Bob Baldwin

Bob Baldwin's work encompasses several genres. His career is also noteworthy for his collaborations with other artists as diverse as Rik Mayall, Steven Berkoff and Stewart Copeland. After graduating from the Royal College of Art Bob started his film career with Jim Henson and his Muppets and worked on the fantasy feature film 'The Dark Crystal' and 'Greystoke the legend of Tarzan.' He went on to design dozens of Pop Promos and Commercials for high profile clients including The Guardian, Duran Duran, BT, Radio Rentals and Hamlet. He also founded 'Heaven and the Victorians' fringe theatre company. Bob devised, produced and directed award winning shows including Horse Opera with music by Stewart Copeland for Ch 4. Horse Opera was nominated and featured at the E.M.M.Y. awards for; Television with Creative Daring and Innovation; and nominated for a M.E.D.E.M award amongst others. The story, weirdly prescient, was of a wealthy self aggrandising showman using populist rhetoric to bully and plunder to further his own egomaniacal ambition. Entwining as it did issues of casual racism, terrorism and rampant capitalism it has all become a bit familiar. Speaking recently Bob said 'its amazing that we got it made at all, but the resonance with what is going on in Trump-land now is so uncanny and the story so strangely pre-emptive and has never been more pertinent..." Bob also devised (along with Rikki Finegold) and directed two series of Grim Tales told by Rik Mayall which garnered first prize for 'Mixed live Action and Animation' in the Chicago International Festival of Children's Film, Best Animated Short Subject award' at the Television Movie awards, Mount Freedom New Jersey and voted 'Outstanding Folk Tale Adaptation' at the Chicago Festival Of Children Films. The second series culminated in a major exhibition at the Museum of Moving Image (M.O.M.I.) London. Bob devised and directed the Channel 4 Christmas Eve special 'Silent Night' with Steven Berkoff - adapted from Berkoff's play 'Harry's Christmas.' He also filmed Steven's stage presentations of 'East' and 'Corolanus'. Bob then returned to dark twisted comedy in 'Tales Of Uplift And Moral Improvement' starring Rik Mayall, a series of 13 films for the BBC. As a writer Bob has contributed to various magazines including Design UK, Cosmopolitan magazine, Ideas Japan, Art UK, Die Inachitecture, Germany. His photographic book 'Double Take' a portrait of Japan, was supported by The Sunday Times, The Telegraph , The Observer and the RCA. His documentary work includes; '2020 - History of The Future' which he directed / camera operated, a Jeremy Isaacs Production of a Ted Turner brief for CNN/PBS. 'Violent Nation', a history of British violence for Discovery channel. 'Capitalism Unplugged', an open source pilot for political activists Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert for web based distribution. 'Women Of Europe' a series profiling Anita Roddick, Glenys Kinnock MEP, Fay Weldon and Mandy Norwood, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, he was Series Producer and Director. His work has been reviewed in The Telegraph 'Sparkling electronic tour de force beyond the range of other media', Tatler: 'Made me laugh out loud for reasons I don't quite understand', Music Magazine 'Wildly funny, the fun does not cease', Classical music: 'Funny moving and intriguing' Horse Opera. Radio 5 live: 'Genius, an Artist'; Tales of Uplift. The Independent, Time Out and The Observer in feature articles. Reviews for Wireless Operator https://wirelessoperator.co.uk/reviews/ ***** "a tremendous piece of work...destined to endure...deserves to be praised to the skies" The Telegraph. ***** "a compelling hour of intense drama" One4Review. ***** "a killer play...absolute must see - a bit of a masterpiece actually"Mumble. ***** "a powerfully poignant tribute...beautifully crafted...excellent" British Theatre Guide **** "stunning" British Theatre Guide **** "a remarkable piece of work that will captivate anyone"Theatre Weekly **** "tense, claustrophobic...powerfully poignant" Three Weeks "utterly compelling" David Edgar "superb...terrifying" Henry Porter He has appeared on radio 4 Kaleidoscope, as a guest speaker at Brighton TV festival, a TV panellist in Toronto, given live interviews on Radio Scotland and appeared briefly as 'Max' in Tales Of uplift And Moral Improvement BBC. Credit Joe Silver His work has been broadcast on BBC, Channel 4, ITV, CNN, PBS to the troops invading Iraq and at 25,000 ft. He co-authored 'Little Big Planet 3', the triple AAA rated game for Sony with Max Kinnings and 'Man Called Elizabeth' with Rik Mayall and Wireless Operator which is presently being packaged for film and VR production.