Michael Sunderland

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

SKILLS

ABOUT MICHAEL SUNDERLAND

A highly experienced Post Production Exec | Broadcast,Film Technical and Operations Manager with extensive coordination, management & education skills which have been utilised and honed across international environments for over twenty years.Starting in production, then post and in recent years Broadcast. Acknowledged for the ability to engage with creative and technical staff in both production and post within broadcast, film, VR, media, studio and education.Involved in all aspects of the workflow architecture whilst balancing departmental operations,critical deadlines and financial budgets. Experienced in liaising with directors,producers,studios,technical departments,financial accountants and providing technical support and advice to DOP,DITs,PM,PPM’s,PPS’s,Sales and LM’s.Overseeing productions,pre-production to delivery. Key relationships include-Netflix,HBO,Amazon,Paramount,BBC,Sky,Discovery,IMAX.Career Achievements Include Film | Broadcast• Overseeing scripted technical managerial operations including DI,IO,Mastering and QC• Design and creation of unscripted and scripted workflows • Technical support,R&D and problem solving. • Project management:infrastructure,company polices,new technologies• Line management of multiple departments and 25 staff.Also Including MCR, NLE, Grade and Online • Development of scripted post procedures,working practices and departmental developmental to align and merge scripted companies (The Farm and Technicolor)• Working with production to set-up workflows from shoot to post, answering scheduling queries, equipment specification. HD-6K 2D: 3D / Giant Screen workflow • Responsible for capex,production and post including multimillion-pound projects,i.e David Attenborough• Managing and maintaining offline,online edit suites • Full responsibility for the management,maintenance and servicing of broadcast studio and all broadcast equipment• Management of OB broadcast studioEducation • Managing a multimedia department (HOD): facilitating 7 staff,5 classes and over 100 students• Project managed,maintained the creation of a state-of-the-art audio,green-screen studios and broadcast equipment.• Mentoring students who moved on to creative positions in leading digital studios like Weta Digital and Park Road Post (Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor)• Developed and implemented Individual education plan using innovative techniques to motivate students improving success rates from 68% to 93%• Developed resources, creation of a 2nd year university syllabus for video production and post production.