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Kate Merrin - Production
DOB: 28/05/75
Profile
An experienced Line Producer / Production Manager who has worked on a large
range of commercials, corporate and broadcast projects.
A great worker with a lust for life, who thrives under pressure.
Skills
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Superb production skills
Good budgeting and scheduling skills
Good knowledge of a wide range of film/video cameras and equipment
Good knowledge of editing systems
Windows XP / OS X
WordPerfect / Works / Lotus
Microsoft Office Packages
Own laptops: PC & MAC (airport)
MYOB / Sage Accounting packages
Movie Magic Budgeting
Standard bookkeeping
Full clean driving licence & Car Owner
Conversational French
Employment
VARIOUS PRODUCTION COMPANIES – AUSTRALIA
Freelance Line Producer / Production Manager, March 2005 - Present
FRESH AGENTS, UK CASTING & MODEL AGENCY
OWNER / MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUG 2000 – NOV 2004
VARIOUS PRODUCTION COMPANIES - UK
Freelance Production Manager, July 1999 – Aug 2000
BEDFORD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP / BREEZY MEDIA GROUP, LONDON, W1
Production Manager, March 1995 – July 1999
SPRINGHALL FANTHORPE PRODUCTIONS, LONDON, W1
Production Assistant, Aug 1993 – March 1995
Education
BRIGHTON COLLEGE 1989 – 1993
‘A’ levels:
French (B), History (B), English (C)
GSCE’s:
Maths (A), History (A), Geography (A), English Lit (B),
English Lang (B), French (B), Art (B), Physics (C), Biology (C).
Other:
Young Enterprise Award, Leonardo Art Prize, Member of various
sports teams.
Australia Credits since arrival in March 2005
Broadcast
Line Prod
BEAT PRODUCTIONS
‘King Penguins’ Pilot Sitcom
Line Prod /
Facilitator
(Aus)
Prod Mgr
MTV NY
‘Project Untitled’
CRACKERJACK
Line Prod /
Facilitator
(Aus)
BBC / ENDEMOL UK
Prod: Ben Lowe/ Tobi Webster
Dir: James Teh
Exec Prod: Amy Emmerich
Showrunner: JT Taylor `
Sept 2008
‘Australia’s Got Talent’
(Perth & Melbourne Auditions)
‘Run for Glory’
(Episodes 6 & 7 - Australia)
Prod: Liz Finucan
DV Dir/Prod: Various
Series Prod: Ceri Rowlands
DV Dir/Prod: Various
July 2006
“U2 in 3D”
(Australia Vertigo Tour)
Exec Prod: Ted Kenny
Dir: Catherine Owens
Nov 2006
FACTORY LABS, DENVER
‘Revo – Wayne Lynch’
Prod: Kristen Del Calzo
Dir: Factory Labs
Jan 2010
ETHNOGRAHPIC MEDIA
‘Counting Columbine’
Prod: Dave Hanon
Dir: Jim Hanon
Feb / March 2009
BIG MAN PICS
‘Save your Legs”
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Boyd Hicklin
Apr/May 2005
Prod: Sam Long
Dir: Michael Spiccia
Prod: Sam Long
Dir: Michael Spiccia
Prod: Jo DeFina
Dir: Ben Saunders
Prod: Nik Round
Dir: Barney Howells
Prod: Pete Masterton
Dir: Paul Middleditch
EP: Jo DeFina
Dir: Angus Sampson
Prod: Ben Swaffer
Dir: Tim Bullock
EP: Jo DeFina
Dir: Angus Sampson
Prod: Sam Mead
Dir: Sean Kruck
Prod: Mark Foster
Dir: Adam Stevens
Prod: Jo DeFina
Dir: Ben Saunders
Prod: Jo DeFina
Dir: Ben Saunders
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Dec 2009
Prod: Nina Hutchinson
Dir: Adrian Bosich
Prod: Sam Long
Dir: Michael Spiccia
Prod: Nik Round
Dir: Jon Webb
Prod: Sam Long
Dir: Michael Spiccia
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Jolyon Watkins
EP: Michael Ritchie
Dir:Tim Godsall
April 2009
March 2008
March 2006
Features
Prod Mgr /
Facilitator
(Aus)
3ALITY DIGIAL, LA
Documentaries
Line Prod /
Facilitator
(Aus)
Line Prod /
Facilitator
(Aus)
Line Prod
Commercials
Prod Mgr
GOOD OIL FILMS
YELLOW PAGES ‘Paper Dolls’
Prod Mgr
GOOD OIL FILMS
OPEN UNI ‘What if”
Prod Mgr
OTTO EMPIRE
NESTLE ‘Sneaky Snacks’
Prod Mgr
GODS&MONSTERS
KRAFT ‘ Picnic’
Prod Mgr
PLAZA FILMS
