| ANNABEL WALKER – PRODUCTION MANAGER
Phone: 0776 292 7418
Email: annabelwalker_uk@yahoo.co.uk
• Budget management/cost reporting
• Scheduling: pre prod/filming/post prod
• Health and safety qualified: risk assessments/personal and technical safety issues
• Contracts and compliance
• Liaising with Executive Producers
• Maintaining up-to-date production files and creating working systems
• Managing & co-coordinating shoot logistics including travel/car hire/visas/film permits etc
• Location Manager
• Team management
• Trouble shooting
• Booking crew/kit
• Negotiation of rates for crew, specialists and equipment hire
• Drama: Recon/Drama doc/casting/VO artists. Dealing with agents and actors
• Production Insurance
• Ensuring delivery requirements are met / Overseeing deliverable paperwork
• Copyright
• Press and publicity
2008/9:
Production Manager
'Naked Science 6' 13x60'
Pioneer Productions for Nat Geo/Discovery Canada/Granada
Over saw final delivery of 13 part HD science series.
Production Manager
'The Da Vinci Shroud' 1x60'
Pioneer Productions for Discovery Channel/Channel 5
Hi Def, with drama recon and expert interviewees. The Turin Shroud is the world's most famous religious relic, but in the 1970's it was revealed as a medieval fake. Now a controversial theory says it could be the work of master artist Leonardo Da Vinci. Did
Da Vinci fake the Turin Shroud, and if so, how did he pull off the hoax of the millenium?...
Production Manager
'Inside Planet Earth' 1x120'
Pioneer Productions for Discovery Channel
Part of the new Discovery ‘SciTrek’ series.
Hi Def. CGI. A voyage to the centre of the earth where each mile down reveals a hidden world of strange rocks, mysterious life forms and unimaginable heat that combine together to form the place we call Earth. Shot in the USA, Australia and South Africa.
2008:
Production Manager
'American Pilgrim' 1x60'
Pioneer Productions for Travel Channel
Low budget, presenter led pilot: 'An incredible 35 million Americans can trace their family tree to the landing of the 'Mayflower'.....
Production Manager
'The History of Christianity: Enlightenment' 8x60'
Pioneer Productions for CH4
Hi Def. PM'd one of an 8 part series on the history of Christianity for CH4 whilst standing in for an absent PM. Shot in the US, Italy, UK & Poland.
Production Manager
'The Unsinkable Titanic' 1x90'& 1x60'
Pioneer Productions for CH4/Nat Geo/Discovery Canada
Hi Def. A new film about man, machine and nature. Using the latest CGI technology this drama documentary details the events before, during and after the most infamous tragedy at sea. Filmed in Canada and the UK.
Production Manager
'Growing Babies' 2x60'
Pioneer Productions for BBC4
Digi Beta. Presented by child psychologist Laverne Antrobus, and utilising state of the art computer imagery, this two part doc examines the conflicting relationship between mother and foetus, and the amazing science behind cognitive development in babies.
2007:
Production Coordinator
Century Films for Participant Productions, UNICEF, CH4, BBC
Production Coordinator for 'Climate of Change', the sequel to Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Set up recces and shoots in Kenya/S.Africa/India/Brazil/USA. 'Born Free:From HIV' a 3min (Super 16) film for UNICEF, shot in Rwanda and presented by Gwyneth Paltrow. As well as a range of ob-docs including: 'Mr & Mrs Bin Laden' BBC1, 'Runaway' BBC1, 'Our Big Fair Trade Adventure' CH4, 'Abortion: The Choice' BBC2, and ‘Last Orders’ BBC2.
Production Manager, ‘The Hanged Man' 1x60'
Hardy & Sons for BBC4
Historical documentary for BBC4’s medieval season uncovering the strange story of an executed Welshman who claimed to have been raised from the dead. Drama recon and expert interviewees.
Junior Production Manager, ‘Anti-Semitism in Britain’ 1x60'
Atlantic Productions for Channel 4
Current Affairs doc authored by Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail columnist.
Senior Production Coordinator, ‘Lost Worlds' 20x60'
Atlantic Productions for The History Channel
‘Lost Worlds’ brings back to life some of the greatest feats of engineering ever undertaken; the most ambitious building projects; the most technologically advanced cultures…. Filmed worldwide.
2006:
Production Coordinator, ‘Ancient Discoveries' 10x60'
Wild Dream Films for The History Channel
Hi-Def. Focusing on technology from the ancient world and shot on location in Italy/Greece/Egypt/Germany/Turkey/Jordan/China and the UK, this series featured
drama reconstructions, 3D CGI and working recreations of ancient machines.
Production Coordinator, ‘In Search of the Real Frankenstein' 1x60'
Wild Dream Films for The History Channel
Hi-Def. Shot on location in Germany and the UK this one off drama documentary sets out to decode the myth of who was the ‘real’ Dr Frankenstein.
Production Coordinator, ‘Artland:USA' 12x60'
Illuminations for Gallery HD (US HiDef Cable)
Hi-Def. 'Road trip' style arts series exploring American art, artists and architecture from West coast to East.
Production Coordinator, ‘Mountains' 5x60'
IWC Media for BBC1
Griff Rhys Jones undertakes an arduous journey of the British Isles encountering sublime scenery, wildlife and a host of characters. He shows us what it is like to live in the shadows
of the hills, and meet the people who go there with the aim of conquering their heights.
2005:
Production Coordinator, ‘Buggin' with Ruud' 12x50'
Natural History New Zealand for Animal Planet
The first natural history series dedicated to insects, ‘Buggin’ with Ruud’ follows the adventures of Animal Planet's ‘Bug Man’ Ruud Kleinpaste on an eye-opening global journey into the fascinating world of insects.
2000 – Mid 2005:
Aston Designer, ITN, London
• Using Aston Ethos prepared and played out graphics for ‘ITV Evening News', ‘News at Ten', `Channel Four News' & `ITN News Channel'.
• Quantel Paintbox op for Channel Four's political ‘Powerhouse'.
• Created graphics for special events such as the Chancellor's budget speech and the Queen Mother's funeral.
Held full-time staff post. I dealt with a constant stream of varying graphic requirements, from simple two way boxes, to snapshots with animating backgrounds and complex reveals. On a daily basis I had to show a huge amount of flexibility, initiative and problem solving ability.
OTHER / INTERESTS
· Health & Safety qualified
· Red Cross First Aider
· Travel / Sailing / Skiing / Scuba Diving / Hiking / Photography
Degree: BA Hons. Drama (class 2.1), University of Manchester
REFEREES – available on request
Kirstie McLure Head of Production ‘Pioneer Productions’
Jane Nicholson Head of Production ‘Century Films’
Sue Horth Executive Producer ‘Hardy Pictures’
Claire Barry Line Producer ‘Atlantic Productions’
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