Lighting Cameraman
Full Member

I am a specialist natural history and documentary cameraman with over 10 years experience in the industry. I started out with an apprenticeship with the Oscar winning cameraman, Peter Parks OBE working on various IMAX features and marine films. Since becoming freelance I have worked my way through 35mm feature films, TV dramas and commercials and now shoot wildlife and more conventional documentary.

I am as comfortable shooting observational sync as I am sitting in a hide for weeks on end. From the West Bank to the Arctic I have shot in hostile environments both environmental and social. I am able to deal with a high degree of hardship and enjoy the challenges of an expedition.

I am an experienced polecam operator, underwater cameraman (PADI Divemaster) and have a broad knowledge of formats and filming techniques including 3D. Please see below for some sample credits. You can visit my website for a full CV and more details.

Skills

16mm, 35mm, 3D, 70mm IMAX, Aerial, Documentary, Extreme Environments (arctic, desert, mountain), HD, Jib and Dolly, OBdoc, Polecam Operator, Probe Lenses, RED ONE, Sound Recording, Stills Photography, Sync Shooting, Timelapse, Underwater Cameraman, Wild/Dangerous animals

Credits

Natural World - Wild London

2010/Passion Pictures/BBC2 - Two year project exploring the natural history of the capital. Principal Cameraman. (HD).

Flying Monsters 3D

2010/Atlantic/Sky - Groundbreaking 3D TV and IMAX documentary feature about pterosaurs filming on location with Sir David Attenborough. Stereographer. (RED).

Alive - Snow Hunters

2009/Darlow Smithson/Animal Planet - Docudrama about a group of hunters lost in the Kyrgyzstani wilderness. Cameraman. (HD).

Nostrodamus

2009/360 Productions/Nat Geo - Docudrama exploring the life of Nostrodamus. Lighting Cameraman. (HD).

Natural World - Bringing Up Baby

2009/NHU/BBC2 - Documentary showing the various strategies employed by different animals in raising their young. Natural History Sequence Cameraman. (HD).

Atlas - Rift Valley

2009/Darlow Smithson/Discovery - Portrait of the natural history and tribal peoples of the Rift Valley, Tanzania. Second Camera. (HD).

Monkey Life

2009/Primate Planet - Observational documentary about the 'Monkey World' rehabilitation centre in Dorset. Natural History Sequence Cameraman. (Digi).

Seven Wonders of The Solar System

2009/BBC - Shooting in Tunisia and Iceland demonstrating the physical environment on Saturn. Worldwide Cameraman. (HD).

Jon Ronson - How to Find God

2009/Renegade/C4 – Observational Documentary about the Alpha Course. Principal Cameraman. (Digi).

Seasons – Winter

2009/Tiger Aspect/ITV – British wildlife and how it survives the winter. Natural History Sequence Cameraman. (HD).

Eaten Alive – River Killers

2008/Cineflix/Animal Planet – Docudrama about animal attacks shot on location in South Africa. Focusing on Crocodiles and Hippos. Underwater and Topside Cameraman. (HD).

Extreme Andes – Peru

2008/Ricochet/BBC2 – Observational Documentary following Ben Fogle as he leads a group through the Cotahuasi Valley, the deepest canyon on earth. Cameraman. (SD).

Project Earth – Hungry Oceans

2008/Impossible/Discovery – Science Documentary about the deployment of ocean pumps in a bid to increase plankton blooms and fix carbon in an attempt to ameliorate global warming. Underwater and Topside Cameraman. (HD).

Project Earth – Infinite Winds, Fixing Carbon, Shiny Clouds, Wrapping Greenland

2007-8/Impossible/Discovery – Science Documentary following scientists attempts at geo-engineering to prevent climate change. Series Second Cameraman. (HD).

Natural World – Titus The Gorilla King

2007/Tigress/BBC2 – Natural History documentary following the life of the most successful Silverback living on the slopes of the Virunga volcano chain in Rwanda. Principal Cameraman. (HD).

Alive – Stranded in Grizzly Country

2006/Darlow Smithson/C4 – Docudrama shot in the mode of ‘Touching the Void’ about a father and son who suffer a rafting accident in Alaska. Underwater and Topside Cameraman. (HD).

Alien Oceans 3D

2004/ImageQuest3D/Cinema – Documentary showing the weird and wonderful planktonic inhabitants of the ocean. Cameraman. (HD).

Bermuda – Fragile Beauty

2003/ImageQuest3D – Documentary about the natural history of the island. Cameraman. (SD).

Bugs 3D IMAX

2002/PLF/Cinema – Large format 3D documentary about the insect inhabitants in the forests of Borneo. Assistant Cameraman. (IMAX).

Collective Punishment

2002/ISM/Charity – Self funded documentary about the ongoing conflict in the West Bank, Palestine. Director/Cameraman. (SD).

Lost Worlds – Life in the Balance IMAX

2001/Primesco/Cinema – Large format documentary about the natural history of the plateau in Venezuela made famous by Arthur Conan Doyle. Assistant Cameraman. (IMAX)

Equipment

• Canon 5D/7D Full Stills/Timelapse/HD Shooting kit. Fisheye to 400mm lens and everything in between