Paul Leyland Artist Film Maker Curator
Paul is an artist and owner curator at Greenways Studios.
He studied fine art at Winchester School of Art.
He is a trustee at DAISI (Devon Arts in Schools Initiative) and is joint chair at Ashbrittle Arts. He has worked as an artist, workshop facilitator, filmmaker and community project manager. He has tutored at a wide variety of educational establishments including Exeter College and Regents College (Now Regents University) and runs courses in art and art history from his studio.
In 2006 he set up Cricklepit Media Ltd a not for profit media company. Alongside commercial work the company specialises in teaching often marginalised community groups how to make films and document their lives and circumstances.
“The DVD work done by Cricklepit was superb. Under extreme conditions they produced terrific images, and as editors showed terrific creativity and resourcefulness”
Pete Townshend, The Who
“The whole event moved me to tears. Creative, inspirational work”
Exeter Youth Offending Team
“Paul showed great skill in managing a group of learners with varied levels of experience and knowledge. He combined getting across technical information about ways to get the best out of your camera and really professional hints and tips along with some great composition ideas. The course included experimenting with different ways of taking portrait photographs and I know that everyone was delighted and surprised by the difference in the quality of photographs produced. Paul combines technical skill with an ability to lift the creative skills of others.”
Hazel Craddock, Guinness Partnership
” Paul Leyland from Cricklepit Media worked on a short film for Taunton Association for the Homeless (TAH), highlighting the problems faced by rough sleepers. They were heavily involved from the very early 'ideas' stage, through storyboarding the film, doing the filming itself (having run some short workshops for homeless people who then helped with the filming) through to editing and delivering a final product. We were delighted with the film and with Cricklepit's performance, reliability and professionalism throughout. They were a pleasure to work with."John Shipley - Chief Executive - Taunton Association for the Homeless
I commissioned Paul Leyland at Cricklepit to make a short film to accompany an exhibition I was curating at Exeter Cathedral. With minimal fuss he set to work, and efficiently filmed what he needed, often at short notice, or in difficult circumstances. He has created a wonderful and innovative film that provides a truly atmospheric backdrop to the exhibition, and draws visitors in. He also acted as a very effective troubleshooter to sort out technical glitches with our equipment. Not only this, but in conversation with Paul when we were making the film, he directly inspired me with some excellent ideas that improved the exhibition itself, and have fed back into my own research! I would recommend Paul and Cricklepit most warmly to all!
Dr Emma Cayley
Head of Modern Language
University of Exeter