TV work includes: South Bank Show, Timewatch, Omnibus, Horizon, Equinox, Storyville and Everyman + lots of experience in HD
Diary service: Carlin Crew: 019325 68268
Website: www.michaelmiles.co.uk
A few selected TV credits as Director of Photography:
TV Drama :
Blinded
STV and Scottish Screen. Filmed in HD. scanned to 35mm.(shared credit) Dir. Eleanor Yule. Prod. Oscar Van Heek.
Starring Peter Mullen, Jodhi May. Dark psychological drama set in an old mansion.
Tell Me
BBC. 50 min. Pilot for drama-comedy series. Dir. Michael McGrath.
Ghost Stories for Christmas.
BBC 2. 4 part series. Dir.Eleanor Yule. Prod: Richard Downes. Starring Christopher Lee.
Plague and the Moonflower.
BBC2.Dramatised Opera (75 mins). Ecosse Films. Dir. Robin Lough. Prod. Douglas Rae. Written and designed by Ralph Steadman, music by Richard Harvey. With Ben Kingsley, Ian Holm.
A Marriage of Inconvenience.
ITV. 2x50mins.Barraclough Carey. Prod: George Carey. Starring Neave Cussack. (Indie Award)
Documentaries with Drama Inserts:
The Devil's Words.
BBC 2. / BBC. Prod: Neil McDonald. Prod: Neil McDonald. Dir. Tim Neil. Starring James Fox and Iain Glen.
Through Hell and High Water.
90 min.BBC / Europe TV co-prod. Digi-beta scanned to 35 mm. Taylored Productions. (Silver award New York TV Festival + US Silver Screen award + BAFTA Scotland Nomination)
South Bank Show - Ian Rankin.
Granada. Dir. Tony Knox
Britain's Slave Trade.
Ch.4. 2x30mins. Brook Lapping / 10 Alps. Dir. Gill Barnes.
Witness - Quest for the True Cross.
Ch 4 / Discovery. Icon .Dir.Justin Cartwright.
Warhorse.
BBC/US History Ch. 4x50mins. Sunstone Films. Dirs. Alan Ereira / Geoff Dunlop.
The Fall of Saigon.
BBC / Discovery USA. (75 mins.) Barraclough Carey. (Indie Award)
TV Documentary :
Timewatch: Pyramid - The Last Secret
BBC / Nat. Geo. USA. -'Unlocking The Great Pyramid'. Made in HD. PSL Films. Dir. Peter Spry-Leverton. The history and latest research into how the Pyramids of Egypt were built.
Written in the Wind
Al Jazeera Int. Made in HD. Dir. Francesca Phillips. A film about the language of whistling, used for hundreds of years on the island of La Gomera in the Canaries. Recognised by the World Heritage commission and recently made compulsory teaching in all primary schools on the island.
The Red Zone
Ch 5. HD. Lighting Director on series of late night studio discussion programmes.
Amr Khaled (working title)
Made in HD. Dir. Mick Csaky. Prod. Mohammed Gohar. A film following one of the most recognisable people in the Muslim world. An Islamic televangelist with an international following akin to a rock star. Voted by Time magazine as one of 'the 100 most influential people in the World today'. Filmed around the Middle East, UK and USA.
Stairway To Heaven
Made in HD. (75 mins). West Park Pics.. Prod. Andre Singer. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. The film traces the 800 year history of the Minbar of Saladin, a priceless work of Islamic art and the story of its reconstruction, after it was destroyed 40 years ago. With the participation of HRH's King of Jordan and Prince of Wales. Filmed in Europe, and around the Middle East.
Gilbert White - Nature Man
BBC4. Made in HD. Maya Vision. Presented by Michael Wood. Life of an 18th century vicar, whose observations pioneered our view of nature and how we see the world.
Africa Live.
Documentary/concert. Shot in HDTV. for BBC/Europe co-prod.(2hrs). Antelope / Ideale Audience Paris. . Prods. Mick Csaky and Pierre-Olivier Bardet.
Asylum.
BBC / BBC Scotland. Saltire Films. Dir. Peter Barber Fleming.
Time Flyers.
Series for BBC 2. . Dir. Sandy Raffen. Pilot with Simon Thurley + first programme in the 2x6 part series.
Storyville - Games In Athens.
BBC 4. Mosaic. Dirs. Colin Luke / Amalia Zepos.
People's Planet.
3x60 mins.series shot in HDTV for CNN / NHK/ BBC. Antelope / Tele-Image France. Prod. Carol Haslam
The Dead Sea Scrolls.
Ch 4 / WGBH Boston. Dir. Justin Cartwright.
Secrets Of Lost Empires - Trebuchet.
PBS-USA / Ch 4. Nova - WGBH Boston.
Omnibus - Pierre Bonnard .
BBC 2. Dir. Eleanor Yule.
Byzantium - The Lost Empire.
Ch.4/TLC USA. (2x60 mins). ABTV. . Prod. Nick Barton. Presented by John Romer.
An Everest To Climb
ITV. (75 mins) Goldhawk Films. Dir. Matt Dickinson. (Kodak International Award - Best Documentary / Expedition Film. + `Gold Solidaieta', Trento Mountain Film Festival )
Timewatch - Lords Of The Maya.
BBC / A&E Channel USA. Sunstone Films. Dir. Alan Eriera.
Pavarrotti - My World.
PBS USA. (90 mins) WNET New York.
Stratosfear.
Ch 4 / Nat.Geographic USA. Mosaic Films. Dir.Matt Dickinson.
Placido Domingo - A Musical Life.
ITV/PBS/WNET USA (90 mins) Antelope. Dir. Mick Csaky.
Windsor Restored.
ITV. Ardent Prods. Dir. Robin Bextor. Prod: Edward Windsor. (Gold award. New York TV Festival + US Betty Award)
Equinox - Avalanche.
Ch.4/Discovery USA. Pioneer Prods. Prod. Stewart Carter. (Winner - Cine Golden Eagle)
Cutting Edge.The Last Flight Of Zulu Delta 576
Ch. 4. Paladin Pictures.
The Seven Wonders of the World.
2x50mins. Ch. 4/ Discovery USA. ABTV. Dir. Peter Spry-Leverton. Presented by John Romer. (Silver award - New York Film & TV Festival)
The Bigger Picture.
6 part series BBC 2. Ecosse Films. Dir.Douglas Rae. Presented by Billy Connelly. ( BAFTA Award )
Also Corporate Productions for :
Including: British Airways, BP, COI, Citroen, Cunard, Ford, HSBC, KPMG, LloydsTSB, London Eye, National Ballet, NHS, Post Office, Readers Digest, RSC, Savoy Hotel Group, Time Warner, Toyota.
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