JO KENNEDY VALENTINE
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/FLOOR MANAGER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Agent: Jane Lovett at FIRSTPOSITIONS
www.firstpositions.co.ukExperienced Floor Manager and 1st AD 12 years Freelance and before that staff with BBC. Studio or Location, Multi or Single Camera, Recorded or Live I have worked on all genre of production so can muck in pretty much anywhere but I do work a lot on scripted comedy. I enjoy working with Actors, the juggling of scheduling and am used to working with ‘never enough time’! Clean driving licence, Movie Magic friendly, Health & Safety trained.
SHOW HISTORY
MRS. BROWN’S BOYS - FM – Final Series SITCOM BBC SCOTLAND written by & Starring Brendan O’Carroll Dir: Ben Kellett Prod: Stephen McCrum
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG 2014 – 1st AD and FM Series 2 Retort TV for BBC
written by Steve Delaney & Graham Linehan. Starring Steve Delaney and Rory Kinnear Director Graham Linehan Prod/Dir Richard Boden
MRS. BROWN’S BOYS D’MOVIE - 1st AD Feature Film BBC SCOTLAND written by & Starring Brendan O’Carroll Dir: Ben Kellett Prod: Stephen McCrum
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG 2013 – 1st AD and FM Retort TV for BBC
written by Steve Delaney & Graham Linehan. Starring Steve Delaney and Rory Kinnear Director Graham Linehan Prod/Dir Richard Boden
MRS. BROWN’S BOYS - FM - series & Specials A,B,C, ’10 ’11’12 &’13 SITCOM BBC SCOTLAND written by & Starring Brendan O’Carroll Dir: Ben Kellett Prod: Stephen McCrum
IT CROWD SPECIAL 2013 1st AD & FM for Retort TV for Ch 4 starring Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson & Matt Berry
Writer/Director Graham Linehan Prod Richard Boden
THE WALSHES – 1st AD - TX PILOT 12013 Delightful Industries a Boom Pictures Co
SITCOM written and starring Diet of Worms: Niall Gaffney, Shane Langan, Amy Stephenson, Phillippa Dunne, Rory Connolly
Writer/Director Graham Linehan Producer Richard Boden
FATHER FIGURE 2013 , FM - New Sitcom starring Jason Byrne, Dermot Crowley, Pauline McLynn, Michael Smiley & Karen Taylor
Director Nick Wood Producer Julia McKenzie Exec Prod Stephen McCrum
BADULTS – 2013 –THE COMEDY UNIT, SCOTLAND
Sitcom wriiten by and starring Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark & Tom Parry
Director: Ben Kellett Prods: Rab Christie, Gavin Smith, Izzy Mant
BBC NEWS, FM - – ongoing flexible contract as FM
IN WITH THE FLYNNS sitcom for Caryn Mandabach Productions,
Dir: Ben Kellett Prod: Jim Poyser
MRS BROWN’S CELEBRITIES Pilot Panel show for 12 Yard
Prod: Paul McGettigan/Martin Delaney/Kerri Reid Dir: Geri Dowd
BBC SPORT, OLYMPICS 2012 , Domestic Coverage
Athletics London Grand Prix 2012 – FM for In Vision Presentation Prod: Carl Hicks
WATSON & OLIVER Comedy/Music Sketch Show for BBC with Lorna Watson & Ingrid Oliver Dir: Richard Boden Prod: Simon London, Robert Popper, Jo Sargent
FUN POLICE – COMEDY PILOT by Matt Morgan for Rough Cut TV Ch 4 with Rhys Darby, Katy Wix & Jim Moir, Dir: Richard Boden Prod: Ash Atalla. Dan Hine
TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS series E,F,G,H,I,J ’06 -’11 by Susan Nickson with Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, Natalie Casey & Ralf Little incs LIVE show in ’08 Christmas Specials ’09 one Drama one Musical and Comic Relief Spec ’09 Prods: Stephen McCrum, Michelle Farr Dirs: Nick Wood , Geoff Posner, Becky Martin
