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In Memory of Chris Hartley 1959 - 2009.
Jamie Cairney
Mike Carling
Paul Cox
Matt Currington
Brendan Easton
Hugh Fairs
Rob Franklin
Spencer Franks
Steve Gray
Neil Harvey
Paul Lang
Hitesh Makan
Vaughan Matthews
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David Niblock
Johann Perry
Nik Porter
Richard Ranken
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Mob:  + 44 (0)7770 321 940
Email:  hugh.fairs@ntlworld.com
Personal Website: http://www.underwater-camera.com

           
Dubai Shopping Festival
Director/Producer: Ben Hume-Paton
Description:
Mermaid scene in the worlds largest aquarium.
Shot with the RED ONE camera in my REDSEE underwater housing
 
Islands of Britain
Director/Producer: John Stevenson
Description:
Featured in sequence as the 'underwater cameraman' with Martin Clunes as he tries to dive a sunken Scottish 'Puffer' (ITV) HDV
 
Chateau Monty
Director/Producer: Ant Palmer
Description:
Biodynamic wine growing in the south of France with wine writer Monty Waldin and assistant Linzy Bisset. Featuring the late Bill Baker in his last television appearance. 6 x 30 min
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/chateau-monty/
(Tiger Aspect) DSR 450
 
Island Parish series I, II & III
Director/Producer: Nigel Farrell
Description:
Cameraman and sound on this long running series about lives of the people on the Isles of Scilly 12 x 30 min (Tiger Aspect) DSR450
 
Hardeep Does....Religion /Pets/Sex/Families
Director/Producer: Corinna Faith
Description:
Hardeep Singh Kohli is not afraid to ask the questions no one else would.

Armed with charity collection tins, his new religious manifesto and a sex-o-meter, Glaswegian writer and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli undertakes a wry personal investigation of some of today's big bad issues in a five-part series.
(Tiger Aspect) DRS450
 
REVEALED
Director/Producer: Tim Varlow
Description:
Titles
DoP: Backlit smoke through foot high letters to reveal the word 'Revealed' for Channel 5 history series (Liquid TV) 35MM
 
Emmerdale
Director/Producer: Lee Salisbury
Description:
Winner: Most Spectacular scene in a Soap 2009.
Victoria falls through the ice in the 2008 Christmas Special.
Shot in Fleetwood tank near Blackpool.
(ITV) HDV
 
Industrial Revelations, ‘Best of British’
Director/Producer: John Stevenson
Description:
Rory McGrath pesents Science programmes for Discovery telling the stories of British inventions that lead the world, 'motorcycle-Brough Superior','jet engine- Gloster Meteor', 'steam ship-SS Great Britain' 'auto engineering-Rolls Royce Silver Ghost', 'McClaren', 'Brunell's - Clifton Suspension Bridge'. 6x 30 (Wag TV) DSR450
 
No Going Back, series II & III
Director/Producer: Steve Sklair
Description:
Following British families emigrating. 'La Gomera', Chamonix Update, 'Tuscany', and 'Perugia' This ground breaking setting series spawned many imitators. 4 x 30 (Ricochet South) DRS450
 
Grand Designs V & VI
Director/Producer: Mike Ratcliff
Description:
Architecture programme with Kevin McCloud.
It turns out that Kevin and I both used to frequent the famed California Ballroom in Dunstable during our teens.
Episosodes: 'Peckham, 'Tenterden, and Bournmauth.
(Talkback) Digi Beta
 
The Culture Show
Director/Producer: Alison Grist
Description:
Arts Films ' Newcastle band-Maximo Park', comedienne Laura Sonon', and 'expectant exhibitors for the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition' (BBC2) DSR450
 
Hornblower II
Director/Producer: Andrew Grieve / Brian Eastman
Description:
Underwater Director /cameraman on period drama which stars Ioan Gruffedd and Paul McGann.
The underwater unit were tasked with an underwater scene and we had to organise the stunts, and direct the entire sequence in a bay overlooked by the main unit as they shot scenes for later in the film. (Meridian) 16MM
 
Spooks
Director/Producer: Julian Holmes/Andrew Woodhead
Description:
Underwater Cameraman.
Drowning scene, in which Rupert Penry-Jones rescues Hermione Norris from certain death as the Thames barrier is bombed and begins to flood in this dramatic series finale. (Kudos) 16mm
 
