stephen clarke
      CURRICULUM VITAE  
 
         
 
     

Stephen Clarke is an award winning film director living in Somerset.

He is currently working as a freelance director and tutor in video production.

other teaching includes:
Dartington College of Arts
Television School of Estonia
Strode College, Somerset
The Engine Room, Bridgwater
Bridgwater College BA students

 
 
         
 
         
 
background info:
      gog theatre company - 1981 to 1994

Founder member of Gog Theatre Company working for 13 years as an actor, teacher and director.

The company became one of South West England’s leading companies specialising in new devised performance work for regional and national touring, theatre for young people, and International Cultural Exchange leading projects in the Cameroon, West Africa, St Petersburg and the Republic of Georgia.
 
 
         
 
         
 
      Bournemouth Film School - 1994 to 1995

Postgraduate in Film + Video Production
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

the anorak gang - 1995

Channel 4 / ZDF / Arte
won several awards and screened at numerous international festivals

director + producer: Stephen Clarke

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

the drop - 1997

directed by Stephen Clarke

won ‘best director’ at Yaraslovl Film Festival in Russia

produced by Angelcast Productions

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
      glastonbury net radio - 1999

12 documentaries for netcasting focusing on the town of Glastonbury, the arts and social change.

co-producers: Stephen Clarke + Sue Palmer
 
 
         
 
         
 
      the PHOENIX project - December 1999

metal phoenix installation for Glastonbury Millennium Celebrations

co-designer/maker: Stephen Clarke + Liz Beech
 
 
         
 
         
 
      somerset film + video website - 2000 to 2004

webmaster: Stephen Clarke
 
 
         
 
         
 
      i don't live here - February 2000

directed by Stephen Clarke

part of a series of four x 12 minute films for HTV

produced by somerset film + video
 
 
         
 
         
 
      the PHOENIX project - 2000 +

a new experimental arts space based in Glastonbury

co-directors: Stephen Clarke + Liz Beech
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

hair raising - February 2001

live performance by Sue Palmer + Vic llewellyn

web designer + maker: Stephen Clarke

watch video on youtube.com
 
 
         
 
         
 
      catching the light - 2001

promotional video ‘Boy Of Science’

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Joff Winterhart

produced by Somerset Film + Video
 
 
         
 
         
 
      art + power - August 2001

interactive cd rom

creative director: Stephen Clarke
 
 
         
 
         
 
      say it with film - March 2002

video production course, Brewhouse, Taunton.

course tutor: Stephen Clarke

produced by the Brewhouse, Taunton in association with somerset film + video.
 
 
         
 
         
 
      put on a happy face - June 2002

view of the the Somerset town of Wellington by members of Genesis Youth Theatre.

film-makers: Stephen Clarke + Joff Winterhart

produced by somerset film + video in association with First Light Films
 
 
         
 
         
 
      pay for what you done - June 2002

a Social Inclusion In the Media Arts project with 20 young people, working with 5 film-makers and 5 actor-musicians to devise and produce their own 30 minute film.

produced by somerset film + video in association with Action Track Performance Company and Take Art!
 
 
         
 
         
 
      the engine room - 2002 to 2003

design and build of new media centre in Bridgwater

project manager: Stephen Clarke
 
 
         
 
         
 
      i want to complain - February 2003

a short film which tells the story of three people who are fed up, and want to complain, but don't know how.

directed by Stephen Clarke

produced by Six Acres Resource Centre in association with somerset film + video.
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

shot by shot - April 2003

a 10 week digital video production course

course tutors: Stephen Clarke + Tom Stubbs.

produced by somerset film + video.

 
 
         
 
         
 
      the bigger picture - May 2003

video promoting ‘Widening Participation in Somerset’

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Tom Stubbs

produced by somerset film + video and Somerset Adult Learning + Leisure.
 
 
         
 
         
 
      table madness - December 2003

video installation / soundscape

produced in association with the Brewhouse, Taunton and Halcon Community Primary School
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

syzygy - 2004

video for performance of Buchinger's Boot at the PHOENIX project in Glastonbury

film maker: Stephen Clarke

watch this video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
      psi: mid space - April 2004

live performance event produced by Sue Palmer

video, sound + web design: Stephen Clarke
 
 
         
 
         
 
      listen to us - 2004 to 2005

4 x short dramas + interactive dvd

directed by Stephen Clarke

produced by Learning Disability Services, Somerset in association with the engine room
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

2BU - July 2004

video made with young gay, lesbian + bisexual people about their lives growing up in Somerset

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Joff Winterhart + Tom Stubbs

produced by the engine room

watch video on youtube.com - Part One
watch video on youtube.com
- Part Two

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

our lives through the keyhole - October 2004

17 short films made with Carr-Gomm Residents in Birmingham, Bristol, Aylesbury + Somerset

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Tom Stubbs

produced by the engine room in association with Carr-Gomm, a social landlord + registered charity

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
      every child matters - February 2005

interactive dvd

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Lucy Bailey

produced by the engine room in association with Government Office South West
 
 
         
 
         
 
     

field - May 2005

creative arts lab led by Sue Palmer

film maker: Stephen Clarke

produced by Take Art

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

video and animation workshops - 2005

10 days of creative film making for adults with learning difficulties

film makers: Stephen Clarke + Tom Stubbs

produced by Learning Disability Services, Somerset in association with the engine room

 

 
         

 

 
 
         
 
     

germ academy - april 2006

23min comic horror film about food hygiene for adults with learning difficulties

directed by Stephen Clarke

produced by Learning Disability Services, Somerset in association with the engine room won a South West Region 'Valuing People -Award' for Communication.

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

tor dance festival - september 2006

creative documentary response to the Tor Dance Festival in Glastonbury

video project mentor: Stephen Clarke

film maker: Laura Hylton

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

it is for the tiger - october 2006

live performance event produced by Sue Palmer

animation + web design: Stephen Clarke

watch videos on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

isis unveiled - september 2006

album cover design and video documentation for Jaki Whitren's new album - ISIS UNVEILED due for release Spring 2007

cover design + video: Stephen Clarke

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
     

shape UP - 2007

20 min video about healthy eating for adults with learning difficulties

written by Stephen Clarke + Tom Stubbs

a biggerhouse production for Learning Disability Services, Somerset in association with the engine room

watch video on youtube.com

 
 
         
 
         
 
all about us
     

all about us . . . - march 2008

film maker/mentor Stephen Clarke

Mediabox/Young People’s Film Council film Supported by The Engine Room at Somerset Film and Video Ltd.

watch video on youtube.com