John Stemp

Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards

27 November 2025
The Brewery, London

Judges

John Stemp

Pinewood Studios Group

John Stemp is the Senior Technical Manager at Pinewood Television.

For over sixteen years he has looked after the technology in their dedicated TV studios. Over 25 years ago he started out in television as an OB Vision Engineer working on live sport. He soon became a sought-after Vision Controller working on iconic shows such as the IT Crowd and My Family.

Prior to his career in TV, he was integral to the team working on a project to clear the plastic landmines on the Falkland Islands using Ground Penetrating Radar. John has always had an innovative approach to his work and instils this into his team of engineers. This enables Pinewood TV studios to accommodate large and technically complex shows.

John has never lost touch with his roots in electronic engineering and still has a passion for designing and building electronic projects in his spare time.

Everybody sees what happens on the screen and what goes out, but there's so much work and effort goes into production, the preplanning and making these things happen, to be recognised for that work that goes on preproduction is amazing!
Richard Wormwell
dock10
Being able to show those unsung heroes within the technical innovation space is a really important achievement and it's a great awards to be part of...
David Harnett
Timeline TV
To recognise people that do stuff that isn't normally recognised, you know it's normally the hosts, the executive producers and the creative directors, but yeah the technical stuff makes it happen!
Lisa Edwards
Studio Ramsay
We're such an important industry to the country, and to everyone we serve from our clients to everyone at home, and there's a huge amount of work that's gone into the last couple of years innovation wise and it's great to be recognised.
Jai Cave
Envy Post Production