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Gavin Campbell
Director/Cameraperson, Lighting Cameraperson
United Kingdom

Gavin's Biography

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As an award-winning Director/ Cameraman and occasional Producer I have experience in documentary, corporate, sport and news production.

I specialise in remote, hostile and other environments or projects where it's not always desirable or possible to send a larger crew.  Having worked extensively overseas including remote parts of Africa and the Middle East and with all three services of the British Armed Forces, I am attracted to the challenge of creating powerful, effective and striking content whether embedded in Iraq, filming wildlife on a remote island in the Atlantic or from a tent on the side of a Scottish mountain.

My experience as a Producer means I am acutely aware of the importance of being sympathetic to schedules and budgets whilst always mindful that the core of any production should be a compelling story.

I am a firm believer in the benefit of multi-skilling where it brings increased and appropriate value to a production. As a result I am able to edit confidently and creatively using a wide range of industry standard NLEs, several to online standard.

I am equally comfortable with working alone on fast-turnaround, time-limited productions as I am working on more complex, higher-end shoots with larger lighting and production teams.

I am also aware that technical and creative skills are only part of what's required on a production and approach every project with good humour, openness, flexibility and professionalism.

Additionally, I have a wide-ranging background in the industry. As a radio news producer I spent time working in West Africa as well as working undercover with prostitutes and interviewing terrorists in Northern Ireland. I have also worked as a print journalist and my work has appeared in The Guardian, The Scotsman and The List.
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Credits

FOR FULL CREDIT LIST -  PLEASE SEE WEBSITE OR DOWNLOAD CV , United Kingdom
2010 - Director/Cameraperson
www.diverseambition.com

International Handball  - Avanti Sport Ltd , United Kingdom
2010 - Cameraperson
Quarter finals, European Handball

Rocks in a Hard Place: II Sqn in Basra - COI , Iraq
2009 - Director/Cameraperson
six mont ob doc following the servicemen of II Sqn on the frontline in Iraq. Digibeta, lipstick cameras.

Comic Relief Simon Pegg/ Nick Frost - BBC , United Kingdom
2009 - Cameraperson
Trailer for BBC Comic Relief 2009. Digibeta.

British Army - This Film Continues - Publicis , Unspecified
2008 - Lighting Cameraperson
continuation films for British Army advertising campaign

Afghanistan Diaries - COI , Afghanistan
2008 - Producer/Director
video blog following RAF Regiment serviceman in Afghanistan

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Employment History

NON FREELANCE EMPLOYMENT
CoullMedia - Head of Production
responsible for live and pre-recorded online streaming of major events/ projects, production design, shooting, editing and direction
(including mullticam) and development of interactive online video. Clients include ITV, UMusic, Lycos, Emap, TEAMTalk Media and
Microsoft

KEYT (ABC), Santa Barbara, USA -  Camera/ Producer
newsroom and gallery production, OB production and crewing, subbing and scripting

Emap Digital Radio - Producer/ Editor
stations worked on include Heat, Mojo and Q

Choice FM, Accra, Ghana Broadcast - Producer/ Journalist
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Education

MA Television Production (Distinction) - Falmouth College of Arts

MA(Hons) Psychology (First Class) - The University of Edinburgh
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Industry Qualifications

Hostile Environment & First Aid Training (HEFAT) - Centurion Risk Assessment Services.

Civilian PDT - MoD (Chilwell)

Full clean driving licence

Conversational French
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Technical Equipment

FREQUENTLY USED EQUIPMENT  
Sony HDW-650P, DVW-970/ 700, PMW-350, DSR 450, EX1(R)/ EX3/ Z1
Panasonic AJ-HPX3700, AG-HPX500, AG-DVX1000
Canon EOS 5DmkII

Experienced in use of rifle, radio and personal mics and SQN mixers

Final Cut Studio (full suite - to online standard), Avid (Adrenaline, DV, Newscutter), Adobe Premier Pro, CoolEdit, Soundforge, Dalet


OWNED EQUIPMENT (for full list see www.diverseambition.com)
Sony DVW 700 WSP Digibeta + J20 and A10 lenses
portable LCD monitor
2x Sennheiser lapel radio mics (+ XLR adaptors) x2
2x rifle mics + windshields and pistol grip

