NICK BENNETT Director of Photography and Lighting Cameraman 14 years experience www.handbuiltfilms.com Full public liability insurance. Available for extended foreign trips. Current valid I-Visa. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES: Documentary DOP Location and studio lighting Providing camera training Movi operator Adobe Premiere editing Stills photography Rigging cameras and associated kit Live event filming 4K shooting and workflow PSE filming, own studio equipment Managing teams of camera operators Very patient Adaptable in challenging situations Full international driving license Owner operator GoPro / minicam rigging Hired in kit insurance cover up to 100K DOCUMENTARY and TELEVISION RECENT CREDITS DOP Russell Howard & Mum USA Road Trip Liberty Bell Director Phil 2016 (Series 1 & 2) Comedy Central Niland USA Scrapper (development film) Liberty Bell Director Jon 2016 Connerty First Person OR Media Directot Peter 2015 Al Arabiya Haddon Riyadh Financial District documentary OR Media Director Peter 2014 Haddon King Fahd 2014 documentary OR Media Director Thomas 2015 Al Arabiya Small Roots Turner Broadcast Director Ethal 2014 CNN Features Documentaries Bass This Week (various episodes) BBC1 2013-2015 Camera Operator Alan Bennett at 80 Bennett Meets Hytner BBC4 Director Basil 2014 Comely When David Frost Met Joan Bakewell BBC4 Director Georgina Leslie 2015
Lighting Cameraman Heros Roux Scholarship Hanging With Professor Green Turner Broadcast CNN Features Documentaries Cactus TV Watch Pulse Films Channel 4 2015 Director Tom Taggart 2014 Director Jim Heckey 2013 MARK LAWSON TALKS TO (SERIES 3, 4 & 5) Lighting Cameraman Michael Morpurgo BBC4 Director Mark Crossan 2016 Jo Brand BBC4 Director Rachel Allison 2015 Steve Coogan BBC4 Director Mark Crossan 2014 Michael Ball BBC4 Director Monika Krupper 2013 Julian Barnes BBC4 Director Kath Pick 2013 David Bailey BBC4 Director Jenny MacLeod 2013 Miriam Margolyes BBC4 Director Monika Krupper 2013 Dick Clements & La Frenais BBC4 Director Monika Krupper 2013 Gilbert & George BBC4 Director Nicola Seare 2012 Zoe Wanamaker BBC4 Director Nicola Seare 2012 Mark Gratiss BBC4 Director Anya Saunders 2012 Felicity Kendal BBC4 Director Anya Saunders 2012 Mark Rylance BBC4 Director Anya Saunders 2012 Graham Norton BBC4 Director Nicola Seare 2012 Frank Skinner BBC4 Director Nicola Seare 2012 THE TRAVEL SHOW 30 MINS FEATURE TRAVEL DOCS BBC 2 2013-2017 - DOP BBC Travel Show A New Tomb For BBC2 PD Joanne Whalley Tutankhamun BBC Travel Show Brazil Direct BBC Features PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show South Africa Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show Mozambique Direct BBC2 PD Dawn Lake BBC Travel Show Ecuador Direct BBC2 PD Dawn Lake BBC Travel Show Greece Direct BBC2 PD Dawn Lake BBC Travel Show Poland Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show Ukraine Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show France Direct BBC2 PD Dawn Lake BBC Travel Show Qatar Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show India Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace BBC Travel Show USA Direct BBC2 PD Joanne Whalley BBC Travel Show Germany Direct BBC2 PD Joanne Whalley BBC Travel Show Mongolia Direct BBC2 PD Keith Wallace
DAYTIME TELEVISION SHOWS DOP Royal Upstairs Lion Television Downstairs BBC2 (episodes 1-15) I Superbiker 400 Company Wedi 7 Camera Operator Bargain Hunt Duncan Bannatyne s Seaside Rescue and DVD release Tinopolis S4C BBC Bristol BBC2 Twofour Virgin 1 Lighting Cameraman How Green Is Maverick TV Your School Teachers TV British e400 Company Superbikes ITV4 Season Review 2009/2010 Director Owen Rodd 2012 Director Mark Sloper Director Kerry Richardson 2011 Director Jim Warren 2010 Director Andrew Fox Director Mark Sloper CRAFT FILMS / CREATIVE / ONLINE PROMO: Harcourt London bespoke leather architecture film DOP https://vimeo.com/132477216 Genevieve Bennett textile designer for John Lewis launch film DOP https://vimeo.com/183826224 TRIGG Productivity Diary Kickstarter campaign film - DOP https://vimeo.com/183819100
EXPERIENCED OPERATOR OF THE FOLLOWING CAMERAS: Sony F5/F55 Sony FS7 Sony A7S RED ARRI AMIRA ARRI ALEXA Canon C300 Sony PMW-500 Sony PDW-F800 Blackmagic Canon 5D MK III Canon XF305 Sony PMW-200 CAMERA EQUIPMENT: Sony Super 35mm F5 Sony A7S Light panels Litepanels Astra Canon Cine Zoom 14.5-47mm lens Canon Prime Lenses Dedo lighting Movi Audio Limited 2 x radio mics SmallHD camera monitor Easyrig ARRI lighting Diva-Lite 400 Sony HD field monitor REFERENCES (contact details available on request): Nicky Mitchel Avalon Mike London BBC Keith Wallace BBC Joanne Whalley BBC Clare Judge Liberty Bell Phil Niland Liberty Bell Simon Harcourt Harcourt London Dawn Lake BBC Peter Haddon OR Media Jon Connerty EDUCATION / INDUSTRY CERTIFICATES: First Class BA Honours Fine Art, Leeds Met University Masters in Documentary Film, Salford University Sony Training Institute Shooting 4K