GEMMA TOTTINGHAM – Production Manager
Address:
23 Beulah Road
London
E17 9LG
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Email:
07879 427 207
020 8509 8192
gemma@bigsmall.tv
ABOUT ME
I am experienced, professional, dynamic and thorough. I have an enormous amount of experience working across many genres,
including live studio shows, cookery programmes, entertainment, arts documentaries, factual documentaries, music tv, commercials,
movie premieres and specials, webcasts and live streaming and reality tv.
I have set up filming and been on location all over the world including the USA (I hold a current USA I Visa), Europe, India, Nepal,
The Congo, China, Russia and Japan using HD, film, digi-beta and tapeless formats. I write budgets confidently, manage cost
reports and cash flow expertly and I am a strong part of any production team. I am confident delivering shows to broadcasters on
time and under budget and I relish all the challenges of production management.
EXPERIENCE
Unit Production Manager – Cactus TV (Maternity Cover)
March 2012 – April 2013
As the Unit Production Manager at Cactus TV I was responsible for managing the staff and office and I worked on several
productions. My credits include:
Saturday Kitchen Live for BBC1
Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation, 10 x 30 min docs for UKTV Good Food
The National TV Book Awards 2012
Crime Connections, 6 x 60 min crime docs for ITV3
The Roux Scholarship 2012, a 1 hour special for UKTV Good Food
Big Book Babble, a children’s show broadcast monthly on the internet featuring famous children’s authors and illustrators
Production Manager – iEntertainment/Iambic Rights
October 2011 to February 2012
As the sole production manager at iEntertainment I worked across several projects, including the BBC 2 adventure documentary
‘Ewan McGregor’s Cold Chain’ and new commissions for BBC 3, and ITV 2.
I was also responsible for budgeting, cash flow, staffing, contracting and liaising with the broadcasters.
Production Manager – Decca Records, Universal Music Group
August 2011 to October 2011
Production manager on a 30 min documentary profiling the up and coming tenor singer Noah Stewart. Filmed in New York City and
the UK.
Head of Production – Square i Media
January 2010 to June 2010
Square I Media is a TV, Commercial and New Media production company. As the Head of Production my responsibilities included:
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Managing all company projects from a financial and organisational point of view
Writing complex budgets in response to briefs from clients
Managing the budgets and cash flow on all projects
Overseeing the production including filming, editing and delivery
Working with the latest formats including disk and solid state technologies
Delivering content to platforms such as Playstation Home, iPhone Apps and Facebook
Working with various digital agencies on branding new media content
The company accounts, staffing and general office duties
Some of the projects I managed include;
‘Remember Me’ CCTV Premiere and live streaming for Heart Productions at the Odeon Leicester Square
War Child after Brits party at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Vidzone – we supplied all the music content for the Play Station 3 music channel
Norton Finance Roller Coaster Commercial
BRTV - weekly live studio show
QCF Training for the future DVD
QCDA Interactive Web Guides
Various projects for Islington Council
Production Manager – ITV Studios
February 2005 to January 2010
During my time as a Production Manager at ITV Studios I worked on 24 arts documentaries including 22 credits on the renowned
“South Bank Show”. My responsibilities included:
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Managing all broadcast television programmes from pre-production to delivery and transmission
Supporting the Head of Production by writing budgets and completing research projects
Trouble-shooting and developing ITV financial systems
Understanding new technologies and formats
