30 years in the making

249 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 4QE Tel: 0845 300 7300 Email: info@scottishscreen.com Web: www.scottishscreen.com

In this brochure we celebrate the wide range of industry professionals whose careers have been developed within the NETS programme over

its 30-year history and highlight the huge variety of productions they have worked on. We also pay tribute to the passion and commitment of the many industry professionals, who have helped build, maintain and develop a programme that, even with the many changes in the industry over three decades, has remained relevant to the industry’s needs.

The story of the New Entrants Training Programme is one that both tracks the individual successes of the programme’s graduates, and tracks the evolution and success of Scotland’s screen industries.

So how did it all begin?

In 1978 there were around 60 freelancers working in Scotland’s film and television production sector, but at a time of great expansion in the industry, there were no formal means of training

would-be recruits. Seeing the obvious gaps in training and needing qualified crew, the independent sector approached the Scottish Film Council (one of Scottish Screen’s predecessor bodies), and the Film Technician Training Scheme was established. It was the first of its kind in the UK and one which, because of its tremendous success in providing on-the-job training, has inspired similar models both here and abroad. And so it was that in 1979 the first graduates from the programme joined the industry – expanding the pool of well-trained freelance talent for film and television production.

In 1982, the Scottish Film Training Trust was established as a separate body due to the training needs of the rapidly expanding industry, and to build on the success of NETS. The Scottish Film Training Trust continued for the next 10 years, and in 1993 NETS became part of Scottish Broadcast & Film Training.

In 1997 Scottish Broadcast & Film Training was one of the four bodies brought together to form Scottish Screen, creating a single, integrated screen agency supporting the development of all aspects of Scotland’s screen industry and culture, including talent and skills. And this is where we are today.

It is estimated that we now have close to 2000 professional freelancers working across Scotland’s screen industries and 80 indigenous companies developing and creating films, television and digital content for global audiences. NETS graduates and current trainees have made a huge contribution to the industry. Many are now heads of companies, heads of departments, as well as established technicians and crafts people. Our recent graduates and new trainees are forging ahead in their careers and will become the industry heavyweights of tomorrow. From supplying the solid technical lifeblood of film and television production activity week in week out throughout Scotland, NETS

30 years in the making

graduates have also developed their careers across the world, gaining a reputation for quality and excellence.

Scotland boasts a strong, talented freelance workforce of technicians, crafts people, designers, production personnel and creative talent, who have chosen to base themselves in Scotland while working nationally and internationally.

The screen industries are a rapidly changing sector and NETS has constantly evolved and adapted to the changes in technology and production techniques. Currently it is a flexible mix of industry attachments, tailored short courses and mentoring, moulded to each person’s skills needs and the anticipated requirements of the industry. NETS is designed and continuously adapted to ensure trainees gain professional experience and are ‘work ready’ on completion of their training.

It is the longest running structured training programme for the UK’s screen industries.

So, 22 courses and 119 trained freelance professionals later, we are looking forward to the future, as part of Creative Scotland. Scotland’s film and television production sector no longer sits at the edge of the country’s creative industries, but is now an integral and core element. The pace of change across the creative industries, particularly the impact of digital technologies, is creating huge opportunities and Creative Scotland is being established to seize those opportunities. NETS will continue to evolve to reflect the needs of that changing world, producing graduates who will underpin Scotland’s future creative success.

This brochure celebrates the achievements of NETS graduates from the last 30 years – who they are, what they’ve done and continue to do – and of all the

professionals based in Scotland who have trained and mentored our trainees towards their successful careers.

As one of the trainees put it: “As a NETS trainee you are accepted right away as part of the fabric of the industry. That is a testament to the success of the programme and the calibre of all the people that have gone through it. Everybody I met knew about the scheme. There was an expectation that you would be good. It was a responsibility but also a huge privilege.” – Kieran Hannigan, Production Trainee (2006-2007)

Kay Sheridan,NETS Manager

Kay Sheridan (1987-1988) on trainee film The Hoist

1978 - 1979PAUL HERLEY

SITAR ROSE

“It was a great chance to work with people like Bill Forsyth, Iain Smith, Mick Coulter, David Peat, Pat and Paddy Higson et al. What more could you ask for! I’m so glad we were the first of a great many talented enthusiastic people now working in the industry.” – Cy Jack, Sound Trainee (1978-1979)

CY JACK

CAMERA TRAINEE 1978-19792ND UNIT CAMERA OPERATORSelected Professional Credits: Camera Operator - Gregory’s Two Girls, various commercials

SOUND TRAINEE 1978-1979Trainee Credits: Blue Peter, Cromarty Bridge, various commercials and corporatesSOUND DUBBING MIXER Selected Professional Credits: Taggart, Rebus, Doctor Finlay, Goodbye Mr Chips

TRAINEE 1978-1979Trainee Credits: ONLY paid member of the crew on Bill Forsyth’s That Sinking Feeling (£23 a week trainees allowance!)DIRECTOR /EDITOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS MAINLY FOR EDUCATION Personal highlights: Documentaries made in Tibet since 2004, working in the community with people with health problems in the 1990’s, and most broadcast and non broadcast documentaries that I’ve worked on over the past 30 years.

1979-1980

1981-1982

DES BRADLEY

BRIAN CAIRNEY

CAMERA TRAINEE 1981-1982

“Training that took me to the heart and soul of the industry - its people and their professionalism. A scheme that was devised, developed and monitored by technicians of all disciplines inevitably succeeds. It directly connects the trainee to every aspect of the business.” – David Brown, Production Trainee (1981-1982)

DAVID FERGUSON

CAMERA TRAINEE 1979-1980Trainee Credits: It was 30 years ago, I can’t remember.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYAND VISION MIXER Selected Professional Credits: River City, Sightings, Monte Carlo, Strange But True, Despatches

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1979-1980

DAVID BROWNPRODUCTION TRAINEE 1981-1982Trainee Credits: Gregory’s Girl, Celtic Music CO-PRODUCER Selected Professional Credits: Nanny McPhee, Star Wars Episode1, Flyboys, Enigma, Local Hero

“Being a NETS trainee opened a lot of

doors and helped me on my tentative steps

up the very steep career ladder.” - Grant

Cameron, Camera Trainee (1982-1983)

1982-1983

CAMERA TRAINEE 1982 - 1983Trainee Credits: Restless Natives, Comfort and Joy,Blood Red RosesDIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Selected Professional Credits: Orphans, Cutting It,Life on Mars, Taggart, This Life

