Mobile: 07843904755
Email: wraesmith@googlemail.com
Website: www.willraesmith.co.uk
EDUCATION
2007 – 2009 FDA Broadcast & Operations Production: Graduated
2006 – 2007 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design: Merit
2004 – 2006 A-level: Photography, Film Studies & Business Studies
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
| Date | Title | Director | D.o.P. | Company | Format / Notes |
DRAMA - SHORTS
| June 2010 | One Wrong Word | Nicole Volavk | Christopher Moon | Electric Ballroom Productions | REDmx / Gaffer |
| May 2010 | 2 Minutes | Christopher Granier-Deferre | Stuart Bentley | Poisson Rouge Pictures | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Mar 2010 | Beast | Christopher Granier-Deferre | Stuart Bentley | Poisson Rouge Pictures | Arri D21/ Best Boy |
| Mar 2010 | The Heart Fails Without Warning | Ruth Platt | Chris Moon | UrbanFox Films | REDmx / Gaffer |
| Dec 2010 | Bella Fleace | Leonara Lonsdale | Leo D’Antonini | NYU Film School | 35mil / Best Boy |
| Nov 2010 | Waiting For a Stranger | Jacob Migicovsky | Chris Moon | Lucid FIlms | REDmx / Gaffer |
| Oct 2010 | Gone Too Far | Destiny Ekaragha | David Raedeker | Poisson Rouge Pictures | Super16 / Spark |
| Aug 2010 | Small Town Glory | Mary Nighy | Beniamino Barrese | N.F.T.S Production | RED One / Spark |
| July 2010 | Half-Light | Prasanna Puwanarajah | Felix Wiedemann | Ruby Films | 35mil & RED One / Gaffer |
| July 2010 | Sweet Life | Gabriel Amaral | Rob Wilton | Mimo Productions | RED One / Gaffer |
| June 2010 | Battle for Britain | Alex Helfrecht | Rene Ritcher | BreakThru Films | 35mil / Spark |
| June 2010 | Man In Fear | Will Jewell | Dominic Jones | Fracture Films | RED One / Gaffer |
| April 2010 | Really Rather | Jack Shankls | Felix Wiedemann | Independent | Super16 / Spark |
| April 2010 | The Player | Tom Turley | David Procter | Independent | RED One / Gaffer |
| Mar 2010 | Senior Living | Marco Willliamson | Felix Wiedemann | N.F.T.S | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Mar 2010 | Oneironaut | Alejandro Sesma | Luis Posada | Independent | HDV / Spark |
| Mar 2010 | Habibti | Nour Wazzi | Duncan Telford | Fortune Films | RED One / Spark |
| Mar 2010 | Bleach | Lynsey Miller | Steve Annis | Independent | RED One / Gaffer |
| Mar 2010 | Eco-maniac | Gerard Monaco | Amy Newstead | Independent | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Mar 2010 | Just Desserts | Peter Cregeen | Rolie Luker | ALRA | HDV / Gaffer |
| Feb 2010 | The Assessments | Mark Gutteridge | Damien Pawle | Shudder Films | Arri D21 / Spark |
| Feb 2010 | Calculus of Love | Dan Clifton | Dirk Nell | Atomium Films | SRW 9000 / Gaffer |
| Dec 2009 | Narke | Louisa Fielden | Justin Brown | Change Films | RED One / Gaffer |
| Dec 2009 | Fred’s Meat | Rob D’Arcy | Luis Posada | Oh I See Films & Fortune Films | RED One / Spark |
| Nov 2009 | Farringdon Smith | Oliver Lyttelton | Vanessa Whyte | Independent | 35mil / Spark |
| Nov 2009 | Lotus Flower | Barnaby Fletcher | Geoff Woods | Scrap Gold Productions | Super16 / Gaffer |
