_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Hello! I am fully self-sufficient in know-how and equipment: Cameras (fx6,a7s3), Lighting, Grip, Audio (radiomics, shotgun mic, podcast mic) and Post-Production (Adobe full suite, colour grading monitor, monitor speakers) - please let me know if you'd like me to send you my kit list. Over the last 12 years I have worked as Self-Shooting Director/PD, Director Of Photography, Camera Op, Production Manager, Videographer, and Editor across feature documentaries, TVCs, events (live talks, round tables, coding demonstrations...), podcasts, corporates, and branded content, for both B2C & B2B and in many different aspect ratios. From 2019 I did so through my own production company, Au Fait Films, as I worked less for agencies and more for my direct clients, like Gatwick Airport. My LSE education has given me the confidence, and clients the trust in me, to independently edit sound bites cogently. This has proved invaluable to stretched internal departments who valued an external perspective. I am very comfortable shooting on location, even particularly challenging environments (warzones and airports are the worst for sound so far!), and have filmed inside podcast and sound studios many times, including Abbey Road Studio 1. For a long term client, RWL, I took this even further when I planned and kitted out an entire studio, which included an audio recording room. I even designed it so that their internal staff could take over my work, and even provided the training and materials for them to do so. You may well want the cutdowns in various formats, and for this I have learned a great workflow for the post-production for social media. In 2020 alone, me and my team of up to 10 freelancers made 1,264 videos of all types for one single client (ranging from longer form explainers and podcasts to shorter form social media commercials) right from pre to post-production. I have since done similar work for international campaigns by the likes of Logitech, each featuring hundreds of multiple length edits (from 6s to 35s), built for 3 different social media formats (9:16, 1:1. 16:9), tailored for over 50 countries in 30 languages. I am also proficient at sound, having originally learned this trade from recording music concerts and theatre shows (back in 2014), I have even done some work as a Sound Recordist. But as a Shooting PD and Videographer, recording audio is something I do day in day out, and will enjoy doing so all the more in a podcast recording environment. I also worked as a Production Manager for 2 years in case you require scale. Softwares I mainly use for post-production: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Audition. I would suggest a recce of the location to begin, so I can then come back to you with a comprehensive plan that maximises creative ambition and technical robustness for a smooth production.

Louis Giles

PRO

_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Hello! I am fully self-sufficient in know-how and equipment: Cameras (fx6,a7s3), Lighting, Grip, Audio (radiomics, shotgun mic, podcast mic) and Post-Production (Adobe full suite, colour grading monitor, monitor speakers) - please let me know if you'd like me to send you my kit list. Over the last 12 years I have worked as Self-Shooting Director/PD, Director Of Photography, Camera Op, Production Manager, Videographer, and Editor across feature documentaries, TVCs, events (live talks, round tables, coding demonstrations...), podcasts, corporates, and branded content, for both B2C & B2B and in many different aspect ratios. From 2019 I did so through my own production company, Au Fait Films, as I worked less for agencies and more for my direct clients, like Gatwick Airport. My LSE education has given me the confidence, and clients the trust in me, to independently edit sound bites cogently. This has proved invaluable to stretched internal departments who valued an external perspective. I am very comfortable shooting on location, even particularly challenging environments (warzones and airports are the worst for sound so far!), and have filmed inside podcast and sound studios many times, including Abbey Road Studio 1. For a long term client, RWL, I took this even further when I planned and kitted out an entire studio, which included an audio recording room. I even designed it so that their internal staff could take over my work, and even provided the training and materials for them to do so. You may well want the cutdowns in various formats, and for this I have learned a great workflow for the post-production for social media. In 2020 alone, me and my team of up to 10 freelancers made 1,264 videos of all types for one single client (ranging from longer form explainers and podcasts to shorter form social media commercials) right from pre to post-production. I have since done similar work for international campaigns by the likes of Logitech, each featuring hundreds of multiple length edits (from 6s to 35s), built for 3 different social media formats (9:16, 1:1. 16:9), tailored for over 50 countries in 30 languages. I am also proficient at sound, having originally learned this trade from recording music concerts and theatre shows (back in 2014), I have even done some work as a Sound Recordist. But as a Shooting PD and Videographer, recording audio is something I do day in day out, and will enjoy doing so all the more in a podcast recording environment. I also worked as a Production Manager for 2 years in case you require scale. Softwares I mainly use for post-production: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Audition. I would suggest a recce of the location to begin, so I can then come back to you with a comprehensive plan that maximises creative ambition and technical robustness for a smooth production.

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Hello! I am fully self-sufficient in know-how and equipment: Cameras (fx6,a7s3), Lighting, Grip, Audio (radiomics, shotgun mic, podcast mic) and Post-Production (Adobe full suite, colour grading monitor, monitor speakers) - please let me know if you’d like me to send you my kit list.
Over the last 12 years I have worked as Self-Shooting Director/PD, Director Of Photography, Camera Op, Production Manager, Videographer, and Editor across feature documentaries, TVCs, events (live talks, round tables, coding demonstrations…), podcasts, corporates, and branded content, for both B2C & B2B and in many different aspect ratios.

