Oliver Woolridge
Oliver Woolridge


Region: West Midlands
County: Warwickshire
Local Authority: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
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Description

I am a hardworking and passionate creative who is familiar with the production process, I am eager to involve myself in high-pressure environments, as I find that is where I thrive, an example of this is my work with ITN as a Production Runner during their coverage of the General Election and more recently during my shadowing opportunity at Channel 4. These live productions there is always something happening, and as a result that means there is always something I can do to be helping those around me.
Teamwork is a massive part of this industry, and during my time at University where I worked as a part of a production unit called F11 Studio Films to create several short films, I became very familiar with this as well as many aspects of the production process.

My last long-term project, a short film called “Horse”, was in production for 10 months. It was a it was a large-scale period project including child actors and 30+ cast members who all had to be transported to our filming location. To do this, on a budget of only £3250, we had to be scrupulous in every aspect of our planning. Everything from kit/ crew transport, to catering and permissions to have child actors on set was carefully considered by me as the director alongside our producer and co-producer. We used what resources we had to make sure everything we had planned went off seamlessly, and those planning skills could be put to good use with your company.

As a director on Horse and many other short films, I developed my ability to deal with clients in a professional manner, this is important in any working environment, but I could see how it would be incredibly useful here. As well as this I love collaborating with people, and I am always open to learning new software or skills when opportunities are presented to me.


Special Interests

I enjoy screenwriting, its been something I am passionate about for about five years. Similarly I enjoy writing and directing my own independent projects that I create as a part of a small production group called "F11 Studio Films." Together we have made short films, documentaries, instructional videos and recorded live events.

I am also a very active person, I am very considerate about my health and I go to the gym regularly.

Credits

  • PRODUCTION - Production Runner
  • 2024: ITV News General Election Coverage

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