Ron Bailey

Sound recordist - drama shoot
Ron Bailey
Location:
Camden innit
Film:
The Age of Stupid
Original connection:
Franny rode on my shoulders when we made a video about veganism in 1995
Memorable moment:
Rodin's thinker falling on its head after Pete shot the baked beans in the drama shoot (shame it got cut from the final film!)
Guilty of:
Burning through AA batteries

FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS: MI HIGH 3 Directors: Matt King, Richard Elson 8 x 1⁄2 hr Children’s Drama Series Producer Emily Kingsman-Lloyd Production Co. Kudos Film & TV / BBC FALLOUT Director Ian Rickson 1 x 90’ Film for Television Producer Matt Jones Production Co. Company Pictures / Channel 4 THE FIXER Director Alrick Riley 6 x 1hr (2nd Unit) Drama Series Producer Faith Penhale Production Co. Kudos Film & TV / ITV STREET OF DREAMS - MUSICAL Director Ramiro Medina-Flores MIRROR MAZE Producer Katya García Maiz Fantasy Feature Film Shot on HD Production Co. Killerpic Ltd. LIFE AND LYRICS Director Richard Laxton Romantic Musical Drama Feature Producers: Esther Douglas, Fiona Neilson Additional Shoot Production Co. Fiesta Productions LEARNERS Director Francesca Joseph Comedy film for TV Producer Luke Alkin Production Co. BBC Films DR WHO 8 x 1hr Sci-fi Television Series Directors: James Strong, Charlie Palmer, Colin Teague, Graham Harper Location: Wales Producer Phil Collinson Production Co. BBC TORCHWOOD Directors: James Strong, Colin Teague, Brian Kelly 6 x 1hr Sci-fi Television Series Producer Richard Stokes Production Co. BBC SOMEONE ELSE Director Col Spector Romantic Comedy Drama Feature Producer Radha Chakraborty Production Co. RSA Films THE LAST SIGN Director Douglas Law Romantic Thriller Feature Producers: Michael Cowan, Claude Leger, Jason Piette Location Canada Production Co. Transfilm / Spice Factory ULTIMATE FORCE Director Mark Roper 5 x 1hr Series for Television Producer Brian True May Production Co. Bentley Productions KISS OF LIFE Director Emily Young Contemporary Drama Feature Producer Gayle Griffiths Locations: UK, Croatia Production Co. Autonomous / Wild Horse Film Company Ltd. THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER Director Justin Hardy Historical Film for Television Producer Liz Hartford Production Co. RDF Media / Granada HOTEL Director Mike Figgis Thriller Feature Producer Annie Stewart, Etchie Stroh Location Italy Production Co. Moonstone Entertainment / IFG Cont. Ronald Bailey, Production Sound Mixer cont. 2 BEST FRIENDS Director Cilla Ware Romantic Comedy Feature Producer Sue Austin Production Co. Granada Kids MY LIFE AS A POPAT Director Beryl Richards 6 x 1⁄2 hr Comedy Television Series Producer Laurence Bowen Production Co. Feel Good Fiction EMMY & BAFTA Awards For Best Children’s Drama BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY Director Sharon Maguire Romantic Comedy Drama Feature (2nd Unit) Producer Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish Production Co. Working Title SEMANA SANTA Director Pepe Danquart Thriller Drama Feature Producer Paul Berrow, Phillippe Guez, Christoph Meyer-Wiel Locations: Germany, Spain Production Co. Schlemmer Film GmbH THE MUMMY RETURNS Director Steven Sommers Fantasy Action Adventure Drama Feature Producer Sean Daniel, James Jacks (2nd Unit) Production Co. Universal Pictures FIVE SECONDS TO SPARE Director Tom Connolly Thriller Drama Feature Producer Amanda Posey Production Co. Scala Wildgaze Productions JANICE BEARD: 45 WPM Director Clare Kilner Comedy Drama Feature Producer Judy Counihan Production Co. Dakota Films / Empire Pictures Inc. COMIC ACT Director Jack Hazan Comedy Drama Feature Producer Paulo Branco, Saskia Spender Production Co. Gemini Films JILTING JOE Director Dan Zeff Romantic Drama Feature Producer Anne-Marie Casey Location Scotland Production Co. BBC Scotland THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Director Sue Clayton FINBAR Producer Martin Bruce-Clayton, Bertil Ohlsson Mystery Drama Feature Production Co. Film 4 International / First City Features BUTTERFLY KISS Director