Assistant
Associate Member

5 years experience as a camera assistant on a wide variety of productions that include natural history, documentary, entertainment and drama, some whilst being filmed by a making of crew! Equipment used includes super 16mm and high definition cameras in diverse environments such as the dust and heat of the Kalahari to the cramped wet and cold of a low loader on the ring road in the UK.

Qualified HSE part 4 scuba,HSE first aid at work,working at heights,Panasonic P2 course at VET, advance bush craft and survival and 16 hr emergency outdoor first aid.

Currently editing own project shot in the south western coastal regions of Madagascar.

Credits

BBC Merlin III

Shooting underwater sequence for Drama. Safety diver and working diver as on screen action. Marine Film Services.

Enginnering the Impossible

Atlantic Productions Steve Burrows presents episode covering Rome. Director Dan Oliver. Assistant camera to Pete Allibone, equipment F900, EX1 and canon for time lapse

Atlas 4D Mediterranean

Camera assistant/2 camera to Simon Niblett for Darlow Smithson Productions. Equipment, Red One, VeriCam, pro 35 adapter, Canon 5D, ABC crane. Director Mike Slee on this episode that covers the Mediterranean basin.

Dragonfly Amonge the Apes

Presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek tracks mountain Gorillas in Uganda. Assistant camera to Peter Allibone, director Mike Slee. Sony HDW- F900R and Z7. Additional duties include making of footage operator.

Richard Hammonds Enginneering Connections

Assistant and 2nd camera to Peter Allibone , Damian Eggs and Paul Williams on the 2nd and 3rd series. Equipment Sony HD 750 and EX1, EX3 and mini cams

Flower - Queen of the Meerkats.

Oxford Scientific Films/Discovery Films. Camera assistant/sound recordist to John Waters on this exciting new movie from the makers of the series Meerkat Manor. Equipment Panasonic Vericam, Panasonic P2, ABC crane with Alex remote head, Dynamics motion control time-lapse system, ladder dolly. Logging all material and associated admin in the field. Also camera assistant to Paul Williams on the special effects shoot around South Africa. Equipment Vericam, Jimmy Jib, wind machine, aerial filming

Lemur Island

Oxford Scientific Films/Animal Planet. Camera assistant/sound recordist to cameraman Martin Hayward Smith. Blue chip animal soap which follows the births, deaths and conflicts of two families of ring ­tailed lemurs as they battle for territory and resources in the jungles of Madagascar. Equipment DSR 570, crane, mini jib, dolly. Digitalising on Avid Express pro and logging in the field.

Situation Critical (drama reconstruction) and Enginnering Egypt

Darlow Smithson. Dailies - DOP Paul Williams,Peter Allibone. Camera assistant, Equipment Sony HDW 750p.

SKINS series 1, 2 and 3(drama)

Channel 4. Dailies - DOP Nick Dance, Matt Gray, Mike Fox and Rob McGregor. 2nd AC/clapper loader. Equipment Sony HDW 750p.

Gavin and Stacey 2 (drama)

BBC. Dailies ­ DOP Doug Hallows. 2nd AC/clapper loader. Equipment Sony HDW 750p.

Chris Barrie's Massive Speed

Discovery. Camera assistant/2nd camera to Robin Smith. Equipment mini cam's, DSR450, Z1, A1, jib. Mounting mini cam's to Spitfire aeroplane and tracking from ground. Sync presenter shoots with Chris Barry.

BBC Nature of Britain

Camera assistant/loader to Mark Payne Gill, Robin Cox and John Waters over the last year on this BBC series, covering natural history and sync presenter shoots with Alan Titchmarsh around Britain. Equipment - Arri SR3, Aaton XTR. Mini jib, lightweight crane, borescope.

Equipment

• Canon 30 D
• Intervalometer for timelapse
• Sony HVR-V1E
• Matte box
• Filters