Tim Shepherd
Director / Lighting Cameraman
Exeter, United Kingdom
Tim Shepherd is a Freelance Director/Cameraman and Artist. He specialises in timelapse filming, particularly of plants growing and also macro filming of intricate animal behaviour. With a degree in Botany, Tim is keen to raise the profile and importance of plants in his work. He has been a major contributor to the BBC Series LIFE, PLANET EARTH, LIFE IN COLD BLOOD, LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH and his plant timelapses are in many BBC Science and Gardening productions.
Tim started his career at Oxford Scientific Films and went freelance in 1990. He has worked on many award winning productions including an EMMY, Kodak Vision Award and Panda Award for Specialist Cinematography for the 1996 production 'The Private Life of Plants', and Royal Television Society, Craft and Design Award for 'The Human Body'.
Tim's studio in Devon is fully equipped to shoot on 6 timelapse sets at any one time with timelapse motion control on up to 4 at a time.
Credits and Experience
Life
Senior Cameraman for Plants programme, BBC 2009
Life in Cold Blood
Cameraman on 1 episode, BBC 2008
Life in the Undergrowth
Cameraman on 3 episodes, BBC 2005
Planet Earth
Cameraman in 3 episodes, BBC/Discovery 2005
The Nature of Britain
Cameraman on whole series, BBC 2007
British Isles - A Natural History
Cameraman on whole series, BBC 2004
The Timeless Thames
Director/cameraman. Mike Birkhead Associates Production for the BBC Production The Natural World.
Millennium Oak
Cameraman, Director and Co-Producer. BBC Production for The Natural World.
The Fatal Flower
Cameraman, Director and Co-Producer. BBC Production for The Natural World.
The Human Body
Cameraman on episodes 2, 4 and 6.
The Restless Year - A Timelapse Portrait of the Cotswolds
Cameraman, Director and Co-Producer. BBC.
The Immortal Salamander
Cameraman. Axolotl Films Production for BBC Wildlife on One.
The Private Life of Plants
Senior Cameraman on all six episodes. BBC.
Earwig
Cameraman. BBC Wildlife on One.
Roof-top Invaders
Director and Cameraman. Survival/Anglia TV.
The Transformers - An Exploration of Metamorphosis
Cameraman. BBC Wildlife on One.
Killer Algae
Horizon BBC 2.
The Ultimate Guide - Spiders
Discovery Channel.
The Triumph of Life - episodes 2 and 6
Green Umbrella Ltd/DDE.
The Forbidden Fruit
Oxford Scientific Films production for the BBC.
The Battle of the Sexes - episode 6
BBC.
Savage Skies
Granada TV.
The Ghosts of Ruby
Oxford Scientific Films Production for BBC Natural World Series.
Life on the Verge
Nature Watch, Central TV.
Pest Wars
Oxford Scientific Films Production for BBC 2 Horizon.
Australia's Mountain Cattlemen
Outremer Productions for Channel 4 Fragile Earth.
Bugworld
Oxford Scientific Films for Channel 4 and Discovery.
How to be a Gardener
BBC Bristol.
Skills
Animal Behaviour, Blue/Green screen, Macro/Studio, Plant growing timelapse, Super 16, Timelapse.
Equipment
6 Digital timelapse kits (Nikon DSLR's) for field or studio use with various motion control setups, plant growing lights etc., Arri HSR2 (8-150fps) and full kit of accessories, Lenses 8mm to 800mm, Full macro kit - focus slides, many lenses, full periscope/straightscope system ( 45,90 degree prisms, probescope, u/w housing), fibre-optic cool lighting, Studio with 3-phase power supply, HMI Lighting kits, For further details e-mail direct.