Personal website: www.simonatkins.com
Documentary, Current Affairs, Factual. Characters, Global Issues, Emotional Impact.

UNSUNG HEROES
3 x 1minute, 2006

Jacaranda for Barclays Bank. Stylish corporate pieces following extraordinary staff in South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. Director and Camera

BRITISH ARMY EVEREST EXPEDITION - NEPAL
Daily Webcasts filmed, edited and uploaded during April 2006

PCI Fitch for the British Army and Bravo. 30 short videos were filmed and edited on location about eight novice teenage climbers in the Himalayas. Director/Camera/Editor

EXCELLENT ADVENTURE - MINNIE DRIVER
1hr, 2005

Princess Productions for SKY One. Adventure and travel series with celebrities. Minnie Driver swims with humpback whales in the Kingdom of Tonga. Director/Camera.

LIVING WITH REFUGEES
1 hr, 2005

Insight News TV. CH4/Discovery Times/CBC/CNNI co-production. Award winning presenter Sorious Samura spends 30 days living with Sudanese refugees on the border with Chad. Director/Producer.

So different to see real people up close, struggling with what we take for granted. I held back so many tears...it was truly a moving story. (typical viewer feedback)

ONE LIFE
40 mins, 2004

BBC1, Mentorn. "Dying to Live" - Gritty Ob Doc on family living with cancer. Camera

"An intensely moving and positive film about a family coping with dreadful misfortune." - The Times

GOING TO EXTREMES
1 hr, 2004

Channel Four, Ideal World Productions. Observational character doc crossing the Atlantic Ocean on small boat. Camera-director


DEATH ON THE AMAZON
1 hr, Digi/DVCam, 2003

National Geographic & CH5. Big Wave Productions, Producer Sarah Cunliffe - Brazil and Venezuela. A powerful character story of adventure and human endeavour. Renowned yachtsman Sir Peter Blake leads his team up the Amazon on a crusade to save the environment, culminating with his tragic death at the hands of pirates. Directed
and filmed over 10 weeks.

"Truly Compulsive Viewing" - Daily Mail Pick of the Day - "A powerful memorial to an exceptional man" - The Times

IS ANYONE LISTENING?
20 mins, DV, 2001

Cicada Films for 'Save The Children'. Producer Frances Berrigan - Northern Iraq - Kurdistan. Charity campaign prog. Director/Camera

THE REAL MACAW
1 hr, DigiBeta/16mm, 2001

Granada Wild for Channel 4, Exec. Producer Peter Moore - Peru and Brazil.
Innovative programme-making creatively combining a quirky biography with environmental issues and blue-chip natural history. Director and Cameraman.

TWISTER TOURS
1 hr, DVCam, 2001

National Geographic Channel - Actuality documentary with the tourists who chase
tornados in Midwest USA. Fast-paced action filming. Location Director and Cameraman

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Revenge Of The Lost Tribe
1 hr, DVCam, 2000

Cicada Films for Channel 4. Producer Frances Berrigan - Ecuador. Observational adventure documentary with strong characters and narrative - a student expedition is attacked by an Amazon tribe. Co-Director and Cameraman

Sharply observed and hugely amusing - John Dugdale, The Sunday Times

BUYING BEAUTY
30 mins, Digi-Betacam, 1999

Cafe Productions for Discovery and Geo/Arte - Ethiopian model agency looking for talent in remote villages - Cinematography

INVESTIGATING ASIA
20 mins, DV, 1999

Double Exposure for BBC Education - Indonesia/Borneo. Filmed undercover in the weeks before Suharto's fall from power - an environmental investigation with emotional human stories. Director and Cameraman

SEVEN GO MAD IN PERU
1 hr, 16mm/Hi-8, 1996

Middlemarch Films for Channel 4 and Discovery Channel. Producer Belinda Allen. Actuality documentary. Ten weeks in very tough conditions. Seven young Brits try to survive in the Amazon jungle - Cameraman,
Peru - Director/Cameraman, UK

A gift of a film which charts the total breakdown of meaningful interaction between the seven intrepids Time Out

OSAKA STORY
75 mins, 16mm, 1995

Fine Cut BBC2, SBS (Australia), S3 (Germany) - Japan and Korea. Feature observational doc. A real life and intimate family drama requiring much tact and sensitivity - Associate Director and Cinematographer

Winner of five major documentary Film Awards

Engrossing compelling fascinating - its concerns and appeal are universal Geoff Andrew, Time Out

PARKS OR PEOPLE?
40 mins, 16mm, 1992

Forest Films for SBS, BBC2 and TVE. Environmental programme independently produced. Five months in Cameroon. Producer/Director/Editor and Cameraman

BBC/WWF Golden Panda Newcomer Award, Wildscreen 1992

Selwyn College, Cambridge University (1986)
MA degree - Natural Sciences - Class 2:1 Hons.

4 x "A" - levels at A Grade

Working in Hostile Regions and First Aid for Media Workers - CH4/AKE (2 courses)

National Film and Television School (1994)
MA - postgraduate professional training over four years.
Documentary Director/Producer with Camera & Lighting training in film, Digi-Beta, and DV

Lightweight HDV and DVCAM kits - with dedicated mikes and protective cases.
Sound kits - radio mikes, directional & boom mikes & mixer.
Portable lights, tripods and various batteries/power options including solar panels.
Laptop-based editing.

OPERATING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS - Specialist skills in using filming equipment in adverse environments. Field laptop editing and satellite uplinks for webcast and broadcast. Technical skills - solar panels & generators.