RACV ‘Jason / various’
Line Prod
OTTO EMPIRE
VIDEO EZY ‘Angus’
Prod Mgr
PRODIGY FILMS
CRICKET AUS ‘Come on Stevo’
Line Prod
OTTO EMPIRE
SEEK ‘If it Existed’
Prod Mgr
@RADICAL MEDIA
NESTLE ‘ Peters’
Prod Mgr
ROBBERS DOG NZ
AAMI ‘ Hug, Robbed’
Prod Mgr
OTTO EMPIRE
HOLDEN ‘Owners Grant’
Prod Mgr
OTTO EMPIRE
CROWN CASINO ‘West End’
Producer
CHOCOLATE STUDIOS
WORKSAFE ‘ Return to Work’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
NINTENDO ‘Delta Goodrem’
Prod Mgr
GOOD OIL FILMS
MAZDA ‘Unexpected’
Line Prod
GODS AND MONSTERS
‘Country Racing Victoria’
Prod Mgr
GOOD OIL FILMS
VISA ‘Evolution’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
HONDA ‘Car of the Year’
Line Prod
REVOLVER FILMS
NIKE ‘Men v Women’
Kate Merrin CV as of Jan 2010:
Mob: 0424 646 334
Dec 2009
Dec 2009
Oct 2009
Oct 2009
Oct 2009
Oct 2009
Sept 2009
Aug 2009
Aug 2009
July 2009
July 2009
May 2009
March 2009
Feb / March 2009
Feb 2009
Jan 2009
Jan 2009
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Prod Mgr
GODS AND MONSTERS
VIC GOV ‘ The Transport Plan’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
STRONGBOW ‘Tree’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
SOLO – Ballerina
Prod Mgr
PLUSH FILMS
TAC ‘ Speed’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
TOYOTA ‘Kittens’
Producer
KNOG
Knogalogue 2009
Prod Mgr
STARWATCHERS
NISSAN Navara ‘bobcat Soccer;
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
Mitre 10 ‘Mighty Tool Blitz’
Prod Mgr
CHOCOLATE AVF
Worksafe ‘Anxiety’
Prod Mgr
REPUBLIC FILMS
STARHUB SINGAPORE ‘Bobs Journey’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
HONDA ‘Legend’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
UNCLE TOBY’S ‘Gian Rooney”
Prod Mgr
LUSCIOUS INTERNATIONAL
BENDIGO BANK “ Growing’
Prod Mgr
INDEPENDENT FILMS
McCain – Berrries
Line Prod
GODS AND MONSTERS
DOI ‘ Meeting Transport Challenges’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
McCAIN – Delivery Boy
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
RSPCA – Hit the Bitch
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
BIG M – The Edge
Prod Mgr
DYNAMITE PRODS / JAPAN
TOYOTA - Vellfire
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
ISF Symbols
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
SCHWEPPES 3 x TVCs
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
Prod Mgr
CHOCOLATE AVF
NATURAL CONFECTIONARY CO
‘Off with its Head’
CBUS ‘Emotional’
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
NSW Nurses ‘IR Laws’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
MAGGI ‘Melting Pot’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
NESCAFE ‘I am woman’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
HOSTPLUS ‘We don’t expect to win’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
KLEENEX ‘Anthem’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
NAB ‘New Boyfriend’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
Prod Mgr
@RADICAL MEDIA
SPECIAL K ‘Ode to Doona’ &
‘Start Small’
HONDA CRV ‘Dress For It”
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
SPECIAL K ‘Mantra’ &
‘Real Challenge’
TAC ‘Meg’
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
Producer
Prod: Nik Round
Dir: John Tsavias
Prod: Wilf Sweetland
Dir: Mark Molloy
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Micca Delaney
Prod: Pete Kearney
Dir: Jeffrey Darling
Prod: Karen Sproul
Dir: Garth Davis
Dir / DOP: Adam Arkapaw
Prod: Sue Walker
Dir: David Gaddie
Dir: Mick Connolly
Prod: Mark Bradley
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Prod: Lib Kelly
Dir: Marcus Hamill
Prod: Susie Cole
Dir: Jolyon Watkins
Prod: Nina Hutchinson
Dir: Adrian Bosich