From 2019 I did so through my own production company, Au Fait Films, as I worked less for agencies and more for my direct clients, like Gatwick Airport.
My LSE education has given me the confidence, and clients the trust in me, to independently edit sound bites cogently. This has proved invaluable to stretched internal departments who valued an external perspective.
I am very comfortable shooting on location, even particularly challenging environments (warzones and airports are the worst for sound so far!), and have filmed inside podcast and sound studios many times, including Abbey Road Studio 1.

For a long term client, RWL, I took this even further when I planned and kitted out an entire studio, which included an audio recording room. I even designed it so that their internal staff could take over my work, and even provided the training and materials for them to do so.
You may well want the cutdowns in various formats, and for this I have learned a great workflow for the post-production for social media. In 2020 alone, me and my team of up to 10 freelancers made 1,264 videos of all types for one single client (ranging from longer form explainers and podcasts to shorter form social media commercials) right from pre to post-production. I have since done similar work for international campaigns by the likes of Logitech, each featuring hundreds of multiple length edits (from 6s to 35s), built for 3 different social media formats (9:16, 1:1. 16:9), tailored for over 50 countries in 30 languages.
I am also proficient at sound, having originally learned this trade from recording music concerts and theatre shows (back in 2014), I have even done some work as a Sound Recordist. But as a Shooting PD and Videographer, recording audio is something I do day in day out, and will enjoy doing so all the more in a podcast recording environment.
I also worked as a Production Manager for 2 years in case you require scale.
Softwares I mainly use for post-production: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Audition.
I would suggest a recce of the location to begin, so I can then come back to you with a comprehensive plan that maximises creative ambition and technical robustness for a smooth production.

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Experience Level

Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
Portuguese
Beginner

Work Experience

Shooting PD & Editor at Journeyman Pictures
October 1, 2023 - March 1, 2025
Code is Law – Feature Documentary; Shooting PD & Editor
Shooting PD at BBC
October 1, 2024 - Present
BBC Bite Size: Micro bit, E-learning; Shooting PD
Creative Director & Shooting PD at Gatwick Airport
January 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025
Contracted Creative Director & Shooting PD; multiple departments and content productions
Contracted Creative Director & Shooting PD at RWL (RW L) – Exercise, food & mind-set app
September 1, 2019 - July 1, 2024
Contracted Creative Director & Shooting PD; educational content, app-related videos and campaigns
Shooting Director & Editor at Why Buy Equip (Commercial)
January 1, 2019 - March 1, 2019
Commercial project; Shooting Director & Editor
Shooting PD & Editor at Valedictoria
September 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Branded content & launch campaign; Shooting PD & Editor
Production Manager at Rise (TVC) – Gymshark / Castellian & Co
January 1, 2019 - March 1, 2019
TVC production management
Editor at Monaco (TVC) – Daily Mail / Big Al's Creative Emporium
August 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Editor for Monaco TVC content
Camera Operator at London Mayor events
July 1, 2018 - Present
Diwali, Pride, St Patrick's events coverage
Videographer at Zwoop – Castellian & Co
May 1, 2018 - May 31, 2018
Commercial videography for Zwoop
DIT at Winstant Scratch Cards – Daily Mail
April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
DIT on scratch card TVC
Videographer at Davos WEF / Freud's
January 1, 2018 - February 1, 2018
Videography work for Davos WEF; client: Budweiser, Evian, etc.
Director of Photography at Outer Dark Pictures
July 15, 2016 - September 15, 2016
The Solace of Orpheus (Feature film) – Director of Photography
Director of Photography at Red Octopus / Marvin's Magic
August 11, 2016 - Present
Marvin's Magic holographic ad for Hamleys
Videographer at Bottersnikes & Gumble's Programme
July 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016
CBBC & Cake Entertainment launch content
Production Manager at Symphony To A Lost Generation (Holographic Feature film) – Kaleida
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Production management
Shooting at Militantes – European Commission
November 1, 2013 - November 30, 2013
Documentary work in Buenos Aires
Intern at BBC Newsnight
October 1, 2012 - October 31, 2012
Newsnight internship
Intern at BBC The Record Europe
August 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008
Internship
Contracted Creative Director & Shooting PD at Gatwick Airport
January 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025
External and internal content for multiple departments, including event launches, educational content, health and safety videos, PR and social media content; branded documentary work.
Contracted Creative Director & Shooting PD at RWL
September 1, 2019 - July 1, 2024
External content for an exercise, food & mindfulness app; led creative direction and shooting direction across projects.
Production Manager at Rise (TVC) for Gymshark
January 1, 2019 - March 1, 2019
Production management for television commercial shoots, coordinating crews, schedules and logistics.
Video Photographer / Camera Operator at Cavallier and Co
August 11, 2016 - August 11, 2016
Camerawork for several branded content shoots and events, including retail and public-facing projects.

Education

BSc International Relations and History at London School of Economics and Political Science
September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012
2.1
Diploma at Brighton Film School
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
BSc (Hons) History and International Relations at London School of Economics (LSE)
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2012
BKSTS Diploma - Directing & Cinematography at Brighton Film School
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
BSc (Hons) History and International Relations at London School of Economics (LSE)
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2012

Qualifications

BKSTS Directing and Cinematography
September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015
This was a very technical course, specialised in lighting, cameras, and directing
DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) Certification
April 1, 2018 - May 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other, Software & Internet