Andy McLeod:
Director of Photography/Underwater Cameraman.
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Personal Website: www.andymcleod.com
Originally from Scotland, Andy studied cinematography at Bournemouth Film School in the mid-80's before moving to London to free-lance as a loader and focus puller, working on TV commercials, music videos and documentaries. Since 1993 Andy has been a DoP in his own right, traveling across the world shooting films for the BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Channel 4 UK as well as many commercials, music videos and promotional films.
In 2000 Andy completed his commercial diving training in Fort William, Scotland, qualifying him as an HSE (UK Health and Safety Executive) Media Diver and Dive Supervisor and very soon after trained to become a PADI and BSAC diving Instructor. His underwater filming career has taken him from Antarctica to Zanzibar and many other top diving destinations. Has also supervised many underwater shoots including BBC's "Walking with Monsters".
Andy settled in Tenerife in 2001, when he first started working with Norbert Schilling and joined forces with him in 2004, when they launched Film!CanaryIslands.
Show-reel 2011
Underwater Reel
Personal Website: www.andymcleod.com
Andy McLeod - Selected Credit List.
Commercials:
Thomson Holidays 2011
Academy Films. Director: Martin De Thurah
Location: Tenerife - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: RED ONE MX.
Arabia Insurance
The Fantastic Film Factory. Director. Hiram Na´man
Location: Tenerife - Underwater. Format: Super 16mm.
Europa Bank
Filma Cass. Director: Serdar Isik.
Location: Turkey - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: 35mm.
Papaya Films. Director: Winnie Heun.
Location: Tenerife - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: RED ONE MX
Deep Sea World
Picardy TV. Director: Clive Chapman.
Location: Scotland. Format: Super 16mm.
Herald on Sunday
IWC Productions. Director: Hamish Barbour.
Location: Scotland. Format: Super 16mm.
Direct Holidays (20 x 30 secs)
1576 Advertising. Director: Tim Maguire.
Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.
Indian Motorcycles
Picardy TV. Director: Tim Maguire.
Location: Scotland. Format: 35mm.
Vitalinea (Danone) (3 x 30 secs)
La Fabrica. Director: Teddy Murphy.
Location: Tenerife. Format: HD-Cam 25p (as operator).
Music Videos
Texas “Mothers Heaven”
American Joe Productions. Director: American Joe
Location Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam
Achinech Band “Surf is My Life”
Achinech Produtions. Format HDV.
Drama
Alba (Short Film - 1 minute)
DoP & Underwater Cameraman. Location Tenerife
Director: Jaime Falero
Format: RED ONE MX
Bid Time Return (Short Film - 15 minutes)
DoP. Location: Tenerife
Director: John Sorenson
Format: RED ONE MX
La Última Isla ("The Last Island" - Feature Film)
2nd Unit Underwater Camera Operator. Location El Hierro
Director: Dácil Pérez de Guzmán; DoP: Alberto López
Format: RED ONE MX
Tenerife South (Pilot: TV Drama)
DoP/Underwater Cameraman. Location: Tenerife)
Director: Jaime Falero. Producer: Norbert A Schilling
Format: RED ONE MX
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Feature Film staring Derek Jacobi)
2nd Unit DoP/Aerial. Location UK
Director: Matt Dickenson; Producer Chris Bradley
DoP: Andy Martin. Format 35mm anamorphic.
Um Himmels Willen/Weihnachten unter Palmen (TV Drama)
2nd Unit Camera Operator. Location Tenerife
NDF Germany. Format RED ONE MX
TV Documentaries:
Ch4 TV: Daredevils “Ice Runner”
Firecracker Films. Director: Luke Campbell
Location: Finland. Format RED One
Ch4 TV: Daredevils “Bird Man ”
Firecracker Films. Director: Luke Campbell
Location: Switzerland Italy. Format RED One
Ch4 TV: Cutting Edge "Me and my 14 Kids" (The Octomum)
Eyeworks. Director: Luke Campbell
Location: USA. Format P2
Ch5 TV: Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.
IWC. Director: Jeremy Cadle
Location: Tenerife. Underwater DoP on HDV.
SKY HD: Final Chance to Save... Sea Turtles
Tiger Aspect Productions. Director: Finn McGough.
Location: Barbados, Trinidad, Suriname. Format: HD-Cam 25p.
Discovery Channel: Heart of Ice
TWI Productions. Director: Dan Gold.
Location: Antarctica. Format: Digital Betacam.
CH4 UK: Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest
TV6 Productions. Director: Andy McLeod.
Location: Indonesia. Format: Super 16mm.
BBC: Lady of the Lake
IWC Productions. Director: Hamish Barbour.
Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.
BBC: QED "Spontaneous Human Combustion"
BBC London. Director: Jan Klimkowski.
Location: Scotland. Format: Betacam SP.
CH4 UK: The Private Lives of the Pharaohs
TV6 Productions. Director: Richard Reisz.
Location: Egypt. Format: Digital Betacam.
CH4 UK: Lonely Planet: Ethiopia
Pilot Productions. Director: Mark Soldinger.
Location: Ethiopia. Format: Betacam SP.
CH4 UK: Lonely Planet: Pakistan
Pilot Productions. Director: Luke Campbell.
