Team
Chris Kemp
Chris Kemp is a co-founder and a company director of Suited and Booted. Chris is also a freelance DV camera operator and photographer. He has extensive experience in documenting projects and produces project based documentaries and promotional films. He is currently building on his background as a Dr. of chemistry to develop educational based resources for use in schools. He sits on the Executive committees of both Creative Bath and the B&NES Cultural Forum.
Sara Strickland
Sara Strickland is a co-founder and company director of Suited and Booted. Sara has spent many years working across the public and private sector specialising in producing documentaries and promotional videos while developing projects which allow for development and engagement with young people.
Recently Sara was sponsored through the Culture South West Cultural Leadership project by South West Screen and is currently a member of the B&NES Cultural Forum Education Steering Group.
Helen Putler
Helen Putler is our Office Administrator, joining us after many years specialising in arts PR, marketing and journalism for the Royal Photographic Society, HTV and the Arts Council among others. More recently she has been involved in working in schools.
Elle Farnham
Elle has joined us full time after freelancing for us for the past couple of years. Elle is here to develop and deliver projects, both educational and commercial. Elle has varied skills within filmmaking, from working in the art department on Bristol's BBC Drama Being Human, to expertise in Animation, with her own short films being shown Internationally and Nationally. Elle is here to bring exciting new projects to fruition - watch this space!
Benny Ridolfi
Benny has just joined us, with a key responsibility in the post-production department. This doesn't mean that he's stuck in a darkened room all the time though - he's also a skilled self-shooting director, so get's out and about on project work too.
Jackie Toner
Jackie Toner is based in the office as our Financial Administrator. In addition to her book-keeping skills, Jackie also have several years experience as an events organiser and stage manager and runs her own business, Blu Tent Productions.
Reginald Dixon Brown
Reginald Dixon Brown, aka Reggie, joined us two years ago as our office dog. Reggie comes from the Labradoodle family, and is big, white and fluffy. He likes walks, mud, people, food (especially carrots and apple cores) and his toys. Reggie is usually found in his basket, or underneath Sara or Chris's desk!
Trainees & Interns
We strive to offer internships and development opportunities for new media entrants. We are very proud that many of these young people have gone onto to work within the media industry for companies such as Kudos, Virgin, TwoFour and North One Television.
Freelance Team
We have built up a trusted bank of award-winning freelancers with a wide range of specialist skills and a wealth of experience.
We always strive to find the perfect match between worker and project so that everyone is happy, and gets an enjoyable experience with a fantastic outcome.
Some of our most loved freelancers include Tom Stubbs, Peter Snelling, Mark Simon Hewis, and Helen Hewitt.