Credits
Date – August 2020
Production Co – Castle Valley Films
Title – Shepherd
Production – Feature Film
Director – Russell Owen
Producer – Karim Tshibangu
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Bernie Prentice
Dry Camera Assistant – Zoe Masters
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – August 2020
Production Co – Just Fred
Title – Space – Music Video for Biffy Clyro
Director – Joe Connor
Producer – Fred Bonham Carter
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Dry Camera Assistant – Zoe Masters
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – July 2020
Production Co – The Black Arts Company
Title – Bristol Street Motors TV Commercial
Director – Ian Cassie
Producer – Jack Woods
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Dry & Wet DOP & Underwater Camera Operator
Date – June 2020
Production Co – Dog Star Films
Title – Spaceman
Director – Clare Lewins
Producer – George Chignel
Dry DOP – Stuart Luck
Production – Feature Film
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater DOP & Camera Operator
Date – March 2020
Production Co – Doubleband Films
Title – Speaking in Silence
Director / Cast – Zoe Tweedy
Producer – Brian Henry Martin
Production – Feature film (BFI funded)
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater DOP & Camera Operator
Date – December 2019
Production Co – Affixxius Films
Title – Project T (working title)
Director – James Cookson
Production – TV Commercial
Location – Pool in London
Role – Underwater camera Operator
Date – September 2019
Production Co – Passion Picture Films Ltd
Title – ‘Rising Phoenix’ – featuring Ellie Cole
Directors – Ian Bonhote & Peter Ettedgui
Production – Sports Documentary
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – September 2019
Production Co – Rayzor Edge Films
Title – The Beast – When Eddie met Arnie
Dir – Chris Fretwell
Production – Feature Sports Documentary
Shot on location
Role – Underwater DOP & Camera Operator
Date – August 2019
Production Co – Sky Creative
Title – Anthony Joshua V Ruiz
Dir – Chris Kirtley
Production – Sky fight promotion
Studio – Pinewood U Stage
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater DOP
(Underwater creative promotion film for Joshua V Ruiz December 2019)
Date – July 2019
Production Co – Loose Canon Films Ltd
Title – The Colour of Madness
Dir – Andy Collier / Tor Mian
Production – Feature Film
Studio – The Underwater Studio
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – June 2019
Production Co – The Uncovered Group
Client – Grass & Co – Brighton Swimming Club
Dir – Chris Cookson
Production – Product Ad
Location – Shot in the sea in Brighton
Role – Underwater / water camera operator
Date – April 2019
Production Co – The RNLI
Title – Life Skills
Dir – Harrison Bates
Production – Instruction film for TV and Web
Location – Shot on location in Dorset
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater and non underwater DOP & Camera Operator
Date – April 2019
Production Co – Zac Macaulay Films
Title – One World
Director & Underwater Camera Operator – Zac Macaulay
Producer – Fiona Edwards
Location – Little Dippers Pool in Brighton
Assistant – George Laycock
Date – March 2019
Production Co – China Kingway
Title – Air Ray (Vortex of Plastic)
Dir – Dominic Faraway in association with Zhang Yimou
Production – Art Feature Film
Studio – The Underwater Studio
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater DOP & Camera Operator
Date – February 2019
Title – Daniel Tomkins
Dir – George Laycock
Production – Music Video
Location – pool in Brighton
Role – Underwater DOP and Camera Operator
Date – January 2019
Title – Mother
Dir – Nick Sneath
Production – Independant Short Film
Location – pool in Brighton
Role -Underwater DOP and Camera Operator
Date – December 2018
Production Co – Sky 1 Comedy
Title – Brassic
Dir – Jon Wright
Production – Drama comedy for TV
Location – Shot on location
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – November 2018
Client – Speedo
Photographer – Tom van Schelven
Production – International Stills Campaign
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Underwater technical advisor & underwater 1st assistant
Date – October 2018
Title – Roo Panes
Dir – Chris Thomas
Production – Music Video
Location – On location in UK waters
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – September 2018
Production Co – You Are Here
Client – New Covent Garden Soups
Dir – Alex Tiernan
Production – TV Ad
Location – Shot on location near Pinewood Studios
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – May 2018
Production Co – Dark Matter Studios
Title – The Unfamiliar
Dir – Henk Pretorius
Production – Feature Film
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Underwater Camera Operator
Date – April 2018
Production Co – Making Pictures
Production – IAMS Dog Food
Photographer – Dan Burn-Forti
Shot at a pool in Guildford Surrey