Coronation Street x 2
Director/Producer: Tim Dowd
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
Richard Hillman’s drowning. This scene was watched by over 20 million viewers, a record in these multi channel days. Winner best scene in a Soap 2003. (Granada) HDV
 
Dispatches
Director/Producer: Krisztina Katona
Description:
Current affairs Mentorn. Various directors (C4) Digi Beta
 
The Dimbleby Programme
Director/Producer: David colman
Description:
Interviews with prominent politicians. Multi camera shoots. (Granada) Digi Beta
 
Save Lullingstone Castle
Director/Producer: Ant Palmer
Description:
Observational Documentary for BBC2. Following Tom Hart-Dyke building his 'World Garden'
Tom won the award for the best British tourist attraction in 2005 6 x 30 (Keo Films) DSR450
 
Wave Week
Director/Producer: Duncan Gooing
Description:
Renewable energy around the world, looking at wave power from the US and Isle of Harris, and tidal energy from the Severn Estuary,
4 x 5mins (BBC Working Lunch) DSR450
 
Seaside Parish III, IV &V
Director/Producer: Nigel Farrell
Description:
Life of a Cornish vicar in Boscastle. Also covering the aftermath of the devestating flood. 12 x 30 mins. DVCam (Tiger Aspect)
 
The Unteachables
Director/Producer: Sallie Clement
Description:
The Unteachables invited a number of kids with serious attendance and behavioural problems in school to take part for five months in a ground-breaking educational project.

Special input came from an award-winning teacher, Phil Beadle, a successful head teacher, a top educational psychologist, a professor of education and six full-time youth workers. Their goal was to help the kids to get more out of their education.
3 x 30 (Talkback) Digi Beta
 
The One Show
Director/Producer: Jago
Description:
Magazine show. Various films with Presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli (BBC) DSR450
 
So You Think You Can Teach?
Director/Producer: Chris Wilson
Description:
Just another reality TV show peppered with B-list celebrities? Well, not exactly. Thanks to input from the teachers at Abbey Meadows, Channel Five’s ‘So You Think You Can Teach?’ takes its subject matter rather more seriously than the average celeb-in-a-trying-situation-show.

Janet Street-Porter & celebrities teach primary school kids 3 x 30 (LWT) DSR450
 
Place in France III
Director/Producer: Nigel Farrell
Description:
Nigel Farrell opens a B&B in France.
Following his year with Nippi, Nigel tries his hand at running a guest house in the Ardeche regeon of southern France. He still has the debts to prove it.
6 x 30 (Tiger Aspect) DSR450
 
Country House IV
Director/Producer: Ant Palmer
Description:
Year in the life of a stately home.
The cameras follow Lord Normanton at Somerley, his private mansion on the edge of the New Forest.
6 x 30 (Tiger Aspect) DSR450
 
Location, Location, Location
Director/Producer: Katie Boyde
Description:
House buying shows, 'Cardiff', 'Tooting' (C4) Digi Beta
 
Hidden Europe
Director/Producer: Richard Harrison/Francis Berrigan
Description:
Wildlife show for Animal Planet, 'Seal Sanctuary' (Cicada) Digi Beta
 
Hollyoaks x 2
Director/Producer:
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
Drowning sequences (Lime Pictures) Winner x 2 awards 2008
The scene involved the character Clare Cunningham sinking into deep water and disappearing from view.
This was achieved in a real quarry in deep cold water. Respect to Gemma Bissix, who did her own stunt. Scary!
HDV in Amphibico housing
 
Lost Ships ‘White Gold of the Dragon Sea’
Director/Producer: Matthew Wortman
Description:
Topside & Underwater Cameraman, Vietnamese wreck film.
250,000 pieces of Vietnamese porcelain were recovered using saturation hard-hat diving, the first time for an archeological expedition. (Discovery USA) Digi Beta
 
Frozen
Director/Producer: Juliet McKoen
Description:
Underwater Cameraman on Feature film starring Shirley Henderson . (Liminal Films for Film 4) HD Sony 750
 
Emmerdale
Director/Producer:
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
Underwater stunt (Yorkshire TV) Nominated best scene in a Soap
 
The Royal
Director/Producer: Tim Dowd
Description:
Underwater stunt involving an ambulance driven off a pier by a crazed Tony Slattery. (Yorkshire TV) HDV in Amphibico housing
 
Trailblazers II ‘Under the Molluccan Sea’
Director/Producer: Peter Cannon
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
Film about Sea Gypsies living off the ocean. We dived with spear fishermen who can hold their breath fro 3 minutes. Also Hookah divers who use a compressor in a dugout boat and long hoses to feed them air down to 25 metres.
(Discovery / C4) DVCam in Amphibico housing
 
