Mark’s Biography

I am a young, 41 year old lighting cameraman, with credits for all major broadcasters, BBC1/2, ITV,CH4, CH5, SKY, indies, and corporate, I started as a camera assistant, with Manchester facilities, Redwood Tv, back in 1988, shooting my first corporate film age 19.
I then went onto work at BTF a North West facilities as a soundrecordist/cameraman, filming mainly for the BBC, I was there for a couple of years, I left to work as a freelancer.
I got a contract with Astro, the South East Asia satalite broadcaster, and spent 6 wonderful months flming news/magazine/travel progs in Malaysia, I then moved on to Australia and did a little freelancing at SBS and Fox.
I then packed my spotty hankerchief and headed for London, where I started working mainly for the BBC at White City, filming Watchdog and the various spin off programmes, Value for Money and Watchdog Health Check. After living and working in London for 15 years, filming many different kinds of programmes, we decided to move to the countryside, near the sea, in South Wales, which is where I live with my partner, and 3 young girls. I still have a base in London, and do most of my work there.

I enjoy reading, photography, music, constantly playing the guitar, boring people with songs that I write (a life long passion, I’m afraid), falling off surf boards (a new passion), and the odd pint or two

Please check out my reel, I have tried to show what I do on a day to day basis, which is PSC camera work, it shows, lighting, lit interviews, actuality, Ob Doc, promo, behind the scenes, and I have had a go at an intro PTC, just so you get a sense of who I am (I don’t smile much when I’m nervous) hopefully it won’t put you off, I’m a far better cameraman