| Jun 2009 | Jubilee | Doug Rao | Jeff Chapman | B3 Media & UKFC | RED One / Spark |
| Apr 2009 | Half Hearted | Max McGill | John Watters | Fortune Films | 35mil / Spark |
DRAMA - FEATURES
| Apr 2011 | Junk | Justin Trefgarne | Chris Moon | TSquared Films Ltd | REDmx / Gaffer |
| Mar 2011 | Cockneys vs Zombies | Matthias Hoen | Dan Bronx | Cockneys vs Zombies Ltd | Alexa / Spark (dailies) |
| Feb 2011 | Sket | Nirpal Bhogal | Felix Wiedemann | Gunslinger Films | Alexa / Spark |
| Nov 2010 | Love Tomorrow | Chris Payne | Paul Teverini | Love Tomorrow Ltd | RED One / Spark (dailies) |
| Sept 2010 | Screwed | Reg Travis | Bryan Loftus B.S.C | Screwed Ltd | 35mil / Spark |
| May 2010 | Vacation Hunter | Daz Spencer-Lovesey | Ewan Mulligan | Sabre Productions | DSLR / Gaffer |
| May 2010 | Peter | Skip Kite | Michael Miles | Prasline Productions | 35 mil / Spark (dailies) |
| Feb & Apr 2010 | Men Don’t Lie | Jane Spencer | Justin Brown | Shimmer Productions | Super16 / Spark |
MUSIC VIDEOS
| Jun 2011 | Jedward – Bad Behaviour | Rage | Aaron Reid | Luti Media | REDmx / Spark |
| May 2011 | Tribes - Sappho | Dan White | Vanessa Whyte | Crossfire Productions | Alexa / Spark |
| Mar 2011 | Liam Bailey – Heart Beat | Paul Gore | Axel Lindahl | Fylnn Ltd | Alexa & RED/ Spark |
| Mar 2011 | Architects - | Stuart Birchall | Rob Wilton | You Know It Ltd | Alexa / Spark |
| Mar 2011 | Classified Ft. Devonne & Sensus - Bounce | Andy Hylton | Derek Tan | Luti Media | REDmx / Spark |
| Mar 2011 | The Plea – The Miracle | Dan Ruttley | Dirk Nell | Metropolis Group | REDmx / Spark |
| Jan 2011 | You & Me At Six Ft. Chiddy Bang – Rescue Me | James Lees | Steve Annis | Warp Films | REDmx / Spark |
| Dec 2010 | Dru & Curfew – Whisper | Kofi Allen | Dennis Madden | Strike Pictures | REDmx / Gaffer |
| Nov 2010 | White Lies – Bigger Than Us | Colin O’Toole | Jonas Mortensen | Pulse Films | Alexa / Spark |
| Sept 2010 | N-Dubs – All I Need is Love | Ben Peters | Derik Tan | Luti Media | RED One / Spark |
| July 2010 | R.D – Do It Like Me | Pawel Ksiezopolski | David Procter | Flomotion TV | RED One / Gaffer |
| Apr 2010 | Midgar – Lead Your Children to the Sky. | Stuart Birchall | Rob Wilton | Independent | RED One / Gaffer |
| Feb 2010 | These New Puritans – Attack Music | Matthew Stone | David Procter | Pulse Films | RED One / Gaffer |
| Dec 2009 | Lemar – The Way Love Goes | Rage | Dave Jones | Sony BMG | RED One / Spark |
| Nov 2009 | The Ruin – Beware | Mark Withers | Jean Claite | Independent | HDV / Gaffer |
| Nov 2009 | The Reverence – My Town | Liam Creighton | Emma Bailey | Independent | HDV / Gaffer |
| May 2009 | Dominique Saint – Work it Out | Chris Storrar | Chris Storrar | Independent | RED One / Gaffer |
CORPORATE/DOCUMENTARY/TV
| Jun 2011 | Spooks – Series 10 | Bharat Nalluri | James Welland | Kudos Spooks Ltd | Super16 / Spark (dailies) |
| Mar 2011 | Friends of the Earth Viral – Warm Homes | Edward Dick | Sam Care | Catsnake | DSLR / Spark |
| Feb 2011 | Tough Encounters | Hannah Robinson | Tom Turley | One Plus One | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Nov 2010 | Friday Night Dinner | Steve Bendelack | Erik Wilson Brummelen | Big Talk Productions | Alexa / Spark (dailies) |