TRAINEE 1982-1983Trainee Credits: Living Apart Together, NFTS graduation film, numerous commercials, Here Comes the Rain Again, Producer/Director - One Man’s Gleneagles, graduation filmPRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN. HEAD OF FILM & DIGITAL ARTS AT THE BRIT SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSSelected Professional Credits: Producer/Director/Editor - An Impossible Job, RTS award winner, Producer/Director/Camera - Paul Gascoigne Trilogy and The Undisputed Truth

GRANT CAMERON

KEN MCGILL

CHRIS YOUNG

“It was a steep learning curve for which I remain profoundly grateful allowing me to work in a range of disciplines in a very competitive world and to make contact with people who have had a huge influence on my subsequent career.” – Chris Young, Production Trainee (1982-1983)

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PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1982-1983Trainee Credits: Another Time Another Place, How to be Celtic, Women’s World Volleyball ChampionshipsPRODUCER Selected Professional Credits: The Inbetweeners, Seachd – The Inaccessible Pinnacle, Festival, Gregory’s Two Girls, The Final Curtain, Prague, Venus Peter

1983-1984CAMERA TRAINEE 1983-1984FILM PRACTITIONER: CONSULTANT IN NEGLECTED NARRATIVES Selected Professional Credits: Our Vivid Stories: outreach project director and exhibition curator for Our Story Scotland - digital storytelling project in collaboration with LGBT Youth Scotland for GoMA’s biennial social justice exhibition (Gallery of Modern Art, Jan-Jun 2009); OurSpace Exhibition: co-ordinator and curator for OurStory Scotland (Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum, Feb-Mar 2008); Little Thrill Seekers documentary for Scottish Television/Scottish Screen; Generations of Space: curator and project leader of major LGBT community photographic workshop project and multimedia exhibition for Glasgay!; Glasgow Kiss: ground breaking 4-part docudrama series following the lives and loves of six LGBT people in Glasgow.

CAMERA TRAINEE 1983-1984Trainee Credits: mainly at BBC Scotland SENIOR CAMERA OPERATOR Selected Professional Credits: Seven years at River City, Sky Sports - major sporting events, Scottish TV & BBC all genre, studio, live OB, single camera and live music shows

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1983-1984Trainee Credits: Sound Assistant, Art Department Runner & 2nd Assistant Editor - Every Picture Tells A Story, Assistant Editor - Downhome USA HEAD HONCHO, PENCILTOWN ANIMATION Selected Professional Credits: Artistic Coordinator – Tarzan, Technical Supervisor (Animation) - Space Jam, Head of Training for Cambridge Animation Systems, Freelance Special Effects Animator, Assistant Editor - Little Dorrit, Assistant Special Effects Animator - Who Framed Roger Rabbit

DIANNE BARRY

FRASER MACLEAN

STEPHEN O DONNELL-

1984-1985POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1984-1985PRODUCER / DIRECTOR

SOUND TRAINEE 1984-1985 SOUND RECORDIST – FREELANCE Selected Professional Credits: British BAFTA award for Factual Sound 2005 for Tsunami: 7 Hours on Boxing Day

NICOLA BLACK

BRIAN HOWELL

CAMERA TRAINEE 1984-1985

SONIA MCANGUS

Comfort and Joy crew photograph

1986-1987

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1986-1987Trainee Credits: Into Nicaragua, Brond, Pioneers of Socialism, Homeless, Harry’s Ideal Home EDITOR, AND CO DIRECTOROF MOVE ON UP Selected Professional Credits: Halfway to Paradise, Fly me to Dunoon, Chilling, Trainer Wars, When Summers Were Longer, This is Mackay Country, Pesce e Patate, Dead Sea Reels, St Anthony’s Day Off, Rose, American Cousins, Clarissa and the Countrymen, Dear Green Place, Horo Gheallaidh BBC Alba music, and concerts for musicians such as Shooglenifty, Christy Moore, Capercaille, Simply Red, House of Love, Phil and Aly.

CAMERA TRAINEE 1986-1987Trainee Credits: Ashes, Brond, Shetland SessionsCommunity Carer/Steiner Early Years StudentCareer Highlights: Main unit operator on Monarch of the Glen (Ian Knox episode). The many, many trips in helicopters and tiny 5-seater planes flying over the Atlas mountains, the desert highlands of Northern Ethiopia, and of course all over the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland. I’ll never forget the daily round trip on those high speed ribs over the clear deep turquoise waters to Taransay when shooting The Rocket Post. The freezing blizzard of a nightshoot on Dr Finlay when we had to light a fire with the track wedges to keep ourselves alive (with eager participation of our Grip).

LINDY CAMERON

LORNA WILL

“The training scheme had a feeling of belonging to the industry, everyone tries to make the experience as rounded and learning as possible because the future of the industry depends on well trained technicians.” – Lindy Cameron, Post Production Trainee (1986-1987)

Brond crew photograph

SOUND TRAINEE 1986-1987PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER Selected Professional Credits: Harry Potter, The Road to Guantanamo, The Constant Gardener, A Cock and Bull Story, 24 Hour Party People

STUART WILSON

1986-1987

“In a nutshell, the training scheme was great. I’m Head of Production Sound for my 3rd Harry Potter film now and wouldn’t be here without that start.” – Stuart Wilson, Sound Trainee (1986-1987)

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1987-1988

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PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1987-1988Trainee Credits: The Dressmaker, Ashes (NFTS graduation film), various docs, commercials and promosFILM PRODUCER Selected Professional Credits: After completing training and producing a trainee film with my fellow trainees, I went on to work freelance in various genres as a Production Assistant, Location Manager, Production Manager etc. While working freelance, I set up small Scottish independent company Crash Films with two NFTS graduates, producing short films, promos and documentaries. From 1994-97 I was Head of Drama at BBC Scotland, commissioning and executive producing series, mini-series, TV films and feature films; from 1997-2000, I was Head of Production at Pathe Pictures, commissioning and executive producing 8 feature films. Since 2000 I have been an independent producer with my own company Slate Films, and have produced several features including the oscar-winning The Last King of Scotland and most recently the HBO mini-series Generation Kill.

