Marc Hayward. Spark Content.
Bullying, enforcing excessive working hours and failing to pay people on time. That about sums it up. There should clearly be no place for Hayward in our industry in the future. If he should crop up again, best advice is for everyone to continue to spread the word of his history.
Zuzanna Skurtys. Art Director.
Late payment and – occasionally - no payment at all, are twin dangers lurking with all employments. This employer walked away from her commitments to pay her workers and also refused to discuss the matter at all, simply shutting up shop to all enquiries.
Global TV, holiday pay and the tax treatment of runners.
Global TV, getting it all wrong when it comes to holiday pay and the tax status of Runners.
Dave Morgan. DLM Media. Homecoming.
He likes to use freelancers, he just doesn’t fancy paying them.
Surabhi Bhatnagar.
“Living a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget”. Nice for her - not so much for the freelancers she stiffed for their pay.
Evelyn Obahor. Channel 52. Floodlight Broadcasting Network.
Lots of unpaid workers, BECTU have taken action.
Vaishali Paatil. Mohaan Nadaar. ASEQ. Stone Circles Production.
A pair of filmmakers well worth avoiding if you want to be treated fairly and paid right.
Kenneth Barker. Tungsten Media.
Kenneth Barker of Tungsten Media doesn’t think Runners are actual workers.
Mindseye. Hughie Phillips. Charlie Phillips. Max Yeoman.
Mindseye, 15 Percy St, London, W1T 1DS: a company to avoid.
Peter Wilson. Nouveau Media
A firm warning for anyone who is considering working for or with an individual called Peter Wilson (also known as “Vladimir Wilson“). Nouveau Media is a company he set up to make a pilot show (“Students”) which failed to pay numerous freelancers who worked on the production. * This post has been updated
John Pavlakos.
A producer with a long track record of cheating freelancers and suppliers. Avoid this individual!
