Simon Mills Supervising Producer
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Simon Mills
Mobile telephone: 07720 593619
Email: [email protected]
Other: http://www.simonmillsproductions.com

About me: With over thirty years experience in the Film & Television Industry, I have worked on projects in all formats from Feature-Films to Location/Stage Serials to Multi-Camera Studio Series to Single Camera Dramas and Documentaries to live Outside Broadcast Events, both on tape/film and file-based. I am used to delivering to streaming, satellite and terrestrial networks, am fully computer-literate, and always committed and cheerful.

34 years experience.

Genre: Comedy, Commercials, Corporate, Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Dramality, Factual Entertainment, Feature Films, Light Entertainment, Multi camera Studio, Outside Broadcasts, Reality

Additional skills: 16mm or 35mm, 4K, Archive, CGI Video FX, EP Budgeting, EP Scheduling, File Based Formats, Health And Safety, Underwater Filming

Other skills: I am an advanced user of both Movie Magic Scheduling and Budgeting, as well as PMI and MS Office. I am Netflix-approved, an experienced 1st AD, 2nd Unit Director, and self-shooter. I am also proficient with Final Cut Pro, PaintShop, and basic web design.

Overseas experience in: Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Monaco, Morocco, Puerto Rico, South Africa, United States of America.

Languages: French

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Credits

FEAR CITY: NEW YORK vs THE MAFIA

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Netflix.

3x60’ Series. It is New York, 1980. The 5 boroughs are the Mafia’s world HQ – and business is booming. In a confidential internal report circulated at the end of 1980, the FBI acknowledge that the Cosa Nostra is one of the nation’s most successful growth industries. From grimy street corners to high-rise buildings springing up in Manhattan – the Mob’s power can be seen everywhere. But things are about to change. Part police procedural, part espionage thriller, part courtroom drama, this is the story of the investigation that changed America forever. This is the story of the case that finally broke the Mob’s stranglehold over New York City.


DON’T F**K WITH CATS: HUNTING AN INTERNET KILLER

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Netflix.

A 3x60’ documentary documentary about the investigation into the crimes of Luka Magnotta that explores the extraordinary detective work and online sleuthing that brought about his conviction. The films also explore the themes of identity, the quest for celebrity and the excesses of the internet.


DEADLY LEGACY

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Dramality, Reality; Broadcaster: Investigation Discovery.

A new 3x60’ Series following Detective Sergeant Jason Moran, who is the one-man cold case unit for Cook County, Illinois. He’s seen countless jaw-dropping cases through the years, but the surprise of his career came in 2011 when he discovered that eight of John Wayne Gacy’s victims remained unidentified. In 2011, Moran reopened the investigation believing that with today’s technology and good old-fashioned detective work, he could uncover these victims’ identities. But the investigation opened more than a cold case into eight unidentified bodies. Moran’s original appeal produced 170 leads, representing some 80 missing people who still had not been found; 80 grieving families who never received closure; 80 forgotten cases across more than 20 states. Moran thought eight families were still waiting for answers. What he uncovered was a missing persons’ epidemic that spread across America.


SILK ROAD: DRUGS, DEATH AND THE DARK WEB

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: BBC & A&E.

A 120’ feature Documentary co-production between BBC, VICE Studios UK, and A&E Television. In 2011, a mysterious persona operating under the Avatar ’Dread Pirate Roberts’, revealed himself as creator and administrator of a sensational new darkness website known as the ’Silk Road’. With unparalleled access to friendfds, lovers, drug vendors and myriad law-enforcement agencies desperate to bring him down, this is a thrilling cat-and-mouse crime story for the digital age.


NO MAN LEFT BEHIND

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Dramality; Broadcaster: National Geographic, USA.

6x60’ - To be trapped behind enemy lines is every soldier’s worst nightmare: a situation they all train for, few experience and even fewer survive. In each film, we witness how one person’s contribution to the war effort becomes a pure battle for survival – for him and for his comrades. This is modern warfare boiled down to the ground-level fight for your brothers-in-arms. These are stories about loyalty, courage and overcoming incredible odds in some of the most hostile environments on earth.


UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Dramality; Broadcaster: History Channel, USA.

1x60’ formatted show following two Private Detectives who, whilst working on a cold-case, uncover a series of seemingly unconnected events that ultimately reveal an intricate web of cover-ups that centre on the US government


REVELATION

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: History Channel, USA.