SOUND TRAINEE 1987-1988Trainee Credits: View From Catterthurn, The Dressmaker, GramsciSOUND RECORDIST/MIXER Selected Professional Credits: A Good Day For The Bad Guys, The Fridge, Marcies Dowrie, Birthday, Teacher Teacher, Heartland FM, Salerno, Millenim, Wizard Of The North, Norton Nannies, Films Of Fire, Force 10, South Bank Show, Face Of Russia, Is Mise An Teanga, Battlefield Britain, Grand Designs, Clyde & Balfron, The Big Read, Coast, BBC Restoration, Gutted (BAFTA winner)

ALLAN YOUNG

ANDREA CALDERWOOD

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CAMERA TRAINEE 1987-1988Trainee Credits: The Dressmaker, documentaries, commercials and promosNEW ENTRANTS TRAINING PROGRAMME MANAGERSelected Professional Credits: Camera Operator - Burning Books, Focal Point, Chinese Artists, Dirty Diamonds; Camera Assistant - Harry, Taggart, Dr Finlay, Tomorrows World, Tickets for the Zoo, Conquest of the South Pole. Overall highlight, of course, is working with all the trainees over the past 9 courses and the hundreds of industry practitioners who support, train and contribute to NETS’ success.

KAY SHERIDAN

1987-1988

Regeneration crew photograph

Make-Up trainee Nicky Knowles (1996-1998) on Crow Road

Shian Holt and Martin Ireland (2000-2001)

David Cairney and Andrea Calderwood

1988-1989

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1988-1989Trainee Credits: Venus Peter, Silent Scream PRODUCER Selected Professional Credits: Assistant editor - The Grifters, We’re No Angels; Sound Editor - Cent Rancunes, Taggart 19 & 21; Production Manager - Alastair Reid, A Restless Content, Karmic Mothers; Production Supervisor - Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius; Executive Producer - Mary Queen of Scots; Producer - Leonard, Solid Geometry, Last Legs, Nightswimmer (9 international awards)

CAMERA TRAINEE 1988-1989LIGHTING CAMERAWOMAN Selected Professional Credits: Coast, Beyond Boundaries, Horizon

TRAINEE 1988-1989

GILL PARRY

GINNIE EMERY

KATHY FRIEND

Traineess with Andy Harris

1989-1990

SOUND TRAINEE 1989-1990Trainee Credits: Silent Scream, The Big Man, Alabama, Sound Recordist - NFTS film TECHNOLOGY MANAGER, BBC WORLD SERVICECareer Highlight: Getting a staff job at BBC World Service

CAMERA TRAINEE 1989-1990Trainee Credits: The Big Man, Silent Scream, Deacon Blue promo Wages Day; trainee on NFTS features shot in Scotland and Beacons-field. LIGHTING CAMERAMAN Career Highlights: Assisted some very famous cinematographers, such as Vilmos Zsigmond ASC (DoP, (Oscars) Close Encoun-ters of The Third Kind, The Deer Hunter) and Frederick Elmes, (Blue Velvet). Had Lunch and personally transported Jack Cardiff BSC (Black Narcissus, African Queen), to BSC tribute of William Friese Greene at Shepperton Studios in 2000.

TRAINEE 1989-1990

SIMON CHIRGWIN

ELAINE DONNELLY

GORDON GRONBACH

Silent Scream crew photograph

1990-1991

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1990-1991Trainee Credits: Prague, Lorna DooneFILM EDITOR Selected Professional Credits: Buried, Duck, Orphans,Genoa Red Zone, Ten houses on the Front Line

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 1990-1991Trainee Credits: Tickets for the ZooPROPS MASTER Selected Professional Credits: Strictly Sinatra, Shoebox Zoo, Hallam Foe, 2000 Acres of Skye. Career Highlight: Touching Jessica Lange’s hip while playing pool with Tim Roth.

DAVID GIBSON

CAMERA TRAINEE 1990-1991

ANNE HENRYCAMERA TRAINEE 1990-1991

MARK RAEBURN

TONY SHERIDAN

Grant Cameron (1982)

1991-1992

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1991-1992Trainee Credits: Blue Black PermanentPOST PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN –EDINBURGH SKILLSET SCREEN AND MEDIA ACADEMYSelected Professional Credits: Assistant Editor – Taggart, Dr Finlay, The Big Country, Football, Faith and Flutes; Sound Design for Interactive Games - Plane Crazy

CAMERA TRAINEE 1991-1992Trainee Credits: Salt On Our Skin, Blue Black Permanent, That!, promos for Deacon Blue, Hue & Cry, Fish, numerous commercialsCAMERA OPERATOR Selected Professional Credits: Sea of Souls, Dr Finlay, Taggart, Dalziel & Pascoe, Peak Practice, Jonathan Creek , A&E, Waybaloo

TRAINEE 1991-1992Trainee Credits: Bogie Man, As an Eilean, Kirsty Wark Show MUSIC PRODUCER/PRESENTER BBC RADIO NAN GAIDHEAL

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1991-1992Trainee Credits: Taggart, Blue Back Permanent, Being HumanPROJECT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER - RNIB SCOTLAND Selected Professional Credits: 3rd Assistant Director - Dr Finlay, Taggart; Locations Assistant - Mary Riley, 1st Assistant Director - Dirty Diamonds

SANDRA CHRISTIE

MO COLVIN

MAIREAD MACLENNAN

ALAN MAXWELL

ALEX MCLAREN

CAMERA TRAINEE 1990-1991

“You pick things up so much better and quicker with hands-on experience.” – Alan Maxwell, Camera Trainee (1991-1992)

TRAINEE 1991-1992

“Never underestimate the impression that you can make on your work placements, some of mine only lasted 2 weeks but helped me get a lot of future work.” – Gina Lee, Production Trainee (1993-1994)

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1993-1994Trainee Credits: Cardiac Arrest FULL TIME WRITERBooks: Swung, Distance, Menage (all Random House),The Last Book You Read (Chroma)

1993-1994PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1993-1994

MAKE UP TRAINEE 1993-1994MAKE UP DESIGNER Selected Professional Credits: Designer - Stone of Destiny, The Magdalene Sisters, Late Night Shopping; Supervisor - Bone kickers; Make up Artist – The Last king of Scotland

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1993-1994Trainee Credits: Shallow Grave, Dr Finlay, Children in Need, Takin’ over the Asylum

FLOOR MANAGER Selected Professional Credits: Taggart, Braveheart, Dr Finlay, Live and Kicking, The Saturday Show, Balamory, Nina and the Neurons

