ANDREW THOMPSON LIGHTING CAMERAMAN 16mm, HDV, & DSLR

Address: Laurel House, Brixton Deverill, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7EN Telephone: (H) 01985 841434; (M) 0771 2767374 E-Mail: [email protected] Nationality: British Full UK Driving License Full Sony F55 / Canon 5dM3/ Sony A7s2 / Ronin kits.

2003 RTS Nom. for Best Documentary Photography ‘Going Into War’. 2009 BAFTA Nom. Photography Factual ‘ Afghanistan’ 2010 BAFTA Film Nom. Best Newcomer Director ‘Mugabe and the White African’. 2010. Guild of TV cameraman. Winner Best Cameraman – Extreme . ‘Mugabe’. 2013. GTS nominee ‘ Alex Polizzi’s Christmas Fix’. 2016. RTS. Winner ‘The Murder Detectives’. Best Factual Photography.

DIARY SERVICE:

The Diary Films @ 59, 59 Cotham Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS6 6JR Tel: 0117 906 4334 E-mail: [email protected]

2016 / 17

Rituals – BBC NHU – BBC2 DOP. Sony F55. 4x 60’ BBC series looking at Rituals from around the world. Landmark Documentary. Filmed worldwide. Still in production. Dir: Rob Sullivan.

Refugees – Mongoose Productions for C4 Dispatches / PBS Frontline. DOP: Sony F55. A f90’ special ilm looking at the crisis in Eritrea and the thousands fleeing the regime there. Shooting throughout 2016/17. Dir: Evan Williams.

Banged Up abroad – Raw TV - National Geographic DOP: Sony F55. Drama Recon. Series. Filmed in and the US. Dir: Barbie MacLaurin

Alex Polizzi’s Secret – TwoFour Productions – C5 DOP. Sony F55. 6x60’ presenter-led travelogue series as Alex travels Spain. SP/SD. Chris Williams.

2015

The Last Animals DOP: / 2nd Unit Director: Sony F55. 90’ feature cinema documentary looking at the illegal rhino horn and elephant ivory trades. Filmed worldwide. Set for theatrical release early 2017. Dir: Kate Brooks

Alex Polizzi’s Italian Islands – TwoFour Broadcast – C5 DOP: Sony F55. Travel series as the presenter jollies her way around the Italian Islands. Dir: Chris Williams

Coffee versus Gangs – The Moment – TV and on-line campaign DOP / Dir: Sony F55. A campaign for Kenco aimed at getting kids out of gangs and into coffee. Filmed in Honduras over 12 months.

Being AP – Partizan Pictures for BBC Films / Universal Pictures DOP: Sony F55. A feature cinema documentary slated for cinema release following jockey AP McCoy over the 2014/15 season – his last. Still shooting. Dir: Anthony Wonke.

2014

Space Junk - Horizon – BBC Science - BBC 2 DOP: Sony F55. 1 x 60’ BBC Science flagship show about Space Junk and the threat it poses to us on earth. Dir: David Stewart.

The Murder Detectives – Films of Record – C4. BAFTA 2016. Best Factual Series. DOP: Sony F55. 4 x 3 hour obs. doc. films following Bristol’s Murder Squad. Dir: Dave Nath

Alex Polizzi’s Secret – TwoFour Productions – C5 DOP. Sony F55. 4 x 1 hour travelogue films as the ‘Hotel Inspector’ travels in search of her ‘secret’ Italy. Dir: Chris Williams

Bang Goes The Theory – BBC Science – BBC 1 DOP: Sony F55. Magazine format science series. Dir: Eileen Inkson.

Vodaphone First – One TwoFour Media. DOP: Sony F55. A series of commercials / mini-docs for Vodaphone’s ‘First’ campaign. Dir: Barbie MacLaurin

2013

Phillips – Oglivy Entertainment DOP : Sony F55. 13 x short films (Mini-Docs) for Philips new ‘Innovation and You’ ad. campaign. Shot worldwide.

Dupont – Season 3 – 2/4 Productions / BBC Worldwide. DOP: Sony F55. 8 x branded content mini-docs for Dupont. Shot worldwide.

Croplife – 2/4 Productions DOP: Sony F55 / Canon c300. Short Film for new branded ad. campaign. Shot in and Ghana.

The Forgotten Army – Modern TV – BBC 2/4 DOP. XDCAM. 60’single doc. with Griff Rhys Jones as he travels in his fathers footsteps telling the story of the ‘Forgotten Army’ – the army of West African soldiers who fought the Japanese in the Burma campaign in WW11. Filmed in Burma / Ghana. (Dir: Ruairi Fallon)

2012

Helping Hands – RDF – BBC Cameraman. XDCAM. New series in the vain of Secret Millionaire as celebrities nurture charities in the bid to secure big National Lottery funding (2/6) (Dir: Marta Shaw).

