Roman Period Mummy Portraits
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
Roman Period Mummy Portraits (3 x films)
A series of 3 films I produced and directed for the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
The films document how Faiyum mummy portraits were made and decorated, enabling the Fiitzwilliam's Egyptian colleagues to incorporate this knowledge in their interpretation materials of their collections for museum audiences and local communities. It also gave craftsmen in the Faiyum region a chance to connect more profoundly with their local heritage through a deeper understanding of the skills of the creators of these objects, giving them the potential opportunity to revive this ancient craft and boost their income and tourism to the area.
See all 3 on their website https://egyptiancoffins.org/mummy-portraits/
Producer & director, camera, editing & music: Gavin Toomey
Production Company: Beautiful Train Ltd.
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
In the spotlight: Coffins Research (4 x films)
1 of 4 films I directed for the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Each documents the museum's cutting edge interdisciplinary research into it's collection of more than 200 ancient Egyptian coffins and coffin fragments. See all 4 on their website https://egyptiancoffins.org/
Director, camera, editing & music: Gavin Toomey
Executive producer: Patricia Wheatley
Production Company: 2df Arts & Media
'Gavin came to us to make a short film about a complicated group of people working together in this museum.
From the outset, we were impressed by his sensitivity to the different needs and requirements of working within
a museum environment, and his understanding of the intricacies of our coffins research, which he was able to
translate into a series of incredibly high calibre films. He is an absolute pleasure to work with - professional,
reliable and genuinely interested in the subject matter he is filming and we are looking for opportunities to work
further with him in the future. We have no hesitation in recommending him unreservedly.'. (March 2019)
Helen Strudwick
Associate Curator (Egyptian Antiquities) & Co-Acting Head of Antiquities, The Fitzwilliam Museum
A Symbol of Rebirth & Carpentry of Coffins
Director, camera, editing & music: Gavin Toomey
Executive producer: Patricia Wheatley
Production Company: 2df Arts & Media
V & A Museum
'The Medieval and Renaissance Wing'
Film Director & Music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographer: Danny Bishop
Narrator: Liz White
Producer: Cultureshock
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
King's College London
Arts in Mind Festival
This 10 minute documentary film (released Feb 2019) and a 1 minute teaser.
Arts in Mind, a week-long festival of arts and mental health at King’s College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), showcased work that explored new ways to improve wellbeing and bring about a better understanding of mental health, the brain and the mind.
The 'Arts in Mind' Festival was curated / produced by Ruth Garde.
Camera, Director / Producer & Edit: Gavin Toomey
Titles/End Music: Jody Jenkins (Audio Network)
Original Music: Gavin Toomey
Production Company: Beautiful Train Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Excerpts from 2 of 7 x 4 min. films commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum to accompany structures examining notions of refuge and retreat, projected & screened around the gallery.
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'In-Between Architecture - Studio Mumbai'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (1x7 films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Beetle’s House - Terunobu Fujimori, Tokyo, Japan'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Rural Studio's Architecture with a Mission'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Spiral Booths - Vazio S/A, Belo Horizonte, Brazil'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Ark - Rintala Eggertsson Architects, Oslo and Bodø, Norway'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Ratatosk - Helen and Hard Architects, Stavanger, Norway'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.
V & A Museum
'Inside/Outside Tree - Sou Fujimoto Architects, Tokyo, Japan'
'Architects Build Small Spaces' (7x films)
Film director & music: Gavin Toomey
Cinematographers: Gavin Toomey & Mike Hopkins (minijib) & Architect's 'self-shooting'
Production Company: Cultureshock Media Ltd.