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MANCHESTER, NORTH & MIDLANDS

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t. 0161 926 9808

m. 07974 15 16 17

fax. 0161 929 9000

email. robert@broadcast-tv.co.uk

www.broadcast-tv.co.uk



Robert Foster




Lighting Camera Operator / Director Cameraman


Highly talented and respected for his lighting and seamless operating, Robert has an eye for creative compositions. Composed, glossy, edgy, gritty, and ob-doc are all styles he excels in. A versatile, friendly approach and varied experience of practical production are factors which make Rob a great Lighting Cameraman, Camera Operator and Director Cameraman. He has crafted many eye-catching docs, commercials, brand-building promotions, super corporates and talked-about programmes. He brings valuable skills, knowledge, dedication and editorial input to any production.
Rob’s experience of over twenty years in the media industry covers the whole range of programme formats. He is skilled in Single-camera, Multi-camera, Outside Broadcast, and Live Events production. Originally trained at the BBC Film Unit, and with much work in the independent and commercial sectors he knows his way around all cameras, equipment and workflow – Film, High Definition, XDCAM HD, Digibeta, DVCAM, The RED Camera, Time-Lapse Filming and Photography. Rob has also attended Apple Pro certified FCP Edit Training Courses.
Skilled in shooting Documentaries, Factual Entertainment, Commercials, Sports, Corporate Branding, Entertainment, Comedy and Music Shows, Drama Reconstructions, & Business Programmes.
Our equipment includes all the latest High-Definition Kit,

SD Kit, Grip & Support Equipment, Camera Jib Arm, Dolly & Tracks, Lighting.

BTF CREWS CAN BE BASED FOR WORK ANYWHERE!
Broadcast Television Facilities is an approved and preferred BBC contract Supplier Company and a preferred ITV & Channel 4 Supplier Company.

We operate with Current Health & Safety Certification, BBC Safety Passports,

And Enhanced CRB Disclosure Clearances.

Robert has a valid current USA ‘I-Visa’ for working in the States.
International Filming Experience:

Extensive experience working in many countries around the world; the USA, Cuba, the Caribbean, Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Closer to home, assignments in most of Europe, including Russia. Rob is familiar with Customs procedures, Carnet arrangements, and many cultural practices and can help with logistical procedures. He has a current American ‘I’ work Visa.
Awards:

Best Music DVD’ International Gramophone Award’, 2007

Rose D’or’ Best Variety Show Winner’, 2006

The Creative Excellence Award’, U.S International Film and Video Festival, 2004



Gold Camera Award’, Cinematographer, U.S International Film and Video Festival, 2003

Best Sports Documentary at the Royal Television Society awards, 2001

Best Documentary Silver World Medal at New York International Festivals, 2000

BAFTA "Flaherty" Best Documentary Winner, 1999

Runner-Up for Best Documentary of the 1998 BAFTA Awards

Member of professional associations: BAFTA, BECTU, the RTS, and the Guild of Television Cameramen.


