About me

I'm a Film and High Definition Video lighting Cameraman and Director of Photography with credits on over 100 television programmes, and the winner of numerous awards for cinematography including two News & Documentary Emmy's for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft - Cinematographers for the National Geographic film THE LAST FROG, and for ABC's Living Edens - DENALI, ALASKA'S LAST WILDERNESS. My National Geographic film KING COBRA, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in 1998 and was nominated for Outstanding Cinematography. In November 2006, BROADCAST magazine listed me as one of the HOT 100 television talents of the year.

I began freelancing in 1981, after spending three years as assistant cameraman to filmmaker Ron Eastman on BBC wildlife programmes and the classic children's feature film TARKA THE OTTER, and a year as a staff cameraman at London Scientific films working mostly on the groundbreaking macro special effects series BELLAMY'S BACKYARD SAFARI.

Since then I've worked as a freelance Cinematographer in locations across the world including North, South & Central America, Alaska, India, China, Japan, Africa, Arabia, Australia, Indonesia, Burma, and the Arctic.

The prestigious series I have contributed to include the BBC's PLANET EARTH, BLUE PLANET, WILDLIFE ON ONE, and THE NATURAL WORLD , and National Geographic's EXPLORER, filming a diverse range of animals - from big cats and venomous snakes, to the microscopic mites that live in the ear of a moth.

Since 2003 I've been diversifying my skills and have worked on numerous non natural history projects as Director of Photography / Lighting Cameraman including two independent feature films, five short films, music videos, and over 30 corporate videos.

I have experience of shooting on many film and video formats, including Super 35mm, Super 16, RED, HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, DVC PROHD (tape & P2), HDV, DigiBeta , MiniDV, and DVCAM.

Skills

Film & HD Video Lighting Cameraman, Director of Photography and Camera Operator. Specialist skills include filming wildlife, nature and science, macro and timelapse, green and blue screen chromakey. I also film feature and short films, music videos, and television & web commercials.

Sector Experience

30 years experience in Broadcast TV and independent cinema.

Awards

Numerous industry awards including 2 News & Documentary EMMYs.

Clients

ABC/KANE, Animal Planet, ANIMALS ON BLUE, BBC BIRMINGHAM, BBC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT, Central Television, Discovery Channel, DISNEY NATURE, Dorling Kindersley, Endemol, FOX TELEVISION, ITV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION, OXFORD SCIENTIFIC FILMS, PIONEER PRODUCTIONS, Sony, SURVIVAL ANGLIA, TIGER ASPECT, TIGRESS, WEST PARK PICTURES, Windfall Films