About Phil

Hi, I’m Phil!

I work primarily in corporate video as a DoP / Editor and my specialty within corporate is science, technology and healthcare; subjects I have an affinity for, along with the kind of people who work in those areas.

Finance has also been a mainstay, with productions, live streams and media training for major international banks and investment companies.

Working with directors, whether in the room or remote, my aim is to help them get what they are looking for and as much as possible, have the technology of the shoot become secondary to the relationship of the talent to the audience.

If I am directing non-professional talent in front of the camera, whether a lit and art-directed sit-down documentary style piece or a behind-the-scenes vox-pop grabbed on the go, I am looking for an injection of personality that lifts the content from information to informing.

Helping deliver media and presentation training alongside numerous talented journalists to executives and spokespeople across areas ranging from crisis comms to billion-dollar acquisitions helps considerably, as does teaching acting for the screen and media production for cohorts ranging from postgrads to children, work which sometimes includes directing, shooting and editing shorts and showreel pieces.

For the majority of my work, the style and filming approach are driven by the need to get the best looking and sounding shot while being restricted in time and location. I like it to look natural, but with a lift – modelling the light on the face, having deep backgrounds that if possible immerse us in the world of the story and tell us something extra. Working a lot as a small crew or solo shooter on shoots abroad, the simple logistics of moving kit around often dictates what is possible.

I really like assignments such as case studies where there is the opportunity to tell a story and visually bring it life but more than anything, I love the variety.

Owned Cameras & Equipment

Cameras

• FX3
• FX30
• FS5 Mk

My gear is biased towards the maximum production capability for the minimum size and weight, reflecting a lot of flying. I am lucky enough to have two fabulous rental houses in walking distance with Arris, Reds, Canon, Sony etc. for more heavily specced shoots as well as colleagues with gear I use. 

Lenses

• Fuji Cinezoom 18 – 50 2.9
• Tamron 17 – 70 2.8
• Sony 24 – 240 3.5 – 6.3
• Sony 55 1.8
• Sigma 16 1.4
• Sony pancake 16 – 50, matte box
• VNDs
• Polariser
• Grads
• Bloom Gold
• Black and white pro-mist

Tripods

• Miller Arrow 30
• Manfrotto
• K&F Concept M1 with video head
• Various travel photo tripods for locked-off

Lights

• SmallRig 450D
• 2 x SmallRig 120D
• SmallRig 85 Dome
• Aputure Lantern
• Aladdin Flexlight
• 2 x Aputure MCs
• 3 x Dedolights
• 4 x SunStar Fluorescent
• Various light control inc blacks, reflectors, autopoles, greenscreens, white backdrops, smoke canisters,

Sound

• Rode Wireless Pro pair with reporter handles and plain (unbranded) foam
• Rode Wireless Go 2 pair
• Sony URX radio 2 mic set
• Sony ECM 673
• Sennheiser K6 ME66
• 2 x Sony XM1
• AKG plate mics
• Sony stereo mic
• Roland recorder
• Sound blankets
• Yamaha 400 PA system

Extras

• Ronin RS Pro, 16″ Client monitor
• Hollyland wireless
• iPad Teleprompter
• Odyssey
• Zato
• BlackMagic 4k Video Assist 7″
• Edelkrone slider
• Folding cart

Showreel

Watch my showreel on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/1146962977

If you’d like to see some medical communications work I’ve done, watch that here

Home Location

Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Also available to work in

• London
• UK
• Europe

Languages

• English – native
• French – beginner

Roles and Functions

• Director of Photography – since 1995
• Editor – since 1990
• Sound recordist – since 1993