Special Projects

Christopher has been the Creative Director and Executive Producer of a number of charity projects, two examples of which are below:

THE PRINCE'S TRUST 

Through his work running Masterclasses in Filmmaking for The Prince’s Trust, Christopher was introduced to a number of disadvantaged young people who all had ambitions in the film industry but lacked any formal training and education. Therefore, realistically, and regrettably, these young people were unlikely to be able to find entry-level work in the UK Film Industry, regardless of how talented they were. Consequently, Christopher decided to produce a feature film project to combine 20 of these young people with a hand-picked professional crew, ensuring that each one was mentored by a professional crew member in order to provide these young people with industry-recognised credits, as well as hands-on training. He independently raised the finance for this project so as not to call on the financial resources of the charity and also involved a number of industry connections in order to maximise the employment opportunities for the participants.
 
As a result of this project, 14 of the 20 young people leveraged their experiences gained on this project to secure their first paid work in the film industry.
 
Christopher also received a personal commendation from HRH Prince Charles for all his efforts.
CRISIS
Christopher wrote and directed a charity commercial for the UK Nationwide homeless charity, Crisis.

As part of the project, nearly all the cast were employed from the homeless community.

As part of the production for this project, Christopher managed to secure £2.5 million of airtime over Christmas, which resulted in the highest number of people seeking shelter in the Crisis at Christmas Shelters.

LEWY BODY CHARITY COMMERCIAL WITH STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS

SPONSORED BY SONY, COOKE OPTICS AND PINEWOOD STUDIOS

COMMERCIAL

EPK

Through his work as Associate Professor of Creative Convergence at the University for the Creative Arts, Christopher arranged for a group of students from 1st Year, 2nd Year and 3rd Year BA Film to work together to create a 30 second Pro Bono commercial for the Lewy Body Society.


In order to create the commercial at cinema quality, Christopher brought Sony, Cooke Optics and Pinewood to this project who donated equipment and provided the necessary technical support.


The commercial was delivered to the charity who launched it at the International Lewy Body Conference in Amsterdam where it was circulated to representatives from over 40 English-speaking territories worldwide.

This video is part of the Electronic Press Kit that was put together to help promote this project.