Craft & Post


Craft & Post ALEX HAY, 24


Editor/colourist, Firecracker Films Since joining Firecracker two years ago, Alex has risen from a runner to a fully-fledged off- line/online editor and colourist. “From the very start, Alex has shown enormous drive, compe- tency and aptitude,” says creative director Jeremy Groman. “He has a real hunger for learning, and by putting himself forward always at the right time, he has earned trust and respect from our entire company.” In two years, Alex has worked on First Cut


film Head Over Heels In Rats, broadcast on Channel 4 earlier this year, graded the entire Big Fat Gypsy Weddings series and was editor, colourist and second camera for the 2011 ‘Step inside Formula One with Johnnie Walker’ cam- paign for Diageo and Iris.


www.broadcastnow.co.uk PAUL ROUTLEDGE, 25


Digital TV creative, Objective Productions “Paul has joined TV from nowhere and transformed the way we look at traditional tele vision,” says Adam Adler, executive pro- ducer at Objective Productions and one of the brains behind The Cube. “He is part of a new breed whose talent stretches beyond traditional TV, and whose creativity and tech- nical know-how help inform the way we shape our future projects.” A key figure in developing the ‘game-


freeze’ technology used on The Cube, Paul has gone on to work on the use of slow-motion technology for Reflex, an upcoming pilot for C4. He is also a keen director, with a co- director credit on the video of The Mystery Jets’ single Seratonin.


FELIX WIEDERMANN, 28 (NOT PICTURED)


Cinematographer, freelance Felix entered the industry after taking the cinema tography MA course at the National Film and Television School, where he proved a successful, hard-working and creative student under the mentorship of Brian Tufano, director of photography on Trainspotting and Billy Elliot. In his first year, Felix directed and shot a short personal project film, Beyond The Wall, which went on to be nominated for Best Short Film at Fuji 2010. Since graduating in 2009, Felix has worked continuously as a director of photography on feature films, TV drama and commercials, including films Anuvahood and the upcoming urban thriller Sket. He is currently shooting all eight episodes of series three of E4’s Misfits.


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