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'On Sight - a question of style'
Cameraman for the new climbing film from international award winning Posing Productions.
Producer/Director. Alastair Lee

'Nevis: A Land for all People'
Triple Echo Productions
Cameraman for the short film about the nevis mountain range and the nevis partnership, Scotland.
Director. Margrate Wicks

'Cairngorms - Scotland's Arctic'
Triple Echo Productions
Principal Cameraman on the BBC Boxing Day special.
Director. Richard Else

'Elgar's Sonata for Organ. Op. 28'
Durham University (Media Acadamy).
Filmed interviews and artefacts at the Elgar Birthplace museum for this music film.
Director. Richard Else.

'Psyche' International Award Winner. People Choice Award at Kendal Mountain Film Festival.
Posing Productions.
Climbing Cameraman, filmed climb in the Cuillins, Skye, and Yorkshire Dales, in HD and high speed.
Producer/Director. Alastair Lee

‘The Great Climb’
BBC, Triple Echo productions.
Climbing Cameraman. filmed features for the great climb for the live broadcast HD from the shelterstone and hells lumb, Cairngorms.
Producers. Richard Else

‘The Adventure Show’ series 3
.BBC. Triple Echo productions.
Wildlife and climbing Cameraman. filmed St Abb's , Peregrines at St Cyrus NR and Creag Meagaidh wildlife features. Lochnagar, Ben Lomond and Hart Fell mountain features with Cameron Mcneish. Ice climbing and Strathpuffer mountain bike event in Scotland on HD, for the onrunning adventure series.
Producer. Richard Else

‘SeaMaster Sailing’
APP Broadcast.
Cameraman, filmed RC 44 yacht race in Lisbon, Portugal. Onboard camera, boat to boat and filming with polecam.
Producer. Andrew Preece

‘Asylum Seekers’
MHM Short film.
Documentary filmed in and around Bristol’s modern and 19th Century mental hospitals, including interviews with sufferers.
Director. Marie James

‘The Adventure Show’ series 2
.BBC. Triple Echo productions.
Wildlife cameraman, filmed fallow deer at Loch Lomond and pinkfooted goose on Loch Leven features and mountaineering features with Cameron McNeish for the onrunning outdoors series.
Director: Richard Else.

Durham University.
I have taught a few camera operation workshops over the past few years this includes working with St Chads collage at Durham Uni.
Proffesor Richard Else

'Countryfile'
BBC Birmingham.
Cameraman, filmed features and links with John Craven at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Direstor. Louise Pyne

'Mountains'
.BBC. IWC Media.
Climbing Cameraman, filmed Griff Rhys Jones climbing Ben Nevis in summer and winter conditions.
Director: Jonathan Barker

'Natures Calendar'
BBC Leeds.
Wildlife Cameraman for the wildlife series, filming sea birds and other wildlife sequences at Bempton Cliffs.

'Boot Polish' Awarded 'Best Cinematorgraphy'
UK Film Council & Aneel Ahmad Short Film.
DoP for short film shot in Lahore and the Himalayas. Shot on Hi Def.
Director: Aneel Ahmad

'The Adventure Show’ Sereis 1
BBC Triple Echo productions.
Principal and Climbing Cameraman, filming Olympic Skiers training at Lofer and Chamonix in the Austrian and France Alps, an ice climbing competition and 24 hr ‘Strathpeffer’ Cross Country Mountainbike race, Scotland. shot on HD.
Director. Richard Else

'Sparrows'
RSPB Film Unit.
Climber, rigging aerial system for cable dolly, Burnham Beeches, Berkshire.
Producer, Robin Hill

‘The Natural World’.
.BBC. Researched UK farming.
Producer, Roger Webb



'Sparrows'
RSPB film unit.
Cameraman for the . Filmed woodland birds sequence, and farming sequences.
Producer: mark percival

'Spring Watch'
BBC Natural History Unit.
Filmed waterfowl courting etc. Badgers with infrared.
Producer: Colin Jackson

Cameraman. Filmed Owls with Lloyd and Rose Buck.

