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Sam Taylor. F.&M.E

Won’t pay its freelancers; unable or unwilling?

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Nithish and Sathish Easwaralingam

Two to avoid.

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Alia Kadarauch

Not to be trusted.

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Kimberley Ann Leighton

One very much to avoid, on many counts.

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Dongli Deng. Wice Studio.

Avoid.

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Kimberley Ann Ashby

Watch out if she comes calling…

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M and M Film Productions. Monika Gergelova and Malcolm Winter.

Two more Producers to avoid.

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Quilombo UK. Marcus Vallinari.

Volunteers say their “development programme” is less a learning experience and more like simply unpaid work.

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Heidi Lynch. Bone Vault Inc.

“Passion project”

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Jonathan Sothcott

One to watch.

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Djonny Chen.

A producer to avoid - at any time of year.

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Oscar Reed. Ian Brenchley. Vertigo Live.

A couple of con artists.

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Shannon Hammond. Purple Cow Network.

A Producer who needs a very wide berth.

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Rana Basharat Ali Khan.

Conman.

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Brian Timoney Acting.

Cheating freelancers and overpriced courses.

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Freddie Hutton-Mills. Yellow fish.

Avoid.

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Cowshed Collective; more crap behaviour, more reasons to avoid.

Do you need any more warnings about this company? If so, read on…

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Saffi Faye Hazelden. Howling at Heaven Productions.

A con artist to avoid.

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Elena Conte. Pablo de Lario. Frame. Life And Flowers And Other Things.

Two to watch out for.

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Or Media: Beware.

If you don’t want to wait a year for your pay, don’t work for this lot.