Curriculum Vitae

Craig Butchart Camera Operator (Outside Broadcast, Studio and Fixed Rig)

Here's a little bit about me. My technical experience began in February 2004 as a freelance camera assistant and trainee camera operator, working on small Outside Broadcast productions and single camera corporate shoots. After over 3 years in the same genres of work, I took a staff role within a growing Outside Broadcast Facilities company to move further towards opportunities working within the biggest sport, music and events within the country. Over the 5 years, I worked my way to become a very versatile staff member, enabling me to work on some very prestigious live multicamera contracts.

My roles included, responsibility for loading the trucks, prepping kit and maintenance at base. On site I would rig the cameras, guarantee the job and also operate on nearly all contracts. The need for new challenges and experiences brought me to return to freelancing in June 2012.

I am currently a regular crewmember on top live football for Sky Sports and have many other live multicamera credits under my belt, from sport to politics, music and entertainment. I have also taken on a specialism working on multiple ‘Fixed Rig’ observational documentaries. Broadcasters I have worked for include the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, CH4, MTV and RTE Ireland. A busy Spring and Summer lies ahead with a new CH4 entertainment show, PGA Eurotour golf tournament starting up, a returning ITV2 show in Spain and hopefully an exciting new BBC show which I can’t say much about right now.

One of my proudest achievements so far is Directing multiple Series of award winning First Dates Ireland for RTE2. Another memorable moment for me was working on ITV’s Release the Hounds horror game show, which won an RTS award in December 2015 for Multi camera Work.

Selected Credits

Camera Operator

Music, Events and Light Entertainment

WW1 Remembered (Llandaff Cathedral) S4C Royal Recipes Series 1 & 2 BBC Olympic Heroes Parade Manchester 2016 World Feed Aberfan 50th Memorial Concert ‘Cantata Memoria’ BBC, S4C 2015 UK Elections Host Coverage World Feed Release The Hounds ITV2 Big Brother Reality (Supervisor) 2004 onwards CH5 & CH4 Celebrity Big Brother Reality (Senior) 2005 onwards CH5 & CH4 Autumn Watch BBC Glastonbury BBC2 Studio BBC ITN Elections County Hall ITV Radio 1 Introducing Stage Tour BBC BBC4 Sessions ‘American Song Book’ BBC Town Hall Debates* BBC BBC Radio 4 ‘A Christmas Folk’ BBC Electric Proms at The Roundhouse BBC Muse ‘A Seaside Rendezvous’ BBC Reading Festival BBC Latitude Festival ITV Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey BBC Rihanna ‘Girl Gone Bad Tour’ MTV The Farm Series 1 & 2 CH5

Sport

Premier League and Championship Football SKY Sports, BT Sport, IMG England & Wales Internationals and Qualifiers SKY Sports, BBC, ITV & BT Sport World Cup Athletics SKY Sports Women’s World Cup Football Qualifiers BBC Six Nations Rugby Studio ITV PGA Europro Tour Golf SKY Sports Euro 2016 France Fantertainment UEFA Adidas Rugby Insiders Campaign Online Rugby World Cup 2015 World Feed UEFA Champions League & Europa League ITV, BT, FOX Sports ESPN & CH5 FA Cup ITV, BT Sport, ESPN & Setanta Championship Football BBC & SKY Conference Football League BT Sport Women’s Super League Football BT Sport Aegon International Tennis Eastbourne & Nottingham WTA & ATP ATP World Tennis Finals London ATP WTA Tennis Championships Istanbul WTA ATP 1000 Madrid Tennis Open ATP Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games CH4 European Team Championship Athletics BBC Rugby Union Amlin, Heineken, LV, Rabo, Principality BBC & S4C Rugby Union English & Welsh Internationals ITV & S4C Rugby Union SKY & ESPN Greyhound Racing SKY Boxing SKY & CH5 PDC World Darts Championship SKY

Hot-Heads and Mini-Cams

Director The Big Audition ITV First Dates Ireland Series 2-4 RTE2

Operator Fets Series 1 & 2 (Vets) S4C Five Guys (WT) CH4 GP’s Behind closed doors (multiple series) CH5 The Circle CH4 The Ibiza Weekender Series 1 – 5 ITV2 Ty Arian S4C GP’s Behind closed doors CH5 24 Hours A & E CH4 Y Fan S4C One Born Every Minute CH4 Single AF MTV The Job Interview Series 1 & 2 CH4 The Knowledge ‘The World’s Toughest Taxi Test’ CH4 First Dates Ireland Series 1 RTE2 Boots Optician Commercial Network ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough’ Chinese School BBC The Holidaymakers Sky One The Hotel of Mum and Dad BBC3 The Brit Awards 2014 (Rig crew) ITV1 The Magaluf Weekender Series 1, 2, 3 ITV2 Chime For Change Concert (Rig Crew) Splinter Films Happy Families ITV Educating Yorkshire & Cardiff (Rig crew) CH4 Undercover Mums Discovery TLC UEFA Champions League (Rig crew) ACS Big Brother CH4 House of Tiny Tearaways BBC3

Guarantee and Assistant

MTV New Music 2013: The Forum MTV Liverpool City Of Culture Opening Ceremony BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend Maidstone BBC Silverstone Classic Grand Prix Dimbleby Lectures BBC Beat The Star ITV Push The Button ITV Iraq Memorial At St Pauls BBC Glastonbury ‘Other Stage’ BBC Children In Need ‘Rock The Albert Hall’ BBC Tony Bennett at The London Palladium BBC Rihanna ‘Nokia Live at Brixton’ Album Chart Show CH4 Hugh Masakela At The Barbican BBC