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Samantha Preston
Production / Locations Assistant
About Me
Hi, I'm Samantha Preston (Sam).
Last year, I worked as Location Assistant & Location Covid Coordinator for 11 weeks in Bristol on a TV drama, Manhunt, made by Buffalo Pictures, starring Martin Clunes.
In January this year I was Location Assistant on two photographic shoots (for Talisker Whisky & British Vogue) and then spent 9 weeks as Assistant Lo...
Read MoreHi, I'm Samantha Preston (Sam).
Last year, I worked as Location Assistant & Location Covid Coordinator for 11 weeks in Bristol on a TV drama, Manhunt, made by Buffalo Pictures, starring Martin Clunes.
In January this year I was Location Assistant on two photographic shoots (for Talisker Whisky & British Vogue) and then spent 9 weeks as Assistant Location Manager on a feature film, Fisherman's Friends 2, in Cornwall.
My background in film is in natural history which I'm keen to return to. I was Production Secretary and then Production Assistant for an independent film maker, Michael McKinnon, in London in the late 80's early 90's. I worked for him for five years on his documentary films that were in collaboration with the BBC Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Prior to that, I worked at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in London where I completed their Graduate Training Programme and worked as Account Executive on the Proctor & Gamble international account.
Read LessProfessional Training
| Course / Qualification | Training Provider / Institution | Year |
|---|
| Graduate Training Programme / Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising / 1989 |
Sam came to work on the Buffalo Pictures/ITV 4-part drama MANHUNT 2, which I was producing in Bristol in Autumn 2020. We were filming in midst of Covid and finding the exigencies of testing crews and ensuring locations and other working environments were clean and Covid-seure extremely challenging. Sam was an enormous asset in helping us through this. She was calm, positive, can-do, friendly, professional and sensitive. I would strongly recommend her to you.
Jo Willett
Other DetailsMedia I Work In:
Broadcast Television
Feature Film
Other
Locations I can work in:
Bristol