Katherine Granger
inferno*/ flame* artist
Employment
Freelance Dec 2001-
present
Freelance on
flame* and inferno* working on commercials, film, broadcast and pop
promos at facility houses including The Mill, Smoke&Mirrors,
Sparx fx Paris, Glassworks, Sky Network TV, Triangle TV, Finish and
Soho Editors. Also happy to be involved in design, and undertake
shoot supervison, pre visualisation and pre production meetings
where required
Featured in the upcoming BBC2 “The Apprentice” as team flame
artist
Part time sessional lecturer at Ravensbourne College on BA Moving
Image Design.
Commercial credits include:
Guerlin “Insole” for John Matheson at Sparx fx Paris
Egg “Guinea pigs Experiment” and “Guinea Pigs Money” at
Glassworks
Dior “J’Adore” at Smoke and Mirrors
Saga “Think Again” for Doner Cardwell Hawkins at Smoke and
Mirrors
Nescafe “Water” at The Mill
Sainsbury’s “A Magical Spread” at The Mill
Cadburys’s Flake “Astronaut” for Floria Sigismondi (shoot fx
supervisor)
Broadcast credits:
West Indies Titles for Sky Sports (winner of an RTS Gold
award)
Sky Movies “Benefits” (nominated for Promax)
“Men of Iron”, “The Body of”, “D Day” “The Nile”, ”Sea of Souls”
(shoot supervision),”Concert for George” and “Dragons Alive” for
the BBC at Mill TV. Also four months of work on “Pyramid”, Mill
TV’s Emmy nominated effects based drama.
Multiple stings idents and wipes for new Sky Sports News
channel
Promos:
Holly Valance “Kiss Kiss” at Red
Mill Film 41-42 Great
Marlborough Street London W1
Digital Film Compositor
Sept 1999 – Dec 2001
Operating flame* and inferno* as a senior compositor on a sequence
of high profile film projects including Harry Potter , Tomb Raider
,Band of Brothers, Hannibal, and Black Hawk Down.
Freelance
flame*/fire*/Henry
July 1999 – Sept 1999
Projects included BT “Future Talk” for Imagination at DGP (a three
month long multiscreen composition for the Millennium Dome),
various title sequences for Sky Networks including Siemens Moviemax
sponsorship sting, CGU cricket sponsorship titles and stings, and
Saab “Tear” for Lowe Howard Spink and New Moon Productions
The House, 12
Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, Soho
Flame Operator/Senior Henry Operator
October 1996-July 1999
Initially using Henry and training junior Henry staff, starting to
use flame to complete specific sequences on work and moving to full
time flame in September 1998. Working on a range of high-end
commercials, title sequences pop promos and broadcast work as well
as shoot attending and supervision. Credits include Bird’s Eye
“Eden” for Quiet Storm and BRW Italy, “Boiling Point” for Channel
4, Transco “Christmas” for HHCL, ”Rhythm of life “ for Red Pepper
and BBC2 and Kula Shaker “Govinda” for Why Not
films
Soho 601,71 Dean Street, Soho, London
Henry Operator
March 1994- June 1996
Henry operator working on commercials and promos, and also using
design skills to refurbish and layout new flame and Henry suites
for new facility when it opened after a move from Great Pulteney
Street
Projects included Pet Shop Boys “Before” for Howard Greenhalgh at
Why Not Films, Goodyear “Brakes”,”Rain” and “Tyres” for OBE, OMD
“Walking on the Milky Way” for Howard Greenhalgh at Why Not Films,
Elton John “Made in England” for Why Not Films, AA “4th emergency
service” for HHCL
Clear Post Production
(known at the time as Facilities R Us),51 Great Marlborough
Street.Soho, London
Harry Operator
June 1993 – March 1994
Operating and assisting Harry suites, including technical backup,
as well as overnight jobs for pop promo clients
The Framestore, 33
Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London
Assistant editor and Harry trainee
April 1991-June 1993
Assisting Edit and Harry suites and carrying out own projects such
as short films and pop promos on downtime, including an award
winning 4 1/2 minute hand coloured animation of one of the main
arias in Madame Butterfly for BBC/Opera Imaginaire directed by
Jonathan Hills
The Crypt/Edit Art,
Paddington
Edit
assistant and Paintbox operator
April 1990 – June 1991