World-famous potter Warren MacKenzie dies at 94

It was sad to hear the news that Warren MacKenzie died peacefully at home in Stillwater last week. He was 94. I was fortunate enough to meet Warren last year in Stillwater, USA, during filming of two documentaries for Goldmark….

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PRIME VIDEO: NOW STREAMING. The Schoolgirl The Nazis And The Purple Triangles

The award winning documentary The Schoolgirl The Nazis And The Purple Triangles is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in USA and UK. This film is true story of a young girl's courageous stand against the nazis. Based on the Simone Arnold Liebster book Facing the Lion. Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe .

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The Guardian features one of my videos

The Guardian has featured one of my videos I edited for New York's Rugby Wrap Up show in an article by Guardian US weekend editor Martin Pengelly on the USA Rugby historic victory over Scotland in Houston on Saturday, 16 June 2018. 

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DOCUMENTARIES featuring Warren MacKenzie, Randy Johnston and Walter Keeler

Two new documentaries for Goldmark have recently been released. the first is short promo a film I shot in USA to promote the upcoming exhibition of Warren MacKenzie and Randy Johnston | Two Great American Potters. The second is Walter Keeler: Treasures of the Everyday. A documentary film about the famous UK potter.

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Editing the Major League Rugby Highlights Show

Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the United States and 2018 has seen the introduction of a new professional league, Major League Rugby. Over the last few weeks, I've been busy editing an MLR highlights show for New York online Rugby TV show, Rugby Wrap Up. Watch the shows after the jump…

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BBC The Rugby Codebreakers

David Watkins takes us from his earliest rugby days in rugby union with Newport, Wales and the British and Irish Lions to his decision to move north to rugby league with Salford, a decision that resulted in him being shunned by the rugby union community. The Only player to ever captain the British and Irish Lions in Rugby Union and Great Britain in Rugby League. A canny, darting fly-half from the mining community of Blaina in north Gwent, Watkins used his sport to expand his horizons and make his name known and respected worldwide.

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Behind the scenes, filming new docs in USA

Over the last two weeks, I had the exciting opportunity to film two new documentary films for WeLoveClay.com alongside photographer Jay Goldmark. The films feature two of Americas leading ceramics artists, Randy Johnston and Warren MacKenzie. While in America, we filmed and edited a behind the scenes promo video which you can see here

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6 Nations video edits featured on idustrialrevolution.com

idustrialrevolution.com who create professionally designed plugins and templates for Final Cut Pro X, have featured my editing work for New York based Rugby Wrap Up on their news page. The article shows how the RWU uses XEffects 3D Sports Graphics throughout our recent NatWest 6 Nations shows..

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FILM SCREENING: Beyond Camps And Forced Labour 2018 conference

Jonny Lewis' 2011 award winning film The Schoolgirl, the Nazis and the Purple Triangles will screen at Beyond Camps And Forced Labour 2018. Beyond Camps is a conference discussing current international research on survivors of Nazi persecution that takes place on 10th, 11th and 12th Jan 2018 in London, UK. 

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The greatest sports documentary of all time?

Living With Lions is the warts and all documentary account of the historic 1997 British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa. This defined sports documentary making for a generation. For me, it combines my love of rugby, and little known to me at the time would be a big influence on my future as a documentary filmmaker.

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