CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of Birth: 21. 11. 75
Mobile:07867 524579
e-mail: james.orrow@hotmail.co.uk

Executive Summary

2007 July IRRESISTIBLE FILMS
Art Director Freelance
"Fightstar" Music Video

2007 April-July TIMEBASED EVENTS
Event Producer/Production Manager Freelance
"Isle of Capri Casino Launch" Coventry
"Glamour Women of the Year Awards" Berkeley Square London.
"BHS Spring/Summer Product Launch" Il Bottaccio
"Marriott Design Travellers Awards" Marriott Hotel

2007 April RED BEE MEDIA
Design/Graphic Freelance
"Underdogs shoot "

2007 April BBC Children's Interactive & On Demand-CBBC Extra
Design & Construction Props Freelance

2007 Feb BBC Children's Factual Development
Concept Designer Freelance
"Atomic"

2006 Dec CBBC
Art Director. Freelance
"Christmas Broadcast Set"

2006 Oct-Nov. ENDEMOL. Children in Need.
Art Director. Freelance
”Keep Your Hair On”.

2006 25th June. CHILDREN’S BBC, Television Centre, London.
Art Director.
Outside Broadcast of " CBBC Stand " at " The Children's Party At The Palace "
To Celebrate Her Majesty 80th Birthday.
Venue: Buckingham Palace.

2006 January - March. CHILDREN’S BBC, Television Centre, London.
Art Director. Set Designer. Production Coordinator.
New " CBBC " Set. & Lobby Design.

2005 January - Dec 2006 CHILDREN’S BBC, Television Centre, London.
Head of Production Design.
" CBBC "

2004 September - 2005 January . BBC, Television Centre, London.
Freelance Set Dressing Design / Prop Design / Puppets / Models / Costume.
" Dick and Dom " "See and Hear " " Watch Dog " & " CBBC "

2004 May - August . ENDAMOL Channel 4, George Lucas Studio, Elstree
Freelance Game & Prop Design Master / Construction / Theme Designer.
" BIG BROTHER "

2004 February – March. CHILDREN’S BBC, Television Centre, London.
Freelance Set & Prop Designer / Construction.
“ Spring Set ” for CBBC

2004 January – February. CHILDREN’S BBC, Television Centre, London.
Freelance Set & Prop Designer / Construction.
“ Jungle Set ” for CBBC’s “ Wild Weeks ”

2002 April – 2003 February. RICHMOND THEATRE, London.
Technical Stagehand / Fly man

2000 November – February 2001. YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, Guilford.
Technical Stagehand / Fly men

2000 July – August. WEST SUSSEX YOUTH THEATRE.
Designer / Construction
An adaptation of Roald Dahl's " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "
By Matthew Vaughan.
Director: Jonathan Goodwin / Musical Director: Ian Gardner.
Venue: Touring

1998-2002 Fare Catering and Marquees. Surrey.
Manager within an office environment for an event company. Client liaison skills & telephone skills.
Scheduling & contracting. Collating of information within a paper filing system & computer based programs
including Word / Excel. Proficient in Power Point, Excel,PhotoShop .
Event & Catering Manager. Catering, Service & Entertainment.
Marquee & Event Construction Manager Co-ordination of a team of riggers in completion of the event site.

1998 November - 1999 February. OPERA ON A SHOESTRING, Glasgow
Designer / Production Manager / Costumes / Set / Props construction.
"La Traviata " By Giuseppe Verdi.
Director: Tom Smith / Conductors: Chris Squires & Susan Dingle.
Venue: Citizens Theatre.

1998 April – June. BOC COVENT GARDEN FESTIVAL OF OPERA & THEATRE, London
Designer Set / Costumes /Props
" Travellers " Winner of the Stephen Oliver Award.
Texts by A.N.Wilson.
Music by David Horne
Director: Tom Smith / Lightening: Zerlina Hughes.
Venue: Cochrane Theatre .

1998 January - February. CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET, London.
Designer.
" Turn your face away " Choreography: Kate Talbat & Kelly Wallace.
Additional work involved sound collage & video image recording & projections.
Venue: Cochrane Theatre.

1997 June - July. WEST SUSSEX YOUTH THEATRE.
Costume Designer / Assistant Set Designer to Simon Higlett.
" Mill on the Floss " Director: Rebecca Lublinski.
Assisted design and construction of set & costumes design. Supervision of set construction.
Venue: Touring. Hawth Theatre, Crawley / Chequer Mead Art Centre & East Grinstead Theatre. Three studio spaces.

Quotes
Independent on Sunday. News paper.
Michael White.
" James Orrow, a serious talent "

The Stage. Theatrical news paper.
Michael Tumelty.
" Simple and Successful "

Latitude 51. Event Organizing Company.
Michael Kiy.
" I would especially commend James- he provided real leadership to his team through commanding their respect
by his example and work- a rare talent not often found, I enjoyed working with him immensely "

Qualifications

1995 - 1998. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. London.
Bachelor of Arts Honor’s in Theatre Design. Degree

1994 - 1995. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. London.
Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design.

1990 - 1994. The Weald School West Sussex.
A Level Theatre Studies.
A Level History.
Nine GCSEs.

Additional Skills

BBC Course’s
Manual Handling.
Risk assessment.
Scenic construction.
Children Protection.
Smoke Effects.
COSHH.

I consider my -self to be dynamic, energetic, diligent, and dedicated in my work. This I achieve though my creative and imaginative skills and being very highly
motivated, with attention to detail, resulting in the high standard of work. I have experience in set, props, costume design and construction.
Technical and working drawings. Model making, research skills and working within a budget. I have a good knowledge of the working T.V. Studio's & Theatre
stages & skills of all round teamwork.