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Nominated by: Jack Jones, chief
technology officer, and Ben
Coulson, managing director,
Roundtable Post Production
Since joining Roundtable Post-
Production two years ago, Emma
Corbett has been involved in creating
more than 75 VFX shots for a
six-part Discovery series and
provided additional visual effects,
including digital rostrums and 2D
compositing, for features such as
Our Godfather and The Man
Behind The Microphone.
In 2019 alone, she has helped
deliver more than 100 hours of
broadcast content while managing
workflows and supervising the
support team and edit suites,
among other duties.
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Emma’s key strengths are her
ability to solve problems under
intense pressure, relentless desire
to learn and improve, and her
combination of technical, creative
and managerial skills.
“Roundtable has grown signifi-
cantly in the two years since Emma
joined,” says managing director Ben
Coulson. “As such, the nature of the
role has been ever changing. She has
managed to adapt to the demands of
managing a growing team, learning
new skills and finding additional
ways to add value to clients’ pro-
jects while being super-organised.”
As such, clients regularly feed
back on how well their project
has been overseen from a tech-
nical standpoint.Nominated by: Andie Clare,
director of production, Icon Films
During his seven years at Icon
Films in Bristol, Laurence
Hamilton-Baillie’s career has
been on a steady rise.
He joined Icon straight from
university as a production tech-
nical assistant and has since
worked across shows including
Primal Survivor for Animal Planet,
Legend Hunter for Travel Channel
and Great Hammerhead Invasion
for Discovery Channel.
Icon’s Andie Clare says
Laurence is one of the hardest-
working people she knows and
few could switch so easily
between the field and the cutting
room. “Adventure is at the heart ofLAURENCE HAMILTON-BAILLIE 29
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everything Laurence does,” she
adds. “In addition to his camera
work, his skillset includes offline
editing and drone piloting.”
Clare says the curious and
mischievous Laurence is the
person directors ask for if they
want someone to add value to
their films. “Laurence creates
unapologetic and powerful
material in the edit and delivers
goosebump-inducing images
from remote, challenging and
uncomfortable locations.”
Jeremy Wade, host of River
Monsters, Mighty Rivers and Dark
Waters, says: “In a production
company full of multi-talented
people, Laurence is the ultimate
versatile, safe pair of hands.”