2022: Plimsoll Productions - in production
BBC NHU - in production
2021:
‘A Year on Planet Earth’
Plimsoll Productions for ITV+
Filmed Elephants in Zimbabwe which included the night predation scene. Filmed the night scenes with A Sony FX6 mounted in the Shotover M1 gimbal. The day scenes were shot on a Red in the M1.
JDP - in production.
'Serengeti 3'
John Downer Productions|BBC/Discovery
Filming in the Serengeti in Tanzania.
‘Supernatural Planet’ Plimsoll Productions for Disney+/National Geographic. Filming Black Leopards in East Africa.
2020:
'Serengeti 2'
John Downer Productions|BBC/Discovery
I was based in the Serengeti in Tanzania filming primarily with the Shotover F1 from a vehicle. Also using drones and lots of remote cameras and devices.
2019:
'Serengeti 2'
John Downer Productions|BBC/Discovery
‘Tiny Planet’
Plimsoll Productions | Apple TV
Filmed for the Sengi and Elephant sequence in Kenya.
‘Spy in the Wild 2’
JDP | BBC
Filmed Japanese Macaques in the Hot springs
2018:
‘Night on Earth’
Plimsoll Productions | Netflix
Filming at night on the Shotover F1 with a Sony A7s11 and a 250mm lens for the Elephant and Lion sequence.
‘Spy in the Wild 2' 'In production’
BBC
Filming hippos in Zambia, Artic Foxes in Svalbaard, Gorillas in Uganda
‘Spy in the Snow'
JDP | BBC
Filming Sea Otters in Alaska with the Shotover F1 from a Boat
‘Spy in the Wild 2'
JDP | BBC
Filming the Sea Turtle Arribada in Costa Rica.
2016 - 2017:
'Serengeti'
JDPBBC/Discovery
I was based in the Serengeti in Tanzania for 18 months filming primarily with the Shotover F1 from a vehicle. Also using drones and lots of remote cameras and devices.
2016:
'Spy in the Wild 1'
JDP | BBC
Filming crocodiles nesting along the Nile in Uganda.
2014 - 2015:
'Spy in the Wild 2'
JDP | BBC
Filmed various sequences for this Series. Wild dogs in Botswana, Prairie dogs in Colorado, Meerkats in South Africa, Cranes in Sweden.
2014:
'Pets-Wild at Heart'
JDP | BBC
'Spy in the Wild 1'
JDP | BBC
Filming Chimpanzees in Senegal
'Junior Bake-Off'
Love Productions | BBC
Aerial filming using a Drone.
'Meganature'
JDP | BBC
Filming Monarch Butterflies in Mexico.
2013:
'Animals like us'
JDP | BBC
Filming Meerkats in South Africa.
'Junior Bake-Off'
Love Productions | BBC
Aerial filming using a Drone.
'New Forest Promotional Film'
Skylark Media
Cameraman and Drone operator.
'Great British Bake-Off'
Love Productions | BBC
Aerial filming using a Drone.
'Dolphins Spy in the Pod'
JDP | BBC
Filming Dolphins Strand feeding in South Carolina, USA.
'Photographing Africa'
Testimony Films | BBC
Documentary Cameraman in South Sudan and Kenya.
2012:
'Earthflight 3D'
JDP | BBC
Filming Scarlet Macaws in 3D with a Mirror rig in UK and Peru.
'Exmoor Visitor Centre film'
Skylark Media
Cameraman for 2 x 30 sec TV Commercials and a Promotional film.
'Dynasties-Chimpanzees'
BBC NHU | BBC
Filming Chimps in Senegal
'Earthflight 3D'
JDP | BBC
Filming Mobula Rays and Pelicans in Mexico and Turtles in Costa Rica in 3D using Mirror Rigs.
'Earthflight'
JDP | BBC
Filming in Kenya, Finland, Tanzania, Turkey, Nepal, Sweden.
