Manager Management

JEREMY M PELZER

www.jeremypelzer.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

As a professional stills photographer Jeremy has developed a broad range of commercial clients from 2009 including several film

industry companies and productions alongside documentary work and commercial businesses. Freelance assignments have resulted in

opportunities to photograph across a range of disciplines, producing work that has been formally published, extensively used online in

new media and in print across several national newspapers and magazines.

Producing stills images throughout his successful fifteen-year career in feature film production has enabled Jeremy to experience and

learn from amongst the greatest professionals in the world, included amongst which were numerous stills photographers and lighting

cameramen. During this time Jeremy travelled extensively across Europe and worldwide, always with a camera close at hand. With a

Certificate of Higher Education in Photography, Jeremy continues to study all forms of photography with the Open College of the Arts,

through his Licentiateship at the Royal Photographic Society, alongside a formal Degree with the University of the Creative Arts.

As a feature film freelancer, Jeremy has worked on numerous movies including Gulliver s Travels, Kick Ass, Harry Potter & The Chamber

of Secrets, Tomb Raider, 102 Dalmatians, The World is Not Enough, Star Wars, Tomorrow Never Dies, Entrapment and Goldeneye,

working both in the UK and abroad. With a versatile background, Jeremy continues to consult commercially, focusing upon business

affairs, design and marketing and extending to the development of specific feature film projects, including aspects relating to scheduling

and budgeting.

As Consultant Managing Director of Elstree Studios, throughout 2008, alongside overall governance of the business, evaluation of

strategies and opportunities, key responsibilities included preparation and recommendations on all major transactions, creation and

direction of commercial contracts, budgets, forecasts, and HR legal elements. A twelve-month fixed term consultancy to appraise and

renew the established company Elstree Film Studios Ltd. Versatile management skills and experience enabled Jeremy to deliver a

significant increase in turnover and profitability ensuring Elstree experienced its highest performance year ever. Good yields allowed

significant capital investment into the business. Supervising the team of professionals marketing and operating the Studios, Jeremy built

upon the established Elstree profile whilst re-branding for the next decade.

Appointed Studio Director of Ealing Studios in 2002, Jeremy directed all elements of the Studio s operations for over five years; ensuring

ongoing independent physical production at the Studios whilst remaining involved in the development, production and sales of a

catalogue of feature film and drama credits including those for Ealing - Valiant, Alien Autopsy, Imagine Me and You, Fade to Black, I

Want Candy and St Trinian s . Turnover of the Studio business increased by approximately three hundred percent of that in 2002.

Supervising two phases of a consented fifty million pound redevelopment including fifty thousand square feet of new build alongside

refurbishment of the production space and stages, Jeremy was also heavily involved with the planning and execution of the construction

projects.

Throughout 2001, Jeremy consulted on the redevelopment of 3 Mills Studios, London, an eight million pound design and investment in

the construction of fifteen sound stages and associated production facilities. Successfully promoted to the marketplace, 3 Mills became

a preferred Studio to some significant Producers and Production companies alike including independent producers for television drama.

As Assistant Location Manager on Goldeneye from 1994 to 1995, Jeremy became involved in the design and construction of Leavesden

Studios. Remaining at Leavesden, he helped secure the foreign investment for a continuation of the facility and during preliminary joint

venture discussions with Twentieth Century Fox; Leavesden accommodated the pre-production of James Cameron's Titanic and the

filming of Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Lucasfilm having expressed interest in the Studios during the course of Goldeneye, confirmed The

Phantom Menace in 1996. In that October, Jeremy was invited by Eon Productions to develop and location manage Park Street Studios

for the production of Tomorrow Never Dies, a 2 million temporary studio incorporating 25,000 sq. ft. of sound stages, workshops, back-

lot, edit and associated production facilities.

Involved in a number of wider initiatives within the UK Motion Picture Industry Jeremy has formerly held board positions on the

Production Guild of Great Britain, the Screen Academy at the London College of Communications; as member of the Filming in London

Partnership Committee, and also chaired the West London Creative Industries Strategy in 2006 and 2007 helping establish the Business

Improvement District in Ealing.

JEREMY M PELZER

15 Woodside Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1JG UK

www.jeremypelzer.com +44 (0-777*-****** **@************.***

KEY SKILLS

Stills Photography 35mm film & digital photography & lighting; Photoshop & Lightroom; VR; Medium format

Production Management Scheduling; Budgeting; Financing; Contracting; Troubleshooting; Bonds; Controls; Reporting

Location Management Location Negotiation & Contracts; Scouting; Budgeting; Scheduling; Unit Management

Motion Photography & Lighting 35 & S35mm, 16mm, High Def. Camera; Grips; Lighting; High Definition; Stills & Photoshop

Special Effects Practical Experience Equipment; Materials; Pyrotechnics; Methods; Risk Assessment

Feature Development Intellectual Property Rights; Options; Revisions; Financing; IP & Copyright; Releases; Sales

Post Production Management Experience Of Digital Intermediate; Conventional; Avid; CGI & Animation

Financial 50m+, Budgeting; P&L Accounts; Forecasts; Reviews, Reporting, Insurances

Film Studio Development Design; Development; Construction; Operation; Marketing Strategies & Implementation

Corporate Governance Statutory Compliance; Articles Preparation; Audit Preparation; Director Responsibilities

Legal Contract; Employment; Property; Lawful & Ethical Practices; Statutory Responsibilities

H&S / Fire Life Safety CDM; Policies; Risk Assessments; COSHH; First Aid & Fire Provisions; SIA License

Business Development Appraisal; Multi Option Strategy Planning; Market Sector Analysis; Capital & Growth

Marketing Website & Material Design; Strategies; Branding; Presentations; Editorial; Public Speaking

ICT EP Budgeting; EP Scheduling; Final Draft; Microsoft Office; Internet; Adobe; Web Design

Human Resources Recruitment; Negotiation, Management; Redundancy; Performance, Appraisals; Procedural

Property Development Preliminaries; Planning Processes; Buildings Regulations; Structural Surveying

Architectural Design & Build; Architectural Processes; Refurbishment & Space Planning; Consents

Construction Tendering; Quantity Surveying; Budgeting; Expenditure Control; Site Management

Insurance Employers; Public / GL; Production; Reviews & Renewals; Corporate / Director; Procedures

Languages Conversational French (French Location Experience)

Valuation / Rates Commercial; Rate Revaluations & Negotiations; Assessments; Appeals; Asset Management

Drivers License Full Clean UK Drivers License; Full Motorcycle License; Counterweight Forklift; 7.5t Truck

Underwater Diving PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (Including Deep & Night Diving)

EDUCATION

Open College of the Arts BA Hons Photography (ongoing) Certificate of Higher Education in Photography (2010)

Production Guild of Great Britain Line Producer & Production Manager Progress Course (2009)

University of London LLB Foundation Modules Common Law; Criminal Law; Contract Law; Public Law (2006)

University of Wales, Aberystwyth Undergraduate Degree Studies Film, Television & Theatre (1993/4)

King Edward VI School A Levels English, History, Politics

Watford Grammar School GCSE s English Literature, Language, Maths, French, History, Geography, Art, Sciences

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) www.rps.org

Production Guild of Great Britain www.productionguild.com

Film London www.filmlondon.org.uk

UK Screen Association www.ukscreenassociation.co.uk

UK Guild of location Managers www.golm.org.uk

JEREMY M PELZER

15 Woodside Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1JG UK

www.jeremypelzer.com +44 (0-777*-****** **@************.***

ectual Property Rights; Options; Revisions; Financing; IP & Copyright; Releases; Sales

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