Matchlight Documentary Internship
4th AND FINAL 2010/2011 MATCHLIGHT DOCUMENTARY INTERSHIP AWARDED
Matchlight, Creative Scotland, Highlands & Island Enterprise and Channel 4 have announced that the final place on the Matchlight Documentary Internship has been awarded to producer/director Marcus Harben.
Marcus will join Matchlight from Tiger Aspect where he is currently working on a Channel 4 project. He recently produced and directed two episodes of Finestripe's Icons of Art Deco for BBC 4 and he has previously directed for The One Show, The Culture Show and Comedy Connections.
Our previous producer/director interns for 2010/11 were Peter McQueen (Producer/Director of six part BBC Alba observational documentary series, Partaig - Peter is from Oban and is the first HIE Internee), Stephen Bennett (Producer/Director of BBC Scotland documentaries The Walking Wounded and Pride and Privilege) and Tom Watt Smith (Producer/Director of several episodes of Channel 4's Location Location Location as well as BBC 1 documentary Dwarfed by India).
The Matchlight Documentary Internship Programme, was launched in July 2010. It aims to equip a new generation of Scottish based producer/directors with the experience they need to win network television commissions. The year-long, paid professional development programme will help four producer/directors devise, develop and pitch TV programme ideas for their first UK network commissions. The Internship Programme is supported by Creative Scotland, Highlands & Island Enterprise and Channel 4, with one of the four places ring-fenced for talent from the Highlands & Islands.