Paul Murton
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Skills:
Extensive shooting on 16mm,
Super 8, VX100, PD150, DSR 570 and Sony Z1
Keen stills photographer
Mountaineering and sailing
Full driving license
Languages:
Norwegian, German, Some French, Knowledge of Gaelic
Awards:
BAFTA nomination: Rebellion
BAFTA Scotland nominations: Seeker Reaper, The Blue Boy
Writers Guild: Seeker Reaper
Royal Television Society: Seeker Reaper
Celtic Film & Television Festival: Tin Fish, Seeker Reaper, The Blue Boy, Somhairle
Prix Archives Ethniques: St Kilda Wedding, Seeker Reaper
CV
2007
Highland Clans (Producer Director & Presenter)
6 x 30 min documentary series about the history of Scotland's Clans.
Mentorn Scotland for BBC Scotland
2006
Mr and Mrs Mackintosh (Producer/Director)
60 min doc for BBC about the life and loves of Scotland's most famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Mentorn Scotland for the BBC
A Chip on Both Shoulders (Producer/Director)
60 min special for with Charles Kennedy looking at the legacy of the Treaty of Union.
Mentorn Scotland for BBC Scotland and BBC 4.
2005
Car Nation (Producer/Director) 3 x 1hr observational documentary series exploring the realities of life behind the wheel on Britain's roads. Denham Productions for BBC 2.
Voices (Series Director) 4 x 30 min series looking at the diversity of regional accents and dialects throughout the country BBC 2
The Big Scots Road Trip (Director) One hour documentary exploring the regional diversity of spoken Scots. Hopscotch Films for BBC 2 Scotland
2004
Storms of War (Series Producer/Director)
5 x 30min series looking at the impact of the weather on 20th century warfare, in which presenter Vladimir Jancovic experiences extreme weather zones throughout the world. Jancovic then undergoes a series of punishing physiological and psychometric tests in laboratory to evaluate the effect of extreme weather on his own body. Discovery Channel
2002-2003
Writing Scotland (Writer/Director) Television's first comprehensive history of Scottish Literature. Special challenges: to work within a limited budget and realise selected texts in a visually evocative way; communicating these ideas to a composer to produce an original score. Hopscotch Films for BBC Scotland and BBC 4
Days that Shook the World (Producer/Director) Subjects covered include: the murder of the Tsar and his family, the end of the Berlin Wall, the splitting of the atom, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Challenges: selecting appropriate archive, working on drama reconstruction abroad on a very tight budget and schedule, and getting believable performances from non-actors. BBC 2
Sword and the Cross (Director) 4 part dramatisation of Scotland's turbulent religious history. The challenge here was to make the subject matter as visual as possible. This included extensive battle re-enactments, hangings, burnings at the stake, and disembowelments etc. - all on a limited, documentary budget. BBC Scotland
2001-2002
River City (Director) 2 episodes of the Scottish Soap BBC Scotland
Scotland the Wild (Producer/Director) 6 part wildlife series. BBC 2 Scotland
Inside Scotland (Series Producer) 24-part documentary series. BBC Scotland
2000-2001
Landward (Series Producer) BBC Scotland
Casualty (Director) BBC
Fame and Fortune (Screen Writer) Feature script funded by Scottish Screen
Biggles Flies Undone Drama Documentary in development with BBC Factual
1999-2000
Somhairle (Writer/Director) Drama documentary about the poet Somhairle Macilleathain. BBC Scotland
The Bill (Director) 6 episodes of the police drama. Thames Television
Eirinn is Allaba (Producer/Director) Six-part documentary BBC co-production with RTE
1998-1999
Catriona (Screen Writer) Feature project in development.
The Bill (Director) 2 one-hour episodes of the police drama. Thames Television
The Bill(Director) 4 half-hour episodes. Thames Television
Tuned In (Producer/Directed) Documentary celebrating 75 years of BBC Scotland output. BBC Scotland
1997-1998
Casualty (Director) BBC
StirringTimes (Producer/Director) 4 x 30min Drama documentary history series. BBC Scotland
Bramwell II (Director) 2 episodes of the period medical drama. Carlton Television
1996-1997
St Kilda Wedding (Producer/Director) A one-hour drama documentary about life on St Kilda. BBC Scotland
1995-1996
Rebellion (Producer/Director) One-hour drama documentary about the Jacobite Rebellions. BBC 2
Cracking Stories (Director) 2 x half-hour documentaries. BBC Scotland
1994-1995
The Blue Boy (Writer/Director) One hour television drama. BBC Screen Two WMBH Boston
1993-1994
Seeker Reaper Writer/Director) Dramatisation of the life and work of the poet George Campbell Hay. BBC Scotland
1991-1993
Various directing work in Television including: BBC Scotland's Insiders, Edinburgh Nights, Ex-S. STV's Working Miracles, NB, Dirt Detectives, Channel Four's Short Stories.
Graduated as a Writer/Director from NFTS with Tin Fish - a drama about a US Submarine base in Scotland.
Education:
Graduate of the National Film and Television School. Honours Degree in Philosophy from the University of Aberdeen.