Cody Paul Updegrave
Work Experience
Researcher - NFTS (Part-Time)
December 2023 to Present
Researching and booking diverse industry guests to speak on the Creative Course, as well as creating new partnerships with UK creative businesses.
Setting up and running the Creative Day for the Creative Business course.
Researching innovation in the creative industry for new learning outcomes for the Creative Business MA.
Producer - NFTS
Jan 2023 to Jan 2024
(1 Year)
Pre-production, Production, and Team Management on various projects at the National Film and Television School. Working alongside multiple directors to facilitate team organization, production and VFX pipelines, post production coordination and final delivery.
Supervise marketing plans, festival and distribution strategy, as well as facilitate business development potential for all projects.
Producer - Ambiguous Studio
Dec 2019 to Jan 2022
(2 years, 1 month)
Client Acquisition and Management through the lifetime of a project as well as business development and in-house film/game project financing.
Pre-production, Production, and Post Production Lead on commercials, music videos, narrative and documentary films, as well as consultant on graphic design, brand, and video game developments.
Clients Include Netflix, Oxford Literary Festival, Financial Times, Sub Pop Records.
Freelance Producer
May 2014 to July 2019
(5 years, 2 months)
Video production producer specializing in short film, music video, and advertisements working throughout the pre-production through post-production process. Additionally, my skills include production design, talent management, and and data entry.
Clients include Renaissance Boy Films, Coward Films, IQIYI, Inseec University
Recent Projects
“Horse in a Blue Tuxedo” - Narrative Experimental Short Film
"Naja" - Virtual Production Short Film
"Budd, Sweat, and Tearz" - Documentary Short Film
"Ratings Game" - Television Pilot
“Sound of Space” - Film/VR Curation Programme
“Sound of Space” - Film/VR Curation Programme
Upcoming Projects
Torla - 3-D Absurd Adventure Puzzle Video Game
Cameraman - 3-D Surreal First Person Puzzle Video Game
Bodies on the Line - Afro-Surrealist Scifi-Horror Narrative Short Film
Bernadette - Micro-Budget Comedy Feature Film
Is it Heaven Up There - Narrative Short Film
Strange Star - 2.5D Roguelite Scifi Video Game
Previous Projects
“Oxford Literary Festival 2023" - Promotional Advertisement - 2023
“Where the Fuck Am I?” - Experimental Travel Show Pilot - 2019
"No Mames" - Music Video - 2020
“Marinero- Nuestra Victoria" - Music Video - Director - 2021
“Marinero- Through the Fog” - Music Video - Producer - 2021
“Golden Rule” Animated and Live Advertisement Campaign - 2021
“Humanmade: Learn, Design, Make, Manufacture” - Advertisement - 2020
“Humanmade: Next Generation Manufacturing” - “Promotional Advertisement - 2020
Inseec University San Francisco: “Imperfect” - Promotional Advertisement -2019
“Brenda Xu- Flying” - Music Video - 2018
“I am Alone” - Short Film - 2016
“Qora” - Video Game - 2014
“Torlo: Chapter One” - Webseries Pilot - 2013
“To Exist” - Feature Film -2012
Education
Master of Arts: Creative Business
The National Film and Television School
Year of Graduation: 2024
Awards:
Christie Prize for Most Promising Student
Skills
Film Finance
Team Management
Business Development
Virtual Production
AI Integration
Portfolio
References
Dr. Alex Connock
Media & AI Academic
Librairie LTD
alexconnock@mac.com
Dr. Jon Wardle
Director
The National Film and Television School
JWardle@nfts.co.uk
Ian Haig
Head of Department
Creative Business - NFTS
ihaig@nfts.co.uk