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Represented by Vision Artists in the UK and Worldwide
+44 20 7439 4657      http://www.visionartists.co.uk/ 
shade@visionartists.co.uk, michele@visionartists.co.uk, chris@visionartists.co.uk

Represented by United Talent Agency for US Drama work
+1 (310) 273-6700 FranciosaP@unitedtalent.com, nick.hawkins@unitedtalent.com, sarah.campbell@unitedtalent.com

Biography

I started my career by making horror films with my friends while in my teens. Shooting on 8mm video and editing tape-to-tape in our schools media department.

After a 3 year TV Production degree, I started work as a freelancer in factual entertainment, in 2002. I worked as a lighting cameraman for TV shows like MTV Cribs, and Pimp My Ride, as well as countless documentaries, reality shows and children's television. Also shooting short films and music videos on the side. I slowly started shifting my career into commercials and drama (it took a while!).

In the past 10 years I’ve become a full-time commercials DOP, with a number of dips into drama. I've spent my whole career with a camera on my shoulder, I’ve never assisted, which means I generally do things the wrong way (while also annoying the hell out of my 1st AC), and I didn’t go to film school so yeah I guess I’m badly educated too! I’ve very much “felt my way” though my career so far.

In 2020 I was nominated for an Emmy award for Cinematography, for Netflix's The End Of The F**king World. And in 2023 I was invited to join the British Society of Cinematographers.

In 2024 I won and RTS award for my work on Eric, for Netflix. And in 2025 the BSC gave me an award for the same show, in their Streaming/International category. I'm still speechless about that one. I was also nominated for a BAFTA for Eric, I didn't win. But as we all know the real BAFTAs are the friends we made along the way.

I live in East London, just round the corner from where I was born, with my wife Zoe and my dog Chewie.

This photo was taken 6 years ago, my eye-bags are so much bigger these days, no matter how much water I drink.