I am a UK based cameraman, editor and director. I began my film career working as a freelancer in various disciplines including focus puller, gaffer and camera operator. In 1994 I gained a place at the NORTHERN SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION where I trained as a cinematographer and earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Film Production. Immediately after graduation I attended the THIRD EUROPEAN MASTERCLASS FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY STUDENTS, held in Budapest, where I trained under Billy Williams BSC and Vilmos Zsigmond ASC.

On my return to the UK I landed my first job as a focus puller on a 35mm feature. I then began a long association with London based MUSO PRODUCTIONS, focus pulling and camera operating on 16mm and 35mm commercials, tour films and pop promos for bands including THE PRODIGY and ORBITAL. In 1998 I commenced work on my own broadcast DV documentary project CROPPIES, as well as helming 2nd Unit Cinematography for the UK’s first ever 8 perf. 70mm production LOST KINGDOM. My enduring fascination with large format has seen me attend eight IMAX film conferences worldwide, and 2009's WIDESCREEN WEEKEND event at the Bradford International Film Festival where I was invited to show two pieces.

Shooting 2nd Unit and...

...timelapse with 8/70mm cameras, LOST KINGDOM

In April of 1999 I travelled to Baghdad to shoot a news piece for SANDMAN PRODUCTIONS about the impact of sanctions, and later created THE FIRE THIS TIME with writer / documentary maker Miriam Ryle. A 78 minute audio CD that chronicled the fate of Iraq, it was released in 2002 to critical acclaim. Since the album’s completion I have continued to work as a cinematographer, Glidecam + Steadicam operator, editor and gaffer on features, corporates, shorts, music videos, commercials, documentaries and educational films.

In 2006 I formed the (now disbanded) association PMW CREATIVE, between myself, US large format cinematographer Lee Parker and Irish computer animator Glenn Marshall. I have since developed a specialisation in digital motion controlled timelapse cinematography, and have collaborated several times with Danish director Lasse Hoile on promos and tour films for DREAM THEATRE, OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE.

I have experience in all disciplines of the camera department, in all formats from 8mm to 70mm, from DV to HD. I have shot in France, Russia, the US, Ireland and all around the UK, and am a Glidecam Pro owner / operator.

Please download a full CV here

Among my credits are:

BARAKA
(5 perf. 70mm, 96 mins. 1993)
RON FRICKE / MAGIDSON FILMS
Music Researcher

BOB'S WEEKEND
(35mm, 90 mins. 1995)
ERINFILM PRODUCTIONS
Focus Puller

CROPPIES
(DV Pro, 53 mins. 1998)
UNLIKELY PRODUCTIONS / CHANNEL 4 / WGBH
Writer / Director / Camera

LOST KINGDOM
(8 Perf. 70mm, 40 mins. 1998)
WESTMORLAND FILMS
2nd Unit Director of Photography

STYLE
(35mm, 4 mins. 1999)
Promo for ORBITAL / MUSO PRODUCTIONS
Camera Operator

SHADOW LOVES
(Super 16mm, 85 mins. 2001)
FESTIVAL FILMS
Supervising Cinematographer

THE ANGELUS
(DV to 35mm, 1 min. 2002)
JANEY PICTURES / IRISH FILM BOARD
Director of Photography

THE FIRE THIS TIME
(Audio CD, 78 mins. 2002)
Released by HIDDEN ART RECORDS
Co-writer / Director / Producer / Mixer

PAST, PRESENT FUTURE IMPERFECT
(HD, 90 mins. 2004)
PPFI PRODUCTIONS
Gaffer

TWO THOUSAND AND 4
(DVD, 62 mins. 2005)
BANCO DE GAIA / DISCO GECKO
Editor / Additional Cinematography

FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET
(Digital Time-Lapse, 40 mins. of material, 2007)
Tour Films for PORCUPINE TREE / LASSE HOILE
Camera

MIRAGEMEN
(HD + Digital Timelapse, 90 mins, 2007)
EBEN FILMS
Director of Photography (Co-Credit)

SACRED SPACES
(HD, 45 mins. 2007)
OPEN UNIVERSITY / PIER PRODUCTIONS
Co-Director / Camera / Editor / Digital Time-Lapse

WHEREVER THERE IS LIGHT
(Digital Timelapse, 5 mins. 2008)
Promo for NO-MAN
Director / Editor / Camera

AN ORGANISATION OF DREAMS
(HD, 90 mins. 2008)
Ken McMullen / Mark Westaway Productions
2nd Unit Director of Photography

TIME FLIES
(Digital Timelapse, 5 + 12 mins. 2009)
Promos for PORCUPINE TREE / LASSE HOILE
Camera

Shooting motion controlled timelapse at Trona Pinnacles, Mojave desert, USA