpacked around Vietnam and Cambodia – 6 weeks • 2007 – Backpacked up the U.S. east coast – 2 weeks • 1995 – Backpacked around Israel, Egypt and Jordan – 6 weeks