CAMERA TRAINEE 1993-1994Trainee Credits: Shallow Grave, Cardiac Arrest, Finney, Loch Ness, The Fifth Element Ist Assistant Camera/Camera Operator Selected Professional Credits: 1st Assistant Camera - Pelican Blood, Red Riding 1974, Summer

SARAH ENGLAND

DIANNE JAMIESON

GINA LEE

KIRSTIN MCMAHON

EWAN MORRISON

“It provides properly trained newcomers to the industry - a rare and valuable thing.” – Alex Broad, Post Production Trainee (1994-1995)

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: Cardiac Arrest, Out of the Frying Pan, The Big Country, Words With Wark ASSISTANT PRODUCERSelected Professional Credits: Ricky Gervais Meets…, Tabloid Tales, My Holiday with Brucie, Cops on the Box, Actors Actors, The Madness of King Jonathan, Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: Small Faces, The Transatlantic Sessions, Ruffian Hearts, TaggartEDITOR Selected Professional Credits: Natural World - Radio Gibbon, Jimmy Doherty’s Farming Heroes, Nature of Britain, Restoration Series 1&2 and Restoration Village, Horizon - Secrets Of The Star Disc, Girls Behind Bars, My Childhood and many more.

MAKE UP TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: Small Faces, Rob Roy, The Near Room, Cardiac Arrest, A Mug’s Game, TaggartMAKE UP DESIGNER Career Highlights: Braveheart, Hamish MacBeth, Mrs Brown

1994-1995CARRIE BISHOP

PIPPA BLACKIE

ALEX BROAD

“It was a real privilege to be a trainee. I had the opportunity to learn my trade under the guidance of true professionals whose skill, generosity and patience in has been an inspiration throughout my working life.” – Carrie Bishop, Production Trainee (1994-1995)

Fiona Winning with Hugh Jackman on the set of X men 2

Paul McNamara on Outpost set

Derek Walker

“New people with good professional attitudes and training are essential to any industry.” – Derek Walker, Camera Trainee (1994-1995)

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: A Mug’s Game, Small Faces, Trainspotting, Ruffian Hearts, The Near RoomPROP HAND Selected Professional Credits: Outpost, Doomsday, Mission Impossible 2, Afterlife, My Name Is Joe, The Acid House, The Crow Road, Stand and Deliver

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/LOCATIONS TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: Carla’s Song, Ruffian Hearts, Taggart, Small Faces, The Near Room, The Baldy Man SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Selected Professional Credits: Mission Impossible 2, X-Men 2, I Spy, Insomnia, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Martian Child, Paycheck, Man About Town, Ninja Turtles

CAMERA TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: Small Faces, Cardiac Arrest, Rob Roy (still one of the best times of my life)CAMERA/STEADICAM OPERATORSelected Professional Credits: 2nd Assistant Camera – Kundun, Gladiator; 2nd Assistant Camera to Steadicam Operator - Harry Potter I-V; Steadicam Operator, 2nd Unit – Eragon, The Golden Compass

PAUL MCNAMARA

FIONA WINNING

1994-1995

DEREK WALKER

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 1994-1995Trainee Credits: The Near Room, The Baldy Man, Trainspotting, Small Faces, Taggart 3D CONCEPT ARTIST, THE MOVING PICTURE COMPANY, LONDON Selected Professional Credits: Murder Rooms, Taggart, Hustle, A Thing Called Love, Hotel Babylon, Regeneration, Gregory’s Two Girls, The One and Only, Babylon AD, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Watchmen, Clash of the Titans

STEPHEN WONG

1994-1995

Julie Bills on the set of Clive Barker’s Book of Blood. Photo by Graeme Hunter

“We have a trainee in the camera department on every job. Everyone is responsible for their training and sharing their knowledge with them. As a Clapper Loader, I trained trainees to load, and as a focus puller I trained Clapper Loaders to focus pull.” – Julie Bills, Camera Trainee (1996-1997)

CAMERA TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: The Winter Guest, World of Moss, Bumping the Odds, The Crow RoadCAMERA OPERATOR Selected Professional Credits: Waybaloo, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood; Focus Puller - Doomsday, Rebus, The Last King of Scotland, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Stone of Destiny, Festival, On a Clear Day, The Book Group; Clapper Loader - Skaggerak, Sweet Sixteen, The Little Vampire, Ratcatcher, Queer as Folk

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/LOCATIONS TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: Regeneration, Bumping the Odds, The Missing Postman, Bent, Tartan Shorts1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Selected Professional Credits: River City, Zig Zag Love; Additional 3rd Assistant Director - A Shot at Glory; Second Unit 3rd Assistant Director – Elizabeth, Taggart

1996-1997

JULIE BILLS

TIM BAIN

GILES BURGESS

“Giving me the opportunity of making a

number of very important relationships

which continue to this day. It provides

highly skilled and well prepared

practitioners.” – Giles Burgess, Post

Production Trainee (1996-1997)

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: Orphans, Regeneration, The Earthly Paradox, The Butterfly ManFIRST ASSISTANT EDITOR/VFX EDITORSelected Professional Credits: Triangle, Vinyan, Secret Life,Hallam Foe, Asylum, Festival Express, Young Adam

“Having the luck to be chosen as a trainee is the best thing that has ever happened in my career so far.” – Stephen Campbell, Art Department Trainee (1996-1997)

SOUND TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: The Winter Guest, The Crow Road, Twin Town, Dr FinlayPRODUCTION SOUND MIXERCareer Highlights: As a Boom Operator Rebus & Monarch of the Glen were the best fun, apart from the midges on Monarch. As a Sound Mixer I’m enjoying it all, from doing Outpost to Taggart to my current film Legacy.

MAKE UP TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: Casualty, The Crow Road, Regeneration, Love Me Tender

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: Dead Sea Reels, The Crow Road, St Anthony’s Day Off, Regeneration, The Life of StuffART DIRECTOR Selected Professional Credits: Robin Hood, Hornblower; Assistant Art Director - Gregory’s Two Girls; Stand-by Art Director - Cambridge Spies, The Jacket, Nanny McPhee

STEPHEN CAMPBELL

NICKY KNOWLES

ALASTAIR MASON

1996-1997

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1996 – 1997Trainee Credits: Orphans, Poor Angels. The Crow Road, Granton Star Cause, The Baldy ManSCRIPT SUPERVISOR Selected Professional Credits: Shoebox Zoo (series 1), Half Moon Investigations (series 1, block 2), Dani’s House (series 2), G-Force, Afterlife, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Senseless, Ratcatcher, lots of shorts and a few commercials.

