DOP / FILMMAKER
Andrew is a multi-award-winning DOP and filmmaker.
He is twice Bafta (for cinematography and directing), Emmy nominated and Oscar shortlisted. Awards won include a BIFA, 3 x RTS, a Grierson and a Prix Italia.
With 25+ years’ experience he has filmed all around the world specializing in observational documentary, travel, adventure, presenter-led series, expedition, natural history, drama. doc. and feature documentaries.
Andrew excels in portraying human narratives in a cinematic style. Adept in working on prime lenses he always brings high end cinematic quality to any scenario no matter how difficult, dangerous or sensitive the subject matter.
Andrew has considerable experience working in hostile environments and war zones covering a huge breadth of subjects from drug cartels in Mexico to battlefield hospitals in Afghanistan.
Passionate about lighting, he can work with large, complex studio lighting rigs or low key ‘run-and-gun style’ set ups in the field.
He is happy to work as part of large team or smaller one-man bands. He also self-shoots and location-directs.
He’s driven by good storytelling and the power of imagery to tell those stories. He has worked with A-list talent, but it is ordinary people doing extraordinary things and capturing their stories that most excites him about filming.
He works on landmark and premium series for TV – BBC Asia & Blue Planet 3, National Geographic’s ‘Tigers on the Rise’, Netflix’s MH370, Disney + ‘Finding Michael’, and Disney Nature’s “America the Beautiful’, Gordon Ramsey’s ‘Uncharted’ and Netflix’s “Catching Killers’ and C4’s Murder Detectives.
His feature doc. slate includes award winning docs. ‘The Last Animals’, ‘Being AP’, The List, The Waiting and Ronaldo. He directed the feature doc. ‘Mugabe and the White African’ which was nominated for twenty international awards, winning ten, and was distributed to cinemas in the UK, USA and Europe. The film was BAFTA and Oscar nominated.
