I realised very early on that I was not going to be able to pursue a career in something that I wasn't passionate about. My obsession with film led me into film school, where I pretty much thought I would go and see what stuck. That was great and I learnt a huge amount, but when I left I was still really none the wiser about what to do.

I had one or two false starts in London before I found myself as a runner in a big broadcast post house, Prime Focus, where I had the vague hopes of becoming an editor. Here I was very lucky to be guided by some truly excellent management and colleagues, who all put a huge amount of time and effort into the support, training and progression of their staff. I made my way through offline, then online assisting – progressing, but still unsure what direction I was going. Then, one day I got introduced to the grading suite, helmed at the time by Alex Gascoigne and Kevin Horsewood, and my eyes were opened to the possibilities of what could be achieved. It was a ‘stars aligning’ moment for me.

From here I joined Molinare’s world class DI team, working on projects like Ex Machina, The Crown, Dr Who, and Brooklyn. It was a big step up and further solidified that this was what I wanted to do. The colourists there like Asa, Gareth, Andrew, Jat and Chris are regarded as some of the best in the world to this day and I was very lucky to learn from them. I spent every moment I could sitting in on grades, training, and grading as many shorts or music videos as I could get my hands on.

I was then trusted with a colourist position at Twickenham Studios’ new Picture Department. It was a baptism of fire, but being thrust to the front on some wonderful films with some incredible filmmakers like Catherine Goldschmidt, Andrew Dunn, Ari Wegner, Nanu Segal and Nick Cooke was amazing.

After some great years at Twickenham and Dirty Looks, I made the decision to move to Glasgow, and shortly after meeting some like-minded people passionate about Scotland’s potential we decided to set up Brick and Mortar and launched at Berlinale in 2024.

So far, I think I have graded close to 40 films, but I still feel I’m just at the start of my career, and very excited about what is yet to come.