Video Mastery has the most experienced video production trainers in the country, with over 150 years of production experience between them.
This ensures that you will receive the highest standard of training, interspersed by instructional anecdotes and invaluable tips that can only be shared by someone who has worked extensively within the industry.
Each instructor has a great passion for video production which is reflected in the enthusiastic way they present their training and their desire to ensure the highest standards in the next generation of filmmakers.
As most of our faculty are also active producers, if you ever have a requirement for Video Production, they can provide the assistance you need. You can view their showreels below.
Peter Middleton
Peter has produced over 1,300 corporate videos for over 37 years in over 30 countries throughout the world.
Recognising the increasing requirement for corporates and organisations of all sizes to have video production expertise in-house Peter began providing Video Production Masterclasses, over 7-years ago, to training, HR and marketing teams in Lloyds Bank, Argos, NHS, British Library, Bank of Scotland, New Look, Leeds Building Society and Sainsbury’s to name but a few.
He now focusses on producing corporate videos, tv documentaries and video biographies as well as managing VideoMastery.
Contact: peter@videomastery.co.uk
Darren Hutchinson
Darren is incredibly lucky to be one of the most sought-after video production and marketing specialists in the country. Led by a foolish childhood dream he blagged his way into ITV Granada in Manchester, England in early 2000 and reinvented himself as a filmmaker and video production expert. Some people may recognise him from the global hit TV series 'Most Haunted' (he has been in over 60 episodes since 2013) and his career has seen him producing hundreds of TV shows, promotional films and TV adverts. In 2002 he created the Dreamscope TV brand and has been running his successful production company since then. He gets the opportunity to travel the world, creating content for clients ranging from small charities to huge global names. Everything he does is aimed at helping people and organisations create content and master their video marketing strategies.
Contact: darren@videomastery.co.uk
Ian Sandall
Ian Sandall is a highly-experienced trainer with a wide-ranging TV and video background encompassing producing and directing, scriptwriting, filming, editing and voiceovers.
Ian trained and worked for many years at the BBC.
As well as being an active practitioner in corporate and training film production, Ian also trains degree-level students and businesspeople in TV production and the use of associated editing software.
View Ian's production showreel here.
Contact: ian@videomastery.co.uk
Chris Roberts
Over 30 years, Chris has edited a huge variety of projects from corporate training DVDs and online promotional videos, to short dramas, broadcast documentaries and sports programmes. His recent credits include editing for the Tour de France coverage for ITV Sport, and the BAFTA and Broadcast Award winning property show 'The Great House Giveaway'.
He has been delivering editing training for 20 years, covering (at various times) Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Over the years he has trained university students and staff, broadcast journalists, sports, factual and drama editors.
Since 2017 he has been a Blackmagic Design Master Trainer, running DaVinci Resolve Train-The-Trainer and end user classes throughout Europe, the US and online. He has also written The Editor’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18 and co-authored 'The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve' 18 official training guides.
Contact: chris@videomastery.co.uk
Kathryn Wolfe
Kathryn has over 30 years in the Television Industry of which 20+ years was spent as a BBC/ITV director.
She spent 12 years as a Senior Lecturer Media Performance & TV Production at University of Bedfordshire.
She is the author of two leading text books 'So You Want to be a TV Presenter' & 'The TV Presenter's Career Handbook' and has spent 20+ years of delivering presenting coaching across UK in a variety of settings and organisations.
She is a regularly newsreader for Radio Suffolk and a video presenter at the Univerity of Law.
Contact: kathryn@videomastery.co.uk
Lloyd Ludgrove
A confident, methodical, and highly motivated Visual Storyteller, with an eye for detail and clear problem-solving skills. Over the last 16 years he has worked directly with a wide variety of clients across multiple sectors developing and delivering imaginative, inspiring and innovative Digital Media content to help clients achieve their goals.
His creative passions have always been complimented by a desire to discover new ideas and concepts, ways of working and tools to improve efficiency. In every project he has sought to develop innovative and creative solutions to a client’s problem, particularly when seeking to represent their product or service in a fresh and engaging way.
View Lloyd's production showreel here.