Selection of Credits:
MOVING MANCHESTER – A 20-minute Public Engagement film about historical diversity spread in Moss Side, as Lighting Cameraman. Produced by Karen Gabay for the MMU and BBC Archive.
MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB: PLAYER PROFILES – Recently filming several Player Profile films and other short films for the club as Director Cameraman. Produced by Endemol Sport.
TEACHERS TELEVISION – As Cameraman, Robert regularly films a wide array of documentary and educational programmes on a broad range of engaging subjects for Teachers Television, the BBC Learning Zone, and Open University. Produced by Glasshead Television.
MANCHESTER CITY @ HOME: LIVE SHOWS – Robert works as RF/Wireless Camera Operator and provides additional Operators for the Live Big Screen Show at the City Home Games. Production by Endemol Sport.
LLOYDS TSB GROUP – Regular crew supply for various short creative films and conferences for the Lloyds TSB Group throughout the UK for cctwo.
BLUE MOON CONCERT: LIVE CONCERT SHOW at MCFC – Robert worked as Director Cameraman and also provided Sound Recording facilities for the Live Concert featuring Kid British, Twisted Wheel, Doves. Produced by Endemol Sport.
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY? – Short films for the Cultural Diversity Network North (CDNN) about broadcasting opportunities, as Lighting Cameraman. Produced by Karen Gabay for CDN North and BBC North.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS – Regular crew supply, Single and Multi-Camera facilities for PWC Web Films, Conferences and internal communications at sites across the UK.
THE BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP: COMMERCIAL PROMO TRAILERDoP & Crew supply for the Premiership Season Promo for Canal+ Sweden. Produced by Kimber Films, Sweden.
NIKE: MOST WANTEDSir Alex Ferguson finds Britain’s best teenage football talent. DoP & Crew supply. Produced by Eyeworks and At It Productions for Nike Global (web), and Sky One.
ANT & DEC’s SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY – ITV1’s ratings winning show. PSC Crews for hidden-camera comedy sketches. Produced by ITV Productions.
X MACHINES – Documentary Series about extreme and heroic machines that save the day. Produced by WAG TV for Discovery HD.
FAT PETS, FAT OWNERS – Documentary about overweight pets and their owners and how to get fit and downsize. Produced by ETV for Sky HD.
ROBBIE COLTRANE’S B-ROAD BRITAIN – Programmes 1 & 2 of ITV1’s Popular ratings winning series journeying off the beaten track. Presented by Robbie Coltrane. Produced by IWC.
MOUNTAIN – BBC1’s Flagship Series presented by Gryff Rhys Jones. Self-Directed beauty-shot sequences. Produced by IWC.
ROGUE TRADERS – BBC1’s flagship series exposing dishonest tradesmen.
EXTREME EXPLOSIONSDemolishing Buildings for Discovery HD – crews supply. American Co-Pro with IWC.
LAST CHOIR STANDINGBBC Events –The Popular Entertainment Show, Roadshow Spin-Offs. Production Supervisor and crews and OB supply.
BBC LEARNING ZONEBBC Design, Technology, Science, Maths and English Programmes. Regular filming and Crew supply on a wide and interesting range of programming.
REAL CSICrime Scene Investigations. DoP & Crew supply. CTV, Canadian Television
HIGH SCHOOL DANCE – DoP/Lighting Cameraman and Camera Supervisor on Series of E4 Entertainment Shows, produced by Monkey Kingdom.
GTV LIVE, & THE ULTIMATE EVENT – Camera Supervisor on Series of 20 x 2-hour Live internationally transmitted Music, Entertainment and Religious Shows, produced by GOD TV. Directed by Rick Brock.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT – Series 2 & 3. Crews for comedy sketches and hidden-camera gags. Channel 4 Entertainment Series, produced by Princess Productions. VT Producer: Myles Jenkins. (Rose D’or winner - Best Variety Show 2006).
HOUSE OF HORRORSITV’s Flagship series about dodgy Builders and Traders. ITV Productions.
TONIGHT with TREVOR McDONALD ITV1’s Current Affairs and investigative series. Numerous stories, interviews and dramatised reconstructions. Producers: Ruth Gray, Asif Hassan, Dave Warren, Mike Dillon, Adam Barry, Sean Crotty, Judith Ahern. RTS Programme of the Year, 2002.
PROPERTY LADDER – BBC1 Factual Ent Show – crews supplied. Produced by Talkback Thames.
MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE - 2 x Series of Interactive and Dramatised DVDs on patient care for staff. Produced and Directed by Julian Chomet.
MAGNET KITCHENS - Customer DVD illustrating the Magnet Range of Kitchens. Presented by Naomi Cleaver (Honey I ruined the House) and Aldo Zilli (Celebrity Chef). Produced by the CheethamBell JWT Agency, Directed by Jonny Draper.
THE FIRST TIME – WIGAN ATHLETIC IN THE PREMIERSHIP – Feature-Length DVD & TV Doc charting Wigan FC’s first season in the Football Premiership. Shot on High Definition with the Panasonic Varicam and 70:1 HD Lenses. Produced by Bombo Sports & Entertainment, New York.
THE HISTORY OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – Highly acclaimed SKY One Factual Entertainment Show – crews supplied. Produced by Shine.
MISSISSIPPI BURNING: THE END GAME – Channel 4 documentary following the re-trial of Edgar Ray Killen, former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard who ordered the deaths of three civil rights workers. This Fly-on-the-wall documentary allowed unique access into the Attorney General’s Office, the prosecuting District Attorney and the Defence Attorney. Also featuring Dramatic Reconstructions of the terrible events. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements / IWC Media.
THE UK MUSIC HALL OF FAME (Series 1 & 2) & Spin-offs – Greatest Gigs, John Peel’s Record Box, Produced by Initial / Endemol UK for Channel 4. Producers: Gerard Barry and Marina Warsama.
world darts championships – Several Personal Profiles of Championship Darts Players for the annual Championships. Produced by TWI/North One Directed by Michael O’Dwyer. TX BBC.
RIO FERDINAND’S WORLD CUP WIND-UPSITV Entertainment Show, presented by Rio Ferdinand, England’s star defender hosting pranks on his team mates with hidden-camera stunts – crews supplied. ITV Productions
INSIDE THE MIND OF ALEX FERGUSON – He has one of the sharpest brains in British football. This 1-Hour Channel 4 Football Story looks at how he’s used it – to play mind games with players, referees and rivals, and, of course, to win. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements.
THERE'S ONLY 1 DAVID BECKHAM - BBC1 Factual Entertainment. Filming archive-type 16mm Film reconstructions & interviews.
A PLACE IN THE SUN – Prime-time version of popular property programme for C4. 2 x 1-Hours. Produced by Marina Warsama.
BIOGRAPHY – INTERNATIONAL SERIAL KILLERS: DR. HAROLD SHIPMAN – 1 Hour Documentary with Dramatic Reconstructions, analysing the crimes of the Dr Shipman. Produced by Stuart Cleland at Towers Productions Inc for the Biography Channel, America.
BIOGRAPHY – INTERNATIONAL SERIAL KILLERS: THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER – 1 Hour Documentary with Dramatic Reconstructions, revisiting the crimes of the Yorkshire Ripper. Produced by Carol-Anne Touchberry at Towers Productions Inc for the Biography Channel, America.
MISSING FROM THE MISSING LIST – Channel 4 ‘Cutting Edge’ documentary, focussing on cases of children who have gone missing. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements.
A MOTHER’S JOURNEY – ITV1 documentary is the account of how a Jewish Mother lost her son as he travelled on a bus in Tel Aviv when a suicide bomber boarded the bus, and later how his kidneys saved the life of a Palestinian girl. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements. TX July 2004. ITV’s nomination for the Flaherty Best Documentary BAFTA Award, 2005.
JULIAN BREAM – MY LIFE IN MUSIC The definitive DVDs on Julian Bream’s life in music.

