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Judith Reid, Project WIRED Manager

I have been Manager of Project WIRED for 4 years and have met many very talented young people during the process, congratulations to all of them and please don't forget to keep in touch.  I am keen to ensure that WIRED has a professional image, is efficient and good value to everyone and that it reaches throughout the East Staffordshire Borough County and further as a dynamic creative industry example for the young people of Staffordshire.
Hates, Liquorice and making mistakes!

Loves, family, friends and colleagues, my wolf hound Sam, blue skies and fresh air, flowers, perfumes, chocolates, laughter .......

Favourite colour, green

Favourite music, anything

Scott Ralph, Music Sessioner

Scott Ralph came to Wired in February 2006 to design, build and run the music recording studio.   Since then he has worked in the Wired team as 'musician sessioner' with work such as recording artists, sound-tracking for films, and workshop sessions.

Scott's multi instrumental skills have been put to good use in work in television, in a range of gigs and as a sessioner for Sony UK, Independiente Record Label and Carlton Television to name a few!

Scott's passions are song writing and recording, and he has recently completed a new album with his own band, Captain Yange, and he also hopes to continue with Project WIRED and help it grow as an organisation continuing in its work as a cutting edge, vibrant and exciting place to be.

Craig Hartwell, Film maker

Craig Hartwell has worked with project WIRED for the last year and his recent endeavours include making music videos and promotional videos as well as running and organising film workshops.

Outside WIRED, Craig is a keen film maker and Metal/Hip-hop artist with growing success selling his album at HMV and videos of the band receiving airplay.  

Later this year, Craig hopes to embark on his first motion picture and has recently worked on two films shown in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, which including his graphics, editing and music work.

Tilley Hinchley, Animator

Natalie Ann Hinchley has been animating for over five years, awarded a first class honours degree specialising in animation, receiving a D&AD Yellow Pencil, has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Regional Student award in and nominated for two 2006 British Animation Awards. She was granted an animation bursary from the Light House Media Centre last year where she produced Onions and has recently completed her latest project, ‘The Animal Book’ directed by herself and Chris Randall at Second Home Studios. This charming stop frame animation has already been shown in the Cannes Short Film Corner, and so far has been accepted in the Soho Short Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival.

Her real passion is fusing traditional and digital animation techniques together in original and unusual ways, and is a passionate believer that a good animation comes from a good story.

Natalie has worked with WIRED since April 2007, and is looking forward to expanding and developing the new Red Door Animation Studio with them.

NEW STAFF:

WIRED welcomes back Chris Gent, film maker extraordinaire

Andy Kind, professional comedian

Emma Rushton, musician