How dupyra came about
dupyra was founded in 2014 by Fiona MacLeod, who had spent years as a news producer. She saw how much depended on getting accurate footage quickly, and started a company to supply it.
Fiona's years in the newsroom taught her what producers actually need from an outside crew: clear communication, footage that matches the brief and files that arrive in a usable state. Too often those basics were the first things to slip when a story broke.
She built dupyra around those basics. Each job starts with a clear brief, and each crew knows what it is there to film before it leaves. The same routine applies to a single interview and to a day on a fast-moving story.
The company is based at 14 Craigs Lane in Stirling. That location puts crews within reach of Scotland's central belt and makes the north of England a manageable journey for stories that need someone on the spot.
The team has grown around specific roles. Callum Reid films on location and trains new operators, Priya Sharma edits and checks footage against broadcast specifications, and Duncan Fraser handles enquiries, quotations and scheduling.
Twelve years on, the aim is unchanged: supply television teams with footage that is accurate, on time and ready to use. We would rather be clear about what we can deliver than promise more than a crew can do.
A newsroom has no time to chase files or check whether a clip is right. Our job is to take that worry away, so the producer can concentrate on the story.
Fiona MacLeod, Founder and Executive Producer
