David Gridley Email & Phone Number

Canary Wharf

My freelance career started in 1998 when I bought a video camera, tripod and some microphones. Media Trainers booked me for their course and slowly my client list grew to include both small, independent trainers and larger PR companies such as Weber Shandwick and Porter Novelli. In 2005 I created Mediacrews as a limited company and we broadened out our services to include video production and web-based content for our clients. We advise and coach clients on better delivery of their content on-camera; whether that is learning the tricks of tele-prompt, or through improving their presentation style. We now produce teaching and training videos for clients including The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Atos Healthcare. We also produce short videos for Internal Comms or Investor Relations purposes where we shoot and edit executive interviews and edit them for delivery within a few hours. Our diverse range of clients include: Reckitt Benckiser, Homerton Hospital, Brands 2 Life, Coty, The Metropolitan Police, The Media Coach, Royal College of Psychiatrists and AprilSixProof Communications.

Mediacrews have worked with the Royal College of Psychiatrists for over 6 years to produce a variety of teaching videos for the examinations department. Benchmarking of examiner performance is very important to the college and our roll-play videos enable them to set standards consistently across many different disciplines and in a variety of exam situations.

I have provided Jill and the Vertex Group with video camera support for well over 10 years now. We have worked together in both the UK and across Europe on a variety of Media and Presentation training courses for a diverse selection of clients.

We have worked with Lindsay Williams and her team at The Media Coach for many years providing camera-crews for Media and Presentation training. We have also provided video content including green-screen recordings and tele-prompt services.

Having provided the PR company Porter Novelli with location filming for many years we decided to enter a joint venture with them to run their TV and radio studios on a day to day basis. We installed a high-definition upgrade to the facility in 2013 and then successfully offered the studio (called Studio 31) to both internal and external clients for a number of years. Eventually the PR company later decided to move premises and the facility closed down, however we gained vital experience in studio production which we may put to use in the future.

Paddington, London

I started my professional career as a trainee medical photographer at St Mary's Medical School in Paddington. I photographed everything from weird and wonderful medical conditions through to royal visits and everything in-between. I progressed to medical video at a time when we stated to hire out our studio to external users - and some of these brought their Media Training courses to us. In 1998 (after 11 years at St Mary's) I decided to leave and become a freelance video cameraman