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Tributes are being paid to 007: Road to a Million director Jamie Goold, who has died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 57.<\/p>\n
Goold was based between the UK and the Netherlands and was a specialist in unscripted entertainment shows. His work on 72 Films, EON and MGM Television\u2019s James Bond-themed adventure competition saw him wrangle contestants across locations from the iconic film franchise, including the Scottish Highlands, the Alps, Chile, Venice and Brazil for the chance to win \u00a31m.<\/p>\n
His friend and colleague Julian Jones, who also served as a director on the Prime Video series, remembered his \u201cinfectious smile and energy\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie was an incredibly talented and enthusiastic director, who was always excited about what he was doing. He was also really good at it, directing most of my favourite sequences in the first series of Road to a Million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDespite working as a director for a long time, Jamie always had a big smile on his face, and he never lost his excitement about the job and the travel that came with it. He was also an adventurous spirit outside of work, going off on motorbike tours around Europe and being a great dad to his wonderful kids. I can\u2019t believe he\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goold\u2019s producer-director credits also include 5\u2019s Playgrounds of the Rich and Famous (Crackit) and Big Weekends With Gregg Wallace (Rumpus), BBC Earth\u2019s Fishing Impossible (Alaska) and BBC2\u2019s Earth\u2019s Wildest Waters: The Big Fish (BBC Natural History Unit).<\/p>\n
Executive producer Guy Gilbert, who studied with Goold at Bournemouth Film School, paid tribute to his \u201ceasy going\u201d and \u201cpopular\u201d friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was one of those guys that everyone loved, and he was certainly the most popular person at Bournemouth. When you went for a drink with him, everyone else wanted to come along \u2013 which was kind of annoying at times!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut his skill of getting on with absolutely everyone went well with filmmaking and getting the best out of his contributors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gilbert also served as series producer on the BBC4 series Rock Shrines, directed by Goold, which focused on memorial sites dedicated to rock musicians. He recalled a moment when the \u201calways kind and helpful\u201d Goold saved the day when the channel controller berating his original title sequence for the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie just grabbed the camera and disappeared for the day. He came back with the most amazing footage shot from Victorian graveyards. It was stunning stuff, all done in one day, and the head of the channel loved it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Series producer Mike McDowall\u00a0called him a \u201cunique talent\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was exceptionally creative, utterly committed, and super intelligent. But he was also humble and kind. That and a rare gift for charming absolutely everyone he encountered really set him apart,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a director, he was a series producer\u2019s dream – demanding but always gracious, dependable but always looking to go the extra mile, and whatever the pressures, his humour and unflappable optimistic outlook prevailed.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie was generous with his talents, and I and many others will hugely miss his enthusiasm, his ideas, and his friendship.\u00a0I am devastated that a man so blessed with the joy of life has died with so much still left to give,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
BBC technologist Glenn Chappell called Goold \u201cthe most positive and enthusiastic person\u201d who \u201cnever had a bad word to say about anyone\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to go to the pub after work, and he was just such a nice person to hang out with. He has been taken far too soon,\u201d Chappell added.<\/p>\n