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About
My name is Stephen, I am a seasider, born and raised in Blackpool. I come from a hard-working mining family who moved from Yorkshire over the border to Lancashire. Before they retired, my mother worked as a teacher and my father in IT.
I didn’t have any access to the film industry growing up so I spent a lot of time on stage acting in amateur dramatics, working on my LAMDA examinations, and taking out my dads’ camcorder to shoot skateboarding videos with my friends and testing out techniques I had seen in films to see if I could recreate them. I attended York St. John University where I made some incredible friends and we set out on our filmmaking journey together.
Once we graduated, we made a few low budget shorts and one very low budget feature (£2k). After this I decided it was time to join the rat race down in London. My friend got a job working at a rental house and I quickly followed, sleeping on his floor while doing work experience on Downton Abbey.
Filmmaking is all I have ever wanted to do, and to be part of this industry is something I have to pinch myself about every day. Coming from a working-class northern family I never expected I could be where I am now.
My aspiration of directing films and TV series is the next step to achieving all I have set out to do. When I am not working on set, I am usually writing, skating, binge watching a new series or off on a new adventure somewhere in the world.
ScreenSkills Training Passport
Stephen Gallacher has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Experience
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Shadowing Director
I had the privilege of shadowing Peter Hoar on his upcoming show 'Nolly' where I got to observe and learn from Peter and the crew around him. Peter has such a great energy and runs a happy and creative set that work hard but also enjoy the job they do. It was a wonderful experience.
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2nd Unit Director
Whilst working as the 2nd assistant director on London Kills, I gained the opportunity to be the trainee director on season 4 of the show. Thanks to the production manager and the producers I was given the 2nd Unit Director title due to how much I ended up shooting during my time there. This was a fantastic opportunity where I got to shoot varying scenes as well as working with the main cast and also allowing myself to shadow the other directors of the show.
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1st Assistant Director
I was 1st Assistant Director on block 1 of 'Rebel Cheer Squad: A Get Even Series, a CBBC show from director Claire Tailyour.
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2nd Assistant Director
2nd Assistant Director on 'The Girl Before' for 42 and the BBC.
Education and training
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Work well series
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mental health awareness for managers
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentees
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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2.1 BA Hones Film & Television Production
2.1 BA Hons, Degree in Film & Television production from the university of York St. John. As well as the degree, I won an award for Outstanding Academic Achievement on my course and an acknowledgement for hard work outside of the course as well.
Certificates
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Risk Management of Productions
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Mentoring for mentees