Rupert Edwards

Freelance Series Producer, Producer/Director

Greater Newport Area

About

I am an award-winning film maker with a wide range of experience and interests. I have produced films for all of the main UK terrestrial channels and I also enjoy working in the commercial sector. I produce and direct factual and fictional stories in many different styles and genres and have a reputation for original, visual, intelligent, humane work. I have filmed in over 30 different countries and have worked on every scale of production. I am based in South Wales and work for production companies all over the UK and Europe

Experience

  • Series Producer - Arts at OR Media Ltd
    Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Wild Service Films Ltd (10 yrs 3 mos)
    • Producer/Director
      Sep 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 10 mos

      MY LIFE - 1 x 30 - CBBC/Yeti Television - Producer/Director SECRETS OF THE CHARIOT GRAVE - 1 x 84' Discovery/ Wildflame Productions - Producer/Director DRAIN THE OCEANS 'CHICAGO' - 1x48' National Geographic/MSP - Producer/Director The History of Chicago hidden in Lake Michigan GLUTZ - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - Writer HARD BEAUTY - The Sculpture of Helaine Blumenfeld - Thinking Violets/SKY ARTS - PD MYSTERY OF THE LOST PAINTINGS - 7x60' Ballandi Arts/SKY ARTS - Series Writer & Series Producer PAINTING THE JOHNSONS - Riverdog Productions - Sky Arts - Producer/Director Portrait of artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl. Nom. GRIERSON AWARDS . Shortlist MIND AWARDS BBC YOUNG DANCER - 60' BBC4 South Asian Dance Episode SUFFRAGETTES FOREVER! 3X60' BBC2 The Story of Women and Power KIDS TODAY PROJECT 6x shorts for Persil online campaign DH LAWRENCE 60’ for BBC2 – A Culture Show Special about A Journey Without Shame Lawrence and his journey over the Alps. WHO ON EARTH WAS FORD MADOX FORD? 60’ for BBC2. Culture Show Special about the writer of 'Parade's End' - pres. Alan Yentob THE PASSION OF PORT TALBOT 2x60' for BBC Wales/BBC 2 The story of Michael Sheen's epic contemporary staging of the Easter play BAFTA CYMRU - Best Director Factual Programmes THE TROUBLE WITH TOLSTOY 2x 60’ BBC1 A Russian journey through the life, work and legacy of the Russian writer press. Alan Yentob- Grierson Prize nominee

    • Producer/Director
      Apr 2016 - Sep 2016 · 6 mos

  • Producer /Director - 'Painting the Johnsons'​ - Sky Arts at Riverdog Productions Ltd
    Mar 2015 - Sep 2015 · 7 mos

    Portrait of the artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl. Suffering from a series of major mental and physical health issues throughout her life, Johnson, mother of Boris, has produced a startlingly original body of work throughout her life that both documents and confounds her disabilities. Nominated for the Grierson Awards and shortlisted for Mind Film and Television awards 2016

  • Producer /Director at BBC Wales
    Feb 2015 - Apr 2015 · 3 mos

    BBC Young Dancer - South Asian Dance

  • Series Producer at Freelance
    2014 - 2015 · 1 yr

    SUFFRAGETTES FOREVER! - The story of Women and Power 3 x 60' for BBC2 Presented by Amanda Vickery