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Born: Perth, Scotland, 1-6-65. Age: 42

Education: School of Film & TV, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design, 1985-1987.

Diving: HSE Commercial Diver (Part 4), PADI & BSAC Instructor.

Background: Andy lives in Tenerife with his wife Hannah and their baby daughter, Alba. As well as providing crew and equipment in the Canary Islands, Andy also offers his clients bases from London and Scotland.

 

Below is just a small cross-section of some of the productions Andy has shot during the last 10 years.

Commercials:

Arabia Insurance

The Fantastic Film Factory. Director. Hiram Na´man

Location:  Tenerife - Underwater. Format: Super 16mm.

 

Europa Bank

Filma Cass. Director: Serdar Isik.

Location:  Turkey - Underwater. Format: 35mm.

 

Deep Sea World

Picardy  TV. Director: Clive Chapman.

Location:  Scotland. Format: Super 16mm.

 

Herald on Sunday

IWC Productions. Director: Hamish Barbour.

Location: Scotland. Format: Super 16mm.

 

Direct Holidays (20 x 30 secs)

1576 Advertising. Director: Tim Maguire.

Location:  Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.

 

Indian Motorcycles

Picardy TV. Director: Tim Maguire.

Location:  Scotland. Format: 35mm.

 

Vitalinea (Danone)  (3 x 30 secs)

La Fabrica. Director: Teddy Murphy.

Location:  Tenerife. Format: HD-Cam 25p (as operator).

 

TV Documentaries:

SKY HD: Final Chance to Save... Sea Turtles

Tiger Aspect Productions. Director: Finn McGough.

Location: Barbados, Trinidad, Suriname. Format: HD-Cam 25p.

Discovery Channel: Heart of Ice

TWI Productions. Director: Dan Gold.

Location: Antarctica. Format: Digital Betacam.

CH4 UK: Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest

TV6 Productions. Director: Andy McLeod.

Location: Indonesia. Format: Super 16mm.

BBC: Lady of the Lake

IWC Productions. Director: Hamish Barbour.

Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: QED "Spontaneous Human Combustion"

BBC London. Director: Jan Klimkowski.

Location: Scotland. Format: Betacam SP.

CH4 UK: The Private Lives of the Pharaohs

TV6 Productions. Director: Richard Reisz.

Location: Egypt. Format: Digital Betacam.

CH4 UK: Lonely Planet: Ethiopia

Pilot Productions. Director: Mark Soldinger.

Location: Ethiopia. Format:  Betacam SP.

CH4 UK: Lonely Planet: Pakistan

Pilot Productions. Director: Luke Campbell.

Location: Pakistan. Format:  Betacam SP.

CH4 UK: Tribal Visions: The Dogon

TV6 Productions. Director: Sara Brown.

Location: Mali. Format:  Digital Betacam.

CH4 UK: Equinox: Sun Storms

John Gau Productions. Director: Dan Chambers.

Location: Israel. Format:  Digital Betacam.

CH4 UK: Point of No Return

Darlow Smithson Productions. Director: Jeremy Turner.

Location: USA. Format:  Digital Betacam.

CH4 UK: Sex and the Scientist

Diverse Productions. Director: Robert Eagle.

Location: Borneo. Format:  Digital Betacam.

Discovery Channel: Tornado - Awesome Force

Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis.

Location: USA/Canada. Format:  Digital Betacam.

Discovery Channel: Storm Force

Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis

Location: USA. Format:  Digital Betacam.

Discovery Channel: Worlds Worst Weather

Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis.

Location: USA. Format:  Digital Betacam.

 

Discovery Channel: Mummies Trilogy

Brighton Films. Director: Chris Warren.

Location: Tenerife. Format:  Digital Betacam.

 

TV Series:

Travel Channel: Globe Trekkers

Pilot Productions. Director: Navin Thapar.

Location: Crete.

BBC: Really Wild Show

BBC Bristol. Director: Megan Lander.

Location: eg. Scotland, Texas, Iceland, Indonesia.

BBC: Essential Guide to Rocks

BBC Bristol. Directors: Dan Gold, Jeremy Turner.

Location: Scotland, England. Format: Betacam SP.

BBC: Hyperlinks

BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.

Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: Bright Sparks

BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.

Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: Against all Odds

BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.

Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: Bits and Bobs

BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.

Location: Scotland/Holland. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: Dream On

BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.

Location: Israel. Format: Digital Betacam.

BBC: Get a New Life

Brighter Pictures. Director: Charlotte Browne.

Location: Tenerife. Format: DV-Cam Underwater footage.

Ch4 UK: Extraordinary Ancestors

Freeform Productions. Director: Dominic Allan.

Location:  Germany, India, Trinidad. Format: Digital Betacam.

Ch4 UK: Absolutely Animals

Endemol Productions. Directors: Dan Chambers; Joe Kennedy.

Location:  Scotland, Cameroon. Format: Digital Betacam.

 

Other TV shows have included: Tomorrows World (BBC), Book Worm (BBC), 999 (BBC), Trust Me I'm a Doctor (BBC); Food & Drink (BBC), Ex-s (BBC Scotland), Frontline Scotland (BBC Scotland), The Big Country (BBC Scotland) The Brief (Ch4), Dispatches (Ch4), Holidays From Hell (ITV). Frontline Scotland (BBC Scotland), Black Bag (Ch4).