Kirrily Denny - Feral Films Ltd
26 January 2009
- An innovative & experienced Director with excellent creative, technical & communicative skills.
- Brings flair & imagination to demanding projects whilst achieving high quality work on time & within budget.
- Confident & outgoing personality who thrives in a pressurised environment.
- Creative thinker, strong leadership & teamwork qualities, excellent written & verbal skills, fast analytical & problem solving attributes, positive & decisive personality.
Interests include: Film, photography, theatre & live arts, travelling (Europe, SE Asia, Australasia, Central America, Pacific Islands), sailing, diving.
Permanent NZ resident & UK citizen
Key skills:
- TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Experienced Director, Producer & Non-Linear Editor (Avid, Final Cut Pro HD, Panasonic Discreet Edit)
- - HD camera owner/operator of Sony HVR-ZIP camera kit - DV camera operation PD150 & camera assisting Sony BVW-D600P Beta SP.
- - Fully computer literate both PC and Mac: MAC OSX, Windows XP, Adobe Photoshop CS, DVD Studio Pro, Inscriber, Boris Effects, MS Office, MS Project, File Maker Pro
- Experienced researcher, copywriter & web marketer - Experience of Pro Tools with Audio Vision & DAR.
- Fully adept at use of transfer facilities (Digibeta, Beta SP, Umatic, VHS) - Full Clean Driving License
Education history:
ENGLISH LITERATURE & THEATRE STUDIES MA HONS DEGREE, 2:1 University Of Glasgow, Scotland Oct 90-Jul 94
- Subsidiary Subjects: Italian, Anthropology Specialised Dissertation: Visual Theatre
- 6 month Erasmus Exchange Programme to Amsterdam University
- President of Glasgow University Theatre
- Choreographer - The Dance Workshop
A-Levels: English Literature A, Theatre Studies A, Geography B, General Studies C & 8 O-Levels - Cadbury Sixth Form College, UK Sept 87-Jul 89
Year of Graduation:
1994Formal qualifications:
- Post Graduate Certificate of Education (Secondary) Drama (Fully Qualified Teacher) Goldsmith's College, University of London Sept96-Jul97
- Digital Film Making - Moving Image Centre, Auckland - Nov05
- Avid Media Composer Editing - Avid Australia Apr02
- Project Management-Skills for Success and Producing a Website-HTML Coding - Learning Tree International, London Nov00-Feb01
Work history:
- DIRECTOR - Aunty Moves In - Maori Television Jan09-Apr09
- DIRECTOR/CAMERA/EDITOR - Feral Films Ltd Producing stories in the UK for TVNZ Mar08-June08
for I AM TV -TV2 and The Laughing Samoans - Tagata Pasifika -TV1 - SENIOR DIRECTOR - MAI TIME - TVNZ Jan06-May07 Responsible for creative direction, post-production and delivery of stories for weekly Maori Youth music & arts show including training of presenters and assistant directors.
- ON-AIR PROMO PRODUCER - Prime Television Jun04-Dec05 Including establishing on-air promo look for high-rating United Travel Getaway
- ACCOUNT MANAGER/WRITER/PRODUCER - Holloways Advertising Dec03-Jun04 Print, online & on-air advertising
- WRITER / INTERNET PRODUCER - Adventure Education Ltd Mar03-Nov03 Responsible for branding and design of print & online marketing.
- PRODUCER - UK Sept02-Dec02 Promo Producer - Nickelodeon International Reversioning Producer - Discovery Channel
- CREATIVE WRITER/ON-AIR PRODUCER Nickelodeon Australia Jan02 -Aug02 Writer/Director for live events, copywriter for print and online; commissioning and overseeing design for campaigns.
- PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT - April Television, Australia Oct01-Dec01
- PRODUCER/PROJECT MANAGER -Agency.com, UK July00-Jun01 - Producer of £350,000 lifestyle website for Reuters & Associate Project Manager of 180 Corporate Extranets for British Airways
- PRODUCER - Flashback Television Ltd, UK Mar98-Jun00 - Credits include: Production Consultant for The History Channel Reversioning 60+ prog hours. Producer for National Geographic Channel - Reversioning 150+ prog hours. Prog Development and Design of projects for Channel 4, BBC, A&E Networks. Ass Producer/Camera Boys Toys (1x15mins) Channel 4. Production Co-ordinator - National Geographic Channel - Reversioning 250+ prog hours.
- RESEARCHER/WRITER - A.D. Films, UK July97-Feb98 Proposal for independent multimedia arts programme.
- PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Goldhawk Film & TV Productions Ltd, UK Oct94 - Jun95 PA to Executive Producer/PA on SAS -The Soldiers Story 6x30mins Carlton/ITV - Co-ordinator/Researcher: The Travellers Souk 10x30 mins BBC Radio 4 and Eight of the Best 8x15mins BBC Radio 4
- DIRECTOR/WRITER/CHOREOGRAPHER - Freak & Thumb Visual Theatre Co Glasgow - Multimedia performance project Performance: Paisley Arts Centre, 8 Apr 95 & Glasgow University 22-23 Apr 95
Creative achievements:
- Directing, filming, editing programmes in the UK, Australia and New Zealand
- Directing the creative look and feel of Mai Time for TVNZ with new on-screen design and stylish graphics.
- Establishing the on-air promo look of United Travel Getaway for Prime Television
- Writing and directing a theatre version of Blues Clues for Nickelodeon Australia
- Researching, scriptwriting & directing voice-over artists on over 200 programme hours for National Geographic Channel and The History Channel
- Directing Helen Mirren, David Suchet, Juliet Stevenson in voice-over work
References:
On request.
Contact details:
Member Profile
Kirrily DennyAn innovative & experienced Writer | Director | Producer with excellent creative, technical & communicative skills. Brings flair & imagination to demanding projects often with a sense of humour when the going gets tough!