'Waterlands'
RSPB film about the wetlands of Norfolk and Somerset. Including sequenses of waders at Snettisham. Late summer, autumn and winter shoots.
Producer, Mark Percival

Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.
Cameraman, filmed Dancers

Skylight Circus Arts.
Cameraman filmed a short for the youth circus charity in Rochdale

'The Eagle Odyssey'.
Rspb film Unit
2nd unit cameraman 9 x Award winner, including 'Best overall film', 'Peoples Choice award'
Producer. Mark Percival

'The Eagle Has Landed'
BBC Natural History Unit.
The Natural World
Contributing cameraman.

‘Beauty of Raptors'
Discovery Channel, Brook Lapping productions
Researched raptor film for HD series
Producer: Robin Kent


The RSPB film unit.
Cameraman. Filmed hooded crows Steeling Puffin eggs in Scotland.

'Beauty of Snakes'

Discovery Channel, Brook lapping Productions
Cameraman for . Filmed snakes at farm studio in Bristol on HD, 2nd camera.
Director. Jo Schofield

RSPB film unit.
cameraman, Filmed White Tailed eagles and sea birds in Norway.

'Wildshots'
ITV. Multi Media Arts.
Cameraman for Nick Gordon and filmed Deer and foxes.
Producer: Mark Gorton

2nd unit Cameraman for RSPB Film Unit. filmed White Tailed eagles in Norway.
Camera assistant with rspb film unit. filmed White Tailed Eagles in a Norwegian winter.
Camera assistant with RSPB film unit. filmed Corn Crakes in Germany.
Camera assistant with RSPB film unit. filmed White Tailed Eagles in Scotland.
Camera assistant with RSPB film unit. , filming in Scotland.
Camera assistant with Science Pictures. Studio filming.

'Undiscovered Country'
RSPB Film Unit
film about the flow country of Caithness and Sutherland in Northern Scotland.
Producer. Mark Percival

'Living Britain'
BBC Natural History Unit
Camera assistant for the worked with Paul Stuart. Filming Magpies.
Producer. Mark Jacobs

'No 143'.
Promotion Films.
Camera and grip assistant for the Short Film. S16mm

'Distress Signals'
Stressed Out Productions.
Camera assistant for drama set in Huddersfield, S16mm
Director. Lee Chambers

'The Cairn'
Leeds Univercity Film School.
Camera assistant on the short film set in a yorkshire dales pothole. S16mm
Director. Lee Chambers
Date of birth: 29th March 1978

I have a clean driving license with experience of on & off-road & international driving.

AWARDS:
'Boot Polish', Awarded BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the BFM film festival. Aneel Ahmad short film.
'Psyche' Peoples Choice Award. Kendal Mountain Film Festival 2007. Alastair Lee. Posing Productions
'The Adventure Show'. RTS Award Nominated. BBC, Triple Echo Productions.
'The Eagle Odyssey', 9x Award winner. incl. Peoples choice, Best overall film, RSPB Film Unit.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Irata level 1 qualified. Tree Canopy access trained. Maintaining Arri 16 SR. HiDef, extreme location filming.

INTERESTS:
Wildlife and adventure film making & Photography. Interest in photography for 20 yrs
Climbing (rock, ice, Canopy & industrial access), Mountaineering
Travelling, Hiking and Equestrian sports.
All aspects of natural history, particularly ornithology. Birds of prey/falconry
Sailing, experience with inshore powerboats.
I am also learning to play the violin

I am very confident with my work. I’m not afraid of hard work, and am used to working in extreme locations in very inhospitable weather.

I am equally happy working in a team or on my own.
Credits and work experience
Date of birth: 29th March 1978 
 
I have a clean driving license with 
experience of on & off-road & international 
driving.  
 
AWARDS: 
'Boot Polish', Awarded BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
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