director of photography curriculum vitae career summary Director of Photography (3 x BAFTA nominated) working in factual documentary & natural history with extensive worldwide location experience. Strong background in lighting & specialist flming techniques including time-lapse, slow-motion & motion control. Experienced across formats for TV & IMAX including HD, 5k and 3D in live action & time-lapse. Designer and developer of motion-control equipment for stop-frame, live action & high speed. Degree in Biological Sciences with a passion for science communication. Previously a stills photographer for 10 years, and theatrical lighting designer / technician. Comfortable appearing and speaking on camera. about me Qualifications Skills & experience 3D Awards & achievements BSc (Hons) Biology (2:1) Director of photography Director of photography BAFTA Nomination (Cinematography): ing!om of "lants #Sc Business Time-lapse (& gra!ing) Stereography BAFTA Nomination (Special 'ffects): #icro #onsters NVQ (Film '!iting in FCP) #otion%control #acro BAFTA Nomination (Special 'ffects): Con*$est of the S+ies "AD, -penwater Stills photographer Time-lapse F$ll /oting mem0er of BAFTA iVisa (1SA) "hantom 2+ & 2+ 3ight weight rig !ev4mnt #em0er of BAFTA Cinematography 5$ry (Fiction) 2615 F$lly /accinated for tra/el VF8 9 Bl$e screen H$ge ,A :$r+ha exhi0ition with 5oanna 3$mley ,#A8 #$lti%layer compositing ,VCA Sil/er Awar! (Chilli Ba0y< Dir= '! #c:own) some key links Showreel: http:99...=ro0erthollingworth=co=$+9films9showreel9 "hone: >22 (6) ?@AB 111 @AC ,#D0: http:99...=im!0=com9name/nmC?C22A@9 ro0ertDro0erthollingworth=co=$+ BAFTA :$r$: http:99g$r$=0afta=org9in%foc$s%cinematography ...=ro0erthollingworth=co=$+ Twitter: https:99twitter=com9rEhollingworth 3ocation: 3on!on abbreviated credits Title Production Director Format Role ,nsi!e the Commons Atlantic 9 BBC2 Tom Bear! D866 9 Blackmagic 2+ Timelapse 9 Seasonal Fepeats The )$eens Gar!en -SF 9 ,T( #artin Gilliams D866 9 FED Timelapse 9 3i/e action natural history Con*$est of the S+ies Coloss$s 9 S+y Da/i! 3ee FED (3D) Director of "hotography (Natural History) ,nto the !anger Hone; Cherno0yl Disco/ery 9 Animal "lanet Chiara Belati F77 Director of "hotography #ysteries of the 1nseen Gorl! National Geographic 3o$is Sch.artz0erg D866 (3D ,#A8) Timelapse 9 Stereography Hi!!en ing!oms BBC NH1 9 BBC1 #ar+ Bro.nlo. D866 Timelapse Natural History #$seum Ali/e Coloss$s 9 S+y Dan Smith D866 Director of "hotography (2n! 1nit) 9 Stereography #icro #onsters Coloss$s 9 S+y Tim 1s0orne 9 Alex Heming.ay Epic (3D) Director of "hotography 9 Stereography :alapagos .ith Da/i! Atten0oro$gh Coloss$s 9 S+y #artin Gilliams D866 Timelapse 9 Stereography Fico4s Timezones: S.eden Back.ar!s Foll 9 CBS -li/er "age Sony F3 Director of "hotography location experience hostile remote environments 1+raine Antarctica 1SA :alapagos Van$atu Cherno0yl Nepal Cari00ean Nor.ay ,n!ia Robert Hollingworth's CV Page 1 of 2 recent projects, in-depth ! Deadl" Sins #Discover"$ ! x %&'( )k #Red *pic( TD3&&$ Director+ Alex Hemingwa" 3D( )k 3ocation Director of "hotography across the ? episo!es .here Fichar! E Grant explores the seven !ea!ly sins across the animal +ing!om= , !esigned a light-weight CD mirror rig 0ased aro$n! the H$rricane Fig to ena0le more nim0le filming .hile on location= The mirror rig .eighed less than @ g complete .ith twin FED Epic 0o!ies an! .as operated on my custom% ma!e la!!er !olly an! car0on fi0re crane. Gith a small crew .e managed o/er ? setups incl$!ing a crane at the Natural History #$seum= .ello--s T/ 0ommercial #Kello--s$ 1 x 2&3( Timelapse Tantrum Productions ,D Time-lapse shots of lettuce gro.ing in a stu!io en/ironment o/er a perio! of one month= , pro/i!ed the filming eq$ipment incl$!ing gro. light relays an! comp$ters to shoot the lettuce for a month< .hile +eeping it in optim$m gro.ing con!itions= Setting $p the shot, lighting an! programming the gro. lights .as !one in less than a !ay an! the cameras s$ccessf$lly ran for 2 .eeks= CS- 0l$e screen .as $sed to facilitate cutting o$t the lettuce an! compositing it into a li/e action frame later on= 0onquest of the Skies #0olossus Sk" 1 & Sk" 3D$ 3 x %&'( )k #Red *pic & Phantom$ Director+ David 5ee 3D( )k #acro Director of photography for the series shooting specialist natural history seq$ences in CD. S$0Jects incl$!ed 0$tterflies< !raco liHar!< flying frog< atlas 0eetle, an! 0antam chicken= Specialist lighting .as employed to allo. for comforta0le filming en/ironments for the s$0Jects to ma;imise natural 0eha/io$r= ,nno/ate techni*$es in tethering an! compositing allo.ed for realistic flight seq$ences .ith no C:, req$ired= , f$rther !eveloped my .or+ .ith light-weight CD rigs< ena0ling CD mirror rig filming from a small 0oat on my car0on fi0re crane, .ith remote hot hea!= Ge filmed in stu!ios an! on location in Borneo an! the 1 = The Queens 6arden #7SF 8T/$ 2 x %&'( Timelapse and Red *pic Director+ 9artin :illiams 2D( )k Shooting seasonal change seq$ences o/er the co$rse of one year on location at B$ckingham "alace in the heart of 3on!on= 1sing motion control rigs incl$!ing a 204 crane , /isited the )$een4s Gar!en at reg$lar inter/als= A!!itionally , filmed li/e action seq$ences incl$!ing natural history, a gar!en party an! some "TCs .ith presenter Alan Titchmarsh= 8nto the Danger ;one+ 0herno<"l #ST/ Animal Planet$ 1 x %&'( F)) Director+ 0hiara =ellati 2D( HD Director of "hotography for a factual !ocumentary filmed on location in Cherno0yl= T.o significant challenges .ere the ra!iation ris+ an! the threat posed 0y political tensions 0etween F$ssia an! 1+raine. Gor+ing closely .ith Secure Bio an! Femote Tra$ma .e shot on location in the heart of Cherno0yl for two .eeks= Full ""E proced$res .ere follo.ed .hile .e shot this !ocumentary a0o$t ho. ra!iation has affected the flora an! fa$na in the fallo$t Hone !eep in the Fed Forest. Shot on the F55 .ith timelapse seq$ences too< this is a pilot for a new series for Animal "lanet. ,idden Kingdoms #==0 1( >atural Histor" ?nit$ 3 x %&' & 1 x @&' 89AX Director+ 9ark =rownlow 3D( )k CD timelapse seq$ences shot on location in the Sonoran !esert in AriHona= Stars passing o/er giant cacti an! scorched earth .ere the main focus of the seq$ences= Shooting the timelapses in CD on a mirror rig< , $sed my motion control system to allo. for long !olly tracks an! crane shots on a remote hea!