The Production Depot
The Production Depot is the sole agent for ARRI MEDIA (UK) in Ireland
The Production Depot is Ireland's premier supplier of Equipment and Services to the Film,Television and Media industry.
Having more than 14 years experience in negotiating, supplying and servicing all levels of Production, John Leahy has supplied equipment and services on a huge number of Corporates, TV programming, TV Drama, Feature Films, Commercials, Pop Promos and Shorts.
As Productions all utilise different formats and have varying budgets, The Production Depot takes each Production individually and packages Equipment / Services to suit. This is made possible due to the vast resources of equipment and services available. The Production Depot can provide the Industry with the most competitive solution for equipment and services without constraints.
John Leahy is the Managing Director of The Production Depot Ltd. which he founded in 2004.
With over 14 years experience in the area of supplying Equipment and Services to productions in Ireland and abroad, John is an experienced facility manager with expertise of Film and Video Camera Equipment, Grip Equipment, Emerging Formats, Workflows and all associated Supplies / Services. As an experienced company manager, John originally came from a Marketing background but gained his facility experience from working / training ,and representing, companies such as 'VFG', 'Panavision', 'Camera Rentals Ireland'(CRI), Samuelsons Film Services London ('Sammys'), Cine Europe London and Grip House London.
Over the years and through these various companies John has supplied and serviced a vast number of productions such as 'Widows Peak', 'The Van', 'The Butcher Boy', 'Michael Collins', 'Breakfast On Pluto', 'Becoming Jane', 'Garage', 'Once', 'Anton', 'Man On The Run', 'Ballykissangel' (II-V), 'Fallen For A Dancer', 'Showbands', 'The Clinic' (I-VI), 'Pure Mule', 'Showbands' (I -II), Murphy's Law', 'Rough Diamond', 'Single Handed' (I), George Gently (I & II), Whistleblower, Oxegen, Corrs -Landsdown rd, MTV unplugged, Heineken Green Energy, Westlife, Bryan Adams, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, REM, Yu Ming Is Anim Dom along a with a host of other Documentaries, Pop Promos, Corporates and Short films.
Scott is the Equipment Manager at The Production Depot Ltd. there for the past 3 years.
Prior to joining The Production Depot', Scott spent a year working in the Film and Television industry as a Trainee Grip. Previously he worked as an Art Director in the design department of MCD music promoters as his background is in design and advertising. Over the years Scott has worked in this area with companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Metropolis (UK) and Euro RSCH.
Scott specialises in all solid state based Cameras including the RED ONE and SONY PMW EX-1 and their relevant workflows.