CONTACT: [email protected]
Work taken on:
- Film, television and radio
- Helping artists define and realise projects
- Connecting journalists, academics and universities to local expertise
- Introducing businesses to the potential of new/untapped markets
- Helping NGOs partner with grassroots organisations
Projects:
- 2014: Organiser and leader of TED Global group visit to Providência
- 2014: Producer for Jane Stockdale on Watching The World Cup
- 2014: Researcher for Amnesty International Brazil on campaign to mark the 50th Anniversary of Brazil’s military/civilan coup
- 2014: Co-Producer with Vincent Moon on short film about Bate Bola at Rio’s Carnival
- 2014: Fixer/interviewee for Mother London on documentary about upcoming Gilles Peterson in Rio compilation album
- 2014: Researcher/Interviewee for TV5Monde Canada/Discovery Channel for Waterfront Cities of the World Rio Edition
- 2013: Writer/Editor of Rio content for International Alert report “Crime and Conflict: The new challenge for peacebuilding” published July 2014
- 2013: Field research for Keo films on “Welcome to Rio” project
- 2012: Collaboration with Jane Stockdale for piece on Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school published worldwide in Red Bulletin magazine
- 2012: Fixer for RDF television for Channel 4 shoot in Rocinha
- 2011: Production for People’s Palace Projects and Spectaculu design school on “Encontros” audiovisual project in Providência favela
- 2011: Coordinator of Inside Out Project in Rio de Janeiro
- 2010: Field Coordination on “Underground Sociabilities” a research project conducted in Rio de Janeiro by the London School of Economics in partnership with Itau Bank, Itau Cultural, UNESCO, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CUFA and AfroReggae
- 2010: Research consultancy for prizewinning Brazilian designer Gringo Cardia and his company Mesosfera Design on successful pitch to design a new museum for the Red Cross in Geneva (opened 2013)
- 2009: Fixer for Native Voice Films for TV news piece on walls around Rio favelas broadcast on UK’s Channel 4
- 2009: Fixer and participant in Rio Law for BBC Radio’s Crossing Continents series
- 2009: Photography of Rio graffiti, street life and street art for LUTA, a groundbreaking sportswear line designed by Luta pela Paz a sports and citizenship project based in Rio de Janeiro and London
- 2008-2010: Project Manager for JR (2011 TED Prizewinner)
- 2008: Production for AfroReggae theatre troupe during Contacting The World international youth theatre exchange project organised by Manchester’s Contact Theatre
- 2007: Production for AfroReggae and Pindorama films on the documentary Poison and Antidote a study of violence reduction and peace initiatives in Colombia
Interview from the Penguin Website (2010)
Interview on BBC World News America (2010)
British DJ Gilles Peterson interviews Damian Platt (2006)
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