My Details
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Great Britain , London
pinnygrylls@googlemail.com
Current Work Details
- What I do
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Documentary Filmmaker
- Company
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Invisible Films
- Website
- Where I work
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I am an individual working from home
- Technical Skills
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Director/ Producer/Camera Op/ Editor
- Resources / Expertise
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Sony Z5 and Radio Mics, Tripod, Final Cut Pro (Its all you need!)
Training
- 2000-2008
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National Film School,
Various Short Technical Courses - 1996-1999
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Oxford University,
Archaeology and Anthropology, BA Hons
Shooters Q&A
- Films I wish I had made
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The Land Of Silence and Darkness - by Werner Herzog Grey Gardens - Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles
- I cried watching
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The Lie of The Land - Molly Dinen
- I left the cinema during
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Turn the TV off alot - rarely leave the cinema
- Directors I love
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David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Molly Dineen, Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsey, Harmony Korine,
- Actors I admire
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Werner Herzog
- My desert island discs
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Anything by Boards of Canada
- The best thing I own
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( I dont own them) But it would be my family
- More about me
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Pinny is an award winning short documentary filmmaker living in Hackney. Her films have been shown at festivals internationally and broadcast on Channel 4 and the BBC. Her experience working as a freelance filmmaker spans 5 years and includes clients such as The National Theatre, Ipsos Mori, The Arts Council, and The Dove Real Beauty Campaign. She is also an experienced workshop leader and tutor in Film and Video and has worked with children from 0-18 and adults - including those with learning difficulties. Her style has been described by her peers as left-field and quirky - with a unique eye for human behavioural detail. She would describe herself as just loving a good story. Awards: FourDocs Best Documentary, VX Auteur Award, at The 5th London Short Film Festival and Best Documentary at Aspen Shorts Fest 2008, the Shooting People Werner Herzog Competition as well The Grand Jury Prize in SXSouthWest Click. FourDocs New Talent Nominee 2008. On December 19th 2010 Pinny was featured in the Observer as one of a crop of daring and innovative young directors working today. Go to http://gu.com/p/2yqa4
