Despite having specialised for the past 25 years in filming in remote and challenging environments, I am extremely adaptable.

 

Through the various formats I have worked on, I am comfortable working both with `contributors’, often in situations that are stressful to them, and  actors, as well as with a variety of presenters working in a variety of styles (from the `scripted’ Michael Buerk links on 999 to the completely improvised work of Monty Halls on `Great Escape’ , to the `detailed know-how’ approach of Ray Mears, and the ‘on the fly’ cookery of Dick and James Strawbridge

 

I have built up a strong rapport with a core team of camera crews, working alongside them in locations as demanding as Siberia at –35, to Honduras at 90% humidity, and the Australian Outback at 110 degrees.

 

I thrive on the challenge (and sometimes stress!) of running multi-camera teams in difficult environments, and enjoy tapping into the potential of other team-members to create the best possible working environment and the optimum results.

 

The work I have specialised in over the past few years has taught me to think fast and communicate my ideas concisely.

 

I am extremely conscious of safety, and am proud of the fact that, despite the challenging and potentially dangerous locations and activities involved, I have never lost a single person-day’s filming to accident or illness among cast and crew.

 

In addition to producing and directing, I have self shot a considerable amount of material, usingP2 Varicam,  XDcams, DSR450s, Z and A1s on Great Escape, PD150s and equivalents on Britain’s Toughest Family, and JVC700s as `second unit’ on `Real Heroes of Telemark’ and `Surviving the Iron Age’.

 

I also edit using Avid Media Composer, and am getting up to speed with Final Cut Pro!