ARTHUR HAYNES & ME with Paul Merton & Nicholas Parsons Prod: Elaine Shepherd
Dir: Mark Lucey Exec: Caroline Wright
THE I.T. CROWD 1V ‘10 SITCOM for Talback Thames with Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson & Matt Berry Writer/Director: Graham Linehan Prod: Richard Boden
MRS BROWN’S BOYS Comedy Pilot Prod: Stephen McCrum Dir: Gareth Carrivick
COMING OF AGE Series A,B Teenage Comedy BBC3 with Ellen Thomas, Joe Tracini, Hannah Job,Ceri Phillips, Exec Prod: Jo Sargent Prod: Simon London Dir: Nick Wood, David Sant
TEMPS - 2009 MonkeyKingdom Comedy Pilot Ch 4 – starring Jo Bobin Exec : Will Macdonald Prod: Catherine Oldfield Dir: James Bobin
GROWNUPS series A,B,C by Susan Nickson, Jon Brown for BBC starring Sheridan Smith, Steve Meo, Richard Mylan Prod: Stephen McCrum, Emma Strain Dir: Ben Kellett, Gareth Carravick, Christine Gernon
WIMBLEDON TENNIS 2008 2010 2012 Prod: Paul Davies Dir: Richard Carr
LAB RATS series ‘A’ SITCOM by Chris Addiston & Carl Cooper with Chris Addison, Selina Cadell, Jo Enright, Geoffrey McGivern, Dan Tetsell, Helen Moon Prods:Armando Iannuchi, Ali Carron, Simon Nicholls Dir: Adam Tandy
MATCH OF THE DAY ’06, ’7, ’8,’9’10’11 Ed: Paul Armstrong Dirs: Andy Gilbert, Phil Bigwood, Ian Finch
BBC FOOTBALL FOCUS ’06,7,8,9’10’11 Ed: Steve Boulton Dirs: Phil Sibson, Pete Andrews,
SCORE ’06, ‘07, ’08, ‘09’10’11 Ed: Lance Hardy Dirs: Paul Foster, Emma Josling
THE CULTURE SHOW ’07,’08 Prod: Paul Overton, Nicole Kleeman, Sam Starbuck
BBC Scotland Dirs: Emma Rimmer, Alison Grist, Mark Bates
WATCHDOG Dirs: Brian Klein, James Morgan, Richard Cook
FOOTBALL ON FIVE Prod: Jamie Aitchison Dir: Daniel Hudson
RADIO 4 THIS IS YOUR LIFE Prod: Julia McKenzie
CBBC Channel on Air Prods: Stuart Derrick, Guy Lambert, Simon Davis, Simon Proctor, Gavin Woods
DEAD RINGERS Dir: Ben Fuller Prod: Caroline Norris
BLUE PETER Edit: Richard Marsden
NYT MERCHANT OF VENICE Prod: Julie Ardrey Dir: Dirk Campbell
CBBC Top of the Pops Prod: Christina Brown Dirs: Adrian Johnson,
8 OUT OF 10 CATS Pilot Dir: Steve Smith
SKY SOCCER SATURDAY Dir: Karen Wilmington
KILROY Dirs: Gill Partridge, Louise Capell Edit:David O’Keefe
OB Swimming Commonwealth Trials, EASTENDERS REVEALED,BBC QUESTION TIME,
BBC NEWS,TOP OF THE POPS AT PLAY, LIQUID NEWS, TALENT 2000
As BBC staff PM 1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND FLOOR MANAGER:
FAST SHOW XMAS SPEC Prods:Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse Dir: Mark Mylod
HEARTBURN HOTEL Prod: John Sullivan Dir: Angie De Chastelai Smith
HONEY FOR TEA Prod/Dir: Gareth Gwenlan
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES Prod: Gareth Gwenlan Dir: Tony Dow
WAITING FOR GOD Prod/Dir: Gareth Gwenlan
ROCK WITH LAUGHTER Prod/Dir: Tudor Davies
LES DENNIS Prod/Dir: Geoff Miles
PAUL DANIELS Prod/Dir: Geoff Miles
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH Prod/Dir: Richard Boden
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE Prod/Dir: Alan J W Bell
As OUTSIDE BROADCAST STAGE MANAGER/FLOOR MANAGER:
Wimbledon, The Proms, General Election, FA Cup Final, Party in the Park, Major Golf Tournaments, Trooping of the Colour, etc…..
As STAGE MANAGER
BLACKADDER GOES FORTH ,CHILDREN’S ROYAL VARIETY, OLIVIER AWARDS ,VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV, OPENING COMMONWEALTH GAMES ,GRANGE HILL
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