Winner of The Creative Excellence Award, US International Film and Video Festival, 2004 & Best Music Documentary Grammy Award 2007
BEAUTY QUEENS & BLOODSHED – C4 ‘Cutting Edge’ Documentary on the Miss World riots of 2002. Produced by Ross Wilson.
HARRY HILL’S TV BURP – ITV Entertainment series – Celebrity Comedy Sketches. Avalon TV.
Who Killed Kirsty Jones? - 1-Hour Murder in Paradise Channel 4 film follows the police investigation into the violent and tragic death of Kirsty Jones in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements.
THE BILL - Police Drama series produced by Pearson Television for ITV. Several episodes credited.
MADE IN THE NORTH WEST - Series of 6 x Live 30-Minute ITV Programmes Featuring Live Music Bands and Comedy Acts. Produced by Lee Hardman for Mersey Television. (TX 03)
RICH & FAMOUS – 3 x Series of the ITV Entertainment series in the homes of Celebrities.
LOVE 2 SHOP – ITV Daytime Docu-Soap Series on the Trafford Centre, Manchester. 45 x 30-minute programmes, Produced by Chameleon TV. Crews supplied by Broadcast Television.
MAPPING MURDER – 5 x 1-Hour Programmes, detailing criminal investigations and demonstrating Psychological Profiling techniques developed by Professor David Cantor and in use amongst the police forces today. Produced for Five by Jennifer Wilson at Pixelle Productions.
HOLLYOAKS CATWALKING - Channel 4 Behind the scenes film with the cast of soap Hollyoaks. Produced by Lee Hardman of Mersey Television/Lime Pictures.
CUBA: The Other Side of Armageddon – BBC 2 Documentary marking the 40th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis – shot on location in Moscow, USA, UK and Cuba. Produced by Ross Wilson. Nominated for the Grierson Historical Documentary Award.
StÉphane Grappelli, A Life in the Jazz Century - Music & Arts film documenting the life of Parisian Violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Directed by Paul Balmer for Music on Earth Productions.

