I’m an Italy specialist, with vast experience throughout the country.

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I work as a field producer, fixer, researcher and location manager on high-quality factual and entertainment TV films for theatrical, broadcast, streaming and internet release.

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I work extensively setting up and filming commercials and branded content for big international firms. To date these include Amazon Prime, Amazon Web Services, Bacardi Limited, Banijay, Bayer UK, Birra Moretti UK, Diageo plc, EA Sports, Endomol, Ford Europe, Honda Marine, Live Nation Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Petronas, Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Samsung and Shell UK.

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I’ve worked on legions of television films, documentaries, and other projects for BBC Documentaries, BBC History & Business, BBC Natural History,

BBC Reputations, BBC Science, BBC Sport, BBC Studios, BBC TV Features, BBC Worldwide, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, ITV, National Geographic Channel, Netflix, PBS and affiliates, Premier League Productions, Sky and TED Talks on archaeology, art, biography, current affairs, food, history, natural history, politics, science and sport.

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When needed, I still work occasionally in news & current affairs.

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For ABC News (USA) I worked as an assignment editor and news segment producer in the UK, and in Italy as a field producer, off-air reporter and news editor.

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I've also worked for NBC (Broadcast Manager at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta), for CNN (freelance producer over several years in Italy), as well as for both UPI and Jane’s Defence Weekly (print stringer).

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I’m British – an English mother tongue speaker with fluent Italian, decent French and basic Spanish.

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Skills and Specialist Knowledge
Experienced with production issues throughout Italy – from the Alps to Sicily – and at all the main locations: Bari, Bologna, Bergamo, Cosenza, Florence, Genoa, Mantova, Milan, Naples (Pompeii, Herculaneum and Vesuvius), Padova, Pisa, Ravenna, Rome, Siena, Treviso, Turin, Verona, Sardinia and Sicily (Agrigento, Catania, Mount Etna, Palermo, Siracusa, Trapani), Tuscany and Venice.

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·   Network of excellent authorised ‘critical area’ drone operators throughout Italy

·   Best-cost US/UK-standard camera teams and sound recordists throughout Italy

·   Best-cost camera, grip & electric equipment throughout Italy 

·   Best model agencies and models throughout Italy 

·   Track down and prep contributors throughout Italy

·   Location manager & location scout throughout Italy

·   Excellent access track record & Vatican access specialist

·   Vatican Library registered scholar

·   Local divers and kit for underwater filming throughout Italy

·   Authorised speleologists for underground filming throughout Italy

·   Expert on cutting through local red tape throughout Italy

·   Expert on Italian film archive and sources

·   Experienced with licence rights and usage  issues and pertinent Italian regulations

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TESTIMONIALS

"There is no doubt in my mind that James is the best fixer in Italy and I can’t recommend him highly enough. His work ethic is second to none and you are able to rely on him implicitly and trust him to navigate you through the tricky process of filming there.  James is amazingly reliable, communicates incredibly well and executes a smooth-running shoot with ease."

Kirsty Urquhart-Davies / Production Manager – Nutopia, London

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"James was an absolute one in a million find to line produce my Italian production out in Maranello, for Ferrari sponsor AWS. He is such a pleasure to work alongside and the shoot was totally seamless. His local knowledge, black book, his calm and patience while working on our production made it an absolute joy.

I look forward to the next brief we can work on together!"

Naomi Berrio-Allen / Senior Producer - Studio La Plage, London

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"He proved to be the perfect choice, was a delight to work with and outstanding at his job. James' preparation and organisational skills, his intelligence and acute understanding of the politics and the protocols of the Vatican proved vital." 

Deborah Masters / Producer - ABC Australia

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I worked closely with James while producing and filming the launch of the new Rolls Royce Dawn in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. James was brilliant in a number of ways: he brought an excellent gaffer to the island from Rome -with all the right lights, obtained all the correct releases for the area and was brilliant at handling RR concerns face-to-face prior to our arrival. A very nice guy who I would very much recommend."

Paul Denchfield / Producer - Fin, London

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"James Walker is a treat to work with. He is hard working and unstoppable. His knowledge of how to make things happen in Italy is invaluable and his experience with productions of all sizes makes him a real asset.

I highly recommend James and would love to work with him again."

Daniel Camenisch /Producer-Director - USA

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"We shot an online / social media film for Ford in Rome and James sourced locations, crew, and talent - a mixture or 'real people' and actors - and the film went on to be one of the most successful online films ever for Ford Europe. James is a true professional. Good sense of humour, good negotiator, good problem-solver; I'd recommend him to anyone, and he would be my first port of call for the next shoot I did in Italy"

Lauren Colsen / Owner - Content Haus, London

  

"He is exactly what I want in a fixer. All but a native ... fluent and immersed in everything local you need combined with knowing how television works ...   I have produced news pieces for 30 years and he is among the best I have come across."

Paolo Marenghi / Producer - Formerly of CBS News

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Need help filming anywhere in Italy ? 

Email me: italyproducer@gmail.com

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