L.E.Q.

Phillip Covell

 

FOUNDER | London | APR 2001 to MAR 2014

A camera hire, production, personnel, creative services, and sales company.

 

  • Transitioned operations, enhancing existing B2B strategies while collaborating on productions with core clients such as the BBC, C4, ITV and Sky, and adding new clients including Bloomberg, CBS, CNBC, National Geographic and NBC.

 

  • Grew rental revenues by an average 9.6% over years 1 to 5, before pivoting to a sales focus with average growth of 43%.

 

  • Secured and executed contracts for scripted and unscripted productions, feature films with budgets up to $115M, TV dramas, documentaries, music videos and concerts, commercials, motorsport and awards shows.

 

  • Delivered a specialist equipment and training contract within schedule for a $10M ITN / Accenture EMEA News project.

 

  • Successfully advised a leading VFX company in securing a $2.8M technology sale to a high-profile studio project in China.

 

Clients

 

ARD • BBC • CBS • C4 • CNBC • Dorna • Endemol • ITV • ITN • National Geographic • NBC Universal• NHK • Saatchi & Saatchi • Shine • Sky • Talkback • Tiger Aspect • TWI.

 

Equipment

 

Thomson Viper • Zeiss • Quantel IQ • Cameras • Digi Betacam • DV Cam • Canon • DSR • Toshiba Minicams • Polecam • Lenses • Century • Chrosziel • Video Monitoring • PAG • Cine Power • Cartoni • O'connor • Ronford Baker • Fluid & Geared Heads • Tripods • Sound • Preston Lens Control • Chapman Peewee • Matthews • ABC Cranes • Jimmy Jibs • Libec • Car Mounts • Grip • Accessories • Cranes • Aerocrane • PeePod & PowerPod