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LAWRENCE MOORE writer/producer/director
e-mail:lawrence@earthrod.co.uk
TOTNES: A CHANGING TOWN
For twenty five years I have been filming the changes in this Devon town. in stills, various recording formats this unusual town, dubbed, 'the Alternative Capital of Britain' has changed vastly. This is a personal record of a changing town. IN PROGRESS
DART
Fifty minute impressionistic film about the River Dart in Devon. It's origins, sounds, people, wildlife. IN PROGRESS
PUBS and PEOPLE
Four ten minute films about British pubs and the people who drink in them and manage them. Producer/Camera/Director THE PEOPLE'S PLANET Antelope/NHK/CNN - 1999-2000 Six part series on our relationship with our planet
shot on Hi Definition widescreen format.Art Director and Film Director for the Cities programme.
THE BOLAN TREE earthRod productions 1999. A five minuter based
on the memorial tree in West London where glam rocker Marc Bolan met his
untimely death. (BBC 4 Sept 2002 and Sept 2003) KNOCKING AT DOOMSDAY'S DOOR Central TV. UK networked May 5. 51 minutes. 1998
As we near the Milennium, the programme looks at prophesies of earth changes,
asteroid hits, plagues and the Millennium Bug. Filmed in Britain and America.
Writer, Producer, Director.
CYBERSPACE
3 x 51 mins. TX: ITV network Dec 1996. Also shown Canal +; The Learning
Channel.
Three programmes looking at the world of the digital domain. Locations:UK/Europe/USA/Japan/India.
Producer/Director
UFO
An exploration of the UFO phenomena in the USA/Russia/UK
Writer/Producer/Director.
THE DAY I NEARLY DIED
Zeebrugge: The Sinking of the Herald
Lockerbie: The Longest Night
Piper Alpha: Requiem for the Piper
3 x 25 mins. Writer/Director
SEX, LEMURS, and HOLES in the SKY.
1992 : Central TV/Turner Broadcasting/Audubon Society
Television Trust for the Environment.
A programme looking at the issues underlying population growth and the environment
through the experiences of two families living on the islands of Manhattan
and Madagascar,
52 mins. Co-Producer/Writer and Director
British Media and Environment award
1993
TOP GUNS AND TOXIC WHALES
1991 Central TV - Viewpoint special network TX
May A programe examining the new threats to security emerging from environmental
degradation and climate change. 52 mins. Co-Producer/Director/Writer/Graphic
Designer
Nominated ITV documentary entry for
the Prix Italia 1991.
Chris Award: Columbus international film and Video Festival USA 1991
Golden Gate Festival Best of Category, San Francisco 1992
Silver Medal Houston Int. Film Festival 1992.
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
1990. A Viewpoint special about children and the
environment. Network TX: Central Television. 52 mins. Writer/Director/Editor
and co-Producer
Bronze award New York Film Festival
1990- Best Documentary
Best broadcast feature US Environmental film festival 1991
Golden Globe Best of Category, San Francisco 1991
Mount Freedom TV Festival USA: Best Educational Programme 1991.
of Merit Columbus International Film & Video Festival USA 1991 Honorable
Mention American Film & TV Festival IIIinois USA 1991
Special award Medikinale International Festival at Parma Italy 1991
Best film award Environmental Health and Medical Fllm Festival USA
CAN POLAR BEARS TREAD WATER?
1989 A Viewpoint special about climate change.
Central TV. ITV Network TX: Dec 89
52 mins. Producer/Writer/Director / Editor
Ecology prize Prix Italia 1990
American Film & Video Festival red ribbon 1990
Best Educational Programme -Television Movie Awards USA 1990
WildScreen 1990 - Special Prize
Chicago International Film Festival 1990- Certificate of Merit
EkoFilm 91 Czechoslovakia - Best Documentary .
Gold Medal Medikinale International Parma Festival (MIP) Italy 1991 plus
6 Special Awards for script, animation, special effects, sound track and
educational value.
International Festival of Red Cross and Health films, Bulgaria 1991
Gold Award Sci/Tech FilmFest Japan 1992
A PROSPECT OF RIVERS
1988 A four part series of fifty minutedocumentaries.
Best Endeavours/Ch4. 4 x 52 mins.
Repeated July 1990 and December 1991.
Executive Producer Denis Mitchell.
Writer/Director.
GOING, GOING
l988 A short film based on a Philip Larkin poem.
Read by Sir Michael Hordern. 16 mins.
Central/TVE production for Ch4. Cameraman/Editor/Director.
PLANNING MATTERS
l988 A film in the ECO regional series for Central
TV.
Based on protest group in Telford new town.
30 mins
Writer/Director
HOLDING YOUR GROUND
1987 A film in the ECO regional series for Central
TV. Based on Common Ground's Parish Maps project. 30 mins
Writer/Director
WHAT A PICTURE!
1985 An 8 part series for Ch 4 and Mitchell Beazley.
John Hedgecoe presents.
Writer/co-Producer
BISFA Best Series Award 1985
CRUCIBLE
1980-83 A 10 part series of films for Ch4 and Central
TV. Explored the social implications of science. 10 x 52 mins.
Series Originator/Producer/Director/Writer
THE MIGHTY MICRO
1979-80 A 6 part series with Dr Chris Evans heralding
the coming microcomputer revolution.
ATV Ltd. Producer/Director
WEDDING DAY
1978 LWT for ITV Network. 2 x 30 mins
Two films in a series about different weddings - a Welsh mining village
and a Catholic community in London.
Writer/Director
ISLAY
l977 A personal impression of an Hebridean island.
ATV Ltd.
Writer/Producer/Director. 52 mins
INTO THE UNKNOWN
l976 ATV for ITV Network.
