Jo scoops ITV job!

Congratulations to our fabulous film apprentice Joanne, who has started a new job working for ITV’s Factuals department as a Production Secretary, covering both the Manchester and Leeds sites.

Jo, who is acting as production supervisor for "The Lost Princess" in Goole Silent Movie, is a BA Honours graduate in Contemporary Film and Video at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her student film ‘School Daze’ was voted runner up in the ‘BBC’s Best of North West’ category in the 2006 Exposures Film Festival and won the North West region’s ‘Best Student Drama’ award by the Royal Television Society.

You'd think she'd be busy enough, but Jo says she enjoying the challenge of "assisting students create a fantastic piece using the exploration of different Medias."

She also says she is enjoying "working with professionals and learning new skills and techniques, as well as expanding her knowledge of silent movies and working with 8mm film."

If you think you recognise Jo, it might be as a dancer or actor! She and has performed at many prestigious venues including Sadler’s Well’s, The Royal Albert Hall and Disneyland, Paris. Her television credits include At Home With The Braithwaites, A Touch of Frost, Emmerdale and Heartbeat. She even finds the time to teach dance at the DM Academy in Shipley. Jo, who is an inspiration to the entire silent movie team, deserves it all. Well done!