Experience

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  Silverback Films

  • Bristol, England, United Kingdom

  • Second Assistant Camera

    • Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
    • Bristol, England, United Kingdom

    BBC's WILD BRITAIN - SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA & FIELD ASSISTANT. Assisted and shot sequences of hobbies, dragonflies and demoiselle courtship with F55 & Phantom 4k Flex.

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  Silverback Films

  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Researcher

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Disneynature's POLAR BEAR - RESEARCHER & CAMERA ASSISTANT. Represented the production in remote Arctic locations, with responsibility for editorial decisions whilst on location. Shot HDR motion time-lapse and tracked arctic fox dens for filming cub behaviour. Managed DIT on location and logging of footage on return to office. Researched and managed logistics for remote shoot in 2020.

  • Camera Operator

    • Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

    BBC THE MATING GAME - RESEARCHER & CAMERA OPERATOR. Development researcher and second camera operator, shooting on RED Helium(8k)/Gemini + Canon CN20 50-1000mm and remote + hot-head cameras for blue chip behavioural sequences.

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  Silverback Films

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Camera Operator

    • Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
    • Papua New Guinea

    NETFLIX'S DANCING WITH THE BIRDS - CAMERA OPERATOR. Filmed the first recorded courtship of the MacGregor's bowerbird in Papua New Guinea. Spent 450-500 hours in a hide over the two month shoot, operating GH5 and A7sii cameras remotely.

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  Silverback Films

  • Chernobyl, Kiev, Ukraine

  • Second Assistant Camera

    • Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
    • Chernobyl, Kiev, Ukraine

    NETFLIX'S OUR PLANET - SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA. Installed A7S camera traps to film wolves and other fauna in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

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  BBC NATURAL HISTORY AND FACTUAL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Story Developer

    • May 2016 - Oct 2017

    FREELANCE STORY DEVELOPER FOR MULTIPLE SERIES OF SPRINGWATCH, AUTUMNWATCH, AND WINTERWATCH. Monitored and operated up to 30 remote cameras, recording behaviours, following storylines and shooting sequences to be used in the live show. Worked in a fast paced, live environment with a quick delivery of media to editors. Developed an editorial eye for strong storylines and behaviours.

  • Story Developer

    • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

    BBC NHU'S WILD ALASKA LIVE 2017 - STORY DEVELOPER. Operated Bradley CamBall's & Marshall remote cameras to film black bears hunting sockeye salmon, salmon leaping a beaver dam, salmon redd cutting and spawning, black bear cubs attempting to hunt and bald eagles feeding their chick at the Mendenhall Glacier.

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  RSPCA

  • Bristol, England, United Kingdom

  • Camera Operator

    • Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
    • Bristol, England, United Kingdom

    RSPCA - CAMERA OPERATOR. Commissioned by RSPCA to film and record video and accompanying audio of eight different herring gulls, with vocalisations for digital content.

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  SIMON KING WILDLIFE LIMITED

  • Camera Assistant

    • Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

    Installed remote digital & analogue CCTV cameras to view British wildlife, 20,000 monthly viewers. Produced, shot and edited short web-based videos for a variety of the charity's digital platforms. Experienced at project management and working independently for prolonged periods of time. Shot & directed talent, inc Simon King, Chris Packham, Bill Oddie, Nick Baker & Mark Carwardine.

  • Camera Assistant

    • Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

    BBC NHU'S SPRINGWATCH AT EASTER 2015 - CAMERA ASSISTANT. Assisted Simon King in filming lapwing and hares sequence using Arri Amira on Islay, Scotland. Shot GV's of landscapes and footage of Simon King working in situ. Managed and logged rushes.

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  Tigress Productions

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Researcher

    • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    Located appropriate individuals to feature in a BBC One series about loneliness and social isolation, presented by James Martin. Responsible for sourcing contributors and locations. Contributed to editorial decisions that protected the most vulnerable individuals, whilst providing contributors who could talk openly and passionately about a personal and often emotional subject.

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  Other Worlds Film

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Producer

    • Jul 2013 - Feb 2014
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Founded a production team to produce a documentary about supervised heroin injection centres in Melbourne, Australia.