Hutterites – BBC 2 – BBC DOP. XDCAM 800 & 5d. 60’ documentary looking at this remote community of Canadian settlers as they battle to retain their faith against a backdrop of modernity. (Dir: Lynn Alleway)

The Waiting – Explore Films DOP. 5d. 45’ exhibition film for festivals looking at IDP’s through the Azerbaijan experience where 1 million people are still ‘waiting’ to return home. (Dir: Lucy Bailey)

Dupont – 2/4 Productions. BBC Worldwide / Ogilvy Entertainment DOP. 5d / c300. 13 x 2’ docs. Filmed worldwide. Commercials telling the human stories to new science / technology / medical developments. Shot worldwide. (Director. Anthony Wonke / Anthony Phillipson / Mark Henderson)

24 hours in A&E: Garden Productions – Channel 4. Cameraman. XDCAM 800. 14 x 1 hour series following the cases in Kings College Hospital A&E department. (Dir: Kirsty Cunningham).

Saudi DEA – ORTV – BBC / MBC DOP. HDCAM & 5d. 1 hour obs. doc embedded with the Saudi drug enforcement agency as they battle a new drugs war and spiraling drugs problem inside the kingdom. (Dir. Nick London).

The Audience – Garden Productions – Channel 4 Cameraman. XDCAM. 4/7 1 hours. New reality series as a group of strangers help someone at a crossroads in their life. (Series Prod. Danny Horan)

2011

Frontline Medicine – BBC – BBC 1. 24 hours in A&E: Garden Productions – Channel 4. Secret Millionaire – RDF – Channel 4

2010

Heston’s Mission Impossible: Renegade Pictures – Channel 4 Tracks of Empire – Mentorn TV – BBC 4 Dirty Sexy Things – Betty TV – E4

2009 Gaza and with Ross Kemp – Tiger Aspect – Sky 1.

Tourist Trail – Mentorn Media – ITV Genius Of Design – Wall to Wall – BBC 2 Secret Millionaire - RDF Media – Channel 4 Mugabe and the White African – More 4 – True Stories

2008

Rivers – Modern TV – BBC 1 Palladio – BBC – BBC 4 Sex Traffic – October Films – Channel 4 River Cottage - Keo Films - Channel 4 Sport Relief Shorts – BBC1

2007

Inside The Kingdom – Million Media – BBC 2 Brian Keenan In Lebanon – Chistera Productions – BBC 2 Ross Kemp – B Company – Afghanistan – Tiger Aspect – Sky 1 Real Men – Go Forth – BBC1 Comic Relief –BBC Features – BBC 1 Gangs with Ross Kemp – Tiger Aspect – Sky 1

2006 Make Me a Supermodel – Tiger Aspect – Channel 5 Saving Planet Earth – Turtles – BBC NHU Gangs with Ross Kemp– Tiger Aspect – Sky 1 The Genius Of Photography – Wall to Wall – BBC 4 and BBC 2. Sports Relief – BBC Bristol – BBC 1. Edge of Existence – Tigress Productions – Channel 5 / Discovery Mania – Firecracker Films – Channel 4

2005

Zeebrugge – BBC Documentaries – BBC 1 Krakatoa – BBC Science – BBC 1 The Story Of God – Dangerous Films - BBC1 Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares – Optomen Television – Channel 4 Kilroy’s Week with the Gypsies – Raw TV – Channel 4 Make Me a Supermodel – Tiger Aspect – Channel 5 Corwin's Quest – Tigress Productions – Discovery

2004

Geldoff on Africa – Brook Lapping Productions – BBC A Very British Christmas – Optomen Television – Sky Television Snake Master – Austin Stevens – Tigress Productions for Discovery The Secret Agent – BBC Documentaries – BBC 1 How to Sleep – BBC Specialist Factual – BBC 1 Spy – Wall to Wall TV – BBC Medical Mysteries – BBC – Specialist Factual - Science 2003

Saddam’s – ORTV – BBC 4 & MBC State of the Great Ape – Tigress Productions – Inventions that Changed the World – Specialist Factual – BBC 2 Picking Up the Pieces – Quality Time Television – Channel 4 Fighting The War – BBC Documentaries – BBC 2 Killer Bees – Tigresss Productions – Channel 5

2002 The History of the SAS – Windfall Films – Channel 4 The Real King and Queen- Tigress Productions- Discovery Wildlife Challenge- Tigress Productions- Nat Geo Kabul Zoo Rescue- BBC / National Geographic 2001 21st Century Dad- Insight films- Discovery Bar Wars- Initial Television- Channel 4 In the Wild with Meg Ryan- Tigress Productions - C5/ PBS