This is the first 6 mins of a full length drama-documentary tells the story of Alcock and Brown, the first men to fly across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop, in 1919.

Director: Mike Christie
Producer: Caroline Page
Executive Producer: Mike Smith
Production company: Aquarius / Carbon

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I produced and directed this series in 2003/4 with Mike Smith. This is the first programme.

Fascinating stuff...

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From Carbon's series of short films 'The Film Makers of Kabul' made in Afghanistan for C4 in 2009.

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Another Big Art promo from the boys of Burnley

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A teaser trailer by the Burnley nominators

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Channel 4 promo for Big Art. A series by Carbon.

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I had the pleasure of directing this series in the late summer of 2008, for my great friends at Plum Pictures. They were keen to emulate the feel of Jump Britain in style, and I think of the three programmes this is my favourite: my favourite music, favourite location, Wayne, Andy and Sue were fully into their stride, and of course five great finalists. Here's some blurb:

"Wayne Rooney’s search for the country’s best, young, all-round, raw street football talent reaches its climax. The final of this uniquely street talent competition takes place in a fitting setting, a world away from the X Factor stage or the Apprentice boardroom: the top three floors of a multi-storey car park in Stockport. Wayne - assisted by his competition sidekicks Andy Ansah and Sue Smith - have set two final, evil street football challenges in the car park, and there are some added twists along the way. The stakes are high; Wayne must decide which of the nervous, final five contestants -€“ Henry, Ahsan, Travis, Jordan and Mohamed - is the rightful winner of the title Wayne Rooney'€™s Street Striker."

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I'm not sure this gets seen very often so I thought I'd post it. This is the original action sequence featured in the TV version of Jump London (part 3 of the 4 part programme).

While the visuals are the same as the widely available DVD version, this was the soundtrack that accompanied the original film aired on Channel 4 in 2003, and features the original music. This wasn't used on the DVD due to the cost of clearances, and the music was replaced for the DVD and international versions by the marvellous Ian Masterson.

The original tracklisting is:

Ordinary Day by Bent (from The Everlasting Blink) - Somerset House

Jump Main Theme by Ian Masterson - The Mall, Albert Hall

Jumping by Ian Masterson - HMS Belfast, Redjacket

Noctuary by Bonobo (from Dial M for Monkey) - City of London School, Globe

London by Pet Shop Boys / Felix da Housecat (from Disco 3) - Globe, Big Ben shots

Break My Head by Thomas Beach - Old County Hall, Saatchi, Soho

What Your Soul Sings by Massive Attack (from 100th Window) - National Theatre, Tate Modern

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This is the first few minutes of a documentary I directed recently.

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Since uploading the Suede and Derek Jarman concert recently, I've now found the VHS of the full length concert, including this: part of Derek's speech before the concert. I've uploaded it as a companion to the concert (separate clip).

I worked with Derek on a variety of projects including this concert between meeting him in 1991 and his death, shortly after this event, early in 1994. A true artist, an inspiration and much missed friend.

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I was credited as Producer on this mad 2001 Channel 4 series, though in reality I was the edit director, spending months working through 400 hours of footage to format and style the show. Turned out to be quite a laugh.

This is a series promo I cut for a launch event.

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I directed this concert film of the last of three nights at London's Roundhouse, marking the end of a world tour. It took place December 15th, 1996 . From a production point of view, it wasn't a major number - the concert would be used for promo purposes only - and I had only a few cameras, but I really like the film.

There's 4 songs here, the first two feature a very special guest. Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) joined Brett to duet 'Saturday Night' and sing a uniquely Suede arrangement of the PSB classic 'Rent'.

The band continue as a five piece to perform a personal favourite of mine 'Europe Is Our Playground' and the mega hit 'Beautiful Ones'.

Apologies: similarly to the Clapham Grand concert, it's digitised from an old VHS so it's not brilliant quality, but it's still good enough to enjoy!

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