Friendly skilled Shooting Director, PD Shooter and Documentary DoP/Camera Operator with masses of experience across Documentaries, Formatted Programmes, Factual and Factual Ent programmes, Arts, Reality, Sports, Music, Live multi-camera productions and OBs, Commercials, Food and Cookery shows. I'm known to be organised, skilled, experienced, enthus... Read More

Friendly skilled Shooting Director, PD Shooter and Documentary DoP/Camera Operator with masses of experience across Documentaries, Formatted Programmes, Factual and Factual Ent programmes, Arts, Reality, Sports, Music, Live multi-camera productions and OBs, Commercials, Food and Cookery shows. I'm known to be organised, skilled, experienced, enthusiastic, creative and always encouraging with contributors and presenters.I enjoy travel, which is good as I'm frequently travelling around the UK with the projects I work on. Global Experience, working throughout Europe, the UAE, Asia, and the USA. I have a current USA "I Visa". I've filmed in more than Forty countries worldwide. Multiple awards including a Gold Camera award at the USA International Festivals, a Best Documentary BAFTA, an RTS award for Best Sports Documentary, and a Music Documentary Emmy.Skilled in all programme genres and styles of filming. Expert strengths in observational documentary actuality filming, and in encouraging performances from contributors and Presenters. Abilities to see moments develop, capturing and constructing great sequences. It's often said I make Artists and Contributors feel at ease, I can be very patient!SPECIAL SKILLS Documentary filming and formatted programming Flexible and adaptable to changing stories, a sixth-sense for good storylines Single & Multi-Camera expertise Hand-Held Filming Expertise – working to all styles Good Directing and Lighting skills – Location, Studio and Sets Edit Skills. (I occasionally produce Shoot & Edit Packages for News features) Central for anywhere – Manchester / Cheshire, North-West Based Filming Assignments throughout the USA. CURRENT AMERICAN I-Visa for immediate work in the USAEXPERT KNOWLEDGE – in the Arts / Antiques / Design / Property / Architecture / Sports / Cookery / Wildlife matters / Birds / Fish & Fishing / Travel / Countries / Social Cultures I particularly enjoy filming hand-held.I enjoy keeping fit and healthy, training and running, regularly doing 5k runs. My work has taken me up mountains, through tropical rain forests and across deserts...all with camera kit and being an encouraging force :-)As an Owner-Operator of a comprehensive Sony FS-7 Camera Kit, 4K lenses, A7 MkIII Camera, GoPro kit with Steadicam Volt Gimbal, Portable Green Screen and coloured Backdrops, and, a wide range of LED lights, I'm prepared for just about anything! Read Less