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Madeline Eaton
Updated 03/06/08
DV Director
Producer

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About me
Channel 4, BBC3, Discovery, Nat Geo.
-Experienced documentary and factual ent. DV director.
-Delivers compelling sequences to the edit.
-Forms strong relationships with contributors.
-Excellent casting and organisational skills.
-Sound Recordist on 4 x 50.
-Editing on 3 x 30. 
 
Credits and Employment History
2008, AP & DV Director
Love Productions Boys & Girls (w/t)
Brand new social experiment for Channel 4 where children get the chance to run their own small world. Casting an shooting on Z1.

2007, DV Director
Love Productions Baby Borrowers on Holiday
BBC3 8 x 50. Highly-acclaimed social experiment where teens learn about parenthood. Casting then DV directing on Z1, staying across complicated storylines and delivering compelling sequences. <AHREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/baby_borrowers/index.shtml" Click here to view the website

2007, DV Director
Optomen The F Word
Gordon Ramsay's as-for-live show. Shot introductions to bridages.

2007, AP & Sound Recordist
Pulse Films
Portrait of an ex-mercenary from Africa. With a first time director, doing sound and conducting interviews.

2006, Shooting AP
Mentorn Barraclough Carey Oil, Sweat and Rigs
Storylining, shooting and sound on Sony Z1 in hazardous conditions off the coast. Directed and produced two stories. Click here to view the website

2006, Location Director
Mentorn Barraclough Carey Make Me A Baby (w/t)
The science of conception and pregnancy. Producing and directing on a Sony Z1 and delivering emotional sequences to the edit. Click here to view the website

2006, AP and Sound Recordist
Cicada Films Tourettes on the Job
Hidden Lives strand. Nominated for a Mental Health Award 2007. Did sound, liased with contributors and shot some material. Click here to view the website

2005, Shooting AP
Optomen TV Great British Weddings
Persuading a middle class family to have their big day filmed. Shooting and sound on a Sony Z1.

2005, Shooting AP
Cicada Films Middle Aged Mummy's Boys
Found characters before it was commissioned. Kept contributors on side. Acted as sound recordist throughout; trained in using a four channel mixer. Also directed and self shot on PD-150.

2005, Assistant Producer
Optomen TV Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares
With extra programmes commissioned, drafted in to source a restaurant to end the series.

2005, AP & sound recordist
Cicada Films The Real Witch Project
Directed and shot on PD170 whilst director on holiday and keeping the women on board when they felt scared and wanted to quit.

2005, Associate Producer
Cicada Films Extraordinary People; I Am My Own Twin
Extraordinary People strand film about a rare medical condition where people are born with two DNAs. Researching condition and gaining access to stories in South Africa and the USA.

2004, Producer/Director
The Community Channel Leaving Care
For the BBC season 'Taking Care'. Teenagers leaving social services and moving out to live on their own. Prince's Trust mentors support them through this difficult year. Directed, produced, recorded sound and cut the film. Transmitted as recently as March 2007.

2004, Director/Producer
Community Channel Down and Dirty at Glastonbury
Observational doc about behind the scenes festival workers including a nurse and steward. Transmitted on BBC2 at the time and rebroadcast on Community Channel as recently as Feb 2007.Click here to view the website for the film 'Down and Dirty at Glastonbury'

2004, Assistant Producer
Darlow Smithson Chernobyl
Filmed at Chernobyl nuclear power plant and shot second camera with a PD150.

2004, Associate Producer
Shine Ltd When In Rome
History research, shooting with PD150 and directing actors in studio.

2004, Director
Oxford University Press Teenage Video Diaries
Educational films teaching English to Spanish schools. Directed digibeta crew, child actors and supervised edit. Was asked to do a second series.

2003, Assistant Producer
October Films Jamie's Wish
BBC 9pm popular doc about Jamie, a nine-year-old boy who died and donated his organs.

2003, Assistant Producer
Betty tv Cutting Edge
Finding good characters with memorable stories for 'Cutting Edge' about women in love with men from other cultures; including a Masai warrior. 3m viewers.

2002, Producer
Dazed Film & Tv Untold Beauty
1 x 60 about body image for BBC3 Found stories, wrote script, interviewed contributors. Also directed sections and supervised some editing.

2001, Associate Producer
Darlow Smithson How the Twin Towers Collapsed
Best Documentary, Radio Times People's Choice Awards, 2002. In New York competing with journalists on the biggest news story ever. Locating and interviewing British and American survivors, structural engineers and architects.

2000, Production Co-ordinator
Darlow Smithson Great Military Blunders
6 x 50 History for Channel 4. Research and archive research and co-ordinated big scale dramatic reconstructions.

2000, Researcher
Darlow Smithson Countdown to Danger
6 x 30 science series for Channel 4 and Discovery. Found stories, interviewed scientists and survivors.

1998, Production Assistant
Uden Associates Classic Homes
Only production support for four teams of AP & director.

1998, Archive Researcher
Uden Associates Classic Aircraft
6 x 30 History for Channel 4. Sourced and cleared archive film and stills.

1997, Production Secretary
Uden Associates Jazz Heroes
Found props and filmed a sequence on PD150 for broadcast.

Channel 4, BBC3, Discovery, Nat Geo.
-Experienced documentary and factual ent. DV director.
-Delivers compelling sequences to the edit.
-Forms strong relationships with contributors.
-Excellent casting and organisational skills.
-Sound Recordist on 4 x 50.
-Editing on 3 x 30. 
 

Industry Qualifications
DV Talent Lighting Course- Using HMI and tungsten lights for various set ups. Nov 2006

Sound Recordist Course - Using microphones, radio mics and mixer. Feb 2005

DV Talent PD-150 Shooting & Lighting Course Nov 2003

BBC Directors Training Course - Three months of rigorous training in single camera and studio direction. Oct - Dec 1996

Offshore Oil Rig Safety Course - Health and safety training. Jan 2006 
 
Education
The University of Leeds 1995 - 1999
BA (Hons.) Broadcasting & Sociology: 1 (First)

Peter Symonds, Winchester 1992 - 1994
A level Communication Studies (A)
A level English Literature (B)
A level Classical Civilisation (C)
GSCE Photography (A) 
 
Referees
Available on request 
 
Languages (C=conversational, F=fluent)
French: C
Permits
USA i-VIsa valid until 2009

Licences

Basic Driving (PLG)
Preferred Work Area
London & SE England
Would you consider staff positions as well as short-term contract work?
yes
Do you have a driving licence?
yes
 

 


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