COSTUME TRAINEE 1996-1997Trainee Credits: Regeneration, Slab Boys, Tartan ShortsSTAFF NURSE

CAT SHIRLEY

KAREN WOOD

1996-1997

Restless Natives crew photograph

SOUND TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Complicity, The Highland Sessions, Medical Ethics, Gregory’s Two Girls, Stand and DeliverSOUND RECORDIST Selected Professional Credits: Ghosts,lots of commercials: Tesco Spice Girls Xmas,T-Mobile Life’s for Sharing, 118118

LOCATIONS TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Gregory’s Two Girls, Stand and Deliver, The Cyclist, Clean, The MatchFULL TIME MUMA Credit to Tina: Roseanna Ruby – 10 years,Leila Faith – 6 years, Gracie Kate - 6 months

CAMERA TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Stand and Deliver, Gregory’s Two Girls, The EndWRITER/PRODUCER (THEATRE)Selected Professional Credits: Wrote and directed The Dummy, a short Cineworks film, directed Man at the Window for 81/2. Also have written and produced a number of shows for the Edinburgh Science Festival.

1997-1999

JOHN CURRIE

TINA CAIRNS

HEIDI BARTLETT

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Donovan Quick, Entrapment, Gregory’s Two Girls, The Highland SessionsPRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Selected Professional Credits: 38 Taggart episodes, Man to Man, The Key, King Jamie and the Angel, Harry and the Wrinklies

1997-1999

“It gave me a new found confidence and taught me how to work effectively and efficiently as part of a team, with people from all walks of life, toward an often, complex common goal - skills that have proven invaluable to me in the last ten years.” – Sonya Dunwoodie Scott, Post Production Trainee (1997-1999)

SONYA DUNWOODIE SCOTT

LINDA FRASER

MARION MCCORMACK

“I usually try and get a trainee out even for a few days on most jobs I do. I really enjoy passing on my experience and skills. I remember what it feels like when I was a trainee how important it is to get on the job experience.” – Marion McCormack, Make Up Trainee (1997-1999)

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Gregory’s Two Girls, Orphans, Ravenscraig Regeneration, Spitting Distance, Medical EthicsPUBLIC HEALTH DOCTOR Selected Film & TV Professional Credits: Assistant Editor - House of Mirth, Tinsel Town, The Magdalene Sisters, Rouges, Rascals and Runaways; Broad Media – television research, media training

MAKE UP TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Medical Ethics, Gregory’s Two Girls, Stand and Deliver, Mrs Merton and MalcolmMAKE UP ARTIST Selected Professional Credits: Monarch Of The Glen, Wire In The Blood, PA’s, Holby City, Zig Zag Love

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Stand and Deliver, Gregory’s Two Girls, Complicity, The MatchMARKETING MANAGER Selected Professional Credits: Standby Art Director - The Queen, Gunpowder Treason & Plot; Assistant Art Director - The House of Mirth

1997-1999

COSTUME TRAINEE 1997-1999Trainee Credits: Gregory’s Two Girls, Spitting DistanceSelected Professional Credits: Young Persons Guide to being a Rockstar

SUSIE MCGUINESS

TIM MONROE

“By investing in people, NETS is investing in the future of the industry.” – Tim Monroe, Art Department Trainee (1997-1999)

Jane Harvie and Dawn Youll (200-2001)

“What makes NETS different from other opportunities is the depth of the training and the ability to learn on jobs through mentors.” – Susan Collin, Art Department Trainee (2000-2001)

2000-2001

LOCATIONS TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: Morvern Caller, Late Night Shopping, Taggart, Rebus, Chewin’ the Fat, Gas AttackPRODUCTION MANAGER Selected Professional Credits: Animation - Glendogie Bogey (broadcast); Producer - The Finger Trap (Digishort), BAFTA Scotland New Talent award winner; Locations Assistant - Blind Flight, Ae Fond Kiss

TRAINEE PAINTER 2000-2001Trainee Credits: The Magdalene Sisters, Late Night Shopping, Tinsel Town, Two Thousand Acres of Skye, The Book GroupSCENIC PAINTER Selected Professional Credits: River City (build), 1408, The Last King Of Scotland, Doomsday, The Jacket, Valkyrie

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: Late Night Shopping, Rocket Post, The Book Group, Chewin’ the FatART DIRECTOR / STANDBY ART DIRECTOR Selected Professional Credits: Standby Art Director - Doomsday (Scottish shoot), The Flying Scotsman; Art Department Assistant - Young Adam, One Last Chance, Taggart; Assistant Art Director - Sea of Souls; Art Director - Half Moon Investigations

SUSAN COLLIN

JANE HARVIE

SHIAN HOLT

“The contacts that I made, and the training I received, have permitted me to build a successful and sustainable freelance career. Without the training course, I know I would not have my current career, which is now in it’s ninth year.”– Shian Holt, Locations Trainee (200-2001)

Jane Harvie and Dawn Youll (200-2001)

NETS Trainees 2000 - 2001

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: The Magdalene Sisters, Scots Detectives, Alt News, Tacsi

ASSISTANT CONTENT PRODUCER, BBC SCOTLAND LEARNING Selected Professional Credits: Assistant Editor - Young Adam, Red Road, Afterlife, Festival, Wild Country, Shoebox Zoo, The Mysterious Case..., Cinema Iran, Culture Show

CAMERA TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: Late Night Shopping, Rocket Post,The Book Group, Taggart, Clan na MariaFOCUS PULLER Selected Professional Credits: Leave To Remain, Liverpool vs AC Milan Champions League Final, The Calling, Arctic Monkeys promos, Grey Man, Criminal Justice

SOUND TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: Morvern Caller, Late Night Shopping, The Devil’s Tattoo, The Book Group, Taggart, RebusBOOM OPERATOR/SOUND ASSISTANT Selected Professional Credits: Sarah Jane Adventures, New Town Killers, Hope Springs. Career Highlight: Being part of the God On Trial team, BAFTA Nominated for Best Sound under Brian Milliken

2000-2001

MARTIN IRELAND

TONY KAY

ANNA MEHTA

“Always pay attention and never be complacent on set. The moment you think everything is under control is usually the moment things go wrong.” – Martin Ireland, Sound Trainee (2000-2001)