'Eearthlight 3D'
JDP | BBC
Filming the Turtle Arribada in Costa Rica for this 3D production with Red Epics on Mirror and parallel rigs.
'Exmoor National Park'
Skylark Media
Filming in Exmoor National Park for this Promotional Video. Filming on Canon XF305
'Eearthlight 3D'
Skylark Media
Filming for this 3D production on Red Epics using a parallel rig on a tracking car.
'Survival'
BBC NHU
Filming Chimpanzees in Senegal for this BBC Series. Filming on Red Epic.
'Earthlight 3D'
JDP | BBC
Filming Mobula Rays and Brown Pelicans in Baja, Mexico for this 3D Production using Mirror rigs and Parallel rigs with Red Epic cameras.
'RSPB'
RSPB Film Unit
Filming for a programme about the Proposed new airport in the Thames Estuary for the RSPB.
2011:
'Penguins - Spy in the Huddle'
JDP | BBC
Filmed ‘The making Of’.
'Earthflight'
DP | BBC
Filming in Kenya, Finland, Tanzania, Turkey, Nepal, Sweden.
‘Earthflight’
JDP | BBC
Filming Cranes in Sweden for this 6 part BBC Series. Filming on Red One camera.
2010:
'To The Wonder'
Terence Malik
Cameraman on the Starlight Scenes for this Feature Film, using Ammonites Starlight Camera in Oklahoma, USA.
'Night Stalkers'
Ammonite | BBC
Filming using Ammonites Starlight camera in Kenya.
'Lion Warriors'
Godal Original Productions
Filming wildlife sequence for this National Geographic film produced by Kire Godal. Filming on Red One.
Location: Kenya.
'Earthlight'
JDP | BBC
Filming various sequences for this 6 part series. Shooting on a Red One camera.
Location: Kenya, Finland.
2009- 2010:
'Earthflight'
JDP | BBC
Filming in Kenya, Finland, Tanzania, Turkey, Nepal, Sweden.
2009:
'Night of the Lion'
Ammonite Ltd
Filming Lions at night using the latest Starlight and thermal imaging cameras for Ammonite Ltd, UK for National Geographic.
Location: Maasai Mara, Kenya.
'Earthlight'
JDP | BBC
Filming various sequences around the world for this 6 part series. Shooting on a RED ONE camera. And also Photron SA2 High speed.
Location: Kenya, Tanzania, Turkey, Nepal.
2008 - 2009:
‘The Great Rift - Africa's Greatest Story'
BBC NHU
Filming sequences for this BBC three part series in Kenya. Servals, Elephants, widow birds, Bongo, Vultures, Flamingos. Filming on Panasonic HD Varicam.
Location: Kenya
2008:
'The Great Rift - Der grobe Graden'
Cosmos Film Factory
Filming sequences for this Cosmos Factory Film Production series on the Rift Valley in Tanzania and Kenya for ORF, Austria. Filming on Sony HDW 750.
Locations: Udzungwa, Ruaha, Maasai Mara, Turkana, Nakuru.
'The Great Flood - Natures Great Events'
BBC NHU
Filmed sequences for this BBCNHU production in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Filming on Panasonic HD Varicam.
'Elephants without borders'
Afriscreen Films
Filmed sequences for this Afriscreen Films Production in Botswana.
Filming on Panasonic HD Varicam
'LIFE' Fish
BBC NHU
Filmed Hippos at Mazima Springs in Kenya for BBNHU.
Filming on Panasonic HD Varicam.
'SWARM- Nature’s Incredible Invasions'
JDP | BBC
Filmed Lake Fly sequence for this John Downer Production film for the BBC.
Filmed on Sony HDW750.
Location: Lake Victoria, Uganda
2007:
‘LIFE' – Reptiles and Amphibians
BBC NHU
Filmed a sequence on Bullfrogs for this BBCNHU 12 part series.
Filming on super 16mm for high speed and Panasonic HD Varicam
Location: Gauteng, South Africa.
