Hello. I thought you’d like to know a little bit about the person that you’ll be entrusting to capture & create this special and important record of you life:

My name is Philip Beasley, and I began filming on cine film in 1976, making films with friends & family. With each expensive reel only lasting 3 minutes, I soon learnt the discipline of getting only the best shots each take. These films lead to a place at Art College specializing in film and television production. After passing, I took on various sales jobs in the media industry, building up knowledge and also an empathy to people. Throughout this time I was still writing and directing various films, especially after moving to video in 1984.

In 1988 I saw a friend’s wedding video & could not believe how bad it was! That inspired me, and soon I built a career filming weddings & events, treating each project like a TV documentary. This gave me invaluable experience of event filming, where it is just not possible to re-take: every shot has to be perfect every time. Now, all of my wedding filming comes directly from recommendations, which is a lovely way to work.

In 1993 I produced a ten minute film, which won first prize at the International BAVA awards. Awarding the prize was TV’s Jeremy Beadle, who later commissioned me to produce sixteen spoof adverts for his primetime ITV series, ‘Hot Shots’, which ran for two series. From that I was at last able to finance myself with professional broadcast video equipment and start my production company, Action Video Services Ltd, which has gone from strength to strength.

As well as my commercial work, when I can I also help my local charities by producing films to promote their services for fundraising, which has included Mencap and The Essex Shared Care Scheme. I also continue to produce my own independent films, which continue to win in international competitions, including first prize in the prestigious IAC Daily Mail Film Challenge Trophy. So as you are probably realising, filming is not just a hobby or a career for me, it is a passion.

My philosophy has always been to meet and exceed client expectations, and this has earnt my company a reputation of being able to get a project in ahead of deadline and within budget, but without losing any of the quality the client required. We now specialize in multi-camera shoots of major conferences and seminars around the world.

This reputation has lead me over the years to work with some impressive names in the corporate world, including BUPA, Ikea, BP Oil, Yakult, Mencap, The British Heart Foundation, The Teenage Cancer Trust, The Royal British Legion, Bairstow Eves Estate Agents, Hambro-Countrywide Estate Agents, Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals & The Royal College of Physicians to name few, as well as freelance filming for the BBC, ITV Anglia & Meridian Television, and Sky broadcasting.

When I look back on my career, I realise just how extremely lucky I am, because I spend my days doing a varied job that I love, meeting new people, learning new things, rising to new challenges, and I believe that it is this passion for creating films that makes my work so popular with my clients.

Hopefully I may meet you in the near future and be able to help you too. If you’d like a chat about your film, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you.