About

Pete Speller filming Taking on Tarmageddon next to an oil sands tailings pond near Fort MacMurray, Alberta, Canada

Filming Taking on Tarmageddon in Alberta, Canada

I am a film maker, journalist, activist and campaigner. I have built up considerable experience in using online and video technology for campaigning and activism, particularly with the group Students for a Free Tibet. I have also supplied news footage to BBC News, Newsnight, CTV and SkyNews. I also regularly write for the New Internationalist blog as well as a number of other online publications including Huffington Post.

I recently set up the production company Campbell Road Productions with another film maker, Zoe Broughton to produce films and provide video support and training to campaigns.

CV

Freelance journalist, film maker, online campaigner, graphic designer

Recent clients include: Greenpeace, ActionAid International, the World Development Movement, the World Wildlife Fund, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Tcktcktck and many others.

Production credits

Features

Director/Producer – Taking on Tarmageddon, Campbell Road Productions
Editor – Farmer to Farmer: The Truth About GM Crops, Hart Productions
Additional footage – Non-violence for a change, Just Us Productions

Shorts

Camera – Random Acts: Santacon, ZCZ Films for Channel 4
Additional footage – UK Uncut, Fat Rat Films for Newsnight
Camera/Editor – 6 Billion Ways, WDM/petespeller.com
Director/Camera/Editor – Big Climate Connection, WWF/petespeller.com
Camera/Editor – 38 Degrees NHS Campaign Films, 38 Degrees/petespeller.com
Camera Assistant - The Heart, RockHunter

Articles

Fortnum convictions are a sign protest policing needs to change published by Huffington Post
Bowing out published by New Internationalist
Privatizing profit and socializing risk published by New Internationalist
Cuts to legal aid risk its collapse published by Bright Green Scotland
Police, the media, their agenda and the law published by Greenwedge

Employment history

1 Minute Films/1 Minute to Save the World, Online editor and technical curator, November 2009 to April 2010

Friends of the Earth EWNI, Consultant network developer, April 2009 to October 2009

Students for a Free Tibet UK, National Coordinator October 2008 to June 2009

People & Planet Training & Projects Assistant, October 2008 to November 2008

Free Tibet 2008 TV Producer, Editor & Web Manager August 2008 – September 2008

People & Planet Climate change campaigner August 2007 to June 2008

Students for a Free Tibet UK, Campaigns coordinator April 2005 to August 2008

Talks and Lectures

2011

School of Oriental and African Studies Guest Lecture: Free Tibet 2008: the Beijing Olympics Campaign

2010

Sheffield doc/fest Panel: Story Leads to Action: Film Audience Engagement Campaigns in Development
dotActivist Talk: Technology based non-violent direct action

Education

Swansea Metropolitan University

BA (hons) Video Production

IT skills

Avid Xpress Pro/Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, AfterEffects & Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop
HTML
Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla

Videos
Endorsements

Pete was everything we needed. He was smart, responsive, quick, reliable, and multi-talented. He quickly "got" what we were trying to do and could support not just the tactical needs but the larger strategic goals. He worked hard and over-delivered on what was promised. A rare breed of digital campaigner with the right skills and his head screwed on right
- Jason Mogus, Communicopia & Tcktcktck

Pete produced a promotional video for our 'Stop betting on food' campaign. He did a great job based on our very unpromising material and was a joy to work with. I'd happily recommend him.
- Pontus Westerberg, World Development Movement

Pete Speller was the National Coordinator at Students for a Free Tibet UK. He was not only an efficient and disciplined coordinator but also a great team builder and a joy to work with. His tech skills and organizing skills, along with his dedication to human rights and justice, make him a formidable ally to any organization.
- Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director, Students for a Free Tibet

Pete was a pleasure to work with. He got the job done to a highly professional standard with absolutely no fuss.
- Charley Harvey, New Internationalist

Thorough, efficient and perceptive - what more could one ask of an interviewer?
- David Ransom, New Internationalist

Pete came and provided People & Planet with a top-notch workshop on basic film and video techniques and the use of Pinnacle Studio video editing software. A great workshop; my colleagues and I all learnt a lot and were very inspired by it.
- Mike Harris, People & Planet
Taking on Tarmageddon

Pete Speller

film maker / journalist / campaigner