Hello, and thanks for stopping by.
I'm a freelance lighting cameraman with more than 20 years experience working in news, factual & current affairs programmes and broadcast documentaries, both here in the U.K. and internationally for many of the British terrestrial broadcasters, as well as working on independent productions for the major satellite companies - National Geographic, Discovery, A&E and Sky.
I have always loved travelling to foreign climes; the light, the smells, the tastes.....the gastrointestinal infections ... and I enjoy rising to the challenges presented when filming in foreign countries. I am also of course happy to work closer to home, either as a 1-man news crew or I can provide a 2 or 3-man unit, depending upon the requirements of the production.
I am currently in production with a documentary about the late, great, singer-guitarist, Isaac Guillory, which is due for release in late 2010 alongside a DVD of Isaac in concert.
Recent Work
'Saving Planet Earth': BBC. Major wildlife series featuring a variety of celebrity presenters.
'Seconds from Disaster': 'U.S.S. Forrestal'. Darlow Smithson/ National Geographic.
Using drama reconstruction and interviews with survivors the programme traces the events which led to the explosions and fire aboard the aircraft-carrier, 'U.S.S. Forrestal' , stationed in the Bay of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. YouTube
Shot on Hi-Definition. Extensive shooting for C.G.I..
Documentary tracing the origins and development of the Great Wall, from an early system of defensive walls built out of mud and straw to the Meng Dynasty forts, which had to withstand explosives and artillery barrages. The film examines not only the huge cost of the wall in terms of human suffering - up to a million people died building it - but the vast range of engineering and logistical problems which had to be overcome in order to realise such an immense undertaking. Engineers had to work out ways of building over mountain peaks and river valleys; even into the sea.
'China's Man-made Marvels': 'Beijing's Olympic Makeover'. Discovery Channel.
In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing olympics, the Chinese government has embarked upon an ambitious series of building projects, using world renowned architects, new construction techniques and state-of -the-art materials. From the new opera house in Beijing, a colossal, titanium-skinned egg, nicknamed 'the spaceship', to the new athletics stadium, which resembles a gigantic bird's nest, these are some of the most difficult and expensive civil engineering projects ever undertaken.
'Killing Mum & Dad': The Menendez Brothers. Sky One.
In 1989 Jose and Kitty Menendez were brutally murdered in a seemingly motiveless attack in their Beverly Hills mansion. Was it the Mafia, a business rival, or even their own children who were responsible? The case dragged on through the courts for several years -and two trials - before the murderers were finally brought to justice.