Nigel Walker ( Sound Recordist )

Top flat 2 Carden Rd , London , SE15 3 UD.

 

Diary Service:- Connections 020 8420 1444
Occupation :- Sound technician
D.O.B :- 15/03/71
Tel No's :- Office - 020 7640 2307, Mobile - 07771 922 737
E - mail :- nigel@soundsalive.net

 

Education :- 8 O'levels 3 A'levels , 2:2 in Polymer science & Technology from U.M.I.S.T , Diploma in sound engineering

 

Credits :-

 

Sound Recordist

Production company

programme/Film

(type)

Date

Format

Description

Lion TV
Homes under the Hammer (TV)
Jan 06 - present
Digibeta
I have now been working exstensively on this programme working since series 5 we are now shooting for series 7
Al Jazeera
EPK
Sept 06
HD
Filming material for world press use for the launch of their new HD world service
Rai TV
news
Aug 06
DigiBeta
Interview with Jackie Stewart about his time as a racing driver. For Italian TV
Twofour TV
Fame Assylum (RealityDoc)
June 06
Digibeta
A doc about the making a Boy Band out of 4 aspiring assylum seekers for C4
4th Passenger UK
Games that children play
May 06
Digibeta
A short film funded by the film council
CNBC Europe
News
Mar 06
Digibeta
An interview with the CEO of Google UK
Pelucid
Point of View (short)
Feb 06
HD
Short Film about S.L.I.D.E.R.'s
Illumina Ltd
Teachers TV (online)
Dec 05
DV
Filming adult education classes for the Department of Education, which go online as part of an initiative to improve teaching and opportunity for all.
Illumina Ltd
Breaking the news (TV)
Dec 05
DV
Filming children making a news report for a channel 4 news experiment
Illumina Ltd
NT workshop (online)
Dec 05
DV
Filming of a childrens theatre workshop for the national theatres teaching aids online.
Lion TV
Homes under the Hammer (TV)
Oct 05
Digibeta
Another few episodes in series 5of this popular daytime TV programme on BBC 1,looking at people buying and doing up houses bought at auction
Illumina
The Coram Boy (documentary)
Oct 05
DV
Following the making of the National Theatres production of The Coram Boy, filming rehearsals and interviews
NBC
News
Aug 05
DV
Working for news teams covering location news stories in London for the American news giant.
Lion TV
Homes under the Hammer (TV)
July 05-Aug 05
Digibeta
I worked on several episodes in the fourth series of this popular daytime TV seires on BBC 1,looking at people buying and doing up houses bought at auction
Driving Lessons
Driving Lessons (feature)
July 05
DV
British feature starring Julie Walters, I was working on the 3rd unit doing EPK interviews.
Outlook
BENRON (corporate)
July 05
Digibeta
Corporate Video
RG Jones
Awards Ceremony
July 05
Live
Awards ceremony for the automotive design awards at the Royal College of Arts
Isis Media
The Wedding Show (TV)
April 05 - june 05
DigiBeta
Reality TV show about the 1st dances at weddings involving real couples on their wedding day. (ITV 1 - 3 episodes )
Livenet
Back to the floor
June 05
DV
Corporate video for BT
Rai Tv
Evening news(TV)
April 05
DV
Daily politics and economic show going out on Italy's national broadcaster
ARB Picadilly
Post office awards
April 05
DV
corporate video for the post office awards
Artemis Films
Sister (short)
Feb 05
miniDV
Short film directed by Simon Ruben
2+2
ARK Pharmaceuticals
Jan 05
DV
Corporate video about use of Cerepro
Orange Utan
Catching the Rooney's (doc)
Nov04-ongoing
DV
Documentary about youth footbal structures and how they effect kids
Fourth Passenger
Magic Dwight (short film)
Nov 04
super 16mm
Short film by first time director Eleanor Wilson, starring Paul Daniels
BlueSkyTV
Property Budget Fix (TV)
Oct 04
DV
2x30 min Lifestyle magazine program for property and life on the costa del sol in Spain, presenter Bella Crane
Lloyds Bank
The make a difference Scheme (corporate)
Sep 04
DV
Corporate Video following winners of the banks "make a difference scheme"
Discovery
Farnborough 2004
Aug 04
  Voice over recording of the narrative for their programme about the airshow
2+2
Wyeth pharmaceauticals (Corporate)
Aug 04
DV
Corporate Video for internal training
The Farm
Thanet council mult-media project(Corporate)
Aug 04
Mini DV
Buisiness Video by the local council to encourage inward investment
River child films
Holy Cow
(feature film pilot )
Aug 04
super 16mm
A 10 minute short for up and coming director Daniel Brown, intended as a pre cursor to a feature film.
Perecles Productions
Manilla Envelopes ( Feature film )
July/Aug 04
35mm
A british comedy directed by new yorker Nick Tyrone
Insight news TV
Brixton stories (short films)
July 04
mini DV
A series of shorts about local people in Brixton, intended for cinema release
Guerilla Productions
Cycle( short film)
June 04
16mm
A short Film directed by Kate Freeland
Ponder Productions
The heat of the story ( short film )
April 04
35mm
A short film directed by Rehena Rose
Panico
A beat of reality (Short Film )
April 04
mini DV
A short film directed by Victor Quero
Rai TV
Evening News(TV)
Mar 04
DV
Current affairs interviews for nightly news on Italian national broadcaster.
2+2
( corporate )
Mar 04
DV
Corporate Video for a technology company in Reading
Cable car productions
Trussed (Feature film pilot)
Mar 04
DV
A 15 minute short by director Thomas Everchild, intended as pre cursor to a feature film
Rai TV
Evening News(TV)
Feb 04
DV
Current affairs interviews for nightly news on Italian national broadcaster.
Intermezzo Films
( corporate )
Feb 04
mini DV
A corporate video for Clifford Chance, the prestigeous London law firm
Tournequet Films
Cold Brittania (short film)
Feb 04
mini DV
A short film directed by Chalene Long
Passion Pictures
To my only son (short film)
Dec 03
HD
A short film directed by John Dower
Illumina Ltd
National Theatre Website (corporate)
Dec 03
mini DV
Footage recorded of national theatre production of Pullmans "His dark materials" trilogy for transmission on their website
Fecund Films
Hello you (feature film)
Aug +sep 03
HD
A feature film directed by acclaimed theatre director John Keates. Transferring his play to the big screen.
The Audition Ltd
The Audition (Short Film)
June 03
35mm
A short film directed by Hong Kong hot shot Frazer Robinson
Delerium Films
The Last Supper
June 03
16mm
A short film by Enricco Tessarim
2+2
CFBT (corporate)
June 03
DV
A corporate for a Reading based education providing company
Student film
The Providence
May 03
mini DV
A student film directed by Massod Baig
Addiction Films
Organ donation (Advert)
Nov 02
35mm
An advert directed by Ben Swift intended for national cinema release
n/a
Shreiber damp proofing (corporate)
Aug 02
mini DV
A corporate for a Dutch company
Illumina Ltd
A sense of place (TV)
June 02
mini DV
A TV series for BBC2 about living in London
Maverick
Ways of hearing (TV)
Mar 02
16mm
A TV lecture for the BBC
Illumina Ltd
Well Connected (TV)
2001
mini DV
6x30 minutes location documentary series for BBC 2 Open University
Illumina Ltd
Wagner's Ring cycle (TV)
Sept 01
mini DV
10 part location documentary series for B sky B
Illumina Ltd
Project Simon (corporate)
June 01
mini DV
Location based corporate video for Ogilvey Interactive
Illumina Ltd
Arts online (multi-media)
Feb 01
Audio only
Recording tha artists at the launch of arts onlines web portal for subsequent broadcast

