Carolyn Naylor

Production Manager

Previously a member of BBC staff with vast experience in a wide variety of genre, including documentary, natural history and drama and corporate programmes – film, studio and OB based.

Since 1995 I have been Production Manager to Mike Birkhead Associates in addition to other independent producers and small film production companies, with full responsibility for all budgeting, finance, contractual negotiations and booking of crews, equipment and facilities, scheduling, logistics, providing liaison and support for camera and production teams in the field, post-production supervision and co-ordinating requirements of commissioning companies and supervising material deliveries.

Productions include:

THE TIGERS’ FORTRESS 2 – 50 min.
Natural World for Mike Birkhead / BBC / Discovery

LEOPARD HUNTERS – 50 min.
Natural World for Mike Birkhead / BBC / WNET

THE TIGERS’ FORTRESS – 50 min.
Natural World for Mike Birkhead / BBC / Discovery

THE TIMELESS THAMES – 50 min.
Natural World for Mike Birkhead / BBC

THE MONKEYS OF THE ROCK – 30 min.
Wildlife on One for Mike Birkhead / BBC

THE WILD BUNCH – 30 min.
Wildlife on One for Mike Birkhead / BBC

THE LAST TUSKER – 50 min.
Film for Mike Birkhead / BBC / Discovery

WILD ISLANDS – Series of 24 x 25 min.
Films produced by Performance Films for STV/S4C/RTE, versioned in 3 languages

WILDLIFE SPECIAL: TIGER – 50 min.
Produced by Mike Birkhead and Hugh Miles for BBC / National Geographic

GRAND CANYON – FROM DINOSAURS TO DAMS – 50 min.
Natural World for Mike Birkhead / BBC

POSTCARDS FROM THE COUNTRY – Series of 8 x 40 min.
Evocative films produced by Mike Birkhead and David Rolfe for BBC

GLOBAL WARNING
Series of 20 environmental shorts for BBC Worldwide

EYE WITNESS – Series of 13 x 25 min. programmes
For BBC Wildvision

NATURAL WORLD SPECIAL – 50 min.
Dramatised documentary on the life of Gregor Mendel, for Peter Crawford / BBC

THE FORGOTTEN VOYAGE – 50 min.
Dramatised documentary on the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, for Peter Crawford / BBC

IN THE COUNTRY – Film/OB series on country pursuits
With Angela Rippon for Peter Crawford / BBC

THE WORLD ABOUT US
Studio/film special feature on Jacques Cousteau, for Peter Crawford / BBC

COUNTRY GAME – Studio based countryside quiz (several series)
With Angela Rippon, for Peter Crawford / BBC

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE – 6 x 30 min.
OB programmes with Phil Drabble, for Peter Crawford / BBC

IN DEEPEST BRITAIN – 6 x 30 min. 
Films for Peter Crawford / BBC

WHAT ON EARTH… – Series of 6 x 50 min.
Environmental films with David Bellamy, for Peter Crawford / BBC

THE FRENCH WAY – 6 x 30 min.
Films for Michael Croucher / BBC

THE QUARRY – 90 min.
Film drama directed by John Boorman for BBC

SABIC
Series of corporate films in various languages produced by McKinnon Films

KUWAIT FUND FOR ARABIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Series of commercials and corporate films produced by McKinnon Films