![]() ![]() Worst: as an arachnophobe, I shot a music video with fifty tarantulas on set, When we wrapped only 47 were found! Must also be last year working with Sir Ian McKellen and Tim Roth. The scene is the film’s finale and also the day we wrapped. Tell us about your best and worst moments on set?īest: shooting on Underwater Stage at Pinewood for the film Ghosted. Roger Deakins BSC ASC – for being a master of the craft and his naturalism in his imagery.ĭoug Slocombe BSC – a master of the craft too.īeing asked to fly to LA to shoot a pop promo for Ozzy Osbourne. Phil Méheux BSC – I adore his work and for being a great mentor. Paul Wheeler BSC – for endless advice, support and teaching me everything they don't at film school. Paul Wheeler taught me to light one lamp at a time, and that sometimes turning lights off is more effective than turning them on! What’s the best advice you were ever given? Hall), The Godfather (1972, DP Gordon Willis ASC), Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet (1996, DP Alex Thomson BSC) and the 007 James Bond movies – for being part of my childhood. I have had the honour of being his operator and 2nd unit DP.Īlien (1979, DP Derek Vanlint CSC), Lawrence Of Arabia (1962, DP Freddie Young BSC), Road To Perdition (2002, DP Conrad L. Paul Wheeler BSC took me on as an apprentice when I was 18 and remains a great mentor to this day. I attended the Craft Extension Programme in Cinematography at the London Film School and most of the short camera courses at the NFTS. ![]() I studied electrical engineering when I left school and went up through the lighting department. Before film school I did plenty of research and I gravitated to camera and lighting. ![]() The first time I saw Alien when I was 13, I didn't know how to articulate who was responsible for the atmospherics and why I was so drawn to it. I always wanted to be a filmmaker since I can remember. When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? ![]()
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