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Vai Corinthians Ltd is the single purpose vehicle created for the production of the successfully received £350k feature documentary, “Brothers in Football” (BT Sport and ITV).Highlights: - Wrote, Directed and Produced the film.- Produced the various set pieces in the film such as putting on a match in São Paulo between a team of South London amateurs and the two time FIFA World Club Champions in front of 30,000 fans in the Corinthians Arena, World Cup stadium.- Negotiated the live broadcast of the match to millions more on two national TV stations in Brazil.- Researched, produced & interviewed various high profile contributors such as Sepp Blatter, Michael Owen, Steve McManaman, Edu Gaspar and Tite.- Successfully sold the film to BT Sport and ITV, and internationally.- Co-wrote the films score, including the title track which was released as a charity single in Brazil.- Successfully managed the films global PR, resulting in being interviewed by BBC Breakfast, BBC World, ITV Good Morning Britain, Sky Sports News, ITV News, Sky News, Talksport, Globo Esporte, VICE and others - exposing the story to over a billion people on a zero PR budget.- The film received 5 star reveiws, which included seeing it be dubbed “The Sports Film of the Year”.

Award-winning production company, 42, have bought the film option rights of my film, “Brothers in Football”. As well as being an Executive Producer on the dramatisation, I work with the director, Peter Cattaneo (Full Monty) in developing the feature script.

The largest online football community in South America, Meu Timao, asked me to write the first ever book telling the story of SC Corinthians Paulista’s origins and their connection with the English amateur club that inspired them. The book was published on August 5th, 2021.

A clothing business that runs two seperate brands: a menswear fashion brand, Corinthian 1882, and a sportswear brand, Casuals 39.Highlights:- Jointly responsible for all business decisions.- Launched brands at the London, New York and Paris fashion shows where I oversaw all the media, promotion and design around the events. - Curated all media, social media and online storytelling for the brands.- Oversaw succesful brand collaborations with the likes of Nike, London Sock Co. and Peaceful Hooligan.- Designed the sportswear collection.- Coordinated and oversaw the licensing of Casuals 39 to Brazilian online retail giant Netshoes and 250 physical Poderoso Timao stores in Brazil.

The highest ranked amateur club in England, credited with having popularised football around the world.Highlights: - Took the club from the brink of financial collapse in 2013 to financial sustainability, safeguarding a unique piece of British sporting heritage.- Via a social media campaign, I attracted 150,000 fans to follow the club’s Facebook page, making it the 18th most followed club in the entire country in 2015.- Took the club to Brazil, to play an exhibition match in front of millions against the two time FIFA World Club Champions.- Had the club profiled as the centrepiece to the National Football Museum’s commemorations of the 100 years since WW1.- Responsible for driving global media coverage (Sweden, USA, Russia, Brazil etc) - exposing the story to over a billion people on a zero PR budget. - Released a feature film of the club’s story on national & international TV to coincide with the Centenary of Armistice in 2018.- Partnered the club with charities that gave hundreds of match tickets away to children and their families affected by cancer. We also raised several tonnes of non-perishable food, via a pioneering event at the Corinthians stadium in Brazil, for families in need, living in the favelas of São Paulo.- Collaborated with Nike to release a new official kit for the Brazilian world champions, SC Corinthians Paulista, that is in honour of the South London amateur team.

A script/ideas development company. I develop film (& other) projects in-house while also working for independent producers or creatives to realise their idea’s potential.Highlights:- Developed a series of Star Wars short film scripts for Lucas Film/Disney- Developed a TV series for the producer, Simon Emmanuel (Star Wars, Batman) and his company’s first-look Netflix slate.- Created the feature documentary, “Brothers in Football”.- Mentoring the author, Llew Walker, for his biography on Andrew Watson, the first ever black football player. To be published: February 2021.- Wrote a charity single to mark the end of UK lockdown from Covid-19 to celebrate the NHS that was featured on ITV GMB and national radio.- Shot a number of music videos and other commercial projects.

Working with the Producer, Simon De Selva (LD 50, Son of Pink Panther), I developed a slate of ready to shoot projects that the company sought finance for. Opened the production office at Pinewood Studios for the production of Bad Dreams; pre-production team of ten.

South London’s major commercial radio group, I produced & presented 21 hours of live on air content per week including interviews and music events.

Part of the Sony award-winning team, I worked as a broadcast journalist on the Jon Gaunt BBC LDN radio show.

Working on the Sunday morning’s show, T4, I was at first a runner and later became the PA to the show’s commisioning editor, Andi Peters.