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: Late Night Shopping, Alt News, The Scots Detective, Bha Uair Eil’Ann, The Kirsty Wark ShowHEAD OF PRODUCTION, CALEDONIA TV Selected Professional Credits: The Real Tartan Army x 2 series, Shooting Franz Ferdinand, Grid Club, Teens on Trial, Tir Is Teanga x 3 series, Chief Braveheart, My Husband is Gay, Scotland’s History, Over the Sea to School, Thomas Telford: The Man Who Built Britain, The Adventures of Don Roberto

PLASTERING TRAINEE 2000-2001Trainee Credits: The Magdalene Sisters, Late Night Shopping, The Rocket Post, Tinsel Town, Two Thousand Acres of Skye FREELANCE ARTIST AND LECTURER Selected Professional Credits: River City, Macawber, Thunderbirds, Under the Greenwood Tree

2000-2001SAJID QUAYUM

DAWN YOULL

“There was a clear feeling that, as the training went on, my experience and future career were developing in the best possible way.” – Steven Ferguson, Post Production Trainee (2002-2003)

2002-2003

DRAMA PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Shoebox Zoo, Dear Frankie, The KeyPRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Selected Professional Credits: Cowboy Trap, Kirstie’s Homemade Home, Michaela’s Zoo Babies; Assistant Production Co-ordinator - River City

POST PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Young Adam, The First World War, Dear Frankie, Solid Air, AfterlifeASSISTANT EDITOR Selected Professional Credits: Destination Scotland, Tricky Business, The Race Career Highlight: The first time I saw my name in the credits of a feature on the big screen (Young Adam at the Edinburgh International Film Festival).

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Skaggerak, The Key, Dear Frankie FOCUS PULLER Selected Professional Credits: Seach’d - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, Waybaloo; Clapper Loader - Shoebox Zoo, Sea of Souls (Series 3), Stone of Destiny, Doomsday

STUART ANDERSON

STEVEN FERGUSON

SCOTT LEADBETTER

MAKE-UP TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Blind Flight - Parallax PicturesDear Frankie - Scorpio Films, The Key - BBC TV

2002-2003

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Skagerrak, The Key, Dear Frankie, Sea of SoulsFLORIST Selected Film & TV Professional Credits: Art Department Assistant - The Jacket, The Race, Sea of Souls (series 3,4), Taggart (70 & 71), Sherlock, Uncle Dad, and commercials - Tennents Music, Direct Holidays, Scottish Meat

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Orwell - Against The Tide, The First World War, Mechanoids ASSISTANT PRODUCER - DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS EUROPE LTDSelected Professional Credits: Producer - An Anarchist’s Story drama-documentary (shortlisted for BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2008), The Last Regal Kingsize short film; Producer/Director - series of short films about organ donation as part of the Scottish Government’s Healthier Living Campaign 2008.

LYNNE MITCHELL

ALISON MURPHY

LUCY VAUGHAN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: Skagerrak, Taggart, Dear Frankie, The Key, The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World - The Bell Rock THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTORSelected Professional Credits: The Jacket, Stormbreaker, It’s A Free World, Benidorm, Rebus

LOCATIONS TRAINEE 2002-2003Trainee Credits: The Key, Dear FrankieARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE ARCHES, GLASGOW After completing the training course I worked freelance in Locations before joining the Arches in 2004 as the Arts Programmer. In June of 2008 I was appointed Artistic Director of the organisation.

2002-2003

ALISON WALLACE

JACKIE WYLIE

“The course provided me with the confidence and skills base that have been transferable to all other subsequent professional endeavours. My ability to become Director of an organisation like the Arches was made possible by the course and the way in which it nurtures each trainees individual skills and creativity.” – Jackie Wylie, Locations Trainee (2002-2003)

ART DEPARTMANT TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: Sea of Souls 2, Missing, Rebus (5,6), Nina’s Heavenly DelightsSTANDBY ART DIRECTORSelected Professional Credits: Art Department Assistant (Scotland), The Last King of Scotland, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, PAs

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: Time Commanders, Taggart, Carry on Matron, The Anarchist’s Story, The Bible, Ter is tengia (Gaelic Language) and Teens on Trial AV/IT TECHNICIAN Selected Professional Credits: Production Assistant - Mountain with Griff Rhys Jones, Red Arrows, Gentrification; 2nd unit - Doomsday. Three summer seasons shooting, editing and broadcasting short web movies from Camp Twin Creeks in West Virginia USA.

SOUND TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: The Flying Scotsman, Autonomi, Uncle Dad, Taggart, Jess The Border CollieWEB DESIGNER AND BOOM OPERATOR Selected Professional Credits: Rab C Nesbitt Christmas Special, Lostbost Theatre Hebrides, The Incredible Will & Greg Show, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Blooded, Blowout

2004-2005ALAN BALLANY

TIM DYER

GARY LAING

“The best training I ever had, fantastically run, support when you needed it and a great culture for learning.” – Gary Laing, Production Trainee (2004-2005)

“The placements put you right where you need to be, on the job involved as a member of the team. There’s no better way of gaining experience.” - Alan Ballany, Art Department Trainee (2004-2005)

LOCATIONS TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: Taggart, Sea of SoulsHEATING ENGINEER

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: Festival, The Last King Of Scotland, Night PeopleUNIT MANAGER

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS TRAINEE2004-2005Trainee Credits: Sea of Souls (series 2), 55 Degrees North,The Flying Scotsman, Festival, Wild CountryASSISTANT PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT Selected Professional Credits: Body of Lies, 10000 BC, Hallam Foe, Raven - India

2004-2005

NEIL MURRAY

JACQUI MCBRIDE

TIM LINNEY

Trainees on DV Production Course with George Cathro

MAKE UP TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: The Last King of Scotland, Missing, Flyboys, Sea of Souls MAKE UP ARTIST Selected Professional Credits: Primeval (series 1), Jekyll, Taggart (episodes 94-104), God on Trial, Poirot, Transatlantic Sessions (3 & 4), True North, Children of Men, Made of Honour, Doomsday, Centurion

COSTUME TRAINEE 2004-2005Trainee Credits: Rebus, Strange Case of Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes, FestivalCOSTUME SUPERVISOR Selected Professional Credits: Valhalla Rising, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood; Costume Assistant – City of Ember

2004-2005VIVIENNE SIMPSON

KATHRYN TART

“I watched a film in the Edinburgh International Film Festival that blew me away. Ten months later I got to work with the people that made it. That is what NETS can do for you.” – Kieran Hannigan, Production Trainee (2006-2007)

