Upon graduating CJ/Siege slipped back down the motorway to his hometown of Brighton and the haven of The Hive comic-book store where - after a year of clearing debt - it dawned on himthat he hadn’t studied for years to argue about Pokemon with upstart 10-year-olds!He was lucky enough to get his first ‘proper’ job at The MILL in Soho where a brutalawakening taught him what tough hours and real work was. After 18 months of slavingrunning on projects as eclectic as Black Hawk Down to Harry Potter, Tomb Raider &Cats & Dogs he begged RSA Films to let him jump to the other end of Carnaby Street.There followed 5 years of near bliss, his AVID cherry popped and the addiction tositting in darkened rooms with strange people for days on end blossomed. Some ofthose strange people included Luke & Jake Scott, Chris Cunningham, DawnShadforth, Adrian Moat, David Slade and the legendary Tony “The Colonel” Kearns.But being a round peg in a square hole gave him splinters, however, he was luckyenough to be offered a position at Peepshow Post with ‘The Best Editor in theWorld’ (officially for 3 of the 5 years he was allowed to work with her) AndreaMacArthur. This is where his education really began. When talent like Dante Ariola,Bryan Buckley, Antoine Fuqua, Tom Kuntz and Fredrik Bond are coming through the door you’d better become a sponge.As his family blossomed, sadly Peepshow relocated its head office to New York andCJ could not follow. So the exciting challenge of freelancing and fatherhood followedfor a further decade until a job in Sunny Manchester ™ with his old friends and sometimecollaborators Ed & Ben @ Glued Films beckoned in June 2021.Manchester evidently suited him and whilst freelancing again he remained and has beenenjoying the sunshine ever since!