In the vein of ‘The Blair Witch Project’, REVELATION is a ‘found footage’ drama series, comprised of two 2 hour films, set in the near future in the US and in Israel which tells the story of a number of characters who discover that the prophecies of the Book of Revelation are coming to pass.


PARANORMAL WITNESS

Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Supervising Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama; Broadcaster: SyFy, USA.

Ordinary people tell of their extraordinary experiences of the paranormal. First-person testimony, infused with dramatic reconstruction sustained five successful Seasons, making 62x60’ and 2x90’ films.


DERREN BROWN: FAITH-HEALER

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Edit Producer; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.

Derren Brown takes an ordinary man and turns him into a convincing faith-healer in an attempt to infiltrate this closed and well-protected world


JUST THE TRICK

Production company: Foundation Television; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: ITV1.

Pilot showcase for Stephen Mulhern in advance of a new primetime Saturday night Series


DERREN BROWN: THE SYSTEM

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.

One-off Special where Derren has developed a foolproof way of winning at the horses... and then tells us all how it`s done!


MIND CONTROL WITH DERREN BROWN

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Series Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: NBC (Sci-Fi Channel).

6x60 First US Series for the NBC Network made up of previously- and specially-shot material from both the US and UK.


DERREN BROWN: TRICK OR TREAT [Series1&2]

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Series Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.

The latest cult series from the master of psychological illusion. 2 Series - 6x30 DigiBeta Location shoots around London & the USA.


DERREN BROWN: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment, Outside Broadcasts; Broadcaster: C4.

One-off Special where Derren showcases his current Olivier Award-winning theatre performance. 1x90 as-live OB in London`s Old Vic Theatre.


DEATH-WISH LIVE!

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment, Multi camera Studio, Outside Broadcasts; Broadcaster: E4.

A week of Live insane stunts from the best UK & US performers. 3x60& 2x30 LIVE OBs from Pinewood Studios.


DERREN BROWN: THE HEIST

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.

BAFTA-nominated one-off Special. Can Derren convince a group of ordinary people to steal £100,000 in what they believe to be an armed robbery? 1x60 DigiBeta Location shoots in and around London.


DAVID BLAINE: ABOVE THE BELOW

Production company: Sky One; On-screen credit: Event Producer; Programme type: Light Entertainment, Outside Broadcasts, Reality; Broadcaster: Sky One & C4.

LIVE ONGOING EVENT A man drinks only water for 44 days suspended in a box above the Thames. Digibeta/OB/35mm/Web-Streaming shoots in London.


BUILDING THE IMPOSSIBLE

Production company: Atlantic Productions; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama; Broadcaster: Discovery Channel / C5.

An architectural stance on the seven wonders of the ancient world. 1x90 DigiBeta Location shoot in Morocco.


GHOST WRITERS

Production company: Ghost Film Company; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

(INDEPENDENT FILM) The truth behind some of Shakespeares finest works. 1x40 35mm Location shoot.


COMMAND APPROVED

Production company: PNBPT / BBC; On-screen credit: Producer; Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

35mm Feature shot in the Bahamas showing the modern day British Navy in action against a tin-pot dictator. 1x40 35mm Location shoot.


[ AS UNIT/PRODUCTION MANAGER ]


HYPNOSURGERY LIVE

Production company: Zig Zag Productions; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: OB, Reality; Broadcaster: E4.

A two-hour special discussing the role of hypnosis in modern day medicine, including a live operation to be carried out under hypno- rather than chemo-anaesthesia. Live 1x120 Shot on location.


DERREN BROWN: TRICK OF THE MIND [SERIES3]

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: LE; Broadcaster: C4.

The next in the series from the master of psychological illusion. 6x30 DigiBeta Location shoots around London & Europe.


DERREN BROWN: THE GATHERING

Production company: Objective Productions; On-screen credit: Senior Production Manager; Programme type: LE, OB; Broadcaster: C4.

ONE-OFF SPECIAL Derren showcases his current theatre performance in front of a celebrity audience. 1x70 as-live OB in London.


COSMETIC SURGERY LIVE

Production company: Endemol; On-screen credit: Unit Manager; Programme type: OB, Reality; Broadcaster: C5.