“The importance of handling pressure, listening carefully, building relationships and taking opportunities when they came.” - Felix Gilfedder, Camera Trainee (2006-2007)

SOUND TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: The Waterhorse, Outpost, Arn, Taggart, The Acid Test, Rebus, River CitySOUND ASSISTANT / BOOM OPERATOR

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Firefighters, Taggart, Rebus, Dog AltogetherPRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Selected Professional Credits: Outcast, Crying with Laughter, Life of Riley, River City

CAMERA TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: The Waterhorse, Outpost, Doomsday, Taggart, The Acid Test, Rebus, Transatlantic Sessions

CAMERA ASSISTANT Selected Professional Credits: South Bank Show, Celtic Civilisation, Dear Green Place, Knife Edge, Bowmore Whisky & Virgin Trains commercials

2006-2007

FELIX GILFEDDER

GORDON FORBES

KIERAN HANNIGAN

“Standing in a muddy field, freezing

cold in the middle of the night yet

not wanting to be anywhere else

because it’s so exciting being a

part of movie-making!” – Systa

Mogensen, Costume Trainee (2006-

2007)

POST PRODUCTION IT TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Hallam Foe, Trouble Sleeping, Dear Green Place, Taggart, Colin & Justin, GretnaASSISTANT EDITOR /EDITOR Selected Professional Credits: Assistant Editor – Gretna a Different League, Donkeys

2006-2007

COSTUME TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Outpost, Doomsday, Stone of Destiny, Legit, Still Game, Taggart, River CityCOSTUME ASSISTANT /SUPERVISOR Career Highlight: Wardrobe Supervisor on Sound Of Noise (Swedish feature film)

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Hallam Foe, The Waterhorse, Outpost, Doomsday, Stone of Destiny, The Acid Test, RebusASSISTANT PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANTSelected Professional Credits: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, New Town Killers, Valhalla Rising, Life of Riley, How Not to Live Your Life

BETH HOURSTON

PAUL IMRIE

SYSTA MOGENSEN

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Taggart, Tir is Teanga, Scotland’s History: The Top 10, Over the Sea to School, Vocation, Vocation, VocationRESEARCHER Selected Professional Credits: Location Location Location, Relocation Relocation, This Time Tomorrow, Children in Need, A Question of Genius, Wait For It...!

2006-2007

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2006-2007Trainee Credits: Taggart, Mr & Mrs Macintosh, 1707, Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses, DrivetimeRESEARCHERSelected Professional Credits: How To Pay Off Your Mortgage In Two Years, Trainee Assistant Director - Irina Palm, Runner - Hollyoaks, Audience Researcher - A Question of Genius

VICTORIA MONROE

ELEANOR PLACKETT

“I doubt I would have had the

opportunities to work on the

productions I have since finishing

NETS had it not been for this

course. The experiences, training

and contacts I made were invaluable

for my career.” – Victoria Monroe,

Production Trainee (2006-2007)

CAMERA TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Donkeys, Wasted, 39 Steps, Fiona’s Story, Beasties, New TownCLAPPER LOADER / VIDEO ASSIST Selected Professional Credits: Rab C Nesbitt – Christmas Special, I Love Luci (short film), Think! Live with it (commercial), Happy Holidays, Legacy

2007-2008

POST PRODUCTION IT TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: The Real Monarch of the Glen, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Donkeys, New Town, WaybalooEDITOR / ASSISTANT EDITOR Selected Professional Credits: Crying with Laughter, Girls Behind Bars, Boys Behind Bars, Nursing the Dream

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: God on Trial, Donkeys, Research - Hand Pict and HopscotchDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHERSelected Professional Credits: Researcher - Brian Cox’s Jute Journey; Production Assistant - I Love Luci (short film)

EVE CARRENO

STEVEN DIAMOND

“The potential placements

are carefully considered

and vetted to ensure that

the trainee is not thrown

in at the deep end.” – Dhivya Kate Chetty,

Production Trainee (2007-8)

DHIVYA KATE CHETTY

“It allows anyone to have the chance at becoming successful in the business. You no longer need to be loaded or know the right people to get a foot in the door!! NETS also looks after their trainees, ensuring that they are not taken advantage of.” – Lydia Farrell, Art Department Trainee (2007-2008)

“It continually feeds new blood into the industry and gives people the chance that they may not get anywhere else.” – Danny Khoudary, Production Trainee (2007-2008)

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: The New Ten Commandments, Development - Tern Television, Research - Hand Pict, Various – IWCDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHER (RDP) Selected Professional Credits: Researcher and Development Researcher on The Week We Went To War and Development Researcher on various other factual entertainment projects.

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Still Game, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Donkeys, TaggartLOCATIONS ASSISTANT Selected Professional Credits: Taggart, The Neighbours (short film), One Night in Emergency

2007-2008

NICK MOTTIS

DANNY KHOUDARY

LYDIA FARRELLART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Valhalla Rising, Donkeys, Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Waybaloo, Hope SpringsART DEPARTMENT / GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

“The best thing about the Training Course was having that safety net. You were learning every day and it was okay to ask questions without feeling intimidated.” – April Gilchrist (Costume - Advanced Trainee 2007-2008)

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Little Red Hoodie, Location Location Location, Merchant Navy, Research - Hand Pict, Only an ExcusePRODUCTION ASSISTANT- DF CONCERTS Selected Professional Credits: Crowd Co-ordinator - Zig Zag Love; Temporary 2nd Assistant Director - The Old Guys. I am also enjoying my current role as a Production Assistant for a live events company.

