Olivia Coughlan · Production Crew · Hertfordshire, UK LinkedIn

Film & Television · Production

OliviaCoughlan

Production Assistant  ·  3rd Assistant Director  ·  Locations Assistant

Ten short films in, including the IFTA-nominated Punt, from the production office to the locations van to the edit suite. Hertfordshire-based, available across London, the South East and the UK.

Profile

Big energy, safe hands.

I'm an emerging production crew member with credits across ten short films, professional and university productions, spanning the production office, locations, the AD department and post.

On professional sets I've worked as a production assistant for Poli Productions, including on Punt (IFTA-nominated and premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh), and as a locations assistant for Coral Moon Productions. Through my film degree I've also written, produced, production-managed, script-supervised, operated boom, DIT'd, edited and graded, so I understand how every department's day fits together and I'm comfortable stepping in wherever a shoot needs an organised, unflappable extra pair of hands.

Endlessly enthusiastic, quick to learn, physically fit and genuinely happy to graft. I'm looking for runner, PA, trainee AD and locations roles across film, television and commercials, working toward the AD department, with the long-term ambition of directing.

Mentorship Mentored by producer Alanna Riddell Bond (Game of Thrones, The Northman, Punt), available as a reference on request.

What I do on set

DEPT · PRODUCTION

Production Assistant

Driving kit to location, upholding health & safety standards across the site, and keeping the day moving: running the floor, distributing paperwork, and looking after cast and crew between setups.

2 professional credits · Poli Productions

DEPT · ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

3rd Assistant Director

On radio and earpiece, making sure everyone was in position and ready the moment action was called, stepping up from PA mid-shoot when a busy professional set needed an extra pair of hands in the AD team.

Practised on set · professional production

DEPT · LOCATIONS

Locations Assistant

Unit setup and site safety: rigging gazebos, assisting the lighting department, and completing risk assessments then closing out the risks found, like carpeting loose cable runs. Plus unit access and leaving every site as we found it.

Professional credit · Banshee, Coral Moon Productions

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Selected credits

Credits

Professional

2025
Punt Short Film · Dark Comedy
Poli Productions · dir. Nicky Larkin · IFTA-nominated
Production Assistant
2025
Banshee Short Film · Horror
Coral Moon Productions
Locations Assistant
2024
Post-Partum Short Film · Drama
Poli Productions · dir. Emily Foran
Production Assistant

University · BA Film · University of Hertfordshire & University of Lincoln

2024
Heaven Knows Short Film · Drama
Graduate film
Screenwriter Script Supervisor Dialect Coach Casting
2023
'Til Death Do Us Part Short Film · Thriller
Production Manager Boom Operator Script Assistant
2023
Expectation vs Reality Short Film · Comedy
Production Manager DIT Titles Actor
2023
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Short Film · Thriller
Assistant Editor Colourist Actor
2023
Underground Car Meets: Escape or Ego Micro-documentary
Production Assistant Coordinator
2021
Smile Short Film · Horror
Producer
2021
Lockdown Micro-documentary
Cinematographer

Unit details

Available

Production: Olivia Coughlan · Sheet No. 001

Unit & Availability

Right to workUK
Based inHertfordshire
Driving licenceFull & Clean
Own transportYes
AvailabilityImmediate
Travel / stay awayYes
First aidTrained · Defib trained
Other ticketsDBS

References

References available on request, including from professional productions I've crewed on.

Alanna Riddell Bond · Producer · Poli Productions

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Get in touch

Available for work.