Mike Carling
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Bio Mike is an award winning Director of Photography with an excellent working knowledge of all Film, Video and Digital imaging formats. With extensive experience shooting : Feature Films, Documentaries, Dramas, TV Commercials, Branded Content and Corporates. He is fortunate to have had the opportunity to hone his artistic and technical skills over a broad variety of subject matter enabling him to work with speed, calmness and confidence whatever the creative brief. He is is completely comfortable working in what might be considered more ‘extreme’ and challenging situations. Having filmed in over eighty countries worldwide, covering the full range of conditions and environments - Deserts, Jungles, Mountains, Oceans, the Arctic and Antarctica. Mike is a member of the prestigious Guild of British Camera Technicians. [GBCT] and also an associate member of the Association of Camera Operators [ACO]. Expertise THE RESCUE (additional cinematography) SAR / VENTURELAND / VENDETTA : TRUTH, LIES AND THE MAFIA NUTOPIA / NETFLIX NAT GEO Director: JIMMY CHIN Oscar winning director Jimmy Director: DANIELA VOLKER 8 part series filmed on location in Chin's feature documentary on the daring cave rescue of the Wild Palermo, Sicily. Following two high profile cases involving alleged Boars football team. Mafia activities and corruption. BEAR GRYLLS: YOU vs WILD "OUT COLD" THE MEN OF WASHEM STATION [additional camera] ELECTUS / NETFLIX Director: BEN SIMMS OR MEDIA / AL ARABIA TV Filmed on location in the Dolomites, Italy. Bear survives a parachute Director: TOM ROBERTS jump into the mountains and makes his way back to safety. Following a group of firefighters, in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh,over their busiest month of the year. With unprecedented EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - ELEPHANTS OF ASSAM BBC access and previously uncaptured footage of being alongside Director: VIRGINNIA QUINN Following the work of the mahoots on the men as they fight fires. the tea plantations of Assam and the unfortunate pressure on wild elephant herds' environment caused by man. DOCTORS BBC STUDIOS DOP ON 18 EPISODES Directors: JENNIE PADDON / PETER FEARON / NIMER ZOE'S HARDEST ROAD HOME BBC ONE / SPORT RELIEF RASHED / NIALL FRASER / BOB TOMSON / DAN Directors: STEVE GROGAN / PAMELA GORDON Zoe Ball cycles WILSON Page 1/8 from Blackpool to Brighton raising awareness of men's mental health Popular long running BBC daytime drama set in the fictional issues. Letherbridge medical practice. Nomination - MIND Media Awards 2018 Best Documentary. DAVINA - BEYOND BREAKING POINT BBC / SPORT RELIEF HELEN'S POLAR CHALLENGE Director: PAMELA GORDON / JAEMIE GALLIE Davina MacAll BBC ONE / SPORT RELIEF cycles, swims and runs on an epic endurance race from Ediburgh to Director: MORAY LONDON London. Helen Skelton skis, kites and cycles across Antarctica to the South Pole for Sport Relief. BRITAIN’S LOST WORLD: ST KILDA Winner - RTS North West Awards 2012 Best Factual Entertainment IWC / BBC Programme Director: CRAIG HUNTER / ISHBEL HALL (Incl. Climbing & Sea Kayaking sequences) Presenters Kate THE GREAT CLIMB Humble, Steve Backshall & Dan Snow explore the natural and social TRIPLE ECHO / BBC SCOTLAND history of this remote island. Director: IAN RUSSELL Nomination - BAFTA Scotland Awards 2008 Best Factual (Simultaneous Live HD TV/Web Transmission) Programme Tim Emmett & Dave MacLeod attempt Sron Ulladale in Outer Hebrides. Largest overhanging cliff in UK. ULTIMATE ROCK CLIMB Winner - BAFTA Scotland Awards 2011 DARLOW-SMITHSON / BBC Winner - GTC Award for Excellence 2012 Director: AMELIA HANN / PAUL COPELAND Presenter Julia Bradbury and extreme sportsman Tim Emmett GOING TO EXTREMES – NEPAL attempt three classic British rock -climbing routes. KEO FILMS / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Director: WILL ANDERSON 71 DEGREES NORTH [Including filming technical climbing sequences at >300 ft of FEVER MEDIA / ITV wild-honey collectors on the cliffs of Nepal’s Gurung region and Director: DAVID TIBBALLS filming ice-climbing sequences at >17 000ft on the glaciers of the (Incl. Filming in temperatures of -30 C) Langtang Himal area] Shot on location almost entirely inside Arctic Circle as two teams compete in a gruelling race to reach Norway's Nordkapp. COMPEED HKX PRODUCTIONS Director: ADAM JAVES O2 - ENGLAND RUGBY HKX PRODUCTIONS Director:: DOMINIC O'LEARY PARCEL FORCE HKX PRODUCTIONS Director: ADAM JAVES HEINZ SOUP POTS HKX PROCUCTIONS Director: ADAM JAVES ELLA'S KITCHEN HKX PROCUCTIONS Director: ADAM JAVES DEMENTIAVILLLE - POPPY LODGE TWO FOUR / CHANNEL MURDER DETECTIVES FILMS OF RECORD / CHANNEL FOUR FOUR Director: PAMELA GORDON An intimate portrait of Director: DAVE NATH (Additional Camera / Dailies) residents and staff at a care home which is leading the way with its Winner- BAFTA 2016 Best Factual Series Winner- Greirson Awards approach to dementia. 2016 Best Documentary Series Nomination - Real Screen Awards Nomination - Broadcast Awards 2016 Best Documentary Series 2016 Nomination Greirson Awards 2016 Best Documentary Series THE DR WHO GAVE UP DRUGS RAW TV / BBC Director: TOM TWINSTITUTE WALL TO WALL / BBC 2 Directors: ANDY HALL, BEARD Presented by Dr Chris Van Tulleken. HELGA BERRY, ED WATKINS DoP on multi-camera shoot Presented by Dr Chris and Dr Xand Van Tulleken. BEYOND BIONIC CBBC Directors: NIC HALL, SIMON HALL Filmed on location in Iceland, Norway,USA and the UK. Adventurer CATIE'S AMAZING MACHINES CBBC Director: NIC HALL Andy Torbet attempts to match the super-skills of some of natures super-heroes. DENGINEERS CBBC Director: CHARLOTTE INGHAM Snow Den, Raliway Den, Cinema Den and Writer's Den THE TRUTH ABOUT HIV BBC ONE / SUNDOG Director: DAN CHILD Dr Chris Van Tulleken explores the advances in treatment of BRITAIN'S FAT FIGHT WITH HUGH the virus. FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL KEO FILMS / BBC ONE Director: HELEN SIMPSON THE MUMMY UNIVERSAL PICTURES Camera Operator & DoP on VFX Unit (London) Camera Operator & DoP 'THE HUNTSMAN - WINTER'S WAR UNIVERSAL PICTURES on Time-Lapse Unit (Namibia) Director: ALEX KURTZMAN Main Camera Operator & DoP on Nature Unit responsble for shooting Unit DoP: BEN SERESIN ASC sequences on location in the UK. Camera Operator & DoP on VFX Action Film Starring TOM CRUISE, RUSSELL CROWE & Unit responsible for shooting VFX tiles on location in Iceland. ANNABELLE WALLIS Director: CEDRIC NICOLAS-TROYAN Main Unit DoP: PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL ASC VFX Supervisor: PAUL LAMBERT HEART OF THE SEA 2015 Fantasy -Action staring CHRIS HEMSWORTH, CHARLIZE Page 2/8 THERON, JESSICA CHASTAIN and EMILY BLUNT. WARNER BROS / ARTICULATED PRODUCTIONS Camera Operator & DoP on VFX Unit responsible for shooting VFX plates. THOPMPSON HOLIDAYS KODE MEDIA Director: ALEX CRIBB Director: RON HOWARD Main Unit DoP: ANTHONY DODD-MANTLE ASC BSC DFF VFX Producer: LESLIE LERMAN MARRIOT HOTELS - WORLD 7s KEO Director: TOM DALZEL VFX Supervisor: JODY JOHNSON Period Drama based on true story. Staring CHRIS HEMSWORTH, GANGS OF LONDON - SERIES 2 PULSE FILMS / SKY ATLANTIC CILLIAN MURPHY and CHARLOTTE RILEY. PHANTOM FLEX TECH (dailies) Dir: MARCELA SAID DoP: LAURENT BARES REG BBC FILMS Camera Operator Director: DAVID BLAIR British action-crime drama series. Starring JOE COLE and DoP: ED RUTHERFORD MICHELLE FAIRLEY. JIMMY MCGOVERN Anti-War Feature length Drama starring TIM ROTH and ANNA MAXWELL-MARTIN. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - 2015 CAMPAIGN FOX INTERNATIONAL Director: JENNA RUSSEL THE INTERROGATION STORYFILMS / CHANNEL FOUR B-Camera Operator (Dailies) Director: DAVE NATH DoP: WINNER - GUILD OF TELEVISION CAMERAMEN AWARD FOR MICHAEL TIMNEY EXCELLENCE 2012 Ground breaking factual drama starring STEVE PEMBERTON and DANIEL MAYS. NOMINATION - BEST PHOTOGRAPHY (FACTUAL) RTS AWARDS 2003 RAYBAN - SKY DIVE BOILER ROOM Director: SONNY WALTERS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE -GREAT ROAD TRIP 2014 FOX INTERNATIONAL Director: OLIVER HOLME LEGENDS - SEASON 2 FOX 21 C-Camera Operator (Dailies) WINNER - UK SPONSORSHIP AWARDS 2015 Director: JAMIE PAYNE DoP: MATHIAS HERNDL AAC US Spy Thriller staring SEAN BEAN. Shot on location in London. LIFESAVERS SYSTEMS - TACLOBAN PHILIPPINES Director: MIKE CARLING Following Michael Pritchard MBE and his team of NOMINATION - BEST PHOTOGRAPHY (FACTUAL) GEMINI engineers as they install water-purification systems for the victims of AWARDS 2010 Typhoon Haiyan just seven days after the disaster. Experienced AERIALS Cameraman with many hours of both JAMIES’ AMERICAN ROAD TRIP – WYOMING FIXED WING & HELICOPTER work. Valid USA "I" VISA to FRESH ONE / CHANNEL FOUR August 2022 EXPERIENCED PHANTOM FLEX HIGH SPEED Director: PAMELA GORDON CAMERA TECHNICIAN GBCT STEADICAM TRAINING COURSE (Shared Camera Credit) TIFFEN GOLD STEADICAM TRAINING COURSE HOSTILE Jamie Oliver joins real cowboys at the rodeo, on the range, branding ENVIRONMNENTS Certificate [Category One] IRATA LEVEL cattle and cooks in the wilds of Montana and Wyoming. ONE TRAINED INDUSTRIAL ROPE ACCESS / TECHNICAL CLIMBING [OVER 200 HOURS LOGGED] HUGH'S FISH FIGHT - THE FIGHT CONTINUES KEO / CHANNEL HSE HIGH RISK CONFINED SPACE ENTRY TRAINED. FOUR Director: WILL ANDERSON (Shared camera credit) High SWIFT WATER RESCUE TECHNICIAN Certificate. ADVANCED Fearly-Whittingstall leaves the comfort of River Cottage to attempt MEDICINE FOR REMOTE FOREIGN TRAVEL Certificate. POLAR change the way we fish both here and abroad. & HIGH ALTITUDE MEDIC Certificate, Alta Norway. FPoS (I) Nomination - The Maritime Media Awards 2012 MEDIC Certificate HSE First Aid at Work Certificate EXPERT ALPINE SKIER [Raced at national level as a teenager] ROBSON GREEN - EXTREME FISHERMAN SERIES 2 IWC EXPERT