Credits
Michael's flexibility has meant that his Camera/DoP credits include both surface and underwater shoots on a variety of media including 35mm film, HD and most of the SD formats. He is used to working on broadcast, commercial and non-broadcast projects anywhere in the world.
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Selected Credits
- 'Atlantic' - BBC NHU (Underwater Camera)
- 'Japan' - BBC NHU (Underwater Camera)
- 'Shark' - Sand Tigers BBC NHU (DoP)
- Maldives - filming stock shots
- 'Galapagos' - Sky/Colossus underwater (DoP)
- 'Plastic Oceans' - Plastic Oceans Foundation (DoP)
- 'Atlas of Two Seas' - Maritime Archaeological Trust (Producer/Director)
- 'Swimming with Crocodiles' - BBC U/W (DoP)
- 'Desert Seas' - National Geographic (DoP)
- 'Shipwrecks of the Western Solent' - New Forest National Parks (Producer/Director)
- 'Oceans' (4 Programmes) - BBC Science (Camera)
- 'Life' Bahamas/Falklands - BBC NHU (Camera)
- 'Darwin's Garden' - BBC Scotland (Camera)
- 'Pacific Abyss' - With Kate Humble - BBC NHU (Camera)
- Commmercial 'Migrating Bottles' Bulmers Cider (DoP)
- 'Penguin Safari' - National Geographic Channel (DoP)
- 'Raising Sancho' - BBC Natural World (Principal Camera)
- 'Coasts' (Puffins) - BBC Birmingham (Camera)
- 'In the Womb' - Channel 4 (Camera)
- 'Nature of Britain' - BBC NHU (Camera)
- 'Ocean Odyssey' - Impossible Pictures (Camera)
- 'The Last Hunt' - SKY TV (Principal Camera)
- 'Walking with Dinosaurs' - BBC Science & Features (DoP)
- 'Walking with Monsters' - Impossible Pictures. (DoP)
- 'Walking With Beasts' - BBC Science & Features (DoP)
- 'Sea Monsters' Programmes 1, 2 & 3 - Impossible Pictures. (DoP)
- 'Wetlands' - Hong Kong Government. (DoP)
- 'Darien - Disaster in Paradise' - BBC Horizon.(Principal Camera)
- 'Malaria - The Fall of Rome' - BBC Glasgow. (Camera)
- 'Killer Whales - Wildlife Special' - Norway - BBC NHU. (Camera)
- 'Dive to Shark City - with Neil Morrissey' - BBC NHU. (Camera)
- 'Blue Planet' various sequences - BBC NHU. (Underwater Camera)
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Awards
- 2012 Missoula Film Festival Merit award for underwater cinematography - 'Desert Seas'.
- 2002 EMMY award for Cinematography - 'Blue Planet'.
- 2002 Silver medal at New York Film Festival for Cinematography - 'War Wrecks of the Coral Seas'
- 2000 Bronze medal at New York Festival for Cinematography - 'Midway: Island of Life'
- 1999 Gold and Bronze awards at 'Diver Magazine' Underwater Film Festival, Birmingham - 'Dive to Shark City' and 'Lost Lakes of the Pacific'
- 1999 Bronze award for Stills portfolio at 'Diver Magazine' Underwater Film Festival, Birmingham.
- 1998 Silver medal at the New York Film Festival for Cinematography - 'Dragons of Komodo'
- 1996 EMMY Award for Cinematography - 'Private Life of Plants'
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Photographic Credits
Michael's photography has appeared in a wide variety of publications. Here are a few examples of books using his pictures:- 'Wild Caribbean'
- 'Wild Down Under'
- 'Sea Monsters'
- 'Walking with Dinosaurs'
- 'The Green Dragon' - a look at Hong Kong's natural environment - Principal Photographer.
- 'Return to the Heart of the Dragon' - photographic book on Hong Kong.
- 'Wild India'
- 'New Guinea - An Island Apart'
- 'Private Life of Plants'