New show alert.
Back in the 1990s I was the only female electrician/ "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
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I was on a constant quest to show them all that I wasn't using my place on set to "get into production". I needed to show everyone I was SERIOUS about sparking -which of course I was.
Hiding the creative side of myself was a small price to pay if it meant I got to travel to incredible places, work in fantastic teams and play with some of the biggest and most beautiful lights in the world.
I was very happy as the only female spark in the industry but for various reasons I left the film industry in 2004.
It was a huge personal loss at first, but slowly I realised that I no longer had to hide my creativity. I started getting work as a storyteller - only now I didn’t talk about my old life as an electrician!
Now I’m going to bring these two parts of me together. I'm making a storytelling show about my life as a spark. As part of the research I just met Carolina Schmidtholstein who is the most successful woman Gaffer currently working in the UK. It was surreal to finally meet someone who truly understood my unique experience.
We talked for hours and as well as being smart, fascinating and inspiring, she helped me understand some of the weird and wonderful things which happened back then.
Thank you so much Carolina. Watch this space. (PIC 2 shows me at work on location in Spain on a James Bond movie)
Back in the 1990s I was the only female electrician/ "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
.
.
.
.
I was on a constant quest to show them all that I wasn't using my place on set to "get into production". I needed to show everyone I was SERIOUS about sparking -which of course I was.
Hiding the creative side of myself was a small price to pay if it meant I got to travel to incredible places, work in fantastic teams and play with some of the biggest and most beautiful lights in the world.
I was very happy as the only female spark in the industry but for various reasons I left the film industry in 2004.
It was a huge personal loss at first, but slowly I realised that I no longer had to hide my creativity. I started getting work as a storyteller - only now I didn’t talk about my old life as an electrician!
Now I’m going to bring these two parts of me together. I'm making a storytelling show about my life as a spark. As part of the research I just met Carolina Schmidtholstein who is the most successful woman Gaffer currently working in the UK. It was surreal to finally meet someone who truly understood my unique experience.
We talked for hours and as well as being smart, fascinating and inspiring, she helped me understand some of the weird and wonderful things which happened back then.
Thank you so much Carolina. Watch this space. (PIC 2 shows me at work on location in Spain on a James Bond movie)
