Crew

The Little Big Men crew consisted of some of the finest people in the world, who all gave their time and put in huge effort to make Little Big Men a reality. Our behind-the-scene's super hero's are:

Name

Role

Description

     

Tony Jopia

Director

Tony has worked in the film/tv industry for the last 16 years and for CITV for the last 8 years, giving him an enormous amount of experience in childrens television. See Tony's website here to see his credits and credentials! Email Tony

Hugh Edwards

Producer

Hugh works with Jeremy at High Score Productions Ltd, primarily composing music for film and television. Other credits under Hugh's production belt include the shows Egglish and Toy Rescue. Links: Hugh's Myspace or Email Hugh

Jeremy Carroll

Sound Recordist

Jeremy works with Hugh at High Score Productions Ltd, primarily composing music for film and television. Jem is an expert on sound and it's craft and as such was the ideal choice for this role.

Sarah Pursey

Scriptwriter/ Props Manager

Sarah has attended several scriptwriting courses and worked on productions in Austin, Texas before undertaking the mammoth task of writing LBM. Sarah also took on the role of Props Manager for the film, looking for, sourcing and creating all 108 props!

Carl Lake

Gaffer

Or should I say, Gaffer and all round good lad. Carl works as a full time theatre technician at the North Oxfordshire College and can get his hands on just about anything. Carl's primary responsibilities on the show were power and lighting, but got his dirty little paws on almost everything else too!

     

Matt Hickinbottom

D.O.P.

Matt has worked on several productions in the past including a number of collaborations with Tony Jopia, as cameraman and producer alike. A past police officer, this was Matt's first outing as Director Of Photography with Tony.

     

Olivier Bourat

Camera2

Introduced to the gang by one of Tony's french aquaintances, Olivier came on board at the very last moment, saving our bacon and doing an amazing job to boot.

     

Charles Snee

Catering

The one thing that you cannot do without! Everyone got their bacon sandwiches in the morning, their tea's and coffee's, and their lunch in the afternoon (roughly 25 ppd). Charles earnt his stripes at the N.O.C. of Food. Charlie's Myspace

     

Franc Sutherland

Locations Manager

Sourcing the locations for LBM was indeed a challenge, and one pulled off by Franc. Franc currently runs his own business Working Data, and as part of the service created the main database for LBM and it's scheduling. Franc's Myspace

     

Ric Homer

Editor

Ric has a vast amount of experience editing not only for CITV, but other renowned establishments such as ITV Granada, Sky and Banana Park. Ric has the daunting task of putting together the entire film.

     

Sophia Spriggs

Makeup

Based at the Henley in Arden College, Sophia is attending the prestigious Theatrical & Media Make Up course. These girls went beyond the call of duty looking after everyone and everything! Sophia was also team-hairdresser!

     

Jodie O'Hara

Makeup

Also based at the Henley in Arden College, Jodie is attending the prestigious Theatrical & Media Make Up course. As well as going beyond the call of duty, Jodie had a penchant for painting the kids as jungle animals! Jodie's Myspace

     

Jenny Simons

Makeup

Also based at the Henley in Arden College, Jenny is attending the prestigious Theatrical & Media Make Up course. As well as going beyond the call of duty, Jenny went well beyond the call of Duty....and was very helpful with the catering Gazebo!

     

Richard Fabian

Runner

Also attending college at Henley In Arden, Richard was part of the crew as soon as we knew there was going to be a crew, and is possibly the most enthusiastic person ever born. Richard was invaluable in sourcing rare items.....

     

Paul Milross

Wardrobe

Working at Play House Costumes, Paul has a great deal of experience, including with Tony Jopia on broadcast and theatre productions. Paul supplied virtually the entire wardrobe for the film!

     

Jo Mayes

Childminder

Highly rewarding of course, but one of the truly difficult jobs on set! Jo works as a teacher for Sibford School and is currently expecting a little big man/woman of her own! Aaaaahhh!!!

     

'Diamond' Mike Greenhill

Diamond Geezer

The source of the Golconda Star Diamond (yes girls, start queueing), Mike also attended the first day's shoot helping out as runner #2. He currently does lots of nice stuff with jewellery in Birmingham.

     

Carlos Pagi

Photographer

Click the Photo's link to see Carlos' truly fantastic stills photographs from the Little Big Men shoot. Carlos is also available for private hire.

     

Sue Mayes

Broughton Castle Liaisons Officer

Last but definately not least, Sue gave so much of her time to this film, we just cannot thank her enough! She was there from first light until the last light went out, helping us get the shots we needed from the illustrious grounds of the castle.