Introduction

I’m a filmmaker and after five years of production, two more years of festival tours, and theatrical openings and community screenings, I have finished my feature documentary, Musicwood. After all that time, I can finally say I’m a feature filmmaker, and that feels good.

In full confession I have worked in the media all my life. I started in radio comedy for the BBC almost straight out of university, after a small stint working for a film composer agent, and then worked my way up to a Development Executive. Wanting to be involved in production rather than stay in development, I emigrated to America with BBC America, where I learned how to write, produce, direct and edit TV trailers. I finally left in 2005 for the freelance world. ...

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