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Yep
Typical
The underpants of DOOM!
Directing a TV Commercial
Working on the Guinness Book World Record for fasted produced DVD in 2004 for Mariliion. They broke their own record a few years later with someone else.
Me and the crew at Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town for the Shawn Phillips Living Contribution DVD.
Taken at The Union Chapel in Islington. Lead Singer of Marillion on a solo concert tour we made a DVD for.
Back of the Van on the way to a Hamburg record store with Marillion.
Spent several years with Watershed and this was while I was making their Live DVD, A Simple Explanation.
I bungeed off the bridge. 111 meters all the way down
Strapped underneath an 18 wheeler shooting a tyre commercial.
New York New York in a very different time.
Another view of the rig under the truck. Still shooting Betacam I think.
One of the worst times of my life with a director who was completely bonkers.
Shooting the Special Olympics in Connecticut. I got fired on this day for white balancing my camera on blue (warmed the image up)
Interviewing the lead singer of Marillion on the streets of Oxford.
Fat Boy at Stonehenge
Another clip of the Special Olympics trip.
Another day I got fired. This time for putting a stocking on the back of the lens.
A school under a tree in South Africa. Yes it happens.
Taking break waiting for the elephants to walk by at sunset in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.
More GBR mayhem with Marillion.
Hanging off the side of a mountain when you’re scared of heights is not fun, but I got the shot!
Film crew recce-ing the pyramids in Egypt.
Star of the make over segment of a magazine show I was directing.
In Portugal, Sesimbra, I think. Long long ago. That’s not even BetaSP
Shooting a commercial for BMW. Bring all the toys.
About to interview the great Paul Simon.
Say no more!
DJ Jayce on the radio.
The Captain of the HMS Technology.
Adding filters to the front of the camera got me fired again. I see a pattern developing here.
Lazy Bastard. taking a break from editing in Hout Bay near Cape Town. The most impractical lighting for an edit suite ever, but it was gorgeous.
Learned a lot bout travelling from this shoot. Avoid the tourist traps and eat where the locals go to eat. This was a back room somewhere in Marrakech, Morocco.
A few days into our trip shooting a travel programme in Marrakech Morocco.
Day 1 in Portugal on ur travel programme.
Moving an HMI while still switched on. Hmm, very brave indeed.
Loved my steering wheel. The Figg Rig was a great addition to my arsenal. Despite the jokes.
Not the Lawrence you were looking for.
Industrial shoot.
Shot Friday night, DVD on sale on Sunday afternoon.
Monkey in a tree with camera.
Monkey in a helicopter with camera.
Monkey on top of a mountain with camera.
More tyre commercial trickery. hanging outside a pick p on a bungee rig.
More bravery
You’ll notice I’m on the other side of the barrier for the shot.
My favourite car.
this is just so typical. We have the entire room to shoot in but we choose the smallest opening ever.
Be Excellent to each other.
Steering wheel video
Zimbabwe elephant ride for another travel programme.
Dubai Airport, middle of the night. You see the pattern.
More Figg Rig
We made it to the top, now lets keep going. Drakendburg, Mont Aux Sorces.
Off to America.
Directing a TV Commercial with the talent and the Producer
The very first feature film I ever worked on. Cameron Mitchell and Dave Millen. I was the sound guy on this wildlife documentary.
I wasn’t pushed.
Directing 3 very talented people for a Product launch
SAFTA for best editing for a TV Drama. Also won Best editing in a Soapie as well on the same night.
The Edit Suite circa 2015
My last Edit Suite setup in South Africa prior to leaving for Ireland.

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