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MATT NORMAN - DOP M: +44 (0)7976 247 652 E: [email protected] Website: http://mattnormandop.com Matt is a twice-EMMY & twice-BAFTA winning DOP. He shoots across documentary film, commercials and drama. He has worked with a diverse range of internationally-acclaimed filmmakers including Ken Loach, Michael Winterbottom and Marc Evans on both cinema and television productions. Matt’s enduring passions are documentary and drama, and the spaces between the two. Matt began his career as a camera assistant and focus puller on feature films, television dramas and commercials, where the discipline required continues to serve him well in the digital era. Since those days, Matt has shot over 150 documentary films, in all terrains and climates, from the jungles of the Congo to the high Arctic. Most recently, Matt was the first documentary cameraman to ever be granted access onboard a Trident nuclear submarine on an active mission for a new Atlab Films 1 x 60 documentary for Channel 5. He was DOP on the theatrical fiction feature film “Common Destiny” for China-based Silk Road Communications, filming on both the Arri Alexa Mini & Phantom Flex 4K. Matt also served as creative & technical advisor throughout the production. Other accolades include 25 Grand Jury prizes for his producer work on the HBO-BBC Storyville-ARTE feature documentary “Marathon Boy”. Matt also received the honour of being inducted into the Asia Pacific Screen Academy. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE DRONE Matt is fully certified by the CAA and insured as a UAV owner-operator. He flies his own UAV with public liability cover for 5 million. Recent clients include Discovery Channel (Mongolia, Abu Dhabi, Arctic) & BBC NHU (French Polynesia & Indonesia). HIGH SPEED, STEADICAM, JIB ETC. Matt has expertise with High-Speed Phantom Flex 4K shooting, Gimbles, Steadicam, hotheads and all camera formats including Sony, Red, Arri. OWN EQUIPMENT LIST CAMERAS * Phantom Flex4K (128GB) Super Slow Motion camera 1000FPS True 4k / 2000FPS HD ** Available for dry hire** * Semote Remote Control - full camera remote of Flex 4K, control up to 300m ** Available for dry hire** * Sony F55: Super 35mm: HD, 2K, 4K camera, 1-240 FPS * Sony FS7: Super 35mm: HD, 2K, 4K camera, 1-180 FPS (Great for use on Ronin, Car Rigs and as 2nd camera) * Sony A7S: Color Low-light Camera * GoPro 4K/HD Minicam kit: complete kit with onboard touch screen, Wifi Remote Control, carmount, head, chest, wrist mounts LENSES * Canon CN 50-1000mm 4K PL lense Cinema quality 4K ** Available for dry hire** * Fujinon Cabrio 19-90mm 35mm 4K PL lense Cinema quality 4K * Fujinon x 2 Doubler * Morpheus 80-200mm 4K PL Lense * Duclos Tokina 11-16mm 35mm PL lense * Laowa 24mm Proble Lens * Sigma Super Speed Cine Primes T1.5 * Canon EF 16-35mm T2.8 USMII Lense * Canon EF 24-70mm T2.8 USMII Lense * Canon x 2 Doubler GRIPS & MOVEMENT * Mavic 2 Pro UAV * Panther Pixy Lightweight Crane System (10-35ft) * Panther Mini-Jib * Cinevate 6’Slider * Gimble * Easy Rig 2.5 * Flowcine Serene stabilizing system ACCESSORIES * Small HD DP7: HD OLED Directors Field Monitor * Paralinx Arrow HD Video sending Kit * Eyeliner * Lithium Battery kit x 10 & Rapid Charger * Sound kit: Micron Explorer Diversity Radio Mics x 2, MK60 Gun Mic * Lighting kit: Arri Sky Panel Kino Flo Freestyle Apputure 300D Stella Pro Flexi-Lite Bicolor LED Dedo Kit Arri Pocket Par: 200W HMI Tungsten Kit Green Screen * Hague Pro Car Mount Kit * DIT KIT: MacBook Pro, Final Cut, Shotput Pro, Content Browser PRODUCTION CREW VEHICLE * Mercedes Vito Sport, Air-con, GPS Sat Nav HEALTH & SAFETY AND COMPLETED COURSES Matt has completed: • BBC Safegaurding Trust online courses • Survivng Hostile Environments AKE 5 day course, BTEC Level 4 in Surviving Hostile Regions. Includes Level 4 Managing Personal Security and Level 4 Casualty Assessment & Treatment. • CAL BCAP: Basic Canopy Access Profiiciency Course (Shooting experience with High Definition cameras on rock faces and high tree canopies) • BBC: Safe Working with Cameras and Lights Health and Safety Course • EX+MED: Medicine In Remote Areas Course (accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons) CAMERA TRAINING Matt is an experienced instructor on all camera formats and technicques and has run bespoke training courses for both freelancers, the BBC and independent production companies. Cameras covered include Phantom Flex 4K, Sony, Arri, RED. DOCUMENTARY FILM CREDITS: THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARIES - DOP & PRODUCER * JACK TO A KING - YJB Films, Dir. Marc Evans, EP. James Marsh (Sony F55). Film charting the rags to riches story of Swansea City FC * Janine & the 12 Stads - Asterix for Sky Arts. A world exclusive: the twelve most valuable Stradavarius violins, collectively worth £300 million, are shipped to the UK from across the globe for acclaimed violinist Janine Jansen to record an