Andy robinson tel: 07590292474 producer & Director

Based: London/Kent

Full UK Driving License
PROFILE

A self-shooting producer and creative director with a passion for making factual and entertainment programmes. Strong diverse track record with major networks, producing and directing prime time shows for the BBC, ITV, C4, Channel 5, Sky One and Discovery both in the UK and overseas. Confident and adept at developing and creating ideas, treatments and stories, setting the style of new shows, to leading and directing shoots on small to large projects including complex hidden camera and stunts.

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  Creative multi-cam director, self-editor and edit producer (BBC Training: Directing Single Camera, Desktop editing for Avid MC, Adobe Creative Suite pilot, Shooting for the edit, and Creative shooting)
  
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  A creative script writer and story teller. (Writing for television, Storytelling, and Scriptwriting with Tony Hale)
  
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  A proficient self-shooter on the Canon C300, Sony FS7, 5D, XF305, Sony PMW200 and PMW 400. Qualified & experienced in 3-point lighting (BBC Training: Programme making with the DSR, Creative shooting, and Lighting & safety workshop)
  

Prime-time Saturday night dating show. 8 x 60’

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  Scripting, producing and directing multi-cam profile and date VTs
  

Observational doc following the lives of staff working in four tattoo studios in Kavos, Corfu, and the stories of ‘workers’ and young brits being tattooed there. 10 x 60’episodes

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  Setting the style and format of a new series
  
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  Directing and shooting on Sony FS7
  
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  Scripting and producing constructed reality scenes/stories
  
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  Leading and managing a film team
  
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  Edit producing 60’ shows
  

Prime-time show revealing the traumatic, shocking, humorous and occasionally bizarre experiences of victims of nightmare neighbours. 20 x 60’ episodes

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  Scripting, producing and directing 60’ episodes
  
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  Shooting actuality and constructed scenes on the Canon C300, under difficult circumstances
  
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  Investigating and validating complex disputes and evidence
  
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  Story producing and directing inexperienced and sometimes volatile contributors, with sensitivity.
  

Constructed reality show/obs doc following the lives of people living and working in Gretna Green, and the extraordinary stories of couples eloping there. 15 x 30’ episodes

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  Directing and shooting on C300, PMW200 and 5D
  
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  Scripting and producing constructed reality scenes/stories
  
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  Leading and managing a film team
  

A fact-based comedy entertainment panel show hosted by Lee Mack. 14 x 60’ episodes

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  Scripting, producing, directing, and edit producing stunts
  
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  Leading and managing VT teams and crews
  

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  Shaped style for the new series
  

Directing and shooting behind the scenes VTs with Ant & Dec.

Entertainment documentary series following magician Troy Van Scheibner as he explores London and performs incredible stunts and street magic before an unsuspecting public. 4 x 60’ episodes

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  Scripting, producing and shooting 1hr episodes
  
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  Planning and implementing large and complex location stunts and performances
  

A new series exploring what it will take for the average man to be able to take on experts in their fields of expertise. 4 x 60’ episodes

Directing training, stunts/challenges in the UK and overseas

Branded content series for Diageo

Producing, directing and shooting 4 x 1 hr episodes for the new prime-time series.

Directing and shooting behind the scenes VTs with Ant & Dec.

An observational documentary following the antics of British holiday makers and the lives of seasonaires in the lively ski resort of Pas de La Casa in Andorra. 6 x 1hr episodes

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  Directing and filming observational shoots and interviews on and off the piste
  
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  Story Producing
  

A prime-time feature documentary about the psychology and science of eating, which observes and scrutinises the eating habits of overweight families by putting them under 24-hour camera surveillance. 8 x 1hr episodes

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  Producing and directing hidden camera and surveillance shoots
  
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  Managing a film team
  
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  Scripting, planning and implementing large and complex location stunts
  

Award winning magical hidden camera/ prank/stunt/comedy show starring Ben Hanlin. 6 x 1hr episodes

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  Producing, shooting and directing, 6 x 1hr episodes
  
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  Directing multi-camera crews, magician and contributors
  
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  Managing a film team
  
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  Planning hidden camera shoots
  
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  Scripting, planning and producing large and complex location stunts and performances
  

A prime-time factual entertainment show, honouring the extraordinary achievements of animals and the people affected by them. Presented by Paul O’ Grady. 1x 2’00”

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  Scripting, directing, and self-cutting award packages
  
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  Producing the edit and self-finishing packages
  

The after show of ITV1s primetime dating show; Take Me Out

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  Scripting, shooting, and directing multi-cam VTs for the Christmas special and series 3
  
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  Story producing and shooting observational shoots in ‘Fernando’s’ and UK
  
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  Directing and shooting profiles/backstories
  
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  Managing teams of Aps, researchers, and runners
  
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  Directing of presenters and a large number of contestants
  

A new primetime factual entertainment, magic and science show. 9 x 30 minute episodes

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  Producing 30’00” episodes across a number of edits simultaneously from large multi-cam shoots
  
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  Scripting and structuring complex performances, and animation.
  

A primetime travel and consumer programme, 4 x 60 minute episodes

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  Creating the style for a new consumer travel show
  
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  Directing and filming foreign shoots, producing several strands per episode, to tough deadlines
  
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  Writing treatments and scripts
  
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  Steering story lines
  

A new primetime factual entertainment, magic and science show. 9 x 30 minute episodes

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  Setting the style and format for a new show to be broadcast in over 160 territories
  
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  Producing and directing 9 x 30’00 episodes in the UK, U.S.A and Europe
  
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  Directing multi-camera crews, Magicians and contributors
  
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  Managing a film team
  
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  Setting up hidden camera filming
  
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  Scripting, planning and implementing large and complex location shoots and performances
  

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  Investigating and researching consumer affairs, ensuring factual accuracy in accordance with stringent legal and editorial policy
  
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  Creatively writing, producing and directing VT inserts to tight broadcast deadlines
  
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  Directing crews, presenters and contributors
  
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  Edit producing, often in multiple edits simultaneously
  
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  Self-shooting on the Cannon XF305
  
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  Undercover filming in difficult and stressful environments
  
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  Managing runners, researchers and assistant producers
  

Writing, producing, shooting and directing short films to very tight deadlines

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  Sourcing, auditioning, and casting of contestants
  
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  Producing, directing, and self-shooting short films on the Cannon XF305
  

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  Scripting, producing and directing short to long form films
  
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  Producing and directing presenters, celebrities, and children
  
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  Edit producing and self-cutting on Avid and producing the sound dub
  

GNVQ - Advanced Media Technology, Grade: Merit

9 GCSEs
REFERENCES

Sarah Rest – Series Producer (Nightmare Neighbours S5) Tel: 07815731179 Andy Scott, Series Producer (Tricked, Breaking Magic) Tel: 07834353130 Mona Hamed – Series Producer (Nightmare Neighbours S4) Tel: 07887556898 Myles Jenkins, Series Producer (Duck Quacks’) Tel: 07710543772 Ben Jessop – Series Producer (Man V Expert) Tel: 07713632794 Guy Templeton – Series Producer (Brits On The Piste) Tel: 07970263174