Benjamin Plummer
3rd AD at ITV Entertainment
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Plummer is a versatile 3rd Assistant Director and freelancer based in London with 11 years of hands-on experience across television, features, music videos and corporate content. A Northern Film School graduate, he has worked on high-profile sets including Coronation Street, Vevo/Parlophone music videos and major documentary shoots, combining strong on-set management with camera and editorial skills. Reliable, organized and physically resourceful, Ben excels at supporting 1st ADs and directors while coordinating cast, crew and background action under tight production schedules. His background includes international travel production experience with TUI and technical familiarity from camera assisting to post-production editing, giving him a full-spectrum appreciation of production workflows. Ambitious to deepen his television experience with broadcasters like ITV, BBC and Vice, he brings a practical, collaborative approach informed by both indie directing and large-scale studio environments. A Salford native who learned by doing, Ben pairs academic training with a proven track record of adapting to varied formats and fast-paced shoots.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Leeds Beckett University
English
Github Skills (33)
asynchronous10
dependency-management10
typesc10
lib10
typeclass10
rewrite10
async10
http10
sbt10
resource-management10
scala10
stream10
build-automation10
linter10
cat10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
http4s/http4s
May 2019 - Sep 2022
A minimal, idiomatic Scala interface for HTTP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:177 reviews, 311 commits, 117 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin made several code changes related to the core functionality of the `http4s` library. Their contributions focused on improving the type safety and maintainability of the code, including changes to how effect types are translated, the addition of helper methods, and the introduction of new extension methods. These modifications directly impact the library's ability to handle HTTP requests and responses efficiently. The commits also involved the restructuring of the authentication components.
idiomatichttp-clientscalafs2typelevel
typelevel/cats-effect
Jul 2020 - Sep 2022
The pure asynchronous runtime for Scala
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 79 commits, 54 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on refactoring and optimizing the `cats-effect` library, specifically the `Resource` data structure. Their work involved improving static typing in `Resource` interpreters, removing unsafe casts, and ensuring correct variance. Additionally, they contributed to the `Semaphore` implementation by introducing case classes for internal data structures and simplifying code.
asynchronousfunctional-programmingcontinuationtypeclassesruntime
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