Tony Doyle

Media Production Professional

710 Fowler Street, Houston, Texas 77007

Tel. 281-782-9627 | Email:

A Brief History

Born: Houston, Texas, USA, (U.S. citizen).

Education: B.A. Communications (Honors) with an emphasis inRadio & TV Production
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, 1988.

Personal Statement:I have been working in Bristol, England as a Freelance Editor (mainly Avid and some Premiere Pro)for over 28 years.I am a very quick, self-sufficient, creative editor who can quickly pull a story out of any rusheswhile getting the narrative to unfold naturally. I can write concise VO and also compose music for TV.

Credits for the past few years include:

  • ' Countryfile' - BBC1 Countryfile is one of the BBC’s most popular series with a regular audience of6 – 8 million viewers.
  • 'Man V Wild /Born Survivor' with Bear Grylls(numerous episodes including Baja/bee sting in face episode) – Successful survival series - Discovery Worldwide.
  • ‘James May’s Toy Stories’ (Ep1 Features the Yop Gear presenter building 1:1 scale model Spitfire & Ep2 Plasticine garden) Hat Trick - BBC1.
  • ' Beneath The Tides ' - Award winning short film.
  • 'Seaside Rescue’ (series 2, 3 and 5) – Another very popular BBC1 series following Coastguard helicopter and boat crews during dramatic rescues.
  • ' Jo Brand’s Big Splash' – First series commission for popular new channel DAVE.
  • ‘Everest’ – Discovery Worldwide.
  • ' Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild In Tanzania' – Discovery Worldwide – A popular series following the iconic sportsman.
  • ' My Tattoo Addiction ' - A well-received Channel 4 series.
  • 'City Cowboys ' (part of the ‘For One Night Only’ series) – ITV1
  • ' 7 Ages Of Rock’ (‘Birth Of Rock’ and ‘Heavy Metal’) - BBC2
  • 'DIY SOS The Big Build' ,' Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking' and 'Hairy Bikers' – 3 successful light entertainment series for BBC1.
  • ' Monty Hall’s Great Irish Escape' - BBC1 - I edited this popular series on my own from home while the director was in Ireland filming.
  • 'Dead Famous/Histrionics (also pilot programme ‘The Gunpowder Plot’) - BBC1 - A humorous dramatic series covering historical events.
  • ' Scrapheap Challenge' - Very popular CH4 series (for series 5 I worked as director and editor, shaping the narrative, cutting the programs as well as writing all of the VO.

I have also edited numerous time-pressured VT inserts for live television broadcasts while working at the UK’s first national cable network (Wire TV) before I ran my own non-linear edit suite for 5 years.

I am also a music composer. Music credits include:

  • ‘James May’s Toy Stories’ DAVE
  • ‘Monty Hall’s Great Irish Escape’ – BBC1
  • 'Magic ' - BBC1,
  • 'Seaside Rescue ' - BBC1,
  • 'The Fight ' - BBC2,
  • 'Too Close For Comfort ' - BBC1,
  • 'Safe As Houses ' - BBC2,
  • 'E-Mails You Wish You Hadn't Sent ' - BBC2,
  • 'Celebrity Relics ' - BBC 3,
  • 'Living Famously ' - BBC2,
  • 'Delia' – BBC2.
  • ’Scrapheap Challenge’ – CH4
  • ‘Comic Relief’ – BBC1
  • Timeshift’ - BBC4
  • 'City Cowboys ' - ITV1
  • ’My Tattoo Addiction’ – CH4

References:

  • RDF Television West: Jane Lomas, Mark Hill, Steve Rankin.
  • BBC Bristol: Joanna Brame, Mike Poole, Ben Southwell, John Das, Wendy McCombe, Kate Broome, Annie Heather, Rob Bayly, Seb Barfield, Sally Cryer, Tom Payne and Andrew Graham-Brown.
  • Hat Trick/Plum Pictires:Will Dawes.
  • Tigress: Dick Colthurst, Charlotte Jones.
  • Independent Directors: Graham Strong, Rupert Miles, Martin Pailthorpe,
  • Mark Adderley, Simon Kerfoot , Martin Hicks, Justin Kelly, Merrin Threadgould, David Hutt, Sasha Mirtzoeff, Nick Woodroofe, David O’Neal, Johnny Young and Chris Richards.
    KRIV/FOX 26, Aprille Meek
  • Rondo Media: Tom Ware.

Having moved back to Houston in April 2016, I am co-founder and principle videographer and editor of Windermere Films, using drones and Steady-Cam type cameras along with scripted VO and music to produce high quality real estate films to sell premiere properties.

Links to video clips:

  • 'Man V Wild /Born Survivor' Baja Desert:
  • 'Man V Wild /Born Survivor' Yukon:
  • The Gunpowder Plot:
  • Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild:
  • Seaside Rescue (popular BBC1 programme drawing 4-5 million viewers):
  • Beneath The Tides:
  • Jo Brand’s Big Splash:
  • Jo Brand’s Big Splash:
  • Seven Ages Of Rock (Jimi Hendrix)
  • Countryfile:
  • My Tattoo Addiction:
  • Scrapheap Challenge:
  • DIY SOS The Big Build:
  • Skint: