Hector Skevington-Postles
Lighting Cameraman
Bristol, United Kingdom
Hector Skevington-Postles is a wildlife documentary cameraman working in natural history programming. His experience includes blue chip landmark filming as well as sync / actuality across some of the toughest environments in the world. His technical specialities are long lens animal behaviour, Cineflex, and drone and he has most recently been working on the biggest landmark series for BBC, Netflix and Disney Nature.
Credits and Experience
Our Planet: Polar Episode (2019)- Netflix - Silverback Productions
Our Planet: Polar Episode (2019)- Netflix - Silverback Productions Photography – Current Project Arctic and Antarctica shoots
Big Cats: Snow Leopards (2017)- BBC 1 - NHU
Photography – Also as the making of ten minutes at the end of the program. Five week long lens shoot filming a behavioral sequence of the snow leopard, Indian Himalayas.
Our Planet: Jungles (2019)- Netflix - Silverback Productions
Our Planet: Jungles (2017)- Netflix - Silverback Productions Photography – Current Project
Our Planet: Oceans (2019)- Silverback Productions- Netflix
Our Planet: Open Ocean Film (2019) - Netflix - Silverback Productions Photography – Current Project
BBC Continents (2020)- BBC 1 – BBC Studios
BBC Continents - Landmark Photography – Current Project
Our Planet: Shallow Seas (2019)- Silverback Productions- Netflix
Photography – Current Project
Mexico: The North (2016)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – Mexico TX 2017 Bird behavioural sequences in the Sea of Cortez and the Sonoran Desert.
Mountains: Himalayas (2016)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – India : TX 2017 Snow leopards- Long lens, drone and camera trapping for BBC Mini landmarks series. Also a human story following a Buddhist monk’s journey.
Mosquitia Rainforest: Lost City Of The Monkey God (2016)- Nat Geo Studios
Photography – Honduras : TX 2016 A month spent filming this expedition, in one of the most inhospitable rainforests in the world.
Tribes, Predators & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Photography – Botswana : Lions and Bushmen TX 2016 Working with the F55 to build wildlife and human interaction sequences in the northern Kalahari. Sync, long lens and MoVi.
Gorilla Family & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Aerial Photography / Wildlife Camera – DRC : TX 2016 Filming the world’s biggest gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo. Long lens animal behavior and drone work.
Tribes, Predators & Me (2015)- BBC Natural History Unit
Wildlife Photography – Ecuador : Anacondas TX 2016 Shooting long lens wildlife in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Plus added beauty through timelapse and drone
Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom (2015)- Mini-landmarks BBC NHU
Photography - ‘Spring episode’ TX Feb 2015 Filming behavioral sequences of sea otters, sperm whales and brown and black bears on the salmon run. Designing and building 20 bespoke underwater cameras. Shooting on Red Epics, using cranes and MoVis on land and on boats.
World’s Sneakiest Animals (2015)- BBC NHU – Ep: The Hunger Games
Photography – ‘The Hunger Games’ TX 2015 A behavioural sequence of squirrel deception. Shot on the Arri Amira and included an additional days filming with Chris Packham. Feedback from producer Gavin Boyland in the edit - a stand out sequence; stunning footage.
Equipment
Panasonic VariCam LT, DJI Matrice 600 heavylift drone (takes VariCam LT, Red...), DJI Inspire 2 drone, DJI Inspire 1 RAW drone, DJI Ronin, Time lapse 3-axis slider .