| Oct 2010 | Shockhead Soul | Simon Pummell | Reinier Van Brummelen | Hot Property Ltd | RED One / Gaffer |
| Oct 2010 | Secret Diary Of A Call Girl | Sam Donovan | Ben Todd | Tiger Aspects | HDV / Spark (dailies) |
| Aug 2010 | Zara & her FIve Husbands (Egypitian Soap Opera) | Ahmad Aboul-Wafa | Ahmad El Esseily | Rasha Film Ltd | HDV / Spark |
| April 2010 | Playstation Move | Chris Storrar | Damien Pawle | Knock Knock Productions | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Feb 2010 | IQ2 Debate Show – European Muslims | Nick Davies | Graham Reid | Just Add Air | Multi-camera live recording / Spark |
| Feb 2010 | Chickenshed Project | Lex Halaby | Dan Stafford-Clarke | Warp Films | Multi- Camera DSLR / Spark |
| Jan 2010 | “Think” Ray Winstone | James Griffiths | John Lee | DCM/N.F.T.S | RED One / Spark |
| Oct 2009 | IQ2 Debate Show – The Catholic Church | Nick Davies | Graham Reid | Just Add Air | Multi-camera live recording / Spark |
COMMERCIALS
| June 2011 | Dove – Odyssey | Stuart Parr | Stephen Keith-Roach | Blink Productions Ltd | Alexa & Phantom / Spark |
| May 2011 | Nintendo – Wii Zumba | Aneil Karia | Stuart Bentley | Kream Ltd | Alexa / Spark |
| May 2011 | BiC - A Blank Canvas | Andy Blackburn | Rob Wilton | Th2ng Ltd | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Apr 2011 | Dr Pepper – The Pepperhood | Matt Loudon | David Proctor | Guerilla Vision Ltd | Alexa / Gaffer |
| Mar 2011 | Burberry – Brand Film Vignettes | Tom Judd | Louis Posada | Agile Films Ltd | Alexa / Spark |
| Jan 2011 | Diesel – ‘About A Girl’ | Stuart Birchall | Rob Wilton | You Know It Ltd | Alexa/Phantom / Spark |
| Dec 2010 | Camelot Lotto ‘Lots of Dreams’ | Kevin Thomas | Stephen Keith-Roach | Thomas Thomas Films | 35mil / Spark |
| Dec 2010 | Peugeot : Blink | Ulf Johansson | Stephen Keith-Roach | Smith & Jones Films Ltd | 35mil / Spark |
| Nov 2010 | Cravendale : ‘Cats with Thumbs’ | Ulf Johansson | Stephen Keith-Roach | Smith & Jones Films Ltd | 35mil / Spark |
| Nov 2010 | Pradaxa : Stroke Survivor | Andy Blackburn | Rob Wilton | Hogarth Ltd | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Nov 2010 | Pradaxa : Cardioman | Andy Blackburn | Rob Wilton | Hogarth Ltd | DSLR / Gaffer |
| Nov 2010 | Brand Toys | Fern Berresford | Matt Fox | Coy! | DSLR / Spark |
| Feb 2010 | MTV – ‘Push’ ident. | Nick Scott | Felix Wiedemann | MTV Push | RED One / Spark |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Pearl Titan Stage One Programming course with Avolites.
Proficient Digital SLR Stills Photographer, with own kit.
Light & Colour Temperature Meter.
CRB checked.
British Nationality.
REFERENCES
Chris Storrar – Director of Photography – 07732528106
Freddie Smith – Camera Operator – 07810543006
ABOUT ME:
I am hard working, reliable, friendly person who works well in a team and is as keen as mustard.
I love going to local Picturehouse cinemas’, all sports and cooking for friends. My life coach is Groucho Marx.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3306785/