Credits
‘SECRETS OF THE PENGUINS’ - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / DISNEY+ (TALESMITH) - CINEMATOGRAPHER
February to November 2024: Antarctic Overwinter
Filming the incredible life cycle of emperor penguins on a continuous nine-month shoot, in temperatures down to -46°C, in snowstorms and through 2 months of polar night. One of only 12 people maintaining the remote station: no flights in/out, no replacement kit.
(Overwinter Training: July to October 2023)
RED Raptor/CN20, Inspire 3, Mavic 3 Pro Cine, Sony FX6.
‘EXPEDITION KILLER WHALE’ (BBC) - CINEMATOGRAPHER
November 2023 to January 2024:
Boat-based shoot in the Antarctic peninsula, working closely with scientists. Gimbal filming, jib-operating on GSS team shooting fast-paced hunting behaviour from a zodiac, operating U/W polecam, appearing on-camera for ‘crew-narrated’ doc.
‘THE AMERICAS’ - NBC UNIVERSAL (BBC) - BBC CAMERA BURSARY
April 2022 to July 2023:
Rainforest
Long-lens RED/CN20 from tree canopy, using IRATA rope access skills & flying drone from tree platform.
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Remote Island
Long-lens RED/CN20, parabolic sound.
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Glacial River
U/W behaviour on Z Cam F6 (Nauticam housing), quadpod, split screen dome & macro probe. Long-lens RED/CN20 & MoCo timelapse.
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Swamp
Long-lens RED/CN20, cable dolly rigging & plan-view filming, GSS jib operating on boat.
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Freshwater Wetland
Long-lens Sony FX6/CN20 in low-light and extreme slow-motion on Phantom FLEX with CN20 & macro probe. Night filming & jib work.
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Coastal Waters / River / Springs
Long-lens RED/CN20, drone, RED on Ronin 2 with jib from boat, RS2 gimbal work from canoe, U/W polecam, some U/W filming with RED Monstro.
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Sea Ice
Camping & shooting in -40°C on sea ice, filming low light long-lens behaviour on Sony FX6/CN20, drone, aurora timelapses.
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Desert
Hide-based long-lens RED/CN20.
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Prairie
Long-lens RED/CN20, collaborative slider work with RED & jib work with Z Cam F6. Low-light & night filming. Sound recording & Motion Control.
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Remote Island
Long-lens on RED/CN20, rigging & operating U/W cliffside remote camera, drone, parabolic sound.
‘FROZEN PLANET II’ - (BBC) - BASE OPERATIONS ASSISTANT
March 2019 to March 2022:
‘Frozen Worlds’ Episode 1:
Pallas's Cats, Mongolia: Hide-based long-lens RED/CN20.
Amur Tigers, Russia: Three shoots, one solo, rigging 4K camera traps in -30°C.
Glacier Calving, Greenland: 100+ drone flights, 2nd camera long-lens on Z Cam, long-term timelapses.
'Frozen Peaks' Episode 3:
Pumas, Chile: Thermal long-lens on SELEX Horizon & thermal drone rigs including heavy-lift DJI M600.
'Frozen South' Episode 4:
Antipodean Wandering Albatross, sub-Antarctic Antipodes Islands: Long-lens RED CN10/CN20, slider, drone, gimbal (RS2 & a7Siii).
All sound recordings used in albatross sequence.
'Frozen Lands' Episode 5:
Permafrost Slumps, Canada: Drone time-studies, long-term timelapse.
Tech Work on Frozen Planet II:
Developing custom rigs and grip, maintaining & testing specialist equipment: buggies, remote heads, camera traps, motion control systems, polecams, long-term timelapses. Prepping kit for remote & extreme environments.
Learning from the full process of production: story-boarding through to edit & music record.
Awards
BAFTA TELEVISION CRAFT AWARDS 2023
Nominee: Best Emerging Talent (Factual)
Photography - Frozen Planet II