Full HD broadcast Final Cut NLE suite with AJA I/O box and external storage
Portable Final Cut NLE suite and external storage
Iridium satellite phone
Enhanced civilian (blue) body armour (level IV) and helmet
Medical kit incl field dressings and CA Tourniquets

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Affiliations

Member of the Guild of Television Cameramen
Member of BECTU
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Referees

Andrew Lane Fox
Head of Moving Image, non-Broadcast and AFP
andrew.lanefox@coi.gsi.gov.uk

Susannah Nicol
East and Central Africa Spokesperson
United Nations World Food Programme
susannah.nicol@wfp.org
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Industry Awards

IVCA GOLD 2009 - Regular Communications (as Director/ Camera)

IVCA Highly Commended 2009 - Recruitment (as Director/ Camera)

IVCA SILVER 2009 - Recruitment (as Exec Producer)

CIPR 2008 - Best Use of Social Media (as Director/ Producer)


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Skills

HD/ Digibeta/ DVCAM
Location sound for broadcast
Covert/ miniature cameras

Hostile and remote environments (including embed with Armed Forces)

Sensitive topics

NLE edit systems, including Avid and FCP (to online)

Solo-working (including shooting PD)

Foreign locations and clearances

Media law, including rights clearances, new media and convergence.

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Additional Information

Industries

  • Commercials, 
  • Corporate, 
  • Mobile Content, 
  • Online, 
  • TV

Programme Types

  • Arts, 
  • Biography, 
  • Business, 
  • Childrens, 
  • Comedy, 
  • Commercial, 
  • Corporate, 
  • Current Affairs, 
  • Daytime, 
  • Development, 
  • Documentary, 
  • Docusoap, 
  • Drama: Short Film, 
  • Dramatised Documentary, 
  • Education, 
  • Enhanced TV, 
  • Entertainment, 
  • Environment, 
  • Events, 
  • Health, 
  • Historical Documentary, 
  • Interactive TV, 
  • Investigative, 
  • Live Multi-cam OB, 
  • Live TV, 
  • Magazine, 
  • Mental Health, 
  • Motoring, 
  • Music, 
  • Music Promo, 
  • Natural History, 
  • New Media, 
  • News, 
  • Observational Documentary, 
  • Outside Broadcast, 
  • Science, 
  • Science Fiction, 
  • Social Action, 
  • Sport, 
  • Studio Debate, 
  • Studio Direction, 
  • Travel, 
  • Youth

Organizations

  • BECTU, 
  • Guild of Television Cameramen

Specialisms

  • Advertising, 
  • Africa, 
  • Arts, 
  • Community, 
  • Consumer Affairs, 
  • Corporate Films, 
  • Crime, 
  • Current Affairs, 
  • Design, 
  • Digi Beta, 
  • Drugs, 
  • Education, 
  • Enhanced TV, 
  • Environment, 
  • Ethnic, 
  • Events, 
  • Farming, 
  • Final Cut Pro, 
  • Genetics, 
  • Health, 
  • High-Definition, 
  • hostile and remote environments, 
  • Human Rights, 
  • Interactive TV, 
  • Interior Design, 
  • International Affairs, 
  • Internet, 
  • Journalism, 
  • Literature, 
  • Location Filming, 
  • Medicine, 
  • Mental Health, 
  • Middle East, 
  • Mountaineering, 
  • Music, 
  • Natural History, 
  • New Media, 
  • News & Current Affairs, 
  • Outside Broadcast, 
  • People Finding, 
  • Philosophy, 
  • Photography, 
  • Police, 
  • Politics, 
  • Popular Culture, 
  • Programme Development, 
  • Psychology, 
  • Radio, 
  • Science, 
  • Sex Industry, 
  • Sexuality, 
  • Social Anthropology, 
  • Social Issues, 
  • South Africa, 
  • Technology, 
  • Theatre, 
  • Travel, 
  • Undercover Investigation, 
  • Wildlife, 
  • Youth Culture

Languages

  • English, 
  • French

Permits

  • EU

Licenses

  • Basic Driving (PLG), 
  • Hostile Environment and First Aid (HEFAT)