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Helen Waddell

Shooting Producer/DV Director/Edit Producer
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London

Bristol

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About Me

Winner of the C4 First Cut Pitch at Sheffield Doc Fest 2024

I am a shooting Producer from the North-East (RTS West Awarded and Grierson-nominated) working across broadcast and feature-length documnetaries and with directing and edit experience on VT's and online shorts. Conscientious, determined and stong editorially both in product... Read More

Credits last updated / confirmed indexing on 22nd Oct 2024

Credits

	Job Role	Production Title	Channel	Company	Date	Network Executive
Development Producer / Development / Story Films / Sep 2024 to present
	Development Producer	Development		Story Films	Sep 24 - to present
Production Title: Development Company: Story Films Line Manager: Pete Beard Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television
PD (Self Shooting) / Online shorts / Online / Beeston Media / May 2023 to Aug 2023
	PD (Self Shooting)	Online shorts	Online	Beeston Media	May 23 - Aug 23
Production Title: Online shorts Company: Beeston Media Line Manager: Penny Beeston Genre: Education Sector: Corporate Communications
Edit Producer / Online commercial shorts / Beeston Media / May 2023 to Aug 2024
	Edit Producer	Online commercial shorts		Beeston Media	May 23 - Aug 24
Production Title: Online commercial shorts Company: Beeston Media Line Manager: Penny Beeston Genre: Education Sector: Corporate Communications
DV Director / Surgeons: The Edge of Life / Dragonfly Film & Television / Sep 2023 to Sep 2023
	DV Director	Surgeons: The Edge of Life		Dragonfly Film & Television	Sep 23 - Sep 23
Production Title: Surgeons: The Edge of Life Company: Dragonfly Film & Television Line Manager: Brigid McFall Season: 6 Genre: Documentary Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television
PD (Self Shooting) / One Show - VTs / BBC 1 / Off The Fence / Apr 2022 to Apr 2023
	PD (Self Shooting)	One Show - VTs	BBC 1	Off The Fence	Apr 22 - Apr 23
Production Title: One Show - VTs Company: Off The Fence Line Manager: Ellen Quinn Programme Length: Under 30 minutes Season: 16 Genre: Factual Sector: Broadcast Television
Story Producer / Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch / BBC 1 / Frank Films / Jul 2021 to Apr 2022 / Emma Loach, Hamish Ferguson
	Story Producer	Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch	BBC 1	Frank Films	Jul 21 - Apr 22	Emma Loach, Hamish Ferguson
Production Title: Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch Company: Frank Films Line Manager: Vicky Hinners Season: 1 Genre: Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television
Location Director / Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch / BBC 1 / Frank Films / Sep 2021 to Apr 2022
	Location Director	Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch	BBC 1	Frank Films	Sep 21 - Apr 22
Production Title: Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch Company: Frank Films Line Manager: Jamie Balment Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television
Senior AP / Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 / NBC / Yard44 / Jan 2021 to Jul 2021
	Senior AP	Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11	NBC	Yard44	Jan 21 - Jul 21
Production Title: Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 Company: Yard44 Line Manager: Hugo Godwin Programme Length: Feature Length Genre: Documentary Features Sector: Feature Film
Casting AP / Advert McCain's / Pulse Films / Dec 2020 to Dec 2020
	Casting AP	Advert McCain's		Pulse Films	Dec 20 - Dec 20
Production Title: Advert McCain's Company: Pulse Films Line Manager: Chris Harrison Genre: Commercials Sector: Commercials
AP (self Shooting) / 24 Hours in A&E / Channel 4 / The Garden / Sep 2020 to Nov 2020
	AP (self Shooting)	24 Hours in A&E	Channel 4	The Garden	Sep 20 - Nov 20
Production Title: 24 Hours in A&E Company: The Garden Line Manager: Charlotte Permutt Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 23 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television

Professional Training

Course / Qualification	Training Provider / Institution	Year
Female Producers Shooting/Directing Course / National Film and Television School (NFTS) (sponsored by BBC and Channel 4) / 2023
Female Producers Shooting/Directing Course	National Film and Television School (NFTS) (sponsored by BBC and Channel 4)	2023
Managing Covid-19 - Risks on Production for Freelancers / Screen Skills / 2020
Managing Covid-19 - Risks on Production for Freelancers	Screen Skills	2020
Dart Centre Trauma Training 72 Films / Dart Centre / 2018
Dart Centre Trauma Training 72 Films	Dart Centre	2018
PTSD Awareness Training / Lynn Greenwood / 2018
PTSD Awareness Training	Lynn Greenwood	2018
Open City Docs Summer Film School / Open City Docs / UCL / 2018
Open City Docs Summer Film School	Open City Docs / UCL	2018
DV Talent Shooting & Directing Canon 5D / DV Talent / 2016
DV Talent Shooting & Directing Canon 5D	DV Talent	2016

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Media I Work In:
Broadcast Television
Feature Film
Online Content
Non Broadcast
Locations I can work in:
Work Anywhere
Skills/Permits:
Archive Clearance
Casting
CRB Check
Driving Licence
Storytelling
I Visa USA
Edit Producing
Heath And Safety Training
Script Writing
Technical Skills:
Adobe Premiere
Sony PXW-FS7
Sound Recording
Sony PXW-FX9
GoPro
Adobe Premier Elements
Canon 5D MKII
Data Wrangling
Self Shooting
Sony a7S