What Will They Think of Next?
Director/Producer: Vanessa Collingridge
Description:
Underwater & ‘ZERO G’ cameraman, Space tourism film.
Just presenter and myself at Star City, Moscow in the weightless training tank and the 'Vomit Comet' (Granada)
Digi Beta
 
Dalziel and Pascoe
Director/Producer:
Description:
Underwater stunt in a flooding sewer. Nice! (BBC) 16MM
 
The Wall
Director/Producer: Siân Price
Description:
Underwater sequence for a short film funded by the Welsh Film Council
A swimmer battles her demons, insecurities and overbearing coach in the race of her life. Tension and surrealism in an underwater world. (Those People prods) HD
 
Crafty Tricks of War
Director/Producer: Steve Rankin
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
WWII secret weapon science (BBC Bristol) DVCam
 
999 ‘Bond Girl’
Director/Producer:
Description:
Underwater Cameraman
Reconstruction of powerboat crash & rescue. Recreated by the very girl that 'died' underwater and was resuscitated. (BBC) DVCam
 
God Almighty
Director/Producer: Tim Varlow
Description:
Titles
DoP: Green screen titles for Clive Anderson show (Liquid TV) 16MM
 
Final Score
Director/Producer: Tim Varlow
Description:
Titles
DoP: Green screen titles for SKY dating show (Liquid TV) Digi Beta
 
Perfect World
Director/Producer: Tim Varlow
Description:
Titles
DoP: Green screen title sequence for Paul Kaye sitcom. (Liquid TV) Digi Beta
 
Channel 13 ‘Movie Premier’
Director/Producer: Tim Varlow
Description:
Titles
DoP: Green screen station Ident for French / German movie channel (Liquid TV) Digi Beta
 
Lib Dems Party Political x 6
Director/Producer: Ant Palmer
Description:
Party Political films for the Lib Dems
(Sea Blue Media) Digi Beta
 
Visa
Director/Producer: Rob Harris
Description:
Corporate
Visa card Sponsorship of 2006 Winter Paralympics (rob Harris Productions) Digi Beta
 
30 Minutes
Director/Producer:
Description:
Current affairs Mentorn (C4) Digi Beta
 
Working Lunch (98 – 06)
Director/Producer: Various
Description:
Financial programmes (BBC1) DSR450
 
Rosemount Wine
Director/Producer: Francis Castelli
Description:
Behind the scenes on an underwater commercial for Australian wines.
world famouse underwater photographer Zena Holloway shot stills and I filmed her and the models in slow motion on the Red One camera in an underwater housing. (RKCR & YR)
Red One
 
Teen Angels
Director/Producer:
Description:
Problem families learn how to get along. With Dr Stephen Briers (BBC Specialist Factual) DSR450
 
I have been working professionally as a freelance lighting cameraman and underwater cameraman for over twenty years. I cut my teeth as a camera assistant and focus puller on feature films, pop promos and documentaries. I also worked on TV dramas such as Poirot and London's Burning. I continue to pursue a successful career as a lighting cameraman, specialising in documentaries.

I particularly enjoy working in the underwater environment. It has taken me from Moscow to Indonesia, the Red Sea to the South China Sea, by way of the Manchester Ship Canal, where in 2003 I 'drowned' Coronation Street's evil Richard Hillman in a stunt watched by over 20 million viewers.
I am passionate about capturing outstanding images, and I am constantly striving for perfection. I am experienced in 35mm and 16mm film production and video acquisition from HD to DVCam including the Red Camera. I am currently building an deep underwater housing for the Red camera. Watch this space.
I enjoy the challenge of working in a broad spectrum within the business, from Commercials and Title sequences, to observational documentary and underwater filming.
So far I have worked in over 35 countries worldwide, and have an enormous breadth of experience in diverse situations, (both wet and dry). I enjoy the challenges encountered daily working in diverse situations. My objective is always to capture the finest images possible.
Qualifications:
Red Cross commercial First Aid qualification. BBC Health & Safety Passport Sept 2002.
HSE & BBC registered diving contractor. Nitrox qualification (HSE Reg.MSC/38375/98). US 'I' Visa until July 2014
Extensive DVcam HDcam and Digi Beta camera kits,
Red One, underwater housing coming soon. Crew vehicle
Showreels on request
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