Sound Supervisor

Illumina Ltd
Focus
99 - 01
Artsworld's premier daily1 hour arts magazine programme studio and VT play ins, interviews, discussion and weekly music performance ( classical solo, quartets,jazz etc. )
Illumina Ltd
Witness to history
July 02
(BBC 4 ) 3 x 1hour long discussions on recent historical events
Illumina Ltd
Ego
Nov 02
6 x 1 hour live webcasts for Artsonline.com

Live TV

Production company

programme

Date

Description

Cube TV
Nation 217
oct 03 - mar 04 This is a live TV channel on the sky platform, my job involved mixing the live sound comprising of presenters and rolling in VT and PROFILE stings, sound effects and telephone calls

Sound Designer

Production company

programme/Film

Date

Description

Modern life/Jimbo
The Johanna Man
April 04 A mini DV feature film entered into the cannes film festival 2004

Dubbing mixer/editor

Production company

programme/Film

Date

Description

CTV
Disney promos
Feb+mar 03
Dub mixing promo tracks into scandinavian for Disney channel launch to that territory

Live Multi-track recordings of bands

Band

Date

Venue

Feeder
Mar 03
Brixton Academy
Minute Man
Feb 03
Shepherds bush empire

Composer

I composed the title music and sting music for this 6x30 minute series on computer games transmitted on Sky produced by Illumina Ltd in 2001

 

 

1997 - 2000 :-
Freelance sound engineer ,set up my own studio at home recording band demo's etc. Also involved in live sound mixing with several bands

 

1993 - 1997 :-
Studio Manager for Crystal Ship music studios in Norwood ,south london. responsibilities included maintenance of the studio and being head engineer

 

 

References :-
Maxwell Hodgetts Andrew Chitty
Indigo Pictures M.D. Illumina Productions 8
Tel - 07768 861 924 8 Canham Mews
E - mail:- max@max-cam.co.uk Canham Rd
Acton W3 7SR
  Tel :-020 8600 9300 / 07710 760647
  E -mail:- andrew.chitty@illumina.co.uk