Anne-Marie Fitzgerald

Managing all aspects of clearance on a 10-part documentary series about the BC Ambulance Service. Field Producing

Assistant Producer on 16-part Channel 5 observational documentary series, Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords. Location work – Assisting director on location, shooting on XF305 and C300, directing scenes, releasing contributors, taking shoot notes. Casting landlords and building and maintaining strong relationships with contributors. Dealing appropriately and effectively with sensitive contributors and delicate subject matter. Scheduling and setting up shoots around the UK using excellent time management and organisational skills. Legals and compliance – Gathering evidence, fact checking, annotating scripts with great attention to detail. Taster tapes – Shooting taster tapes with potential contributors. Development research – Helping out in-house development team with research and ideas. Doing expenses.

Researcher on 8-part natural history series for Channel 5, The Secret Life of Puppies. Casting – Finding suitable puppies for filming. Developing and maintaining relationships with pet owners and animal charities and organisations around the UK. Location research – Finding, recceing and securing filming permission for locations around the UK. Writing sequences – Coming up with and writing up story ideas for directors. Location work – Directing, assisting on shoots. Scheduling - Setting up shoots, writing call sheets and risk assessments. Research – Finding fun and interesting facts about dogs, fact checking, annotating scripts.

AP on one of Animal Planet's highest rated US shows. Location work in vet clinic in Denver – Casting and assisting Supervising Producer, releasing, liaising with crew, owners, cast, and post, ensuring production ran smoothly (daily production for 4 months), location research for out of clinic shoots, assisting on out of clinic shoots. AP based in London office – Assisting Senior Producer and edit in post-production, setting up pickup shoots, liaising with animal owners, crew and cast, helping with show delivery (compliance and Discovery paperwork), fact checking, annotating scripts, generating facts for re-loaded re-run episodes from Season 1, clips researching (Discovery Access), archive research and clearance, writing cast biographies for Animal Planet website.

Researcher on hour-long history/archaeology show for BBC/RTE about Ireland's most prized artifacts. Generating ideas for the show – Writing briefs for Producer-Director and presenters and writing VT. Casting research - Finding contributors and experts and developing and maintaining relationships. Location research – Finding and securing access to locations in UK and Ireland, including British Museum.

Junior Researcher on Season 1 of Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet. Fact checking and annotating scripts. Location research for out of clinic shoots in rural Colorado. Acting point of contact with contributors – Getting user generate content (stills, videos) and release forms. Organising and delegating work to loggers for the edits.

Production Assistant on Channel 4 three-part fixed-rigged camera observational documentary series, The Night Bus. Logging - Transcribing footage from multiple fixed-rig cameras. Finding interesting characters and points of conversation. Casting - Finding interesting and engaging contributors on night bus route for filming. Filing release forms and flagging up unreleased characters for the edit.

Logger on Channel 4 Cutting Edge special, Plus Size Wars. Logging - Transcribing footage. Data wrangling - Backing up rushes in office. Filing release forms.