Mick Ratman

 
TV SERIES / FILMS:

Indian Summer	Indian Summer Films	London - UK locations
Fathers Day	Production Partners.	London - UK locations.

 
COMMERCIALS:

EBS Productions
Client: Ford Escort and Mondeo.	Location: Israeli Desert. Using action helicopters, cars, together with cranes and glass shots, with a crew of 60 temperatures over 110°F.
Client: Canadian Club	Location: Limehouse Dock, Ships, guns and explosives.
Client: Gallo Wines	Location: Northern California, smoke effects by low-flying aircraft and rain effects.
Client: Peugot	Location: Canadian Rockies in mid-winter. Avalanches, helicopters, explosives and cars, at minus 30°F.
Client: N&P Building Society	Location: Preston, Lancashire, 20 Locations in 4 days.
Client: West cigarettes (Germany)	Location: Hong Kong, go-karts.
Client: Balsan Biscuits	Location: Czech Republic
Client: Tunes	Location: Paris
Ferocious Films
Client: Norwich Union Direct	Locations : London - UK
Cake Films
Client: McDonald's	Locations : London (school) - UK
Outsider
Client: Telia (Sweden)	Locations : London (restaurants) - UK
Molehill
Client: Halford's	Locations : London - Home Counties - UK
Jane Fuller Associates
Client: BBC Music Live	Locations: London (Eurostar Terminal) UK locations including : Scotland, Manchester, The Peak District, The Bluebell Railway & The South Coast. Over 14 Locations in 5 days
Production International
Client: Pampers Caremats	Locations: London - The South West & The Home Counties. 11 locations in 5 days.
Client: Tempo Tissues	Locations: London vox pops.
Client: Royal Bank of Scotland	Locations: London Docklands
B-SKY-B & Sky Sports
Client: Program Promotions	Locations: London & Southern England
Client: B-Sky-B. Introduce a Friend	Locations: 15 Locations in The North East & London
Sky Sports: Serious about Sport	Locations: Coastal Thames Estuary, Military housing & London
Quiet Storm
Client: Salon Selectives	Locations: UK ski slopes, fields
H.L.A. Productions
Client: Sony Playstation	Location: Bedfordshire cement works, blowing up trucks
Julian Seddon Films
Client: Mr. Kipling	Location: River Test, Hampshire, Village fete and fishing
Client: ASDA	Location: Kent Apple Orchards, 1960s Harvest
Passion Pictures
Client: Tesco Stores	Location: Bracknell, Bushey. CG backgrounds
Client: B.T.	London, parks. Bandstand SFX & CG.
The Clinic
Client: COI.	Locations: London & The Home Counties. 5 locations. Last minute recces.
Park Village Productions
Client: Frizzell Insurance	Location: Rural Gloucestershire and Cirencester. 15 Unit vehicles
FROG FILMS
Client: Korean Airlines	Location: Various locations in Central London

 
MUSIC VIDEOS:

Hundreds as Assistant Director and/or Location Manager, including The Beautiful South, Paul McCartney, Manson, Erasure, Madness, Tears For Fears, The Pogues, Ultravox, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Culture Beat, Plant Funk, Oxide and Neutrino, Fused, Shivaree and Laura Pausini (Italy).

 
STILLS:

Worked for David George, Barney Edwards, Tom Mulvee, Derek Seaward, David Britton, & many more.

 
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Holland, Ireland, Canary Islands, Germany, Outer Hebrides, Barbados & Grenada.

Very good detailed knowledge of all aspects of camera, grip and still equipment.

Strong stills photography experience, including promotional work.

Working knowledge of the military, flying, boating, farming, geography, geology, history, architecture and meteorology.

Languages: Fluent in Modern Hebrew, understands French

Member of BECTU.

Chairman of Guild of Location Managers, UK

FIRST AID kept current

NVQ incorporating Location Health & Safety Risk Assessment

Clean Driving Licence

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