Prod: Tracy Proposch
Dir: Tina Bull
Prod: Angela Bray
Dir: Fiona McGee
Prod: Nik Round
Dir: John Tsaivis
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Wilf Sweetland
Dir: Mark Molloy
Prod: Jeremy Brown
Dir:
Dir: Jason Wingrove
Prod: Karen Sproul
Dir: Garth Davis
Dir: Mick Connolly
Nov 2008
Nov 2008
Nov 2008
Oct 2008
Aug 2008
July 2008
July 2008
June 2008
June 2008
May 2008
May 2008
May 2008
April 2008
April 2008
April 2008
Feb 2008
Feb 2008
Feb 2008
Jan 2008
Jan 2008
Dec 2007
Nov 2007
Prod: Karley Jay
Dir: John Ogden
Dir: Phil Rich
Sept 2007
July 2007
WORKSAFE NSW ‘Homecomings’
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Scottie Connolly
Dir: Ben Hodson
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Cath Chapple
Dir: Patrick Hughes
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Nov 2006
CHOCOLATE AVF
VWA ‘Workcomings’
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Oct 2006
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
TRANSURBAN ‘Safer Sooner’
Dir: Geoff Hall
Sept 2006
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
DULUX ‘Jelly Beans’
Prod: Nik Round
Dir: Boyd Hicklin
Aug 2006
Kate Merrin CV as of Jan 2010:
Mob: 0424 646 334
Aug 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
Feb 2007
Jan 2007
Jan 2007
Dec 2006
Nov 2006
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Prod Mgr
(Aus)
Prod Mgr
ANONYMOUS, LA
XBOX ‘Cops and Robbers’
EXIT FILMS
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
Producer
CHOCOLATE AVF
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
FOXSPORTS
‘My Sports’ 3 x 30sec
INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS
‘Funds’ 7 x 15 secs
INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS
‘Comparison’ 3 x 45 secs
TOURISM VICTORIA
‘Labyrinth’
SPECIAL K ‘Lips’
Prod Mgr
PORT PRODUCTIONS
Prod Mgr
DOLL PRODUCTIONS
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
DPI
‘World Class Produce’
TOYOTA
‘Comm Games / Good Sports’
JUST JEANS ‘Lobster’
Prod Mgr
INDEPENDENT FILMS
TRIPLE M ‘The Cage’
Prod Mgr
CHOCOLATE AVF
DSE ‘Every Drop Counts’
Prod Coord
RADICAL / HUB
BIGPOND ‘Bagpipes’
Prod Mgr
PLUSH FILMS
MYER ‘Christmas’
Prod Mgr
LOADED FILMS
MCCAIN ‘Vegie Patch’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
FPA ’Horse’ & ‘Property Down South’ &
‘Bonsai’
METAMUCIL ‘Refresh’
Prod Mgr
CHOCOLATE AVF
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS
‘Bus Stop’
METAMUCIL ‘Struggle’
BEGA ‘Hills Hoist’ & ‘Best Sandwich’ & Do
Lunch’
Prod: Karen Sproul
Dir: Garth Davies
Prod: Clare McGrath
Dir: Ted Emery
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Aug 2006
July 2006
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
June 2006
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Mel Herbert
Dir: Sian Davies
Apr/May 2006
Prod: Jason Byrne
Dir: Maurie Dowd
Prod: Caroline Barry
Dir: Sean Kruck
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Oliver Lawrance
Dir: Scott Anderson / Nicolas Randall
Prod: Karley Jay
Dir: John Ogden
Prod: Peter Kearney
Dir: Vikki Blanche
Prod: Ian Iveson
Dir: Peter Bloomfield
Prod: Edward Pontifex
Dir: Chris Benz
Prod: Bianca Martino
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Bianca Martino
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Karley Jay
Dir: Aleksi Vellis
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Prod: Jane Liscombe
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
Jan 2006
Prod: Tracy Proposch
Dir:
Prod: Bianca Martino
Dir: Glendyn Ivin
July 2007
July 2006
Feb 2006
Jan 2006
Dec 2005
Dec 2005
Nov 2005
Nov 2005
Oct 2005
Oct 2005
Sept 2005
July 2005
June 2005
June 2005
March 2005
Music Clips