2005:
'The Curse of Cooper'
True Nature Films
A True Nature Films production on the effects of a proposed Copper mine in the Cloud forest of Ecuador.
2004:
'Swamp Cats'
Afriscreen Films
Principal cameraman (shot 80%) on an Afriscreen Productions S16mm film for the BBC ‘Natural World’ series. A film about lions in the Okavango delta and how they cope with living in a watery world for half the year. Shot in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
2002 - 2003:
'The Great Thirstland' and the 'Flooded Desert'
Wild Logic
Two High Definition films for NHK Japan and PBS. Produced by Wild Logic/Tim Liversedge Productions. Shot on HD in Botswana. (Shot 90% of Great Thirstland.) Both natural History films about the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.
2000:
'Roar: Lions of the Kalahari'
Tim Liversedge Productions
A large format film about Lions living in the Kalahari in Botswana shot for Tim Liversedge Productions in association with National Geographic. Shot on 35mm and 65mm. Richard shot 70% of the footage.
'Wet and Wild'
Londolozi Productions
Cameraman for Londolozi Productions in association with Explore International for this Super 16mm film about the endangered wetland areas of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa.
1999:
'Roar: Lions of the Kalahari'
Tim Liversedge Productions
A large format film about Lions living in the Kalahari in Botswana shot for Tim Liversedge Productions in association with National Geographic. Shot on 35mm and 65mm. Richard shot 70% of the footage.
'Triumph of Life'
Green Umbrella
Sequence work for this Green Umbrella production shot on Super 16mm in Botswana.
'Channel 9, Australia'
Colin Fitzgerald
A documentary about the travels of Australian, Colin Fitzgerald, from South Africa to Kenya. Filmed on DVCam.
1998 - 1999:
'Makgadikgadi - Sea of grass and soda'
Tim Liversedge Productions
A Tim Liversedge Production in association with Inter Lingual Television for Animal Planet and international distribution. Shot in Central Botswana on 35mm and Video.
1998:
'A herd of their own'
Tim Liversedge Productions
A Tim Liversedge Production for Inter Lingual and Animal Planet. A documentary on three orphaned elephants and their relationship with their human adopted family. Filmed on DVCam and Betacam SP in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
1996 - 1998:
Londolozi Productions
Shooting on Super 16mm for various films including ‘Perfect Mothers, Perfect Predators’, ‘The Mating Game’, ‘River Dinosaur’, ‘Horn vs. Claw’, ‘Brotherhood’ and ‘Jamu, the Orphaned Leopard’ (all distributed by Explore International). Locations included the Maasai Mara in Kenya, the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, and Londolozi Game Reserve in the Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.
1994 - 1995:
Tim Liversedge Productions
Filming in the Okavango Delta for stock library footage on Betacam SP. This entailed setting up special camera rigs on filming vehicles, boats, airboats, helicopters and aeroplanes. Constructed various sets for filming insects, snakes, birds etc, which had to resemble their natural habitat exactly.
1992 - 1994:
Commercials/Corporates
Freelanced in the film industry in South Africa as cameraman, camera assistant, grip and location/transport manager on various TV commercials and corporate videos.
1990 - 1992:
‘Haunt of the Fishing Owl'
BBC NHU
Camera assistant to Tim Liversedge on this award-winning documentary shot in the ‘panhandle’ of the Okavango Delta.
1989 - 1990:
Catchlight Pictures, Johannesburg, South Africa
Employed as Production Manager doing various Corporate, Training and product launch videos for clients such as Toyota, Nissan, SA Eagle, and Coca-cola. Whilst at Catchlight I also completed an Environmental Awareness documentary. Experience gained here included budgeting, production and post-production.
PRE 1990 South Africa
Grip in the film industry. Bundu Thatch – partner in small thatching business. 4WD Traction. – Developed and installed a Suspension system and diff-lock for Toyota Vehicles. Rebuilt Toyota Landcruisers for the Safari industry. Geological Field Technician.
1990: