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Stones, Jo

Member since 1996

Archive Producer, started work in Film & TV, 1993, was soon made a trainee 'film researcher' for a weekly TV magazine series. Skills: archive research, detective work, sourcing archive footage, stills & ephemera, tracing owners, clearing rights, negotiating, finding & delivering master material, licences, third party (artist) rights. Main experience is on documentaries - SOCIAL HISTORY, ARTS, MUSIC & BIOGRAPHY projects. with experience of just about everything, from CURRENT AFFAIRS to DRAMA, ENTERTAINMENT & COMEDY. Negotiator, happy to liaise with lawyers, agents for artists & writers. I'm experienced in archive research development & archive budget-planning.

Credits/nominations

Call Me Kate - Katharine Hepburn

Salon Pictures (2022) , Archive Producer

Queen of Speed - Michele Mouton

Drum OMG (2020 - 2021) , Archive Producer

Reframed - Marilyn

Raw TV (2020) , Archive Producer

Cassius X

Two Rivers (2020) , Development Archive Producer

Nothing Compares

Tara Films (2019-2022) , Archive Producer

Tomboy

Independant (2019) , Archive Producer

Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra

ESSO for All Med, WW (2019) , Archive Producer

Count Me In

Count Me In Films - doc feature - international (2019) , Archive Producer

Dirty War on The NHS

Dartmouth for ITV and international (2019) , Archive Producer

Drain The Oceans Series III

MSPTV for National Geographic (2019) , Archive Producer

Untouchable

Lightbox for BBC and international (2018) , Archive Producer

Crimes That Changed Britain

Wall to Wall for BBC (2018) , Archive Producer

The Yorkshire Ripper Files

Wall to Wall for BBC (2018) , Archive Producer

Chris Packham and T.Rex

Talesmith for BBC and International (2017) , Archive Producer

Don’t Stop - The Story of Rock

Pulse Films for Sky (2017) , Archive Producer - music series Current Postion Sept 2016 - end of May 2017

When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong

Crackit for Channel 5 (2016) , Archive Producer - Popular factual programme for Channel 5

All The Queen’s Women

Spun Gold for C4 and international (2016) , Archive Producer

The People’s History of Pop Ep 4 5

7 Wonder for BBC 4 (2016) , Archive Producer - music series

Trailblazers of ..

Sky Arts (2015) , Archive Producer - music series

The Day That Shook Everest

SkyVision for Sky Nat Geo (2015) , Archive Producer - Documentary about the 2015 Nepal Earthquake

Video Killed A Radio Star

Sky Arts (2015) , Archive Producer - music series

Oh You Pretty Things

BBC4 (2014) , Archive Producer- music series

One Humanity

Tribute/ Opiconsivia (2014) , Archive Producer - music politics film about the anti-apartheid movement, centres around 1988 wembley concert for Mandela’s 70th birthday in 1988

SHACKLETON: DEATH OR GLORY

Raw TV (2013) , Archive Producer - Documentary series for Discovery and PBS channels

Soul Boys Of The Western World

Wellingmax (2013) , Archive Researcher on 100% archive doc feature about Spandau Ballet - supporting Kate Griffiths, Archive Producer

Mandela (Feature Length Documentary)

Nelson’s Kids 25/7 Films (2012) , Archive Producer for this documentary feature about the life of Mandela - still in progress

M.I.A

Pulse TV for Theatrical release (2012) , Archive Producer - feature length documentary

Shadows of Liberty

Doc Factory for Theatrical release (2011) , Researcher - Legal facts checker

South Bank Sky Arts Awards Winners Films

Directors Cut Productions for Sky Arts (2011) , Archive Producer: Sourced cleared footage for Awards Show plus 10 x short docs on the winners lifetime achievement award package for Judi Dench

Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth

Kali Films - Theatrical Release (2010) , Archive Researcher for this documentary feature about Alice Walker; sourced negotiated archive stills, magazine radio materials, mainly from the US, for this documentary feature film

100 years of The London Palladium Michael Grade on Variety

BBC Entertainment (2010) , Archive Film Researcher

Written Britain, history series with Melvyn Bragg

ITV Arts & Features (2008) , Archive Researcher; sourcing, clearing, replacing master materials, managing archive budget across series, negotiating fees, delivery of all post production paperwork

Moslem Jesus (religious documentary)

ITV Arts & Features (2007) , Archive Researcher

South Bank Show Series: 2006 - 2010 including: Kiri Te Kanawa, David Hockney, Out of Africa: Chinua Achebe Chimamanda Adichie; The Tempest; JG Ballard: Isabel Allende; Sarah Waters; Liza Minnelli; 007 (James Bond); Alison Jackson on Warhol; Ronnie

ITV Arts & Features (2006-2010) , Archive Researcher: Sourcing all footage, Clearing, Negotiating all rights, managing archive budget, master replacement delivering post production paperwork.

Hoaxed with Danny Wallace/ Mid-Air Collisions/ Shameless Secrets of the 1990’s

ITV Factual for Sky 1 (2005) , Film Archive Researcher

New World War - Current Affairs 2 part documentary with Jonathan Dimbleby

ITV Factual (LWT) (2004) , Archive Researcher - sourcing footage, clearing and negotiating with international and UK suppliers for this series about the links between global warming, global poverty and global warming.

Thunderpants

Feature Film by Dragon Pictures (2002) , Archive Researcher

Mo Mowlam: Inside New Labour

ITV Factual (LWT) for Channel 4 (2002) , Film Researcher

The Day that Shook The World: 9/11

ITV Factual (LWT) for Channel 5 (2001) , Film Researcher for this fast turn around news current affairs documentary broadcast on 12/11/2001

It Shouldn’t Happen To A....

ITV Factual (LWT) (2000 to 2005) , Film Researcher - Sourcing clearing funny and factual clips for this on-going ITV popular factual strand, also cleared 3rd parties, managed archive budgets delivered all postproduction paperwork.

Heseltine: A life in the Political Jungle

ITV Factual (2000) , Film Researcher

Enigma

Codebreaker productions/ Jagger Films (1999-2000) , Researcher: Archive - sound, stills footage research; Facts Checking Props Research, Clearances for Theatrical release

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

West 11 Films (1999) , Film Researcher; 1970’s TV shows and Commercials sourced cleared for Theatrical release

Meeting People is Easy: Radiohead

Kudos/ Polygram for Channel 4/ DVD Theatrical release (1998) , Archive Copyright research clearances

Best of British Series (Cliff Richard Barbara Windsor)

BBC production for BBC1 (1998) , Film Researcher for these 2 entertaining biographies

Song for Euro-Trash

Rapido for Channel 4 (1998) , Film Researcher - Sourcing and clearing with all the European Archives to make up a fun pop history about Euro-Vision

The Clive James Show & Clarkson

Both by Watchmaker Productions for ITV (1998) , Film Researcher; researching, selecting & clearing relevant news items for weekly topical slots in both satirical series

Denis Norden’s Laughter File 2

ITV (1997) , Film Researcher - sourced bloopers and funny clips from news and production offices around the world,

The Best Show in the World... Probably

Hat Trick Productions for BBC (1997) , Stills Archive Researcher for this comedy panel show series featuring Alan Davies

Pride: Blaculinity and Snow Business

Couch Potato for Channel 4 (1997) , Archive Copyright clearances for these 2 documentaries

Women on Death Row

Piranha Productions for C4 (1996) , Archive Researcher for this serious documentary, sourcing footage stills from US network affiliates, police stations and various suppliers, clearing drama talent as well as news.

It’s not Unusual: A Gay and Lesbian History - 3 x part series

Wall to Wall for BBC2 (1996) , Archive Researcher

First Sex First Sex 1 and 2

Piranha Productions for Channel 4, 1994 95 (1994 & 1995) , Archive Researcher for 8 part magazine series - Sourcing clearing stills, archive footage and music