Role – Underwater advisor & 1st underwater assistant
Date – September 2017
Production Co – Horton Stephens
Dir – Louis Jack Horton Stephens
Production – Sink or Swim with Frankie Hayward
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater Stills
Date – May 2017
Production Co – Left Bank Pictures
Title – Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Red Underwater Housing Hire
Date – May 2017
Title – Hard Sun
Director – Glyn Harper
Production – TV Crime Drama
Location – Shot in London
Production Co – Euston Films
Role – Underwater cameraman
Date – May 2017
Production Co – Belloq Productions
Title – Rueful Warrior
Dir – Mark Owen
Production – Short feature film
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Underwater DOP and cameraman
Date – March 2017
Production Co – 10 Management
Title – Take That International Wonderland tour
Location – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role -Underwater stills
Date – October 2016
Production Co – Tea Time Productions
Title – Fit Bit with Strictly Come Dancing
Client – Polly Betton
Production – World wide Ad campaign
Location – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Producer and Photographer
Date – August 2016
Production Co – FKC
Client – Pantene Pro V Shampoo
Dir – Nick Sneath
Production – TV Ad
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Role – Underwater DOP
Date – May 2016
Production Co – Kingdom London
Title – Finding Dory Promo for the Disney Channel
Client – Adam Loveday-Brown
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Underwater DOP and cameraman
Date – March 2016
Production Co – Lee Publicity
Client – Littlewood’s National swimwear campaign
Director – Elisca Coelho
Production – Shooting Myleene Klaas for Littlewood’s swimwear range
Location – Pool in central London
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – DOP, Producer and underwater photographer
RELEVANT PROJECTS BEFORE 2016
Client – Cosmo Sarson
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Project – Creative underwater photography
Role – Producer & underwater photographer
Production Co – Goodmans Food Group
Client – Burger and Lobster Resturant chain (Merlobs)
Production – Ads
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Producer, DOP and photographer
Production Co – Brands 2 Life
Client – Sony
Production – Sony Underwater Walkman
Location – Pool in Surrey
Role – Photographer
Client – Merlin Entertainment
Production – Brighton Sealife Centre
Role – Underwater photographer and filming
Client – Little Dippers Ltd Brighton
Director – Nick Sneath
Location – Pool in Brighton
Production – (Babies Dream) Corporate Video
Role – Producer, cameraman and Underwater DOP
Client – Merlin Sealife Centres
Location – Brighton Sealife
Role – Photographer / Underwater Photographer
Production Co – Arthur
Client – British Heart Foundation
Production – Mending Broken Hearts, national ad campaign, film and stills
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – DOP, Cameraman and photographer
Production Co – Freud Communications
Client – Guinness
Production – Guinness Submarine under Ice in Sweden
Role – Photographer
Production Co – Beatwax
Client – Oxfam
Director – Michael Brown
Location – The London Aquarium
Production – Copenhagen Climate Change Summit Image
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Photographer
Client – Camouflage Magazine
Publication House – Haymarket Publishing
Aim – To shoot the British Army Water Polo Team
Role – Producer and photographer
Production Co – The National Lottery
Production – £80 million rollover with Kelly Brook
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Photographer
Production Co – Farm
Client – British Heart Foundation
Production – UK Stills Ad Campaign (Lawnmower Man)
Studio – The Underwater Studio, Basildon
Gaffer – Neil Blackman
Role – Producer, DOP and photographer
Production Co – Langland Advertising
Client – Langland Squibb
Production – Searching Deeper, Worldwide stills campaign
Location – Cayman Brac
Role – Photographer
Production Co & Client – Boots PLC
Production – Launch of National health Centres
Location – Pool in Surrey
Role – Photographer
Production Co – Gower Advertising
Client – Elan Pharma
Production – Diving Girl
Location – Crystal Palace Diving Centre
Role – Photographer
Client – Thames Division Police
Location – Canary Wharf, River Thames, London
Aim – Shooting Police Divers in London
Role – Producer and photographer
Production Co – Gorard Dean
Client – Sappi Silken Paper
Production – Stills ad campaign
Role – Producer and photographer
Production Co – The BBC
Production – How to Build a Human – To illustrate a TV show of the same name
Studio – The Underwater Studio Basildon
Role – Photographer
Client – London Aquarium
Production – Shooting the main Atlantic Shark Tank
Role – Photographer
Production Co – Lowe Agency
Client – Diesel
Production – Drowning Scene
Location – Film pool in Hampshire
Role – Photographer and producer
