Mark Ridley
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Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
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2011 |
Simon (Feral Leader) / Assistant Director
Film |
The Last Road |
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2012 |
Hanging Man
Film |
Bedlam - The Long Drop |
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2012 |
Assistant Director (3rd)
Film |
Honeycomb Lodge |
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About me
I've lived a life...I am the son of a preacher man (and a teacher woman). My dad gave me the blues in E, everything else I taught myself.
I'm qualified as a philosopher. Then my mum killed herself. Then I beat cancer. Then I became a Master of Science (kneel before me science!) in Artificial Intelligence thanks for asking. I then spent 5 years or so as an advanced robotics researcher pursuing a PhD at the same time, but it escaped. Oh yeah, I lost pretty much everything but I got better. Now I'm an ex-mad scientist.
Then came my stint working promotions for rock and indie clubs in London. I set up FaceBook pages, designed flyers, and oh yeah did a LOT of flyering. In the snow at 3am in Soho. I quite enjoyed it, and was good at it :)
A few years as an SA ignited a love of acting, and now here I am pursuing another crazy career. Career means veer madly from side to side right?
I have a little magic...
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Production Co-ordinator |
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Highlights
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**** Production Safety Passport No. 5168 (Health and Safety) ****
**** Emergency First Aid at Work (HSE level 2) ****
I realise I haven't updated this for a while
Across the Sea (Short)
Production Assistant / First Aider
Dir: Kelly Robinson
Prod: Mathew Baynton, Matthew Mulot
Boo-Bop-Boo
Feb 2015
Mr Bauhman (Short)
Production Manager
Dir: Miguel Angel Bachs
Prod: M.Bulman Arshehit
Sorrow Milk Productions
Nov - Dec 2014
The Other Fellow (Feature)
Production Assistant (dailies)
Dir: Matthew Bowyer
Prod: Gerald JC Crump
Mindboggler
Oct 2014 / Feb 2015
Jessica (Short)
Producer
Dir : Jack Bradley
Exec: Alex Macaulay, Jack Bradley
Blackbull Productions
Aug / Oct 2014
Chimes at Midnight (Short)
Production Manager
Dir: Tobias Marshall
Prod: Alex Macaulay, Tobias Marshall
Blackbull Productions
Aug 2014
Dad... Hold My Hand (Feature)
Unit Production Manager
Dir: Arun Frank
Prod: Jayesh Kodwani
Bad Girl Films
July 2014
The Amazing Race (TV)
Production Assistant (dailies)
Dir: Bertram van Munster
Prod: Chad Baron
World Race Productions
June 2014
Infiniti Eau Rouge (Commercial)
Prop Assistant
Dir: Julien Rocher
Prod: Melodie Roulard
Wanda Productions
March 2014
* Prop Hand - Legacy (Plumcourt Legacy 2014)
Organised pickups and returns. Construction, setting, striking.
Drove Luton van.
* Art Director's Assistant - Philips Commercial (Brave Spark Media 2013)
Assisted with buying and returns. Drove LWB van in London.
Rigged SFX. Acted as standby on set.
* Unit Manager - Vitality (d. Oliver Guy-Watkins, Vitality the Movie Ltd 2013)
Co-ordinated transport for cast and crew. Liaised with catering and craft.
Oversaw health and safety, e.g. risk assessments.
* Assistant Director (3rd) - Honeycomb Lodge (d. Lesley Manning, Honeycomb Productions 2013)
Started as a runner. Became standby locations manager - ran cables, fixed doors, secured location at night.
Ended as 3rd AD with usual responsibilities (radios, liaising with 1st AD etc.).
* Assistant Director - The Last Road (John Wheeler, Music Box Films, 2013)
Crowd AD on busy day with inexperienced extras.
Also worked on much smaller days with more intimate scenes with one actor on location.
Post-production I helped find cuts to reduce the length of the film as asked for by the distributors.
* Art Department Assistant (dailies) - The Seasoning House (Paul Hyett 2013)
Struck sets and helped make good the previously dressed locations. Cleaned and painted
Drove the art department van and moved a lot of furniture and rubber bodies.
* Runner - India in London (TheatreScience 2008)
Collected actors from the airport, distributed promotional material.
* I have also written and directed two short films for competitions.
* Director, writer - A Waiting Game (Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Challenge 2013)
* Director, writer - It is on the Chart (Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Challenge 2012)