Booking and attending interviews with high profile celebrities
Setting up and overseeing filming on location all over the world including the USA, Europe, China and Japan
Mentoring junior colleagues and providing them with production experience
My programme credits include:
Production Manager
Fearne And…
Series 1
ITV Studios/ITV2
Oct/Nov ‘09
I covered the PM role for the last part of the production of the entertainment series including some of
the filming, all of the edits and I delivered the whole series to ITV2
Production Manager
The South Bank Show
ITV Studios/ITV1
Feb ‘05 – Jan ‘10
22 Credits including:
Music: Elbow, Lang Lang (HD), Billy Joel (Film), Annie Lennox (Film), Marianne Faithfull (Film), Eric
Clapton, The Streets, Red Priest, Humphrey Lyttelton
Directors/Writers/Poets/Artists: Tim Burton, Peter Hall Parts 1 & 2, Gambon & Hytner, Ken Follett,
Bill Bryson, PD James, Carol Ann Duffy, The Mersey Sound, Mark Wallinger, and Bill Viola (still in
production)
Other Arts: James Bond, Manga Mania, The Secret Art of War
Production Manager
ABBA: The Mamma Mia! Story
A 60 min factual documentary
ITV Studios/ITV1
July ‘08
Production Manager
George Michael: I’m Your Man
ITV Studios/ITV1
A 60 min factual documentary, shot on film
Sep ‘06
TELEVISION CREDITS – FREELANCER
Production Manager
Brook Lapping Education/Teachers TV
Part-time production manager for Teachers TV
Dec ’04
Production Manager
Inside the Village Movie Special
A half hour movie special
At It Productions/ITV 1
Jul ‘04 – Aug ‘04
Production Manager
King Arthur T4 Movie Special
A half hour movie special
At It Productions/Channel 4
Jun ‘04 – Aug ‘04
Production Manager
High School Project
Ginger Television/Trouble TV
Feb ‘04 – Apr ‘04
Pre-production and initial filming for an observational documentary placing 5 youngsters in school in
Orlando, USA for 10 weeks
Nov ‘03 – Feb ‘04
Production Manager
Oxford Blue
Fireside Favourites/ Channel 4
A pilot for channel 4, a docusoap based around Oxford University students
Senior Co-ordinator
The History of Saturday Night TV
At It Productions/Channel 4
Apr ‘04 – Jun ‘04
A 2 hour factual documentary for Channel 4 with interviews, archive, music, headlines and stills
Senior Co-ordinator
Infamous Fives
Fireside Favourites/E4 & Channel 4
Apr ‘03 – Feb ‘04
8 half hour dark comedy/documentary programmes looking at celebrity excesses, with interviews,
archive, music and animation. I was on location for 9 week shoot in the USA, UK and Europe then I
completed all the music, stills and archive clearances and delivered the series to Channel 4
Production Co-ordinator
Meet My Folks
DLT Entertainment/BBC1
Sep ‘02 – Mar ‘03
12 reality dating shows for prime time BBC 1. As the co-ordinator on the series I worked closely with
the PM to set up filming, assist on the shoots and oversee the edit and delivery.
Production Co-ordinator
Scream Team
Making Time/Living TV
Jul ‘02 – Sep ‘02
10 reality documentaries exploring the paranormal. I co-ordinated the series and was on location for
a month filming all around the UK
Production Co-ordinator
The Unseen
CHX Productions/Trouble TV
Co-ordinating and developing the pilot for a fly on the wall music documentary
Production Co-ordinator
Live Webcasts
Done & Dusted/MSN Webcasts
May ‘01 – Aug ‘01
Co-ordinating on location for Elton John concerts in Turkey (outdoor amphitheatre) & Russia
(Palace), Outkast concerts in Milan (Stadium) & London (Arena) and co-ordinating the summer
filming in Ibiza & Aiya Napa
Apr ‘02 – Jun ‘02
TELEVISION CREDITS – MTV Productions Europe
Intern – Assistant Producer
MTV’s US Top 20, MTV Promos & Competition Spots, reversioning
May ‘98 – Jan ‘01
of MTV Europe Music Awards/Movie Awards/Video Music Awards &
MTV US Produced Shows. An Audience With All Saints/Natalie Umbruglia,
MTV Live, MTV Snowball, Year End Edition.
EDUCATION
Degree
BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance
London Contemporary Dance School (University of Kent)
1993 – 1996
A Levels
Biology, Chemistry, Maths and General Studies
Harrogate Grammar School
1991 - 1993
REFERENCES
Available on request