Page title Name
Mark Chamberlain
Director of Photography, Cinematographer
United Kingdom

Mark's Biography

I have been a practising Director of Photography for the past 30 years with extensive experience in 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta, HD, Red One build 21, Drama and Commercials.
I have a considerable amount of expertise in model animation & miniatures. I also have extensive experience in blue & green screen comp work.
My background was as a professional stills photographer. I then wanted to make images move, so instinctively I progressed to film. I started off as clapper loader, then progressed to camera assistant, focus puller, camera operator and finally lighting camera.
I have an immense passion for filmmaking and being part of a team of individuals who strive to tell a story using the very best of their skills.
I only ever like to work on a project, whether it is a drama or commercial, if I feel that I can bring something to it. Needless to say I never intentionally waste anybody's

Credits

Leonard Cheshire 'Disability' - Aardman Animations Ltd, Bristol , United Kingdom
2008 - Director of Photography
Directed by Steve Harding - Hill
6x 30 sec commercials on the way we think about disability.
3d stop frame animation, a series of creature comfort style scenereo's using the voices of people with disabilities to create the character's.

Duracell 'Mountain' - Pasion Pictures, London , United Kingdom
2005 - Director of Photography
30 sec 35mm commercial
we shot live action plates from a helicopter in South Africa, then came back to the UK and spent 9 weeks animating 12 inch pink bunnies on a 20 foot rock face green screen to make them look like they were climbing the real cliff face. Using a Milo motion control rig we were able to replicate every roll, yaw and focal distance from the data in the chopper and load that data into the moco. Matching the lighting was key to making the whole commercial work.

Angry Kid 'Who do I think I Am' - Aardman Animations Ltd , United Kingdom
2005 - Director of Photography
Angry Kid directed by Darren Walsh is a stop frame animation technique where we use real people and pixilate them. Using a set of over 300 masks replaced over every two frames we create a character that is both disturbing and funny, now very famous the world over.

I made 52 episodes

Employment History

South Bank Show titles Prod: Passion Pictures.
Duracell 'Mountain' & 'gym' Prod: Passion Pictures.
Hubba Bubba 'peacock' & 'Chemileon' Prod: Aardman animations.
full C.V. at www.markchamberlain.net

Education

Cotwolds Community, Wiltshire.

apprenticed from 14 years.

Referees

Dave sproxton MD of Aaedman Animations
Hugo Sands MD of Passion Pictures

Industry Awards

BAFTA for best television graphics CH4 childrens tv stings.
Gold at the new york advertising Awards for 'Chevron Intro'
Best television special Annecey for Angry Kid 'Who Do I think I Am'

Skills

if you would like to know more the please visit www.markchamberlain.net

Additional Information

Industries

  • Animation, 
  • Commercials, 
  • Corporate, 
  • Film, 
  • Music Promos, 
  • TV

Programme Types

  • Animation, 
  • Commercial, 
  • Documentary, 
  • Drama: Short Film, 
  • Music Promo

Specialisms

  • Advertising, 
  • Cinema/Film, 
  • Digi Beta, 
  • Digital Special Effects, 
  • Drama, 
  • High-Definition, 
  • Location Filming, 
  • Music, 
  • Photography, 
  • Travel

Licenses

  • Basic Driving (PLG), 
  • Skydiver