Camerawork
Long-lens: Canon CN20, CN7. Phantom VEO, RED (Raptor/Helium/Gemini), FX6, C300Mk3.
Rigs: 3-axis mo-co slider timelapse. Gimbals and dollies.
Remote cameras: Bradley PTZ operation
Drone: Mavic3 & 2Pro, EU+CAA license.
Software: Premiere Pro, Audition, Resolve, ShotputPro, etc.
Logistics: Clean EU/international driving license, fluent in English/Spanish, field biologist.
I have experience with macro, aerial and presenter-sync filming, but what I most enjoy is long-lens: the excitement of searching for the animal, trying to predict its next move, and the challenge of tracking a fast-moving subject through the frame...
Below you can see some lucky high-speed stills!
Experience
PROFESSIONAL
• BBC NHU - SERIES TBA (2024) – 2nd camera on a 3-week shoot for a blue chip series. Long lens cross-shooting with the main operator and setting up motion-control timelapse.
• LIGHT & SHADOW TV - SERIES TBA (2024) – 6-month stint as in-house camera assistant for blue chip shoots across various countries. Shooting long lens, high-speed, drone, macro, DIT.
• SILVERBACK FILMS - SERIES TBA (2024) – Remote-camera operation, multi-cam setup.
• INTO THE WILD PROD. - ONE-OFF TBA (2023) - Long-lens 2nd camera on a 2-week shoot for a blue-chip film on Spanish wildlife.
• PLIMSOLL - SUPERNATURAL (2022) – Assistant on two shoots filming BTS and production stills.
• OFF THE FENCE – HIDDEN WONDERS OF EUROPE (2022) – Archive footage, long-lens. Previously at Off The Fence, researcher work experience.
• IGME - ONE-OFF (2023) - Main camera on a geology documentary for Spanish TV and institutions.
• BBC – WONDERS OF THE CELTIC DEEP (2021) – Archive footage, long-lens.
• SPANISH NATIONAL TV – AQUÍ LA TIERRA (2021) – Archive footage, long-lens.
• INTO THE WILD PROD. - ONE-OFF TBA (2023) - Film editor & screenwriter on a one-off 55' blue-chip.
• CANON SPAIN / WILDWATCHINGSPAIN – Filmed & edited short promos at their wildlife photohides in Spain. Additional fieldwork experience setting up bird hides for other tour companies.
• MADRID NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM / COMUNIDAD DE MADRID - Filmed & edited 45' sync documentary about fossil site research.
• ELEPHANT TRAILS SAFARI CO - Work experience, assistant in safaris to Botswana/Zimbabwe, filmed promos.
ACADEMIC
• BSc BIOLOGY – UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE MADRID - Specialising in animal behaviour.
• MA WILDLIFE FILMMAKING – UWE BRISTOL - In partnership with BBC-NHU.
• FIELDWORK INTERNSHIP – MNCN Behavioural Ecology & Endocrinology Lab - Studying bird behaviour.
