Lindsay Knight: Curriculum Vitae

End-to-end filmmaker and digital content producer with over 20 years' experience specialising in people-centred storytelling for public, educational and institutional audiences. I have a strong track record delivering video, animation, event capture and social media content for major organisations including the NHS, University of Cambridge, Royal College of Surgeons, and the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office. I am equally comfortable working independently or embedded within teams, and have experience guiding colleagues and third parties in producing compelling, consistent content.

Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tLQAXt7eJrugBeP6C0hbQ

Core Skills

– Event filming and conference production

– Digital storytelling and social media content

– Educational and participatory content production

– Digital cinematography

 – Video editing and post-production (Adobe and Final Cut)

– Animation and motion graphics (Adobe)

– roject development and narrative structuring

– Working with contributors and public audiences

– CAA Registered drone operator (DJI <250g)

Experience

Human Stories — Freelance Videographer, Editor and Animator 

2011–Present | London

Delivering end-to-end video production under my own banner, with a strong focus on people-centred storytelling for charitable, public sector and institutional clients.

Clients include: University of Cambridge, Royal College of Surgeons, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, NHS, Edison Learning, Maimonides Foundation, Royal Society of Arts, Prostate Cancer UK, Help Musicians, HDR UK, Girl Guiding, RNID and local government.

– Filmed and produced content across a wide range of events including talks, panels, symposia and conferences, creating edited pieces that continue to engage audiences beyond the event itself

– Delivered video, animation and campaign content across digital and social platforms, conceiving content native to each platform as well as repurposing material for broader reach

– Produced educational and participatory content for public and professional audiences, making complex ideas genuinely accessible

– Worked closely with clients, communications teams and non-specialist colleagues to deliver to brief and deadline

– Shaped narrative from interviews, B-roll and archive material

– Integrated video, animation and motion graphics across projects

My work has won multiple awards, including an Adobe Aspire Award, three Limelight Awards and two QMUL community engagement awards. My film for Prostate Cancer UK — Don't Fear Your Foe — was nominated for a Charity Film Award in 2017.

Bold Creative — Project Lead 

2007–2011 | London

Led delivery of video projects within a multi-award-winning digital agency in Shoreditch, working across factual, social impact and educational content for broadcast and digital platforms.

– Produced and directed short films, animation, event and corporate content with a focus on personal and participatory storytelling

– Collaborated with designers, developers and clients on integrated campaigns

– Developed co-created and community-led content projects, working directly with young people and non-specialist contributors

Work from this period won awards including a BAFTA, UNICEF Film Award, Promax Silver and Prix Jeunesse. Youth homelessness project Not For Good was shortlisted for the UNICEF Short Film Award.

Freelance Corporate Media Production, Various
2000 – 2007  | Various

– Progressed from runner to freelance editor across a range of projects– Edited content for          clients including Citroën, LEGO, and O2

– Gained broad experience across production and post-production

Education

The Network fast-track career development programme — Edinburgh Television Festival

MA Film — University of Southampton – Distinction
BA (Hons) Film, Television & Radio — Staffordshire University – First-Class Honours

Awards

Interact Award – QMUL – Stories from Home

Community Engagement Award – QMUL – Bridging the Gap

Freefall Award – Limelight Awards – Chicken

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – My Health My Say

Freefall Award – Limelight Awards – Wager Steet

Community Prize – We The Peoples Film Festival – Stereotypes

Audience Prize – We The Peoples Film Festival – Stereotypes

Gold Medal for Documentary – Adobe Aspire – Stereotypes

Best Film – Limelight Awards – Stereotypes

Best Schools Screenplay – Limelight Award – Stereotypes

Best Documentary – Adobe Youth Voices – Stereotypes

Award for innovation – GOL Prevent Awards – Digital Disruption

BAFTA – Best Children’s short form – See Something Say Something

UNICEF Film Award – See Something Say Something

Best Long Form – Promax BDA Awards – See Something Say Something

Silver medal – Prix De Jeunesse – See Something Say Something

Safer Communities Award – UTurn

Best Website – AHC Awards – Barts and the London Children’s Hospital Website

Nominations

Charity Film Award – Prostate Cancer UK – Don’t Fear Your Foe

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – I Am Britain

Unicef Film Award – Bold Creative – Not For Good

Best Animation – Limelight Awards – Faith in the City

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – Not for Good

You can view more of my work by visiting my

Youtube channel.