Mary Stamm-Clarke

- Organizing camera equipment for the production - Helping to set style and look of the show - Shooting A-Cam with second shooter - Solo shooting scenes - Directing talent

Producing and Directing scenes in the field. Tracking story and creating daily hotsheets to send to the network, and to the edit.

Based in Canada's Yukon documenting the life of maverick gold miners for Discovery Channels highest rating show. Heavily involved in story, supporting a Supervising Producer and leading a crew of 2 x PDs, 2 x APs, 2 x Audio and 1 x DOP and drone crew. Spread across multiple locations, living off-grid.

A documentary travel series featuring legendary British TV personality Dale Winton. The 4 x 1hr Ep show follows Dale as he takes to the road to explore Florida’s top attractions, from Disney to the Everglades, as well as meet with members of local communities e.g. bikers in Daytona, psychics in Cassadaga, lifeguards in Miami. • Location research, segment producing, story producing, remote/on-the-ground casting • Setting up shoots; dealing with permits, securing access to locations/contributors, scheduling, sourcing crew • International scouting trips and shoots, managing talent and crew on location, shooting GVs

Discovery Channel’s top rating show that follows American mavericks as they risk everything they’ve got to mine gold in Alaska. My role was to interviewing potential new crew members that will join lead man Todd Hoffman on his next claim in 2018. • Interviewing construction workers, requiring niche understanding of equipment and crew roles • Skypes, paper edits, producing contributors

(See above) • Interviewing ‘blue collar’ families, couples and networks of individuals, willing to move off grid • Generating new outreach ideas, negotiating deals with social media influencers • Paper edits, helping to produce reels

Researching and gathering content for the popular, Primetime travel series with Richard Ayoade. Working with an AP and SP to help craft episodes, seeing them through to shoot. This is a role with a high-level of responsibility; often working independently, where editorial judgement and quick thinking on location is absolutely crucial. • Location research, writing treatments • Securing access to locations • International recces and shoots • Liaising with and briefing fixers • Shoot scheduling and segment producing • Supporting production on location and responsible for escorting high-profile talent

Who Wants to be an Auctioneer is a project in development, where people with a passion for selling contend to be Britain's next top auctioneer. We created a high-end auction in the style of talent Bonham’s and Christie's, as part of a taster tape. • Securing access to locations, negotiating budgets • Supporting production on location, finding and managing extras

Dina Tokio and Sid Kaan are a British Muslim couple and some of YouTube’s biggest stars, and they are hitting the road to give people advice and help solve their problems and dilemmas. They are known for their highly progressive views and breaking down of cultural barriers. I was solely responsible for the casting process and exploring any challenges that might be faced. • Producing casting strategies, cutting tapes to a fast turn around • Dealing with culturally-sensitive subjects (e.g. arranged marriages, disownment, honor killings)

A landmark series that captures the offbeat, emotionally charged and extraordinary lives unique to a variety of Millennials across the USA. Pushing boundaries through the use of drones, ‘camera drops’ and self-documented reality, where the contributor becomes the filmmaker. • Setting up complex shoots in the USA (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Bayous and Miami) • Negotiating difficult access to a wide range of private and public organizations and out-reach networks • Liaising with, and briefing fixers • Location research (general and more targeted, e.g. a specific neighborhood) • Shoot scheduling and planning travel routes across a number of days

A new, fun and exciting documentary series where bold, adventurous single American women (aged 28-38) are sent around the world to date eligible single men in different countries. • International casting; women in America, men in Argentina, Italy, Russia, Singapore and UK • Locating and briefing street casters abroad • Interviews (phone & Skype) • Paper edits and cutting reels to a tight turn around

(See above) • International casting; young American teens to adults in their late 20s • Case study targeting, e.g. hunters, witches, showgirls • Interviews (phone & Skype) • Story producing • Gathering UGC – integral to this project, producing their story through UGC requests • Dealing with sensitive subjects (drugs, abuse, incarceration, death, illness)

Finding British families or couples who have moved off-grid in extreme and remote locations around the world. Extremely tight remit, required the implementation of new, creative search methods. • International casting; Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Dominica Republic and Peru • Phone bashing; making leads through accommodations, tourist guides, land agents • Interviews (phone & Skype), writing biogs/top sheets/glance sheets

A self-produced, self-shot environmental documentary short about a man in Florida dedicated to mangrove rehabilitation. Considers issues such as commercial development, invasive species and approaches to alternative living and lifestyles. To be edited. • Shooting, sound recording • Interviews • Shoot scheduling

A multi-media investigation into life on the US-Mexico border as part of my Master’s degree, within the ideological context of faith, religion and ritual. The project explores issues of migration, border crossings, crime, cartels, incarceration, drugs and human trafficking. • Building trust and relationships with migrants, criminal offenders and Indigenous People • Gaining access to official bodies (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol, Department of Corrections) • Producing an investigative report on political border issues

Finding individuals to take part in the Only Way is Essex 2 commercial auditions.

Casting couples in-love to share their stories as part of a documentary collaboration with Match.com