A 3 part series looking into aspects of the paranormal in Europe and USA
presented by Dr Christopher Evans.
Producer/Director 3 x 52 mins
GOD MADE, MAN MADE
l975 ATV Ltd. for ITV Network. 30 mins.
A film with distinguished scientist,Professor Eric Laithewaite on the lessons
science can learn from nature's engineering
Producer/Writer/Director
NEIGHBOURS
l975 ATV Ltd. 30 mins. for ITV Network.
A film about two septagenarian drop-outs in a Surrey wood
endangered by the new M25 motorway. Producer/Writer/Director
INSIDE THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS
1974 ATV Ltd. for ITV network. 52 mins.
An exploration of the nature and meaning of the dream landscape with Dr
Christopher Evans.
Producer/Director/Co-writer
ALL SYSTEMS GO
l974 BBCtv. 52 mins. One Pair of Eyes series.
Author Alan Garner, returns to his family roots in Alderley Edge. Producer/Director
MILLSTONES & DAFFODILS
l973 Look Stranger series, BBCtv. 30 mins
Wilf Lancaster and his family run a watermill in Lancashire.
Producer/Director.
LONDON ROCK
l972 TransAtlantic/MetroMedia TV. 60 mins
The British Rock scene with Ty Rex, The Faces, Fairport Convention and others.
Producer/Director/Writer
Best music documentary award New York
Film Festival 1973
THE ART SCENE
l972 BBCtv. Omnibus 60 mins
The sixties art world - including David Hockney, Mark Boyle, Bridget Riley.
Researcher/Director
HOROSCOPE
l971 Granada TV. for ITV network.
A 60 minute film about Astrology where Astrologer Ingrid Lind takes four
very different people,and given only their birth date, time and place, compares
her horoscopes with our filmed portraits of them.
Producer/Director
LIVING FOR A CHANGE
l969 Granada TV.for ITV network.
The changing face of Oldham seen through the eyes of young millworkers;
Introducing the Barclay James Harvest group.
Producer/Director.
OUP: Oxford University Press
2007/8 - Director/Camera/composer for a series of educational DVD's for use as a
teachers resource in Britain's primary schools EARTHRESPONDER
1991 - Producer and co-designer for an interactive
environmental learning resource in twelve parts. l988 IIS LTD. A series of four interactive videodiscs
based on four fictitious companies with interactive dramatisations and animation.
DANGER MISSION l985 NEW MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Ltd l984 NEW MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Ltd. l983 NEW MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Ltd/LONGMANS &
Project partners: World Bank; WWF;Central TV; IIED;TVE.
FINANCE FOR NON- FINANCIAL MANAGERS
Writer/Storyboard artist/Director
Creative Merit Award ITVA 1989
An interactive videodisc English course, using dramatisations and graphics.
Co-Writer/Director
AMERICAN EXPRESS
An interactive disc for internal induction and customer support. American
Express UK.
Producer/Writer/Director
THE BODYDISC
GROLIER Publishing(USA).
A pilot Level 1 videodisc looking at the human body.
Producer/Writer and Storyboard Director
Nebraska University and ITVA gold awards
for interactive production.
CORPORATE and
CINEMA PRODUCTIONS
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SOUND AND LIGHT
1989 Treatment development for Hong Kong Telephones.
Media Projects International.
BISFA award for creative excellence.
PENGUIN 50 YEARS
l983 PENGUIN/RICHARD CLAY/ NEW MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Ltd.
A specially commissioned video for Penguin Books
Written and narrated by Roger McGough.
Writer/Producer/Director
ECHOES
l978 VISCOM Ltd. 30 mins.
A film for the Jersey Tourist Board.
Writer/Director
MYSTERY IN THE PLAIN
l976 VORTEX PRODUCTIONS/RANK/NFFC.
A cinema documentary about Stonehenge. Rank Cinema Distribution.
Writer/Director
REFLECTION
l976 VORTEX PRODUCTIONS Ltd/ARTS COUNCIL.
A film exploring the geometry of the natural world and its use by Mankind
in structures ranging from Stonehenge to Chartres Cathedral. 60 mins.
Co-Producer /Director /Photographer/Editor
VERSUS
l973 Reece/Michelmore / EMI Ltd. 16 mins
A film exploring the relevance and operation of NATO in Europe.
Writer/Director
Gold Award Chicago Industrial Film
Festival 1974.
NATIONAL TRUST
l972-3 WORLD WIDE PICTURES. 35 mins.
A cinema film for the National Trust as custodian of British Heritage.
Also screened on BBC and world wide.
Writer/Director
REACHING EUROPEAN MARKETS
1971-2 RM-EMI LTD/BURSTON MARSTELLAR/METAL BOX
Co.
A series of 6 films for companies about to enter a variety of European markets.
Director
COUNTERPOINT
l971 JAMES GARRETT &. PARTNERS 30 mins
A dramatised promotional film for White HorseWhisky set on Islay in the
Hebrides.
Writer/Director
COMPUTER PEOPLE
l970 SYNCH PARTNERS & LWT. 30 mins
Young people move into the world of computer applications. Producer/Director/Writer
TIME TO BE BOLD
1969 DERRICK KNIGHT & PARTNERS for IBM
An international 35mm sales promotion film.
Storyboard designer/Director
MINIHOLIDAY
1968 BFI Productions. A comedy short written by
Sally Zane.
Producer/Director
JOHN DALTON
l967 ICI LTD.
A dramatised biography about the discoverer of atomic chemistry. 20 mins
Director/Composer
ROTHENSTEIN
64 Royal College of Art Diploma Film based on the
work and
style of the late Michael Rothenstein, one of Britain's leading print-
makers.
Director/Camera/Editor
Royal College of Art Silver Medal
Nominated UK entry : best art film , Paris Biennale
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