= ,4/e !eveloped my motion control systems to cope .ith the .eight of the CD rigs= , then lit the !esert for night to heighten the sense of .on!er to contri0$te to.ar!s the NH1-meets%"i;ar sensation that the series .as aiming for= Gith no .in!< the res$lting shots ta+e on a 0ea$tif$l etherial feel as the camera !rifts along the !esert at night. expanded education, experience & qualifcations education 2617 3on!on Actor4s Gor+shop: C month co$rse co/ering !i/erse acting techni*$es for stage an! screen incl$!ing stage com0at, sight-rea!ing scripts< a$!itioning< impro/isation & metho!= C$lminated in a sho.case piece performed at FADA in front of an a$!ience of casting agents= 2612 Co$rse: 5o$rnalism 9 .riting scripts for camera .ith Vin Fay. Ho. to .rite factual (news) scripts for packages an! shoot the script. 2662 Final C$t "ro: N() 3evel 2 in ,T) .ith specialist software training in "ost "ro!$ction software (Cirencester College) 2662 - 206C #asters in B$siness #anagement< 1ni/ersity of Bath= Co$rses incl$!edI "roJect #anaging< B$!geting< Acco$nting< Direct #ar+eting< HF 1@@@ K 2062 2(i) BSc Hons in Biological Sciences< 1ni/ersity of Bath= Dissertation: #eso!erm formation !$ring late epi0oly in8enop$s experience Time-lapse , trained $n!er the timelapse legen! Tim Shepher! after lea/ing 1ni/ersity. , .or+ed as Tim4s assistant for a co$ple of years on 3ife an! then latterly FroHen "lanet. S$0seq$ently ,4/e filmed .ith Tim on series incl$!ing ing!om of "lants (S+y) an! The )$een4s Gar!en (ITV) 3ighting , ha/e .or+ed .ith 0oth Nigel 3evings (theatre 3D) an! #ar+ enyon (TV 3D) !$ring my yo$nger years to gain a 0roa! experience of lighting= , spent three months .ith Nigel as his Assistant in Sydney, an! then in San Francisco (on BaH 3$hrmann4s 3a Boheme). ,n 3on!on , .or+ed .ith #ar+ enyon on "ar+inson= Engineering -/er the past fi/e years , ha/e !esigned an! engineering /ario$s 0its of motion-control filming eq$ipment incl$!ing !olly, pan 9 tilt hea!< 204 crane, focus motors< focus 0ello.s an! turnta0les= As .ell as har!.are ,4/e !eveloped the control electronics (from C to 1A A;is), an! relays for complex plant-gro.th stu!io seq$ences= All this .as !esigned .ith the hea/ier CD rigs in min! for $se on the Atten0oro$gh CD series ,4/e filmed< 0$t eq$ally are applica0le to the lighter .orl! of 2D. C$rrently .or+ing on a 3ED light for "hantom filming= clients =roadcast and private BBC :oogle S+y ,T( Channel 2 5ames Bl$nt National Geographic ellogg4s Gorl! Economic For$m ,ntrepi! Tra/el Disco/ery Animal "lanet Vo!afone 3loyds Ban+ing Gro$p British Army abbreviated kit list .it Sony F3 & ';1 Blackmagic 2+ & "ocket Camera CD H$rricane #irror Fig Trans/i!eo CD View S 12” 264 Car0on Fi0re Crane Gireless HD sen!ers Satellite "hone (& !istress :"S) 1A A;is #otion-controller Sli!er 9 !ollies Bi Colo$r 3EDs Dedos & Di/a 3ite #ar+ Fo0erts SC Stereo Sli!ers Arri 3ights :ro.lights & relays Ni+on D866 time-lapse cameras 264 Car0on fi0re crane (motion Focus motors (for motion Fostra ro0otic arm (for motion% Dolly (for motion%control T$rnta0les (for motion-control) controlla0le) control an! CD capa0le) control) 0oth li/e an! high speed) Robert Hollingworth's CV Page 2 of 2.