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  1. Elton at 50 - Your Song flash video or wmv
  2. Punk Attitude flash video or wmv
  3. Elvis Presley flash video or wmv
  4. Procol Harum flash video or wmv
  5. Alternative Lives flash video or wmv

About Me

www.sharkevaderproductions.com FOR A FULL CAREER MELTDOWN CHARTING MY CAREER AND OUTLINING HE WHO LOVES THE HISTORY OF TV, CINEMA, MUSIC, AND DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING:- ONE WHO CAN PRODUCE "ARCHIVE-BASED DOCUMENTARIES" BY COVERING "ALL BASES".

"PUNK: ATTITUDE!" play flash video + "STATUS QUO AT 40" were both in the "TOP 3" spots in the "UK TOP 40: DVD CHART" on 01/11/05. I Co-Produced both.

I SPECIALIZE IN COMBINING: Producing Archive Based Documentaries
Archive Film & TV Research
Rights & Clearances
Accessing & Locating People
Arts Documentary Development and
Journalistic Research

POST PRODUCTION SKILLS: an understanding and knowledge of Editing, an ability to oversee and take audio to 24 Bit Digital and the Ins & Outs of Picture Re-grading and Re-mastering.

DEVELOPED PROJECTS FOR TV at: Initial Television
Buena Vista Productions
The Really Useful Picture Company
Boum Productions

DEVELOPED & ASSESSED SCRIPTS FOR FEATURES at: Goldcrest Films & TV (Iain Smith)
Enigma Productions (David Puttnam)
Umbrella Productions (Simon Perry)

Credits and Employment History

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR The Procol Harum DVD Anthology (Boum Productions: 2005) - play flash video
Elton At 50 (John Reid Enterprises) - play flash video
Song Stories: Pilot (Sharkevader Productions)
Alternative Lives: - The Unlikely Dominatrix! (Sharkevader Productions)
 - play flash video

PRODUCER Punk: Attitude play flash video (Fremantle/3DD/IFC/Cactus 3/Metroplois for Global TV/DVD & Film Festivals)
ELTON AT 60 THE DVD - Universal Music, 2007
THE MARQUEE STORY - Marquee Productions, 2007
Elton At 50 play flash video (for John Reid Enterprises & World TV)
The Elton John Video Archive Project - over 60 hours of programming! (as above)

ARCHIVE PRODUCER Status Quo At 40: The Party Aint Over Yet >ITV/Warner Vision/NBD > Global DVD)
Classic Albums:- Lou Reed's Transformer
Classic Albums: - Elvis Presley play flash video
Classic Albums:- Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (all for ITV/Eagle DVD)
Music Of The Millennium:- Top 100 Albums (Means Of Production for C4 TV)
Top 40 TV Music Moments (Initial for C4 TV)
Elton:- A Biography (Carlton Prods for ITV/WAB Artistes & NBD for Global TX)
Van Morrison:- The Early Years (for Exile Films)
ALL BACK TO MINE (17 x 30 Channel X for C4 TV)
Moby
Lemmy
Pete Waterman
Fatboy Slim
Paul Weller
Shaznay Lewis (from All Saints)
Sharleen Spiteri (from Texas)
Gil Scott Heron
Brett Anderson (from Suede)
James Bradfield (from The Manic Street Preachers)
Huey Morgan (from The Fun Lovin Criminals)
Patrick Cox (Shoe Designer)
Frankie Knuckles (DJ/House Producer)
Daddy G (from Massive Attack)
Keith Allen (Actor)
Alan McGee (MD Creation Records)
amongst others ...

ARCHIVE RESEARCHER & PROGRAMME RESEARCHER Elton In 4 Decades (WAB Artistes for world DVD)

CLASSIC ALBUMS (5 x 90 minutes for ITV/Eagle DVD and 2 x 90 for C5TV/Eagle DVD)
The Sex Pistols
Deep Purple
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
Metallica
Judas Priest
Nirvana

The South Bank Show:- Bernie Taupin (LWT/ITV)
The Genesis Songbook (C5/Eagle DVD)
Are You Askin I'm Dancin (Lion TV for Dance Night on C4 TV).

ARCHIVE RESEARCHER 1 2: F.U: Jonathan Ross Is Punk! (Channel X for BBC4)
The White Room (15 x 52 Initial for C4 TV).
John Lennon Night (Planet Wild for C4 TV)
Madonna Night
Michael Jackson Night (Both AT IT Prods for C4 TV)
Dr John:- Anutha Zone (C4 TV/EMI Records)
Bill Bailey's Lost Chord (Initial for C4 TV Pilot)
Elton Rock Legend (VH-1)
Abba - Winner Takes It All (Iambic/PolyGram for ITV)
Two Rooms:- A Tribute To Elton John (For PolyGram/LWT/ITV)
Marc Bolan:- The Legendary Years (Marc On Wax for C4 TV)
The Creation Records Story (Initial for C4 TV)
The Comedy Channel (Noel Gay for BSB)
The Brian Conley Show (LWT/ITV)
amongst others ...

Series Writer & Development Top 40 TV Music Moments (Initial/C4TV)
George Martin's History Of Music (Buena Vista International)
Movie Masterclass (Buena Vista)
Song Stories (Initial)
The Creation Records Story (Initial)
Rock Heroes (Initial/C4)
And more ...

Affiliations

Industry Qualifications

I have worked in the following areas:
Producer
Associate Producer: BECTU GRADE/No 59725
Archive Producer
Archive Research
Programme Research
Programme & Script Development
Rights & Clearances
BA Hons Degree from WSCAD 1984 in Film & TV Production & Direction with BECTU/ACTT Accreditation 

TECHNICAL UNDERSTANG & KNOWLEDGE of

EDITING Avid & Final Cut Pro
A working understanding of the above

AUDIO POST PRODUCTION A working understanding of the above.
E.g.: Cedar Audio/Sonic Solutions & Audio Re-mastering Techniques.

PRODUCER OF RE-ISSUE CDS As Record Producer I oversaw the re-mixing and re-mastering of 4 vintage Procol Harum albums from their original multi-tracks!

PICTURE RE-GRADING & RE-MASTERING Picture Re-grading from Two Inch/One Inch/U Matic, etc to ALL Digital VT Formats, since their inception!
(NB* SEE CV RE The ELTON JOHN VIDEO ARCHIVE PROJECT, which I Produced for John Reid Enterprises/Elton John).

Other Skills/Additional Information

EVENT ORGANISER

Promoter / Organiser of 'Live Gigs'
See www.henrysgigs.com Prior to these 'Events' I organised a major show with the London Symphony Orchestra and the band Procol Harum, in 1996, when they collaborated for a unique one-off event in front of a capacity crowd at London's Barbican Theatre.

JOURNALIST/WRITER

I have written CD liner Notes and Music Magazine Articles.

SCRIPT ASSESSMENT

I worked at Goldcrest Films for David Puttnam, and Iain Smith (Features Producers) in Script Development.

Referees

Dan Snyder @ SNYDER & CO INC.
funhaus13@earthlink.net

Mark Collins, 'The Yard' Post Productions.
+44 (0) 207 287 7279

Pete Tombs, Producer.
Pete@boumproductions.com

Permits

EU
Can work in the USA on short contracts