The first series live from a private clinic near Manchester shows you the worst and best of cosmetic surgery today, 14x30 Live Location OB from Manchester.


SHATTERED

Production company: Endemol; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: OB, Reality; Broadcaster: C4 & E4.

Can seven people stay awake for a week non-stop to win the prize? LIVE OB/web-streaming from a secret London location?


BRAVO TWO-ZERO

Production company: Distant Horizon Films; On-screen credit: Production Manager (UK); Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

A gruelling adaptation of the best-selling book by Andy McNab. 1x120 Film Location shoot in South Africa and London.


[ AS LINE PRODUCER ]


TEN DAYS TO VICTORY

Production company: 3BM Television; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama; Broadcaster: Discovery & History Channel.

DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY The final days of WWII as seen through the eyes of 10 disparate characters. 2x60 DigiBeta Shoots in UK/Montreal.


ZERO HOUR - 9/11 & COLUMBINE

Production company: 3BM Television; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Broadcaster: Discovery.

DRAMA/DOCUMENTARIES 2 projects shot in Canada by award-winning Writer/Director David Hickman. 2x60 DigiBeta Stage/Location shoots in Toronto.


PROMOTED TO GLORY

Production company: Thames Television; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: ITV Network.

A Christmas tale of love and redemption, as seen through the eyes of alcoholic Ken Stott and Salvation Army Officer Lesley Manville. 1x100 Location Film shoot in and around London.


JEFFREY ARCHER - THE TRUTH

Production company: Hat Trick; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

Writer Guy Jenkin brings us his directorial debut with a single-film take on the story behind the rise and rise of Jeffrey Archer. 1x100 Film Location Shoot around the UK.


LONDON'S BURNING

Production company: United Pictures; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: ITV Network.

Climactic outing for the long-running series. 10x50 Stage/Location Digibeta Shoot in and around London.


BEECH IS BACK

Production company: Pearson Television; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: ITV Network.

A spin-off from "The Bill", rogue policeman Don Beech is poacher turned gamekeeper. 6x30 DigiBeta Location Shoot in UK


SPEEDY DEATH (A MRS BRADLEY MYSTERY)

Production company: BBC; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

SINGLE FILM The first in the successful Mrs Bradley series. 1x60 Location Film Shoot in UK


A RESPECTABLE TRADE

Production company: BBC; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC & WNBC Boston.

MINI-SERIES Phillipa Gregory`s novel about the slave trade in the late 18th Century brought to life in this 3-part Serial. 3x50 Film Location Shoot around UK


THE MOONSTONE

Production company: BBC Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

SINGLE FILM A lush adaptation of the Wilkie Collins novel that set the standard for modern detective stories. 2x60 Location Film Shoot in London/Norfolk


BECK

Production company: Tempest Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

A six-part showcase for Amanda Redman as she runs a missing persons bureau in London. 6x50DigiBeta Studio/Location Shoot in London.


CASTLES

Production company: Granada; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

A middle-class soap made as the first independent broadcaster commission to air on the BBC. 26x30 Studio/Location Multi-Camera Shoot.


MEAT

Production company: BBC; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

SINGLE FILM Jonny-Lee Miller & John Simm in their first film roles chart the depths of depravity endured by youngsters in Kings Cross. 1x100 Film Shoot in Central London.


WIDE-EYED AND LEGLESS

Production company: BBC Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

FEATURE FILM FOR SAMUEL GOLDWYN Based on the Deric Longden book about his wifes struggle against M.E. 1x100 Location Film Shoot around the UK.


BLACK AND BLUE

Production company: BBC; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Broadcaster: BBC.

GF Newman`s classic territory of authority under pressure. 1x100 Location Film Shoot in Liverpool.


THE RAILWAY STATION MAN

Production company: Turner Network Television; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are re-united in this tale of love and loss. 1x120 35mm Location Shoot in Northern and Southern Ireland.


HALLELUJAH ANYHOW

Production company: BBC Films; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC.

SINGLE FILM A conflict of faith versus emotion in this film set in Londons black community. 1x100 Film Location shoot in London.


TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY

Production company: BBC Films; On-screen credit: Associate Producer & Music Advisor; Programme type: Drama, Feature Film.

FEATURE FILM FOR SAMUEL GOLDWYN Anthony Minghella`s directorial debut 1x100 Stage/Location Film Shoot in Bristol & London.


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