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THE REEDER 2018
OR NEWS & EVENTS
Class Notes Enjoy reading about all the varied and exciting things our ORs and former staff have been up to!
Sophie Alexander (Bristowe 2008)
Deji Alli (Blathwayt 2006)
Marcus Baker (Mullens 1980)
In 2015 I joined The Imaginarium based in London, founded and headed by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish and have worked on a variety of projects as their Production Coordinator. Predominantly I assist the Executive Producer and Head of Production, most recently on Breathe (Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy), The Ritual (Rafe Spall) and Death and Nightingales (Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys), a TV series for BBC2.
I was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) European Championship tournament hosted in Finland which started on 29th July 2018. The tournament featured Finland, Austria, France, Great Britain, Denmark and Sweden.
Since my son Gus joined Reed’s in 2014, I have been able to really reconnect with the School, spending quite a few hours on the rugby touchline at 12 Acre (although it’s a little smaller than when I was last playing there!). Gus has one year to go before leaving; we will all miss the School and its amazing ethos. However, I have recently agreed to serve as a Governor, something which I was immensely proud to be asked to do.
Having always been keen to pursue a career as a producer, I’ve produced Wale, a short film that won the Grand Jury Award at Dances with Films in LA, qualified for the Oscars and received nominations for various film festivals around the world. I have also been involved in Decline Of An Empire (Peter O’Toole, Edward Fox), Breaking The Bank (Kelsey Grammer, Tamsin Greig) and Fear Of Water (Lily Loveless, Alexander McQueen).
This is the eleventh time I have represented GB as one of the top five players in my position. I have had the opportunity to travel to several countries in Europe for the national team and local club and have achieved one European and five national championships. My next goal will be to qualify for the world championships in Australia featuring teams such as USA and Canada.
I work in Insurance in the City, live in West London and have been very happily married for 21 years. I’m not in touch with many of the old boys apart from the odd lunch together, although I hope this will improve over the coming months. Photo: Donna Baker, Gus Baker (Mullens 2019) & Marcus Baker (Mullens 1980)