COSTUME - ADVANCED TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Hollywood Sweets, The Harris Tweed Story, Hope SpringsCOSTUME ASSISTANT Selected Professional Credits: The Limmy Show, Rab C Nesbitt - Christmas Special, Aldi commercial, How Not To Live Your Life (series 2), Legacy

SOUND TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Clive Barker’s Book of Blood, Donkeys, Valhalla Rising, Subway, Empty, New Town

2007-2008LAURA ROONEY

APRIL GILCHRIST

ANDREW WALSHAndrew Walsh on set of Valhalla Rising. Photo by Francis Lopez

“As a trainee you have someone making sure you don’t make disastrous mistakes while you learn, which encourages you to stretch yourself further, and you have a safety net otherwise not available in the working world.” – Anna Purkis, Production Advanced Trainee (2007-2008)

“People for some reason would know who you were, even when you’d never met them.” – Damian Leitch, Camera – Advanced Trainee (2007-2008)

CAMERA - ADVANCED TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: New TownCLAPPER LOADER Selected Professional Credits: Sony commercial, Hallam Foe pick-ups, Stone of Destiny, Lexus commercial

PRODUCTION - ADVANCED TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: New TownASSISTANT PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Selected Professional Credits: As Production Co-ordinator- Glendogie Bogey, Wasted,Runner – Django Films

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – ADVANCED TRAINEE 2007-2008Trainee Credits: Hope SpringsSelected Professional Credits: Stone of Destiny

2007-2008

ANNA PURKIS

KATHRYN MAGINNIS

DAMIAN LEITCH

MAKE UP TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast; 20/20 Productions - Garrow’s Law

RESEARCH TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: media coop - Scotmid corporate; Hand Pict Productions - Teenage Minds; Hopscotch Films - various research

2009-2010

FACTUAL CO-ORDINATOR TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Hand Pict Productions – Research; Caledonia TV - Research

ANIMATION TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Red Kite Animations – Marvo the Chicken, Dennis the Menace

GILL BROWN

RACHEL CLACHRIE

STUART DALE

LEE MELROSE

LOCATIONS TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast; Constantin Films / Capricorn Films - Whiteout

CAMERA TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast; Constantin Films / Capricorn Films - Whiteout

PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast; BBC Scotland - One Night in Emergency

2009-2010STEVEN MOORE

ANDREW NUTT

NICOLA PARKER

Stephen Campbell (1996-1997) on Crow Road

ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast; BBC Scotland - One Night in Emergency; 20/20 Productions - Garrow’s Law

ADVANCE FACTUAL TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Producer Peter in Radioland (Bridging the Gap short film)

ADVANCE PRODUCTION TRAINEE 2009-2010Trainee Credits: Makar Productions – Outcast

2009-2010

ELLA WILLIAMS

REBECCA DAY

RACHEL FIDDES

L-R: Andy Nutt, Rachel Clachrie, Nicola Parker, Lee Melrose, Steven Moore, Natasha Huq, Gillian Brown, Garry Fraser, Stuart

Dale, Ella Williams

2009-2010 NETS trainees, along with Garry and Natasha who were invited to attend the induction session.

2009-2010

Organisations and individuals who have provided funding, individual donations and grants over the last 30 years have included:

Skillset Scottish ScreenBBC ScotlandstvGaelic Television CommitteeGoldcrest Films and Television LtdCannon Elstree StudiosLee InternationalThe Underwood TrustAriada Film ProductionsThorn EMI Screen EntertainmentJoe Dunton CamerasChannel 4Virgin VisionEuropean Social FundScottish Film CouncilScottish Arts councilACTTPACTGrampian TelevisionBritish Film and Television Association on behalf of the Robert Clark Memorial Fund The Spencer Wills TrustEdinburgh Film FocusGlasgow Film OfficeGerber CharitableTrustEdinburgh Video Training CompanyDavid PuttnamPaddy HigsonCharlie GormleyBill ForsythJohn BrownGleneagles HotelDarkbeem National Film and Television School

Practical support/services sponsorship and equipment provided have included:

Film BangKodak Motion Picture ServicesRank Film LaboratoriesMGM/Kay LaboratoriesAntonine Productions/Blackcat StudiosNapier UniversityEdinburgh Film StudiosSamuelson’s Camera ServicesHammerhead TelevisionAxis Films GHS

Companies who have assisted us deliver part of our programme:

George Cathro and Hand Pict Productions.Edinburgh International Film Festival

Most of all a big thank you to all the industry practitioners who have given their time patiently and generously to train mentor and support all the trainees and the training programme throughout the last 30 years.

People who deserve a special mention for their support and direction from previous years although this is by no means exhaustive:

Kevin CowleRobin CrightonJohn McVayPenny ThomsonPaddy HigsonCharlie GormleyIain SmithDinah CanePauline OgleJames Lee

Many thanks to Linda Fraser for her rigorous work in tracking the 30 years of trainees.

Thanks to Creative Scotland (2009) Ltd and Skillset for supporting this event and brochure.

We would like to thank the production stills photographers, Ken Mellin, Graeme Hunter, Alan Wylie, Paul Schiraldi and any other production stills photographers who have recorded the industry over the years and their photos appear in this brochure.

Design by Stephen McEwan,Scottish Screen, printed by Akros Print on reclycled stock.

THANK YOU

Congratulationsto the 2009 Trailblazers2009 is the third year of Trailblazers, a partnership betweenthe Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and Skillsetshowcasing new UK filmmaking talent. Our aim is to create afocal point for industry to spot the best and brightest new UKtalent coming from the feature programme at EIFF and theSkillset Screen Academy Network, the institutions offeringthe highest quality of training in film.

Tickets are required for all events.

For details of screening times of the Trailblazers’feature films please see the EIFF programme.

www.edfilmfest.org.uk/industry/trailblazerswww.skillset.org/film

Schedule of Events:Skillset Careers AdviceSun 21 June: 15:00 LYCEUM THEATRETrailblazing ShortsMon 22 June: 12:00 CAMEO 1Skillset in Person: Meera SyalMon 22 June: 16:30 FILMHOUSE 1Trailblazing ShortsTues 23 June: 12:00 CAMEO 1

The TrailblazersShehzad Afzal, DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Emily Beecham, THE CALLING

David Bell, TOY

Erik Bostedt, CAPTURING SPACE

Leigh Campbell, KICKS

Stuart Earl, BY THE GRACE OF GOD

Michelle Eastwood, BY THE GRACE OF GOD

Robert Evans, CRESCENDO

Lawrence Gough, SALVAGE

Kerrie Hayes, KICKS

Stuart Hazeldine, EXAM

Katie Jarvis, FISH TANK

Gerard Johnson, TONY

Tatiana Korol, AKBULAK

Bryan Larkin, RUNNING IN TRAFFIC

Justin Molotnikov, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER

Michael O'Sullivan, CRESCENDO

Eva Pervolovici, DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Ralitza Petrova, BY THE GRACE OF GOD

Amy Rose, KIRRAN AND THE HATCHMAKER

Kasia Sobocinska, AKBULAK

Vanessa Stockley, EMMA & BEN

Mikael Svartdahl, EMMA & BEN

Momodou Musa Touray, SWEET MOTHER

Kyle Ward, A BOY CALLED DAD/ SALVAGE

KICKS

SALVAGE

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

A BOY CALLED DAD

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