IN 1993, A LIFELONG PASSION FOR FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY LED ME TO JOIN A CREW FROM JAMES GARRETT & PARTNERS ON A JUNGLE SHOOT IN BORNEO FOR THE "CAMEL" BRAND STARTING AS A CAMERA TRAINEE UNDER HARVEY HARRISON BSC AND BEN DAVIS BSC.
THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS WERE SPENT WORKING MY WAY UP WITHIN THE CAMERA DEPARTMENT, ASSISTING ON A WIDE RANGE OF TV AND CINEMA COMMERCIALS SHOT AROUND THE WORLD. LEARNING UNDER DIRECTORS SUCH AS GERARD DE THAME, PAUL WEILAND ,DANTE ARIOLA AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DOPs ,GAVE ME A SOLID FOUNDATION IN BOTH LIVE ACTION AND POST DRIVEN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
MY FINAL YEARS ASSISTING WERE SPENT AS 1ST A/C ON UK BASED FEATURE FILMS. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED ON BOTH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS VERSIONS OF THE MUMMY , GOSFORD PARK, GOLDENEYE, THE JACKAL AND IN LOVE AND WAR WORKING WITH REVERED DIRECTORS ROBERT ALTMAN, SIR RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH , MICHAEL CATON JONES ETC.
MY "APPRENTICESHIP" OVER, I BECAME A DOP IN 2004 . THE MAIN FOCUS OF MY WORK IS PREDOMINANTLY TV COMMERCIALS HOWEVER I HAVE VENTURED INTO THE WORLD OF DOCUMENTARIES (GIVEN THE RIGHT SUBJECT MATTER) AND WITH THE EVER INCREASING WEB PLATFORM HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY HIGH END CORPORATE AND WEB DRIVEN FILMS.
I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ALL SHOOTING FORMATS WORKING PREDOMINANTLY ON :
35MM ,16MM, ALEXA ,RED MX
MY YEARS AS A DOP HAVE TAKEN ME TO ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND HENCE HAVE AN IN DEPTH WORKING KNOWLEDGE WITH MULTI NATIONAL CREWS IN BOTH STUDIO AND EXTERIOR LOCATION ENVIRONMENTS.
THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS WERE SPENT WORKING MY WAY UP WITHIN THE CAMERA DEPARTMENT, ASSISTING ON A WIDE RANGE OF TV AND CINEMA COMMERCIALS SHOT AROUND THE WORLD. LEARNING UNDER DIRECTORS SUCH AS GERARD DE THAME, PAUL WEILAND ,DANTE ARIOLA AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DOPs ,GAVE ME A SOLID FOUNDATION IN BOTH LIVE ACTION AND POST DRIVEN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
MY FINAL YEARS ASSISTING WERE SPENT AS 1ST A/C ON UK BASED FEATURE FILMS. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED ON BOTH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS VERSIONS OF THE MUMMY , GOSFORD PARK, GOLDENEYE, THE JACKAL AND IN LOVE AND WAR WORKING WITH REVERED DIRECTORS ROBERT ALTMAN, SIR RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH , MICHAEL CATON JONES ETC.
MY "APPRENTICESHIP" OVER, I BECAME A DOP IN 2004 . THE MAIN FOCUS OF MY WORK IS PREDOMINANTLY TV COMMERCIALS HOWEVER I HAVE VENTURED INTO THE WORLD OF DOCUMENTARIES (GIVEN THE RIGHT SUBJECT MATTER) AND WITH THE EVER INCREASING WEB PLATFORM HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY HIGH END CORPORATE AND WEB DRIVEN FILMS.
I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ALL SHOOTING FORMATS WORKING PREDOMINANTLY ON :
35MM ,16MM, ALEXA ,RED MX
MY YEARS AS A DOP HAVE TAKEN ME TO ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND HENCE HAVE AN IN DEPTH WORKING KNOWLEDGE WITH MULTI NATIONAL CREWS IN BOTH STUDIO AND EXTERIOR LOCATION ENVIRONMENTS.