"Thatcher the Downing Street Years" Best Documentary of the Year 1994
Best Independent Film of the Year 1994
BAFTA Nominated

"Primo Levy, Memory of the Offence" Merit Award - Religious Broadcasting

"Living In a Box" RTS Spirit of London Award

Personal Profile
Due to the wide variety of formats and types of programme input at the BBC, where he trained and worked as a film cameraman for thirteen years Jonathan has developed a truly unique and multi-faceted approach to shooting, with a contemporary, innovative and exciting style. Creative lighting is a focus, and development of this is a prime objective and passion. Special empathy with varying cultures, human emotions and natural and scientific world as a result of extensive global travel. Combined with great patience, this empathy significantly enhances ability to film in difficult and sensitive environments, even with animals and children.

Filmic Images on video tape
He creates subtle "Commercial" images on tape through extremely careful creative lighting and camera fine tuning. Has developed extensive skills to produce these evocative images on Digi-beta and High Definition tape formats with much success, acclaim and awards.

• Presented seminars to commercial creatives' agencies (UK, Europe, China, Pacific Rim)
• With Sony Broadcast, has presented Sony F900.24P/Hi-Def seminars to Cinematographers and TV Cameraman in Europe, Hungary and Middle and Far East.

Shooting sensitive events:

• Auschwitz return with survivors (Dir. Paul Yule, Denys Blakeway)
• Crucifixions in the Philippines (Dir. Anthony Thomas)
• Heart transplants, caesarean births, cosmetic surgery (Dir. Mark Galloway)
• Bereavements, P.T.S.D, revelations (Dir. Denys Blakeway, Malcolm Brinkworth)

Travelled extensively throughout career:

• Long duration projects in Far East and Pacific rim. Travelled through most of the world
• Crewed BBC New York base for 5 months
• Globe hopping projects at short notice, such as "Paul O'grady's Orient." Dir. Paul Watson , "Science at War" Dir. Marcus Kidgell.

In past 17 years of being freelance, he has successfully undertaken an extremely wide spectrum of national and international projects from technical and scientific, aerial, special effects and in-depth personal documentary to drama and commercials.

Shoots regularly for all major UK television channels.

See credits list.

Regularly consults with major lighting manufacturers on development of new lighting instruments and technologies.

Personal Interests
Fine wine, runs a wine society, creative cooking & food science, jazz music, coarse & fly fishing, clay shooting, scientific world and technology, plant culture, global travel and art of magic.

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