Matthew Walker – Camera Assistant/Guarantee/Junior Operator

Telephone: 07772911906 E-mail: [email protected]

Personal details Date Of Birth: 03 July Nationality: British Driving Licence: Full, clean

Personal Profile:

A confident, keen and highly motivated individual with diverse shooting experience on numerous studio and OB productions. Fully trained at , I have been a freelance Camera Assistant/Junior Operator for over three years and am proficient with a broad range of equipment including Hot Heads, Camera Peds, Handheld, PSC/ENG and Remote Cameras. With great skill and flair for shooting, I am thoroughly able to work under my own initiative with a range of different camera equipment. My experience on an array of shoots and productions - including locations around the world - has given me the confidence, knowledge and practical ability to consistently produce polished and creative camera work to a very high standard.

Education:

BA Honour’s Degree Film & Photography (University of the Arts London) First Class Honours

A-Levels: Chichester High Schools Sixth Form Media Studies (A) Performing Arts (A) Business Studies (B) General Studies (C)

GCSE’s: Bishop Luffa Secondary School, Chichester 10 GCSE’s (A-C grades) - including Maths, English and Science

Relevant Employment History:

Feb 2012 – Present Matthew Walker Media Ltd Camera Assistant/Junior Op

Sep 2010 – Feb 2012 ITV Studios Camera Assistant/Junior Op

Apr 2010 – Sep 2010 Rankin Photography Ltd Camera Operator/Editor

Nov 2006 – Feb 2008 Princess Productions Camera Assistant

Additional Skills Base and experience

 Preparing, rigging and shooting with a range of cameras and equipment for use in studio & OB environments (including Jibs, Technocranes, BOXX System, Steadicam, Mini Cams, Rail Cam, dolly’s etc)  Conversational Italian, basic French & German language skills  De-rigging cameras, equipment and monitors after shoots for safe storage

References:

References available upon request

Production experience:

Entertainment A Very JLS Christmas Sky 1 HD Alan Carr: Chatty Man Channel 4 Alan Carr: New Years Spectacular Channel 4 All Star Family Fortunes ITV Amazing Grays ITV Born To Shine ITV Brit Awards Nominations ITV Brits Launch 2015 ITV Catchphrase ITV Chris Moyles Quiz Night Series Channel 4 The Co-Op Property Awards NEP Visions Daybreak ITV Get Your Act Together ITV Good Morning Britain ITV Have I Got News For You BBC Holding Out For A Hero ITV Keith Lemon's Bang Tidy Show (pilot) ITV ITV ITV Mock The Week BBC Mark Watson Kicks Off ITV Paralympics Closing Ceremony Channel 4 Paul O’ Grady Live ITV QI BBC Saturday Night Takeaway ITV Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two BBC Sunday Side Up/Sunday Scoop ITV Take On The Twisters ITV The Alan Titchmarsh Show ITV The Chase/Chase Celebrity Specials ITV The Children’s BAFTA’s ITV The Friday Night Project Channel 4 The Golden Case (UK/SPANISH) ITV The Show BBC The One Show BBC The Show ITV The Wright Stuff Channel 5 This is JLS ITV This Morning ITV WWZ Premiere NEP Visions

Music/Theatre/Drama/Sitcom BBC Proms BBC/Visions Billy Elliot Live! Steam/Visions Benny Bennassi – Live at The Electric Brixton NEP Visions BT River of Music Festival Widescreen English National Opera Live (Various) NEP Visions Hard Rock Calling Festival, Hyde Park NEP Visions Music Special ITV Michael Buble Live for DVD, 2014 Steam Motion & Sound NT Live “John” National Theatre Live/NEP Visions The Globe Theatre Live (Various) NEP Cymru Vicious ITV For The Last Time ITV

Cookery Shows Britain’s Best Dish ITV Let’s Do Lunch with Gino and Mel ITV Something For The Weekend BBC

Sport Africa Cup of Nations ITV Al Jazeera Football Al Jazeera Barclays Premier League Football NBC/PLP/Visions British Basketball League Playoff Final 2013 Sky Sports British Boxing Channel 5/Sky Sports British Superbikes (Various) Sky Sports Champions League ITV Elite Ice Hockey League Sky Sports England Hockey Finals Sky Sports Europa League ITV Formula One Grand Prix (Various) FOM Investec Hockey World League Sky Sports IPL Cricket ITV Netball Super League Sky Sports Premier League Channel IMG Rugby World Cup 2011 (studios) ITV Super Cup 2011 ITV

Other

Director/Camera Op/Editor – Ulusaba Private Game Reserve, South Africa – Promotional film (Virgin)

Director/Camera Op/Editor - Virgin Trains – Promo (Virgin)