Location: Pakistan. Format: Betacam SP.
CH4 UK: Tribal Visions: The Dogon
TV6 Productions. Director: Sara Brown.
Location: Mali. Format: Digital Betacam.
CH4 UK: Equinox: Sun Storms
John Gau Productions. Director: Dan Chambers.
Location: Israel. Format: Digital Betacam.
CH4 UK: Point of No Return
Darlow Smithson Productions. Director: Jeremy Turner.
Location: USA. Format: Digital Betacam.
CH4 UK: Sex and the Scientist
Diverse Productions. Director: Robert Eagle.
Location: Borneo. Format: Digital Betacam.
Discovery Channel: Tornado - Awesome Force
Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis.
Location: USA/Canada. Format: Digital Betacam.
Discovery Channel: Storm Force
Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis
Location: USA. Format: Digital Betacam.
Discovery Channel: Worlds Worst Weather
Pioneer Productions. Director: Jonathan Challis.
Location: USA. Format: Digital Betacam.
Discovery Channel: Mummies Trilogy
Brighton Films. Director: Chris Warren.
Location: Tenerife. Format: Digital Betacam.
TV Series:
Travel Channel: Globe Trekkers
Pilot Productions. Director: Navin Thapar.
Location: Crete.
BBC: Really Wild Show
BBC Bristol. Director: Megan Lander.
Location: eg. Scotland, Texas, Iceland, Indonesia.
BBC: Essential Guide to Rocks
BBC Bristol. Directors: Dan Gold, Jeremy Turner.
Location: Scotland, England. Format: Betacam SP.
BBC: Hyperlinks
BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.
Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.
BBC: Bright Sparks
BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.
Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.
BBC: Against all Odds
BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.
Location: Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam.
BBC: Bits and Bobs
BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.
Location: Scotland/Holland. Format: Digital Betacam.
BBC: Dream On
BBC Childrens. Director: Yvonne Jennings.
BBC: Get a New Life
Brighter Pictures. Director: Charlotte Browne.
Location: Tenerife. Format: DV-Cam Underwater footage.
Ch4 UK: Extraordinary Ancestors
Freeform Productions. Director: Dominic Allan.
Location: Germany, India, Trinidad. Format: Digital Betacam.
Ch4 UK: Absolutely Animals
Endemol Productions. Directors: Dan Chambers; Joe Kennedy.
Location: Scotland, Cameroon. Format: Digital Betacam.
Other TV shows have included: Tomorrows World (BBC), Book Worm (BBC), 999 (BBC), Trust Me I'm a Doctor (BBC); Food & Drink (BBC), Ex-s (BBC Scotland), Frontline Scotland (BBC Scotland), The Big Country (BBC Scotland) The Brief (Ch4), Dispatches (Ch4), Holidays From Hell (ITV). Frontline Scotland (BBC Scotland), Black Bag (Ch4).
Marine/Diving Qualifications:
HSE Commercial Diver Part 4, HSE Media Diver, HSE Diving Supervisor (2001, FortWilliam Scotland).
PADI Divemaster (2001, Fife, Scotland).
PADI Draeger Dolphin semi-closed re-breather diver (Tenerife 2005).
Marine and Coastguard Agency commercial "Boatmaster" (powered craft up to 12meters, 12 miles off-shore, Scotland, 1998-2000).
Royal Yachting Association, Level 2 Powerboat Instructor.
Department of Transport: Personal Survival Techniques at Sea (Edinburgh 1999).
VHF Marine Radio License (Edinburgh 1998, GMDSS upgrade, Tenerife 2004).
Current and in-date, first aid and CPR certificate.
Instructor Qualifications:
PADI Open Water Instructor (Tenerife 2002).
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (Tenerife 2003).
PADI Staff Instructor (Tenerife 2004).
BSAC Open Water SCUBA Instructor (Tenerife 2007)
PADI Specialist Instructor in the following disciplines: Wreck, Deep, Nitrox, DiverPropulsionVehicles (ie. Scooters), Draeger Dolphin Rebreather and Ice diving.Emergency First Response, First Aid and CPR (including Care for Children) Instructor(Tenerife 2005).
Experience:
Diving: approx 2,000 dives; including warm/temperate locations eg Zanzibar, Red Sea, Galapagos,Canary Islands and cold water/ice diving eg. Finland, Antarctica, Scotland, Argentina.
Use of Nitrox and full face masks for communications.
Teaching: 200+ PADI courses from novice to Assistant Instructor and specialities. Experience of teaching and training actors and presenters working infront of camera.
Power boats and Sailing: 100´s of hours experience driving powered craft from small tenders to twin engine diesel hard boats, in a wide range of conditions including night passages. Experience of sailing and crewing yachts from 20 foot to 140 foot, including Sir Peter Blake's vessel, Seamaster, from South America to Antarctica and a number of passages around Scotland and The Canary Islands.
Media Diving Supervisor: Marine Safety and Dive Supervisor on a number of film and TV productions including BBC's "Walking With Monsters" (2004) and a Mastercard commercial (2005).
Housings: Hydroflex housings for Arri 435, Arri lll, Aaton prod and Arri SR lll, Amphibico for, Sony HD-900/750, FX1 and PD170. Aquavideo Housing for RED One.
