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