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August 5th 2008
Met with Artist / Director Valentina Lari to be the DP on her next
short film "Dead in the Throat: Or the last Song of the Birdwoman".
This is a very challenging film shot in S16mm straight to B/W negative and inspired by
Bergman, Turneur and Resnais amongst other influences.

July 4th 2008
Wrapped filming "The Green". 

June 10th 2008 
      Started preproduction on the shortfilm "The Green" to be shot on S16mm in St. Helens. 
Johnny Vegas will be one of our main casts and the film will be shot on S16mm 
with a  35mm blow up.

June 1st 2008
Just wrapped filming "Samuel" for Simon Buckley and Loose Moose Prods.
Directed by Michael Metcalf with loads of puppets and green screen.

May 14th 2008
Red Hood is being screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the
Short Film Corner section.

April 20th 2008
Just wrapped filming main photography on "Punch Drunk",
S16mm short directed by Ben Kent.

April 15th 2008
Completed filming the S16mm music video "Devil in the Detail" by the upcoming band Silvery
for Blow UP Records.
I will be adding some more details shortly.

April 1st 2008
Spent a week with the bunch from Lenzflare in Copenhagen shooting a lot of 35mm stuff
testing Fuji and Kodak stocks.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Danish cinematographer Jan Weincke and shared with him
some very long and interesting discussions.

March 18th 2008
Started preproduction of the S16mm shortfilm "Punch".

February 20th 2008
Have finished a piece filming Christopher Lee for Uli Meyer Studios
and their latest Feature project "MonsterMania"

February 11th 2008
Red One camera will be coming April 2008!!

January 17th 2008
I have teamed up with Camera Speed Hire, funded by Johnny Johnson to offer a selection of equipment for
hire at low rates, including the Red One camera which will be available from March this year.
Check on www.cameraspeed.co.uk

December 11th 2007
I will be filming the 35mm Feature Film "The Golden Nest" for Pixel Productions. We'll be shooting in various locations in India and the UK for over 11 weeks at the end of summer 2008.

November 9th 2007
"Recordare" is getting a 35mm printout at Molinare and will be shown at the Berlin Festival..

November 1st 2007
Just wrapped a spot for the London Underground shot with the Varicam.

October 5th 2007
With the idea of getting people involved in shooting on film in the S16mm format I have created the
"Make it on S16mm" offer. More details here.

August 14th 2007
"Red Hood" is now going to have a DI at Pablopost in Shepperton Studios.

August 10th 2007
Prepping another High Definition spot for the London Underground.

August 9th 2007
Just wrapped filming a spot in High Definition for RME, with some very good choreography by some of the dancers from the Matthew Bourne Ballet.

August 1st 2007
Laszlo Kovacs, one of the most important cinematographer figures of the last few
decades passed away. We are losing some of the best lately...Read more.

June 19th 2007
I was invited by Fuji to a presentation of their latest film stock, the Vivid 160T.
Great color saturation and contrast and a very crisp image. I will be posting some more info about this soon.

June 5th 2007
Wrapped filming a series of spots for STT ( Stop the Traffik).

April 20th 2007
Completed shooting "Dark Room" for award winning director Rob Brown and White Lantern Films.
Will be adding some pictures and more information soon.

April 10th 2007
Just wrapped filming "Red Hood" and the film is now in Post production.
Click for some PICTURES and I will be adding the film to the site once is cut.

February 25th 2007
And the Oscar goes to...Read more.

February 21st 2007
Just wrapped filming the majority of exterior shots for the upcoming short "Red Hood".
Filming on S16mm with my Aaton XTR with Kodak Vision 2 7218. We'll be resuming filming
in mid March. For more details about this filming please go to my drama section of my reel
page on the left.

February 1st 2007
Starting preproduction on the new shortfilm "Red Hood". Directed by Navin Devin, I'll be
again filming with my Aaton XTR on S16mm. A fairy tale with desaturation in colours an two
main locations. Post production will be done at Molinaire. I will be updating with more news.

January 26th 2007
Just finished filming a commercial in High Definition with the HDW F750P. A lot of green screen work and the camera performance was excellent. I will be posting some images soon.

November 26th 2006
Currently recovering from a broken foot and should be back to work in about a week or so...

September 22nd 2006
Sven Nykvist passed away. Sven Nykvist, considered by many to be one of the greatest
cinematographers of all time has left us last September 20th in the afternoon.
He was retired already for a few years. Sven Nykvist was born in December 3rd 1922 .
He was about to be 84 years of age. Read more...

September 20th 2006
Currently in preproduction for the upcoming filming of the short film "Dark Room" with
director Rob Brown. The short is being produced by White Lantern Films and I will be using
my own Aaton XTR. We'll be filming on S16mm, 1.85 aspect ratio.Technicolor will be processing
the film and Rushes will be involved in TK. Filming will be in London, UK.


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