Designer, photographer, illustrator, editor, based in Colac, Victoria, Australia. I could put here all sorts of flourishing words about what a brilliant designer I am. Instead I'll just use words like functional, pragmatic, efficient, and a great believer in the K*I*S*S principle. No nonsense.
- E d u c a t i o n -
University High School, Melbourne.
Diploma of Art – Industrial Design, specialising for final year in
Visual Communications and Exhibition Design, RMIT, Melbourne.
Diploma of Film Technique, specialising one year in design and
animation. London International Film School, London, UK.
Certificate in Horticulture, Hobart TAFE College, Hobart, Tas.
Currently studying for Masters Degree in Internet Studies, majoring in Design, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
- E x p e r i e n c e -
1969–1970
Design Assistant, ABC Television, Melbourne.
1970-1971 and 1973
Design Assistant, BBC Television, London, UK. ‘Play For Today’,
‘Steptoe and Son’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Some Mothers Do Have’em’,
‘Open University’.
1973–1974
Design Assistant/Designer, Yorkshire Television, Leeds, UK.
1975
Designer, ATV–0, Melbourne.
Designer, ABC Television, Melbourne. ‘Countdown’, ‘This DayTonight’, film design for drama series including ‘Obsession’.
1975–1976, 1979–1983
Freelance designer, propsman, film and television, still photography.
Melbourne. Television commercials. production stills for Film
Australia documentaries. Art Director for feature film ‘Next of Kin’,
children’s telefeature ‘Dead Man’s Float’. Propsmaster for feature
film ‘Mad Max’ (I).
1976–1978
Art Director, Crawford Productions, Melbourne. Supervision of ArtDepartment staff of about 14. Design of studio sets and location
filming for television drama including ‘The Sullivans’.
1983–1987
Designer and Producer, ABC Television, Hobart, Tasmania, including oneyear as Producer/Director of gardening program `Landscape' and
current affairs program ‘The National’.
1987–1989
Self-employed as landscape designer and gardener, Hobart, Tasmania. Commercial and domestic locations.
1989–1991
Research Consultant and advisor for television gardening program`Gardening Australia', ABC Television, Hobart, Tasmania. Design of program logo and opening title sequence.
1991–1996
Consulting Editor, Gardening Australia magazine, Hobart, Tasmania, and Beech Forest, Vic. Liaison with contributors, soliciting of text and photography, edited, designed layouts, graphics, supplied photographs and contributed articles.
1996–present
Freelance writer/photographer/editor/designer.
- Skills -
Print design specializing in books and all manner of graphic material.
Film, television and theater set design.
Photography and illustration.
- Programs -
Freehand
Photoshop
Indesign
Pagemaker
Dreamweaver and manual web coding
- Contact -
website http://wildeel.com
+61 428 294 542
AOL/AIM/iChat: wildogr
Colac, Australia
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