Grade Club
Grade Club
Grade Club

New phone, who 'dis?

New phone, who 'dis?

This is usually the part where people say:


'I've always loved film, ever since I was gnawing rusks as a dribbling infant. And I'm just so, so, so very passionate about colour grading. So as I have amply demonstrated, I'd be a perfect fit to grade your film.'


Personally, on an About page, I like to go with a tried and tested 10 Random Things About Me.

Which I never write in advance, so let's see where this takes us, eh?

1. I'm Mike. Hi.

2. I'm a colourist. A freelance one. Hence why I built this website to attract passing traffic like a clown on a roundabout.

3. This photo up top is what happens when you get dragged to Jane Austen's house on a weekend and peer pressured into costume.

4. Having said that, I might adopt it as my Official Grading Outfit. Everything needs a memorable 'thing'. Worked wonders for Jamiroquai and his hat.

5. I am highly, highly professional.

6. I have one wife and daughter. That's two separate people, I hasten to add.

7. I am so very, genetically dedicated to the craft of colour grading that my hair went grey by the age of 30, so as not to introduce any more colour bias than necessary into the grading environment.

8. My 3 favourite buns are: 1) Belgian, 2) Hot Cross and 3) Cinnamon. (For the record, Chelsea buns are like Belgian buns for cowards. If you're going to ice the thing, put your back into it.)

9. Like I say, very professional, me.

10. I used to have a wholesale greetings card business. I can paint a mean owl. (As in, I'm good at drawing owls. Not that I mostly draw the ones that are arseholes.)

11. I still have a stunted teenager's attachment to the 1998 action horror masterpiece, Blade. Seriously, if you have any connection to Marvel or the new remake, let's talk. Let's move production to the UK and get this thing made, yes? I've got excellent studio contacts, we'll sort you out.

12. Oh, I should probably mention again that I've been working in post since 2007, grading for the best part of 15 years now. Doing a lot of dailies grading on big features, but I do all sorts. You know, the standard work chat. If you need and or want a colourist, gives us a shout using the form below.

13. I never was very good at stopping at 10 points.


  1. Here's a showreel. People like showreels.

This is usually the part where people say:


'I've always loved film, ever since I was gnawing rusks as a dribbling infant. And I'm just so, so, so very passionate about colour grading. So as I have amply demonstrated, I'd be a perfect fit to grade your film.'


Personally, on an About page, I like to go with a tried and tested 10 Random Things About Me.

Which I never write in advance, so let's see where this takes us, eh?

1. I'm Mike. Hi.

2. I'm a colourist. A freelance one. Hence why I built this website to attract passing traffic like a clown on a roundabout.

3. This photo up top is what happens when you get dragged to Jane Austen's house on a weekend and peer pressured into costume.

4. Having said that, I might adopt it as my Official Grading Outfit. Everything needs a memorable 'thing'. Worked wonders for Jamiroquai and his hat.

5. I am highly, highly professional.

6. I have one wife and daughter. That's two separate people, I hasten to add.

7. I am so very, genetically dedicated to the craft of colour grading that my hair went grey by the age of 30, so as not to introduce any more colour bias than necessary into the grading environment.

8. My 3 favourite buns are: 1) Belgian, 2) Hot Cross and 3) Cinnamon. (For the record, Chelsea buns are like Belgian buns for cowards. If you're going to ice the thing, put your back into it.)

9. Like I say, very professional, me.

10. I used to have a wholesale greetings card business. I can paint a mean owl. (As in, I'm good at drawing owls. Not that I mostly draw the ones that are arseholes.)

11. I still have a stunted teenager's attachment to the 1998 action horror masterpiece, Blade. Seriously, if you have any connection to Marvel or the new remake, let's talk. Let's move production to the UK and get this thing made, yes? I've got excellent studio contacts, we'll sort you out.

12. Oh, I should probably mention again that I've been working in post since 2007, grading for the best part of 15 years now. Doing a lot of dailies grading on big features, but I do all sorts. You know, the standard work chat. If you need and or want a colourist, gives us a shout using the form below.

13. I never was very good at stopping at 10 points.


  1. Here's a showreel. People like showreels.

This is usually the part where people say:


'I've always loved film, ever since I was gnawing rusks as a dribbling infant. And I'm just so, so, so very passionate about colour grading. So as I have amply demonstrated, I'd be a perfect fit to grade your film.'


Personally, on an About page, I like to go with a tried and tested 10 Random Things About Me.

Which I never write in advance, so let's see where this takes us, eh?

1. I'm Mike. Hi.

2. I'm a colourist. A freelance one. Hence why I built this website to attract passing traffic like a clown on a roundabout.

3. This photo up top is what happens when you get dragged to Jane Austen's house on a weekend and peer pressured into costume.

4. Having said that, I might adopt it as my Official Grading Outfit. Everything needs a memorable 'thing'. Worked wonders for Jamiroquai and his hat.

5. I am highly, highly professional.

6. I have one wife and daughter. That's two separate people, I hasten to add.

7. I am so very, genetically dedicated to the craft of colour grading that my hair went grey by the age of 30, so as not to introduce any more colour bias than necessary into the grading environment.

8. My 3 favourite buns are: 1) Belgian, 2) Hot Cross and 3) Cinnamon. (For the record, Chelsea buns are like Belgian buns for cowards. If you're going to ice the thing, put your back into it.)

9. Like I say, very professional, me.

10. I used to have a wholesale greetings card business. I can paint a mean owl. (As in, I'm good at drawing owls. Not that I mostly draw the ones that are arseholes.)

11. I still have a stunted teenager's attachment to the 1998 action horror masterpiece, Blade. Seriously, if you have any connection to Marvel or the new remake, let's talk. Let's move production to the UK and get this thing made, yes? I've got excellent studio contacts, we'll sort you out.

12. Oh, I should probably mention again that I've been working in post since 2007, grading for the best part of 15 years now. Doing a lot of dailies grading on big features, but I do all sorts. You know, the standard work chat. If you need and or want a colourist, gives us a shout using the form below.

13. I never was very good at stopping at 10 points.


  1. Here's a showreel. People like showreels.