Contact: lloyd@videomastery.co.uk
Rob Miller
Rob obtained a Post Grad. Diploma at the Northern film school. This led to an ongoing creative partnership with the London based production company, Shooting Pictures, culminating in the release of the 2010 feature film 'Beyond the Pole' starring Steven Mangan, Rhys Thomas and Helen Baxendale. Since then, Rob has concentrated on his long form documentary work as a film editor on various British TV network productions including 'Horizon' for BBC Two, 'Panorama', 'Masterchef' and 'Who do you think you are?' for BBC One as well as numerous productions for ITV, C4 and Channel 5.
More recently he has moved into the world of training, teaching and mentoring, running courses for the BBC Academy in Nairobi and Delhi as well as becoming an Associate Lecturer for UCA, the University for the Creative Arts, on their BA Hons TV production course based at Maidstone Studios. Rob is a member of BAFTA and for the past three years has been part of the judging panel for their student film awards helping to promote new and emerging talent.
He now divides his time equally between London and Kent having joined the South East team working on the regional BBC strand 'Inside Out'.
Enthusiastic in his personal aim to improve the skills of others, as a BAFTA member he also acts as a judge on their annual student film awards.
Contact: rob@videomastery.co.uk
Gregg Smith
Gregg Smith has been working as a freelance cameraman for over 25 years.
He has worked on feature films, TV dramas, commercials, pop promos, broadcast and corporate projects all over the world.
He is familiar with 16mm-70mm Film, 3D and 2D Ultra High Definition and High Speed Video, and 360º visual experiences.
When drones first arrived on the scene, Gregg became an early adopter and saw the amazing potential they had to offer, not only in providing unique aerial images, but also in how they could replace the traditional track and dolly, jibs and cranes, and gimbals and steadicam for a fraction of the cost and with a much faster turnaround time than the traditional equipment.
Gregg always recommends having a small drone tucked away in a backpack or the back of the car in case the opportunity arises to get that 'special shot’.
View Gregg's production showreel here.
Contact: gregg@videomastery.co.uk
Sam Creamer
Sam is a cinematographer, camera operator, and digital imaging technician with over ten years of experience working across film and broadcast. His credits include productions for major broadcasters such as the BBC and Channel 4, alongside work in live music, operating on shows for internationally renowned artists including Green Day and Train.
In addition to broadcast and music, Sam has delivered visual work for events and branded content for organisations such as Google, Hyve, and Universal Music, bringing technical expertise and visual sensibility to a wide range of production environments.
Sam is an Associate Lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts, and has also previously taught at the University of Kent. He is also a full member of the Guild of Television Camera Professionals (GTC).
Contact: sam@videomastery.co.uk
Andy Benjamin
Andy is a freelance trainer and camera op. He teaches in higher education, runs camera courses and does camera for various TV companies, as well as making bespoke films. He started at the BBC in 1985 as a Studio Engineer at TV Centre, working on shows as diverse as ‘Play School’ and ‘Black Adder’. Andy re-trained as a technical operator and became skilled with cameras, sound, lighting and editing. A revolution happened in the mid-nineties with the launch of DV cameras, and an urgent need for training production staff was met by Andy exclusively for a year or so. Once the floodgates had opened, Andy’s pioneering work was taken up by colleagues and he moved on to become ‘dr. DV’ within BBC Production Modernisation. This service offered coaching, technical advice, innovation, telephone help, and ‘refresher’ tapes and CD’s. The need for this sort of support elsewhere at the BBC grew quickly, and DVSolutions was born, offering countrywide equipment hire AND support for self-op programme makers.
Andy joined this team which is now the largest hire business in Europe, supporting BBC and Independent shooting all around the UK and abroad. Andy was used regularly by programmes as a Lighting Cameraman and Sound Recordist, keeping his skills current and refreshed. He has credits for ‘Panorama’, ‘Asian Dating’, ‘Dara O’Briens Science Club’ and many more. He also been a multi camera director for internal BBC events, including for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. His knowledge of cameras is second to none, he can offer advice on how to shoot, how to do sound, how to light creatively, what kit to choose, and advise on what's coming up in the industry.
Contact: sam@videomastery.co.uk