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Freelance Multi-Camera Studio and OB Cameraman with 25 years’ experience in broadcast television. I’ve worked on a variety of studio and outside broadcast productions as a BBC staff cameraman and in the freelance market, becoming a highly competent studio pedestal and OB operator, confident in the use of long lenses. I have continued to develop my skills, including undertaking a post-graduate diploma in film producing and business management, and helping in the development of Go Faster Stripe, a DVD production company specialising in stand-up comedy.
Career Details
Nov-01 Nov-87
date Nov-01
Freelance Television Cameraman Senior Television Cameraman - BBC Wales (with secondments to BBC London (1990), Birmingham Pebble Mill (Jan 1995 to Jun 1996))
Rugby (Magners/Rabodirect Pro12 league, Heineken Cup, LV Trophy and International fixtures - BBC Wales and Network, S4C, NEP Cymru for S4C, Sky and ITV); Soccer (League, Cup and International fixtures - Visions for Sky Sports, BBC Wales and Network, ITV Network and S4C); Tennis (Wimbledon and Olympic games for SiS); Paralympic Equestrian (IMG for Channel 4); The UK Open Golf (SiS for BBC); Speedway British GP (Telegenic for Sky 3D)
Royal Welsh Show (BBC Wales); Royal Opening of the National Assembly for Wales (BBC Wales, S4C); Llangollen International Eisteddfod (BBC Wales); National Eisteddfod of Wales (BBC/S4C); Bafta Cymru (NEP Wales)
Wakestock (Avanti for MTV); Beach Break Live (Avanti for Channel 4); JLS in concert (Avanti); Cardiff Singer of the World (BBC Wales); Brecon Jazz (BBC Wales); Bryn Terfel Scholarship programme (Avanti for S4C); Robbie Williams Live at Slaine Castle (Sky TV); Millennium Stadium Tsunami Concert (BBC Wales)
Pawb a’I Farn (Similar to Question Time) (S4C); Party Political Conferences (Various)
Good Morning with Anne and Nick (BBC Pebble Mill); Pebble Mill at One (BBC Pebble Mill); Wogan (BBC London); Top of the Pops (BBC London); The Rhydian Roberts Show (music performances, Avanti for S4C)
Politics Show (National Assembly for Wales studios for BBC Wales); AM PM (National Assembly for Wales studios for BBC Wales); BBC Wales’ UK National Election programme (BBC Wales studios); Wales Today (BBC Wales studios); Question Time (BBC Wales studios for BBC Network); Newsnight (BBC London); Kilroy (BBC London)
The Movie Game (BBC Pebble Mill); Hafoc (BBC studios for S4C); Ffenestri (BBC studios for S4C)
The Roux Brothers (BBC Wales studios for BBC Network); Japanese Cookery (BBC Wales studios for BBC Network)
Pobol Y Cwm (BBC Wales studios for S4C)
Scrum V (BBC Wales studios); Wales on Saturday (BBC Wales studios)
Other Experience: I have helped to develop Go Faster Stripe (http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi), a DVD production company specialising in stand-up comedy DVDs for established comedians such as Stewart Lee (Jerry Springer, the Opera), Richard Herring and Lucy Porter. This has involved providing technical and production advice as Director/cameraman on productions filmed at locations including Chapter, Cardiff; Up the Creek, London; Bloomsbury Theatre, London; Tobacco Factory, Bristol; Tricycle Theatre, London; Leicester Square Theatre, London.
Between November 2001 and October 2010 I worked part-time as a researcher at the National Assembly for Wales, researching subjects as diverse as economics, broadcasting, culture, sport and the Welsh language for the Welsh parliamentary Assembly.
Between 1981 and 1987 I gained qualifications in electrical and electronic engineering, and as an EITB trained electrician am confident in the use of technical equipment.
Modules studied: Arts Foundation; Music; Economics
Other qualifications and short courses include: BBC three-year course in camera operating; Higher National Certificate in Electronic Engineering; Ordinary National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering; EITB apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering; 10 week accredited course: Writing for Magazines and Newspapers (Non-Fiction); Final Cut Pro Film Editing; Movie Magic Scheduling and Budgeting; Plain English; Presentation Skills.
Personal Details Nationality British
Driving Licence Full UK
Language Welsh learner (some working proficiency - WJEC: Intermediate Certificate in Welsh as a Second Language: GCSE Grade A)