Crisis in Care – Pick of the Day
Other
We are getting some good previews for Crisis in Care from newspapers. Episode One ‘Who Cares’ was the TV Pick of the Day in the Observer. It will be on BBC One at 9pm on Wednesday.
Ben Anthony wins Factual Director BAFTA Craft Award
Awards
Congratulations to Ben Anthony and his crew for winning a BAFTA award for last year’s Grenfell documentary. Sadly, nearly 2 years have passed since the Grenfell fire and residents are still awaiting justice – a few still waiting to be rehoused.
The Trial of Ratko Mladic on iPlayer Now
Documentary On TV
Whatever I go on to do, I will always be grateful for the opportunity that Robert Miller and Henry Singer gave me on their mammoth project “The Trial of Ratko Mladic”. They took a punt on someone straight out of film school with no relevant broadcast credits and gave me a job. But they also went a step further – they asked my opinion on the film as it was being cut. And a step further than that – they listened to my opinion. And another step – they actually valued it. They didn’t have to do any of that…Keep reading >>
‘Stabbed’ on BBC One tonight
Documentary On TV
It’s a hard watch but a profound film about knife crime is on BBC One tonight, made by the company I am fortunate to work at – Rogan Productions. No words can do the film just – do watch if you can.
Can Violent Men Change? nominated for RTS Award
Awards
The first production that I helped shoot for Rogan Productions – Can Violent Men Change? has been nominated for an independent journalism award by the Royal Television Society. In particular, huge congratulations to director Katie Hindley. It wasn’t an easy film to make, let alone the fact it was her first film as a director.
Deeper than Snow available to rent / buy on Vimeo
Documentary
A few years ago I made a film about Jake Cornish, a snowboarder who survived an avalanche in Switzerland. At the time we decided to make it, there were some amazing snowboard films out there but they were all style over substance – big tricks instead of character and story. So we decided to make a very different snowboard film, one that focused on one man, his risks and his family – centrally, why a man a whisker from death chose to get back on his board and ride again. I made the film whilst in my second year at…Keep reading >>
The Trial of Ratko Mladic screens at IDFA
Documentary
‘The Trial of Ratko Mladic’ screened at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on 18th November 2018. The screening had a profound effect on me. The film was immensely powerful and it allowed me to reflect on what a key phase in my career, and my life, working on the film had been. Not only was it my first documentary job out of film school – working on the film gave me a chance to face the demons I carry each day, confronting the long shadow the Bosnian war has cast upon my life. Every day at work gave me…Keep reading >>
2 Grierson Awards for Rogan Productions
Awards Documentary
Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation won 2 Grierson awards last night – Best Documentary Series and Best Historical Documentary. When I joined Rogan Productions in March, they were finishing the films off ahead of an April air date. Suffice it to say, the three films were tough to watch but sensitively and intelligently crafted. The films made an instant impact – within days, one of the suspects was arrested and it was announced that 2019 would see the inaugural Stephen Lawrence day. Clearly, the police and the country as a whole have deep seated issues with racism which…Keep reading >>
Launch: Mini-docs.
OtherToday, I’m launching a mini-documentary project loosely titled “Persons, Places & Passions” celebrating people Sheffield, past or present and the surrounding areas. Allow me to introduce the first film: It’s 7am on this cold December morning and Ben Cherry is waiting for the sun to rise so he can photograph the famous Curbar edge, in the Peak District. I stand back and observe him as he works. This is my quiet portrait of him as he explores that which he holds dearest; photography and nature and the tools with which he does so. There’s no message or moral to this…Keep reading >>
On, on a roll.
OtherOn a roll is a project I cooked up when I did a quick photoshoot last year on a single roll of film. I was inspired by how much more I could get out of 24 / 36 shots taken on a roll of film than on a memory card in my digital camera. I shoot less and, I think, I shoot better. I’m not going to launch an enquiry into why; Do I think more because there a fewer shots available? Does the look of film simply suit my taste more, leading me to think it somehow better than…Keep reading >>