extraordinary album of music helmed by Royal Opera House director-pianist Sir Antonio Pappano (Sony F55) * Marathon Boy - HBO Documentary Films / BBC Storyville / ARTE / SVT / DR / Sundance Documentary Film Fund / Gucci Tribecca Film Fund. Directed by Gemma Atwal. Produced by Gemma Atwal & Matt Norman. WINNER: 25 Grand Jury Prizes for Best Film, 3 RTS awards, 5 Audience Awards. NOMINATED: Emmy for ‘Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Longform; 2 Griersons. “An unforgettable documentary. Rivals any dramatic thriller” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER “The documentary’s emotional subtlety is matched with beautiful cinematography” - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD “Fascinating, dark and gripping. A beautifully shot, terse film” - THE TELEGRAPH http://www.marathonboymovie.com Stolen Daughters” - HBO, producer-director. Gemma Atwal, F55 ANTHROPOLOGY, ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE John Bishop’s Great Whale Rescue - Plimsoll Productions for ITV. Dir. Steven Clarke. This 2 part documentary tells the incredible story of 2 beluga whales released from captivityand transported by plane on a complex and deeply moving 6,000 mile journey to the first beluga whale sanctuary. (Shanghai & Iceland) Supernatural Planet - Plimsoll Productions for Nat Geo. (Phantom Flex 4K and RED) SP Matt Brandon. (Costa Rica) Springwatch/Winterwatch - BBC NHU, Live mobile unit. SP Laura Whitley / Mark Flowers. Japan with Sue Perkins - Folk Films for BBC1,SP/Dir Steve Robinson (Sony F55) Wild Metropolis - BBC Bristol NHU, 5 x 60 SP Matt Brandon (Sony F55 & Phantom Flex 4K) Rituals - BBC NHU, 5 x 60 (Sony F55, Inspire 1), Dir Claire Thompson / Rob Sullivan (Sulawesi) Blue Planet Live - BBC Bristol NHU, USA. (Sony F55) Ice Age – BBC Bristol NHU, Dir Mark Flowers, France (Phantom High-Speed) How The Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears - Tin Can / BBC, Dir Phil Coles, USA (Sony F55) 3 x 60 mins for BBC4 Following Ray Mears as he explores the history, cultures and geological landscapes that have shaped the American Wild West from Geronimo & Little Big Horn to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid & the Gunfight at the OK Coral Planet Primate – BBC Bristol NHU, Dir Gavin Boyland, Madagascar (RED Epic) The Polar Bear Family and Me – BBC Bristol NHU, Arctic 3 x 60 mins BBC1, For the first time ever a polar bear mother and her cubs are followed over the course of a year http://www.mattnormandop.com/Portfolio/the-polar-bear-family-me-clip-1/ Jimmy & The Whale – Dominica, CH4, Dir/Prod. Matt Dyas 1 x 90 Following Jimmy Docherty as he get’s close to and learns about sperm whales in the Carribean Welcome to India – Keo Films, Mumbai & Kolkata Comic Relief: Uganda - JLS & Miranda Hart - BBC Bristol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puRenk_LyTs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHTyXxxqg1w Human Planet - BBC/ Discovery, Dir. Nick Brown, Tuppence Stone Filmed around the world this eight part series is the blue-chip follow up to the award winning Planet Earth. http://www.mattnormandop.com/Portfolio/human-planet-mountains/ http://www.mattnormandop.com/Portfolio/human-planet-grasslands/ WINNER – Best Photography Factual, BAFTA 2011 NOMINATION - Best Director - Nick Brown, BAFTA 2011 WINNER – Best Cinematography Factual, EMMY 2012 The Chimp Sanctuary with Sue Perkins - BBC1/ Minnow Films, 1 x 60 Dir. Tom Currie (Sony F55) Ganges with Sue Perkins - BBC1/ Folk Films, 3 x 60 (Sony F55, UAV, Ronin) Dir. Steve Robinson / Vicky Hinners (Sony F55) Blue Planet II - BBC Bristol NHU, BBC1, French Polynesia (Sony F55) Landmark blue-chip follow up to Blue Planet A Day on Earth - Sky1/ Offspring, 3 x 60 (Sony F55, Ronin, High-Speed) Dir. Jennie Hammond (South Africa) Life: First Steps - Sky1/ Offspring, 3 x 60 (Sony F55, Phantom Flex 4K) Dir. Susanna Handslip (Australia) Dogs - Sky1/ Offspring Films(Sony F55), Dir Sam Hodgson Life of Dogs - Discovery / Plimsoll Productions, 6 x 60 mins (4K Sony F55 & Phantom Flex 4K), Dir/Prod Scott Tankard / Jennie Hammond, SP Matt Brandon (Italy, Mongolia, USA, Bulgaria, Poland, Scotland, Nepal, Abhu Dhabi, Arctic) Ellie Simmons, Swimming with Dolphins - Mozambique - ITV, 1 x 60 (Sony F55), Dir Simon Nash. Documentary following Oylmpic Champion swimmer Wllie Simons on a life changing journey to Mozambique to overcome her fear of the ocean and swim with wild dolphins. The Mekong River with Sue Perkins – Series Cameraman, Indus Films / BBC, Dir/EP Steve Robinson, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, Tibet (Sony F55) 4 x 60 mins BBC2. Anthropological adventure series travelling up the Mekong river. Amazon with Bruce Parry - BBC/ Discovery/ Indus Films, Dir. Matt Brandon, Rob Sullivan, Steve Robinson, 6 x 60 mins. For 20 weeks Matt filmed explorer Bruce Parry’s epic journey down the Amazon - the world’s greatest river. This landmark series will follow