Michael Winterbottom Thriller Drama Feature Producers Julie Baines, Sarah Daniel Production Co. British Screen / Dan Films / Lionsgate Films BHAJI ON THE BEACH Director Gurinder Chadha Comedy Drama Feature Producer Nadine Marsh-Edwards Production Co. Channel 4 Films / Columbia Tri Star TALES OF VAMPIRE Director Shimako Sato Horror Romance Thriller Feature Producer Simon Johnson Production Co. State Screen / Japan Productions YOUNG SOUL REBELS Director Isaac Julien Feature Producer Nadine Marsh-Edwards Production Co. BFI / Channel 4 Films / Sankofa Films I HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER Director/Producer Aki Kaurismaki Comedy Drama Feature Production Co. Channel 4 Films LOOKING FOR LANGSTON Director Isaac Julien Biographical Drama Feature Producer Nadine Marsh-Edwards Production Co. Channel 4 / Sankofa Films THE WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE Director Dan Zeff 7 x 1 hr Comedy Drama Series Producers Mark Bussell & Justin Sbresni Production Co. Hat Trick Productions Cont. Ronald Bailey, Production Sound Mixer cont. 3 MURPHY’S LAW Director Menhaj Huda Film for Television Producer Greg Brenman Production Co. Tiger Aspect Productions HOLBY CITY Directors: Jim Goddard, Keith Boak Series 4, 10 x 1hr Producer Richard Stokes Production Co. BBC BABY FATHER Directors: Alrick Riley, Bob Bangura Series I & II, 2 x 1hr Producer Anne Edyvean Production Co. BBC PLAYING THE FIELD Directors: Dermot Boyd, David Innes-Edwards, Alrick Riley 8 x 1hr Television Series Producer Lis Steele Production Co. Tiger Aspect Productions BLINK Director Amy Jenkins Television Short Producer Atif Ghani Production Co. Aimimage Productions / C4 BAD GIRLS Directors: Laurence Moody, Mike Adams 10 Episodes Producer Brian Park Production Co. Shed Productions MIDSOMER MURDERS II Directors Jeremy Silberson 8 Episodes Producer Brian True May Production Co. Bentley Productions Ltd. THE MRS BRADLEY MYSTERIES Director Audrey Cooke Television Series Producer Deborah Jones Production Co. BBC LONDON BRIDGE Directors Julian Farino, Keith Boak 12 Episodes, Series 11 Producer Mattew Bird Production Co. Carlton Television THE FINAL PASSAGE Director Sir Peter Hall Film for Television Producer Christopher Hall Production Co. Channel 4 TALES OF THE EMPIRE Directors Alrick Riley Television Series Producer Atif Ghani Production Co. BBC / Aimimage THE ONLY BOY FOR ME Director Dew Humphreys Film for Television Producer Ann Scott Production Co. Greenpoint Films / ITV DOUBLE BILL Director Rachel Talalay Feature Film, UK Shoot Producer Marc B Lorber Production Co. Working Title/Oxygen Media IS HARRY ON THE BOAT Director Mahaj Huda Film for Television Shot in Spain Producer Alison Owen Production Co. Ruby Films for C4 THE HUMAN BOMB Director Anthony Page Film for Television Producer Matthew Bird Production Co. Griffin Productions, Showtime USA DOCUMENTARIES: HOUSE GUEST Production Co. ITV Productions SCIENCE OF INTERROGATION Production Co. ITN Factual THE COMEDY MAP OF BRITAIN Production Co. BBC Factual VAMPIRES Production Co. IWC Media HARLOTS PROGRESS Production Co. Touchpaper / RDF Cont. Ronald Bailey, Production Sound Mixer cont. 4 LOST SHIPS Production Co. Pioneer Productions / Discovery Channel CHERNOBYL Production Co. 3BM Television Other Documentaries include: ART ADVENT CALENDAR, SIR ALEC GUINESS, THE NET, ROUGH GUIDE TO THE WORLD, FROM THE EDGE, PANORAMA-DATA PROTECTION, ALL BLACKS - RENT BOYS, ALL BLACKS - A GUN THING, THE LATE SHOW - VARIOUS, LIFE SCHOOL, BLACK INK, ACTING OUR AGE, ARENA MAPLETHORPE SHORT FILMS: STREETS Director Jon Howe Producer Clare Spencer Production Co. Grasshopper Films Ltd EXPOSURE Director Iain MacDonald Producer Ruth Baumgarten Production Co. Enterprise Films Ltd. IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Director Kfir Yefet Producer Asmaa Pirzada Production Co. The International Stunt Company BAFTA Award for Best Short Film HELLO HELLO HELLO Director David Thewlis Producer Helen Booth BAFTA Nomination for Best Short Film

Stuff done:

  • Bridget Jones' Diary, 2001