HOT SHOTS 2011


Directors


Left to right: Robb Leech, Jack Clough, Claire Egerton-Jones


ROBB LEECH, 27


Director, Freelance Robb used his own life experiences to make his first film My Brother The Islamist, for which he won a commission at the BBC3 Fresh pitch in 2010, straight out of film school. When his step-brother converted and became a radical, Robb persuaded him to be filmed and put together a taster tape. Charlotte Moore, BBC commissioning editor


for documentaries, says: “Robb proved he had the self-awareness, eye for a story and deter- mination to make it happen. Documenting political activism is challenging for any film- maker, never mind one who has never made a film before and who happens to be related to the main contributor.” Despite lacking industry experience, Robb


has since been offered a producer/director role on the second series of BBC3’s Junior Doctors. Moore describes him as “an astute and creative new film-maker with real tenacity and courage. He will go far.”


JACK CLOUGH, 23


Director, Company Pictures The Skins production line continues to unearth great new talent, many of whom join as teen- agers, and Jack is no exception. He joined Company Pictures for series two aged 19, gaining all his early training working on online extra content for the E4 website and DVD.


20 | Broadcast Hot Shots | August 2011 By series four, Jack was almost single-


handedly making nine short films for the website. After making it clear that he wanted to direct an episode of the series, he got his chance on series five, where he handled the scripts and crew with ease. Jack has since gone on to E4’s latest com-


edy drama Beaver Falls, also for Company Pictures, and is about to prepare for series six of Skins, where he will be directing another two episodes. Skins executive producer John Griffin says:


“It is rare to be so brilliantly rewarded for one’s investment in a person, but the episodes he directed for us on series five are testament to why it is important to help and encourage the talent of the next generation.”


CLAIRE EGERTON-JONES, 28


Assistant producer, Ricochet Claire arrived at Ricochet as a logger on Who Rules The Roost? for BBC3, but quickly made herself an indispensable part of the editorial team. Researcher credits on BBC3’s Blood, Sweat And… franchise and C4’s Born To Be Different were swiftly followed by development, production and extensive shooting credits on BBC2’s Mastercrafts and BBC3’s The Truth About Tanning, the latter of which she devel- oped alongside senior execs. Her most recent credit is Channels 5’s The Bachelor, which further tested her production


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and editorial skills in foreign locations and on multi-camera shoots. “Claire is one of the most dynamic, enthusi-


astic and hard-working people I have ever come across in the industry,” says Ricochet executive producer Sam Wilson. “Despite her AP status, Claire already thinks and shoots like an experi- enced director.”


EMMA LAMB, 26 (NOT PICTURED)


Producer/director, Knickerbockerglory “Emma is a directing force of nature,” says Knicker bockerglory managing director Jonathan Stadlen. “She’s equally adept on big multi-camera shoots as conducting revealing self-shot interviews or overseeing an edit.” After completing a degree in journalism,


Emma moved into television production on shows such as The Xtra Factor, Britain’s Got More Talent, Strictly Come Dancing and Let’s Dance For Comic Relief. In 2009, she pro- duced BBC3’s Move Like Michael Jackson and went on to produce and direct both Louie Spence’s Showbusiness and A Different Breed for Pulse Films. Stadlen describes Emma as instrumental


in delivering some of the funniest scenes in Louie Spence’s Showbusiness. “She has a natural ability to look for the hidden comedy in any situation, and best of all, she laughs like a seal sunbathing in Orkney and makes her superiors feel awkward at the drop of a hat,” he says.


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