I am a colorist and specialise in long form projects (2K and 4K) I have worked on all of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Films projects i.e. Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph (£15 million budget starring Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough and Donnie Osmond) as well as On-lining and grading many multi camera edits of concerts for people like Tina Turner "One Last Time, Live at Wembley" with Director David Mallet, David Bowie "live at the BBC" director Chris Cowie, Janet Jackson, Cher, Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion, Cat Stevens' Majicat Tour and many many more.
I recently worked on Nick Cave and John Hillcoat's Feature film "The Proposition" Starring John Hurt and Ray Winstone, DI work and grading the HD master on the Quantel Pablo system, I also worked on Sweeny Todd.
I was a Senior Editor at Rushes in London for about six years where I worked on many award winning TV Commercials and Music promos with some of the cream of Londons Directors and agencies.
At the moment I am a freelance colorist and DI specialist living in London but travelling the world for projects, some include the following:
David Gilmore “Live at the Royal Festival Hall” HD project, online conform and rig removal
Dir: David Mallet (running time approx 2hr 30 min)
Celine Dion “Live in Las Vegas” HD project, colour Grade and rig removal
Dir: David Mallet (running time approx 2hr 30 min)
Cher “Thefarewell tour” Online and colour Grade
Dir: David Mallet (running time approx 1hr 30 min)
Cirque du Soleil: “Dralion, La Nouba, “ Online, colour Grade and Rig removal
Dir: David Mallet (running times approx 1hr 30 min)
Elton John “live at Madison Square Garden” Online, colour Grade
Dir: David Mallet (running time approx 1hr 30 min)
Jesus Christ Superstar “Andrew Lloyd Webber ver.” Online effects and colour Grade shoot supervision
Dir: Nick Morris Emmy nominated 1hr 30 min
Joseph & his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Online, rig removal and Discreet Logic Flame
Dir: David Mallet (Andrew Lloyd Webber ver.) effects
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber ver.) Online and effects
Dir: David Mallet
Russell Watson “Live in New Zealand” Online, colour Grade and effects
Janet Jackson “World Tour 04” Colour Grade and VFX
Dir: David Mallet
David Bowie “Live at the BBC” Online and VFX
Dir: Chris Cowie (running time approx 1hr)
Tina Turner “One last Time, live at Wembley” Online, colour Grade, Rig removal & title
Dir David Mallet (running time approx 2hr) sequence
Cat Stevens “Majikat Tour” Online, Graphics and colour Grade & title sequence
Dir: Nick Morris
ACDC live in Barcelona Digital VFX
Dir: David Mallett
Queen (feat. Paul Rodgers) Live in Krakow Digital VFX
Dir: David Mallett
Russell Watson The Voice: Live in New Zealand Online, Graphics and colour Grade
MUSIC VIDEOS
ACDC “Rock and Roll Train”
Muse “various”
Nick Cave & the bad seeds...More News from Nowhere
Amarillo…Peter Kay and Tony Christie
George Micheals... Older
Fat boy slim…Gangsta Trippin
Faith no more “various”
Divine Comedy “various”
Elton John… Beautiful Tonight
Tina Turner…Something Beautiful
Placebo “various”
Longview “various”
Jamariquai…Black Capricorn day…Dir John McFarland
Texas…Say what you want
Neil Finn…Sinner
Boyzone “various”
ABC “various”
Louise... All around the world
Spice Girls… Mama
Spice Girls… Channel Five “Channel Launch”
Fun Loving Criminals “various”
Duran Duran…Barbarella
Embrace “various”
Gary Barlow “various”
Propeller heads and Shirley Bassey …History
Reef “various”
Bush “various”
David Sneddon “various”
Lisa Standsfield “various”
Feeder “various”
And many many more……
Feature Films & Shorts (no particular order)
The Proposition (35mm) DI and HD Grade (Guide grade for 35mm output)
Dir. John Hillcoat – Nick Cave
Starring: Ray Winstone, John Hurt
Phantom of the Opera “Making of the feature film” VFX, Colour grading and online
Really Useful Films
Three towers (30 min short) DI, Online and colour Grading
Dir. Yoni Bentovim - Emily Harris
WINNER: Best Short Film, Rain dance Film Festival 06, London, UK
Montreal World Film Festival 06 (Finalist for Best Short Film) Montreal, Canada
“GO” (90 min Feature film 35mm) DI, and Colour Grading
Gaurav Digital, Bollywood, Mambai, India
Starring: Gautam Gupta… Abhay Narula
Nisha Kothari… Vasundhara Dave
Kay Kay Menon… Nagesh Rao
Rajpal Yadav… Kay Jagtap Tiwari
Ravi Kale… Arjun Patil
Prod. Ram Gopal Varma
Sweeney Todd “Demon Barber of Fleet Street” DI, and Digital Compositing
Dir: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
and Alan Rickman
Work performed at ONE POST SOHO LONDON
Basket case (10min short, F900 shoot) DI, and Digital Compositing and Grade
Work performed at Axis post Shepperton studios
Schadenfreude Productions
Dir: Garrett David Millerick
Domestic (10 min short, F900 shoot) DI, and Grade
Dir: Rob Curry
Another thing (15 min short, RED Camera Shoot) DI, and Grade
WINNER: Best Editing -17th Archipelago International Film Festival of Short Films, Rome, Italy
Sticky Moon Productions
Dir: ILaria D’elia
Dop: Simon Minett
Cruzando AKA meme (90 min feature – Red, Texas USA) DI, and Grade
WINNER: Best Foreign Film – STIFFY Award – SEATTLE TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL,USA
2nd Place: Narrative Film Award – ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, OHIO, U.S.A.
Dir: Mando and Michael - Those Guys and that girl films
Dop: BoBilstrup
Starring: Mando Alvarado (Law & Order)
Michael Ray Escamilla (Law & Order)
David Barrera (Evan Almighty, NYPD Blue, Generation Kill, Murder One)
Tony Campisi (Law and Order, Tyson, Spiderman 2)
Janis Dardanis (Sopranos)
Work performed at Atlantic Video, Washington DC. USA
Infamy (30 min short Genesis shoot) DI, and Grade
Schadenfreude Productions
Dir: Garrett David Millerick
Staring Carol Smillie
Work performed at “The Look” London
Curfew (30 min short. Red shoot) DI, and Grade
Footprint Films
Dir. Kate Aidley
Prod.Mark Blaney and Jackie Sheppard,
Credo (90 min feature red shoot) DI, and Grade
Alto films
Starring: Clayton Watson (The Matrix reloaded)
Myanna Buring (Doomsday, The descent)
Dir: Toni Harman
Work performed at Axis post Shepperton studios
Brighton wok “the legend of Ganja boxing” DI, and Grade
Convict Films
(85 min Feature, 35mm + mixed media)
Dir: Gabriel Howard
Prod: Saul Howard
Work performed at Axis post Shepperton studios