The International Association of Wildlife Film-makers (IAWF)
 

 
Barrie Britton
Sage Grouse male display, Wyoming, USAVogelkop Bowerbird next to decorated bower, Arfak Mountains, West Papua
Red-billed Tropicbird, Little TobagoRed-billed Tropicbird, Little Tobago
Filming Red-billed Tropicbirds, Little TobagoBaby Phayre's Leaf Monkey, Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
Magnificent Bird of Paradise male and female, Tabubil, Papua New GuineaWestern Grebes running courtship dance, Oregon, USA
Western Grebe, Oregon, USARainbow over Lesser Flamingos and Marabou Storks, Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Lesser Flamingos in flight, Lake Bogoria, KenyaLesser Flamingos courtship dance, Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Filming Orang Utans in northern Sumatra, IndonesiaInside hide using Phantom camera to film black grouse in slow-motion
Reindeer, Phitsusjarvi, FinlandLammergeyer, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
Lammergeyer, Simien Mountains, EthiopiaSemi-palmated Sandpipers taking off, Delaware Bay, USA
Semi-palmated Sandpiper on Horseshoe Crab, Delaware Bay, USARed Knot, Delaware Bay, USA
Bald Eagle, Alaska USA

Bristol, United Kingdom

Barrie Britton

 

Director / Lighting Cameraman
Full Member

Telephone: +44 (0)117 9685440
 Mobile: +44 (0)7792 269861
 Email: bgbritton@hotmail.com

 

Barrie Britton has been a wildlife cameraman for over 20 years specialising in animal behaviour with a particular passion for filming birds. After studying Zoology at Oxford University he joined the BBC Natural History Unit Film Library in 1983 and was then awarded a trainee cameraman bursary. In 1986 he went freelance as a wildlife cameraman and has filmed in many different habitats around the world from the arctic to tropical rainforests. He has worked on some of the BBC’s most prestigious series including The Trials of Life, Wildlife on One and The Life of Birds. Barrie Britton was one of the principal contributing cameramen for the BBC’s high definition series Planet Earth and Galapagos, both of which were BAFTA-nominated for Cinematography. Planet Earth won an Emmy, an RTS Award and a Wildscreen Panda for Cinematography. Galapagos won “Best of Festival” at Jackson Hole and received a Peabody Award. More recently he spent 2 years working on the BBC's highly acclaimed "Life" series.

Skills

16mm, 35mm, Animal Behaviour, Birds in Flight, Extreme Locations, Field Craft, Hand-held Documentary, HD, Hide Work, High Speed, Long Lens, Macro/Studio, Primates, Timelapse

Credits

Wild Madagascar
BBC NHU 11 - in production
Frozen Planet
BBC NHU 11 - in production
Life
BBC NHU 09
The Meerkats
BBC Films/Weinstein Corporation 08
Galapagos
BBC NHU 06
Planet Earth
BBC NHU 06
Wild Caribbean
BBC NHU 06
Wild Down Under
BBC NHU 03
The Life of Mammals
BBC NHU 02
The Natural World: “Cheeky Monkey” (vervets)
BBC NHU 01. Producer Credit.
Wildlife on One: “City of the Wildcats” (feral cats)
BBC NHU 00. Director Credit.
Andes to Amazon
BBC NHU 00
Wildlife on One: “Ospreys – The Fish Hawks”
BBC NHU 99
Wildlife on One: “Birds Behaving Badly” (frigatebirds)
BBC NHU 99
The Life of Birds
BBC NHU 99
Wild Discovery: “Orang Utan”
Green Umbrella/Discovery Channel 96
Wildlife on One: “Tale of the Big Bad Fox” (fox & rabbit)
BBC NHU 95. Director Credit.
Wildlife on One: “Rainbow Warriors” (chameleons)
BBC NHU 95
Wildlife on One: “Gremlins of the Night” (prosimians)
BBC NHU 94
Wildlife on One: “Clowns of the Air” (puffin)
BBC NHU 93
The Velvet Claw
BBC NHU 92
Wildlife on One: “Flying Foresters” (fruit bats)
BBC NHU 92
The Trials of Life
BBC NHU 91
Wildlife on One: “Babies Beware” (hanuman langurs)
BBC NHU 91. Director Credit.
Wildlife on One: “Back-Street Bandits” (urban raccoons)
BBC NHU 91
Survivors
BBC NHU 89
Tiger on the Tiles (cats)
BBC NHU 88
The Wolf in your Living Room (dogs)
BBC NHU 88
Eagles International
RSPB 88
Ysbryd Dinefwr
S4C 88
A Little Owl’s Story
RSPB 87
The Flying Gourmet’s Guide (bird tables)
BBC NHU 87
Brockside (badgers)
BBC NHU 87

Equipment

  • Arriflex HSRII 16mm Camera & Accessories (filming up to 150fps)
  • Lenses include: Zeiss T2 10-100mm, Canon T2.8 300/600mm Zeiss 9.5mm Distagon, Nikkor 105mm Macro, Bosherscope & C-mount Lenses
  • Oskar Heiler Fluid Heads and Carbon-fibre Tripods, Ronford 2004 Fluid Head, Ronford Metal tripods