Denise O'Doherty Email and Phone Number

***SUZ CRUZ NORTH DIARY SERVICE***Suz Cruz North is the northern franchise of the respectable and well known Suz Cruz. Established in 2017, we connect high-end local crew to productions filming in the North. All of our crew are vetted before we recommend them to production companies.We’ve been busy crewing for hundreds of productions across England and Scotland whilst managing the diaries of the best northern talent.As you can see from my following profile I continue to do the occasion production role and I have also recently started to take on the role of COVID Supervisor.

Taking on the role of Covid Supervisor for the first shoot after lockdown for UK Fixer and Microsoft. Responsibilities included liaising with the Producer regarding process and PPE. On location ensuring all crew were adhering to COVID 19 guidelines including the correct use of PPE, temperature checks, social distancing measures, track and trace data collection, regular hand washing and sanitizing, location cleansing and ventilation, as well as general crew wellbeing to ensure the crew felt safe and able to work comfortably.

Following a career in TV broadcast as a Production Manager/Line Producer and then having a child, I sidestepped into the world of commercials and branded content. Managing and facilitating filming and photography shoots across the UK for the following brands: Furniture Village – Senior Producer, Diageo - PM, Lays - PM, Nike - PM, European Union - Location Management, Dude Perfect - PM, Poker Stars - PM, BP - PM, Mini Cooper - PM, Under Armour - Local Producer. Including budget management up to 170,00K, location scouting, Location Managing, Road Closures & Traffic Management, Parking, Crewing, Equipment Hire, Studio Hire, Catering, Accommodation, Travel, and Office Space, and all manner of production requirements. I continue to take on the occasional production role whilst owning and managing the very sucessful Suz Cruz North Diary Service.

Working for all major broadcasters including BBC, ITV, C4, C5, UKTV, MTV managing budgets up to 1 million-plus, with large teams of 100 crew plus, specialising in live TV and reality TV on location in the UK and overseas such as Most Haunted Live UKTV and Tiny Tearaways for BBC3. Many of these large-scale productions required a high level of health & safety knowledge and responsibility. Following having a child and finding this level of work impossible to manage with the demands of childcare I made the very difficult decision to move on from this type of production in 2013, however through my contacts I’d made over the years I was fortunate to move to on to some commercial work which proved to be more manageable with family life.