Matthias Laeis

I have worked with corporate production companies, marketing agencies, small businesses and charities/foundations. My scenes were mainly Healthcare, Education, Music, Society, Entertainment, Media.

For one year I took on the role of Video Producer at the RSA, where I produced, shot and edited their ongoing lecture video series (similar to TED Talks), featuring some of the world’s leading thinkers, expert minds and inspirational practitioners.

I directed, shot and edited 'Mi Vida Loca', BBC Learning's interactive Spanish language eLearning course, available free at www.bbc.co.uk/mividaloca. Shot from the user's point of view, you feel as if you're in Spain, meeting and talking to real Spaniards. Learning how to order a drink or getting a cab are mixed with a dramatic story. 'Mi Vida Loca' won a Bafta Craft award (Interactive Innovation) in 2009 and was nominated for an AOP award (Use of Video) and Webby award (Broadband).

I worked as a DP and DV Director, occasionally as a Shooting AP and Editor, on documentary features, obs doc series and factual entertainment for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Bravo and Sky.

The Lab was Granada's in-house indie for low-cost, high-volume and innovative programming. I was part of a multi-skilled production team using DSR570s and in-house edit suites to make obs docs, magazine and current affairs shows for ITV, Bravo and The Foreign Office, including Nightlife (LWT), Artworks (ITV London), The Real A&E (ITV London), UK Today (The British Foreign Office), The London Programme (ITV London), Crimefighters (ITV1) and Street Crime UK (Bravo).

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