Prod Mgr
LUSCIOUS INTERNATIONAL
VANESSA AMOROSI ‘Kiss your Mama’
Prod Mgr
EXIT FILMS
MAGIC DIRT ‘I love the rain’
Kate Merrin CV as of Jan 2010:
Mob: 0424 646 334
Aug 2005
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Selection of UK Credits
Broadcast
Prod Manager
Prod Manager
Prod Manager
Prod Manager
CHANNEL 4 Series Inside Job
‘Celebrity Gardens’ Pilot for proposed daytime series
The Young Jazz Musician of the Year SERIES X 4
FOR ITV, CARLTON, CENTRAL, GRANADA, STV
HTV, and YORSHIRE TYNE TEES
From Manchester to Manhattan
FOR GRANADA & YORKSHIRE TYNE TEES
Specialised Events / Programmes etc
Prod Manager
Clever Media
Prod Manager
Proctor & Gamble
Prod Manager
Ferrari F1
Prod Manager
Ferrari F1
Prod Manager
Ferrari F1
Prod Manager
Marlboro
‘Getronics international Event’
‘Big’
‘3 Car Challenge’
‘Formula One Ride’
‘Pit Stop Video Wall Display’
‘Grand Prix Experience’
Corporate / Documentaries / Training & Teaching Videos
Prod Manager
Smithkline Beecham
Prod Manager
Halifax
Prod Manager
First Telecom
Prod Manager
Clever Media
Prod Manager
HP:ICM
Prod Manager
UDV
Prod Manager
HP:ICM
Prod Manager
UDV
Prod Manager
Philip Morris ES
Prod Manager
Philip Morris ES
Prod Manager
Sainsbury’s
Prod Manager
BT
Prod Manager
BT
Prod Manager
Ferrari F1
Prod Manager
Cellnet
Prod Manager
Philip Morris
Prod Manager
Natwest
Prod Manager
Philip Morris
Prod Manager
RNLI
Prod Manager
Sun Alliance
Prod Manager
Cellnet
‘Orlando’
‘Voice’
‘Management session’
‘Getronics’
‘Telecoms 99’
‘2010’
‘Argos’
‘Engraving’
‘Orion’
‘PMES Video’
‘New Campaign’
‘Business Connections ’
‘Business Connections II’
‘Comparison Sequence’
‘ForCe Project’
‘Duty Free II’
‘Self Assessment Made Simple’
‘Duty Free I’
‘Legacies’
‘Connections’
‘Sketches’
Commercials
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Clapper Loader
Clapper Loader
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Prod Assist
Ford
Ecco
Daily Express
Kotex
Jiro Magazines
Citreon
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Rothmans
Daily Express
Daily Express
Daily Express
Daily Express
Mambo
SAS
Daily Express
Fiesta Quartz
Daily Express
Prestige
Shell
Daily Mirror
‘Atlantic Crossing’
‘Jumper’
‘Katie Woods’
‘Packshot’
‘Don’t Tell It’
‘Le Pere Noel’
‘G-Force’
‘Buzzer’
‘The Big Blue’
‘The Nanny’
‘The Tree’
‘The Wheel’
‘Guaranteed £100,000 II’
‘Son of Combi’
‘Stream’
‘Guaranteed £100,000’
‘This to That’
‘Nimrod’
‘It’s Tough Out There’
‘Record Player’
Monica Grenfell’
Pop- Promo
Prod Assist
Ministry of Sound
March
2000
Feb
2000
Jan 96 – July 99
May
Nov
Nov
Oct
Oct
May
1997
Oct
Jan
Oct
Oct
Oct
1995
1999
1999
1996
1996
1996
Jan
Dec/Jan
Nov
Oct
Sept
Sept
Aug
Aug
April
March
May
1996
1996
1996
June
Feb
Jan
1995
Sept
July
June
2000
2000
1999
1999
1999
1999
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1999
1998
1997
1996
1996
1996
1995
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1995
March
Feb
Dec
Dec
Nov
Nov
Aug
Aug
July
1994
May
1994
1994
March
March
March
March
Feb
Feb
Oct
Sept
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1993
1993
‘BulletProof – The Bridge’
July
1994
Short Films
Clapper Loader
Clapper Loader
Assist Loader
Runner
‘Film portraits’
‘The Audition’
‘Are You Sexually Disturbed?’
‘Just Doing my Job’
Nov
July
April
August
1995
1994
1994
1993
Drama
Runner
‘LoveJoy’
March
1992
Features
Runner
‘The Fruit Machine’
July
1990
Kate Merrin CV as of Jan 2010:
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Mob: 0424 646 334
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April
March
1995
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1994
1994
1994
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