Winner of The Gold Camera Award, US International Film and Video Festival, 2003.
HOW TO SCORE - 1-Hour Football Story for Channel 4. How an unemployed road digger became a superstar on and off the football field then blew it. The tragic, comic and bizarre champagne and cocaine lifestyle of Frank McAvennie. Produced by Ross Wilson for Wark Clements.
STILL LOOKING FOR LOVE - 1-Hour Real Life ITV Documentary takes a compelling look at the mixed fortunes of two women as they try to find that elusive 'someone special'. Produced by Ross Wilson for ITV.
PLEASURE ISLAND II - 8 x 30-minute ITV docu-soap, centred on the Jamaican resort of Hedonism II, which featured British pleasure-seekers at this resort and followed the staff behind the scenes. Produced by Tim Tate of Yorkshire Television for the ITV network.
MAN IN BLACK - 1-Hour Channel 4 fly on the wall Documentary about David Elleray, FIFA's Top Referee. Produced by Ross Wilson.

Best Sports Documentary winner at the Royal Television Society Awards, 2001.
AFTER LOCKERBIE - 1-Hour Documentary for ITV about the families of victims of the tragic Lockerbie air disaster, ten years on after Panam 103 was blown from the skies. Produced by Ross Wilson for ITV.

Winner Of The "Flaherty" Best Documentary Award, at The 1999 BAFTA Awards.

Winner of the Silver World Medal For Best Documentary At The New York International Festivals, 2000.
OUT OF THE SHADOWS’ & WE ARE THE TREASURY - 2 x 1-Hour Documentaries for ITV. Filmed over the period of a year and with unprecedented access, these films featured Gordon Brown up to the Labour election victory, and through his first three months in the Treasury as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Produced by Ross Wilson for ITV.

Out Of The Shadows' won the Runner-Up Award for the "Flaherty" Best Documentary, at The 1998 BAFTA Awards.


GARY LINEKER’S GOLDEN BOOTS - 8 x 30-minute primetime programmes for BBC1 about the top goal scorers in the World Cup. The series was presented by Gary Lineker and filmed worldwide over several months. Produced by Drummond Challis and David Wooster of Worldmark Productions.
AFRICA I REMEMBER - Music & Arts Documentary film on the classical music traditions of West Africa. Filmed over the period of a year both in the UK and in West Africa. Produced by Paul Balmer for BBC2 and co-funded by the British Arts Council.

Winner Of The Creative Excellence Award, at The United States International Film And Video Festival 1996.

Commercials & Brand-Building Promos for clients including:

ADIDAS, MAGNET KITCHENS, BARCLAYS BANK,

THOMAS COOK, SONY RECORDS, ABBEY NATIONAL,

GAMESTATION, JJB SPORTS, IBM COMPUTERS,

THE STENA LINE, LAMBRINI, POUNDSTRETCHER,

E2SAVE, JD SPORTS, BALFOUR BEATTY,

TASKERS, SCHOLL SHOES, LLOYDS TSB GROUP,

The CAR SUPERMARKET, UMBRO Sports Wear, THE COOPERATIVE BANK

WEATHERSEAL, ORANGE, BRITISH TELECOM,

UNITED UTILITIES, BOOTS, BRITISH AEROSPACE

BUPA, UMBRO SPORTSWEAR, THE COOPERATIVE BANK,

COCA COLA, THE BODY SHOP, VODAFONE,

MARKS & SPENCER, O2, MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE,

THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, BAFTA
and the Legendary Stuff – Robert was the main Cameraman for the two series of Channel 4’s groundbreaking NETWORK 7’, acknowledged as the genesis of ‘Youth Television’ and the new wave of hand-held and roving camera styles described as Canted or Dutch. Rob was instrumental in developing the shooting style for MTV Europe, and he was also primary in regularly filming Channel 4’s iconic series ‘THE WORD’ (with Terry Christian), from the outset. Channel 4’s flagship Arts Documentary strand ‘SIGNALS’, during the nineties was filmed by Robert on both sides of the Atlantic to great critical acclaim. Robert went on to work on the BBC’s arts response, THE LATE SHOW. He also worked on the BBC’s first reality series (before anyone knew it as Reality) THE LIVING SOAP. Other programmes Robert has been associated with include That’s Life, Blue Peter, Horizon, Panorama, Channel 4’s Dispatches, Cutting Edge and The Big Art Project.
Hobbies and Interests:

Rock Climbing, and long Hill Walks, which I get a great buzz from. I work out at the gym regularly, and enjoy keeping fit. I’ve real interests and good knowledge about the countryside and wildlife. I’m a keen photographer too. I love Art, great Architecture, and buildings and I like to visit art galleries and contemporary art exhibitions where I can experience a range of ideas and be inspired. Apart from that, all the usual things - good food, good wine, good company, music, cars, sports, and…seeing my Football Team win…and not forgetting, I really enjoy my work!!! I feel so lucky to be at the top of my game, working and doing a lot of things I enjoy.

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