Undercurrents- the people

Undercurrents has seen many faces over the years.These are just some of the main workers who cheered up our workshops.(in no particular order)

Mike Scott
Mike approached undercurrents in 2003 as a Swansea based business start up interested in producing graphics and artwork for the Undercurrents website. Over the past 3 years this work has increased to cover advertising including the BeyondTV film festival, DVD and film based graphcs. His company Delve Media ltd is dedicated to ethical business and environmental design.... for more information go to www.delveonline.co.uk, as a rule don't mention clowns.

Jamie Hartzell
Jamie was a trustee of Undercurrents and was one of our co-founders. Jamie first worked with the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, before going on to produce a number of award-winning environment and development television programmes.Jamie now manages the ethical property company.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
You've got to be choking- Charting the rise of the anti roads movement in the 1990's.(winner OKOMEDIA 1994)
No justice no Peace- Deaths of Black people in Police custody

Ian Williams
A trustee of Undercurrents and also runs Plan B to educate about climate change. Ian is also a Dj and makes a wicked clay oven.

Huw Davies
Our new trustee

Isobel Griffin
A trustee of undercurrents. More to come


Video Activists workshop

Jenny George
Co-ordinator of the media education programme at Undercurrents, Jenny hails from the West coast of Canada and has recently moved to Swansea. Her background is in alternative education, youth and community work, and environmental and social justice activism.

George Marshall
A former trustee of undercurrents and co-Executive Director of Climate Outreach & Information Network. George has seventeen years experience in research and campaigning and outreach for environmental and indigenous rights organisations. He worked with undercurrents for 2 years and left to work as a senior campaigner for Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation, and as a policy consultant to the German and Papua New Guinean governments. He has authored fifteen major reports and won nine awards for his video documentary work.Before joining COIN George was one of the founders and co-ordinators of Rising Tide, a national network of grassroots climate change campaign groups. He has spoken and written widely on climate change issues and sustainable lifestyles including articles for The New Statesman, The Guardian, and The Ecologist.

Maria Longley
Maria is Finnish, organised and adds beauty to the scene where ever she goes. Shes a keen drummer and worked in a bakery to earn her dough. She is a trusty volunteer with undercurrents.

Jessica Ernst
Jessica came from the US to work as a designer for undercurrents in Oxford. She is now a legal advocate for victims of domestic violence in the USA.


Oddsox McWeirdo....its funny

Deborah Cackler
Debs worked on getting our VHS videos out the door circa 1998 in Oxford. She left her native USA to marry Thomas (below) and to write novels.

Thomas Harding
A co-founder of Undercurrents. He set up one of Britains first local television channels (Channel 6 in Oxford) before moving to the USA. Thomas and undercurrents wrote the Video Activist Handbook.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Dear Lenny- pensioners stop a polluting factory (winner Tokyo video festival)


Video Activst Gathering circa 2001 Oxfordshire

Roddy Mansfield
Roddy has been with undercurrents since 1995 and has worked as the archive manager and video activist. He has wandered with his camera undetected into the house of commons and has been arrested more than ten times while filming but never charged.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Pig Brother (undercurrents 8)-exploring state surveilance of peaceful protesters.

Zoe Broughton
A co-founder of Undercurrents in 1994. Zoe has won awards for her undercover work in exposing animal cruelty as part of a Channel Four series. She now works as a regular camerawoman for campaign organisations.
Filmography highlights
Nonviolence for a change

Helen iles
An over qualified media lecturer, Helen from South Wales joined in 1997 and three years later established an undercurrents workshop in Swansea. She has inspired and created a core female team within undercurrents and co-founded beyondtv video activist festival. She has also trained hundreds of people to use video for social change.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Holtsfield- a community takes action to stop a greedy developer
War Within- How to find the Peace within
Shackies- Australia hut dwellers
Life before Death Winner Tokyo video festival 2006


Paul O'Connor
A co-founder of Undercurrents in 1994, Paulo from Ireland produces, directs, films and writes extensively about video activism. Many of his documentaries have won international awards. He moved from Oxford to Swansea in 2004.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Globalisation and the Media- how mass media shapes public opinion
Breaking News- investigation into Police management of the News
Reach for the Sky- climate change and Aviation

Hamish Campbell
A self confessed geek and video activist,Hamish is years ahead of us all with technology. Joining undercurrents in 2000, he designed Ruff Cuts-a distribution system for activst video on CDROM. He is currently seeking funds to produce a radical peer to peer Tv system.
Undercurrents Filmography
Greenham
Ruff Cuts CDROMs

Liz Thomas
A trusty videographer and VJ and now a mum of twins in London. Liz filmed for the films Globalisation and the media and Swan Farm about Gysies

Mick Fuzz
Mick reminds us all not to drink from the mainstream. A dedicated web designer responisble for giving life to our website.He co-founded BEYONDTV.org and clearer channel as an online source for activist video. Mick now lives in Manchester.

D Murphy
The undercurrents dedicated administrator who keeps us legal. D travelled to Palestine in 2004 and is currently preparing to return to support children traumatised by war.

Lowanna King (now Doye)
Lowie came from downunder to work with us.She recorded the growing anti-GM movement and organised undercurrents screenings nationwide before cycling back to Australia (it took 18months) to get married. She now runs a health food store with Kevin

Corey Vest
Our American intern with incredible skills in desgin. Last heard of in 1997

Anna Spanna
Another ozzie import who worked in the archive and worked on our weekly news webcasts. She is now back in Australia working with Indymedia

Sophie Pollock
Sophie edits undercurrents films and runs the occassional cinema in West Wales

Nina Simoes
Brazillian Nina worked with Undercurrents mainly on World Bank issues. She made a Channel 4 feature on the Landless people revolution in Brazil. She married Oscar and had their first child in 2005. She lives in London and is currently producing a longer documentary on the Brazillian Theatre of the Oppressed
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Washes whiter (undercurrents 2) - the world Bank


Jo Huddart (above)
Jo is the incredible person who put some order into undercurrents. Her passion,drive and marketing skills helped put our videos into places they needed to be. Many of the early leaflets and video covers were designed by Jo. She now lives in Manchester where she is now a trained healer.

Luke Winsbury
Luke put his camera to good use with his cheery face in Oxford. Luke nows works with BBC as a video journalist

Melissa Gunasena
Mel has been involved in undercurrents since 1995. She directed Evolving Minds- a film challenging the Mental health system. She now lives in Sri Lanka setting up a charity to help people through the trauma of the Tsunami and civil war.
Undercurrents Filmography highlights
Two Tarts (undercurrents 2) Womens empowerment
Evolving Minds- What is reality and who defines it?

Jason Torrance
A radical environmentalist and cofounder of Earth First!, Jason organised undercurrents screenings in Britain and Australia before joining us in Oxford. He now works for Greenpeace.

Srianjali Gunasena
Sri worked as a volunteer marketing our videos. She is currently rebuilding her life in Sri Lanka after losing everything in the Asian Tsunami.

Charlotte Wilcox
Charlotte was cool calm and collected as she helped our videos get out and about the world.

Note
There are more people that have been forgotten about...sorry about that but if you want to join the gallery drop us an email