Contact Andy McLeod
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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 2010, Andy won the "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" award" at the Factual Entertainment Awards, Santa Monica, for his work on the TV documentary series, "Daredevils".
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.
SHOWREEL
Music: "Coming Home" by Leon Bridges.
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UNDERWATER SHOWREEL
DRONE SHOWREEL
ROLLS ROYCE COMMERCIAL
Love Island Germany 2019 - Promo
BOOHOO COMMERCIAL Morocco
Hotel Jardines de Nivaria Promo
BOOHOO COMMERCIAL Lanzarote
WATERSPORTS PROMO
TENERIFE TOURISM PROMO
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Andy Mcleod - Selected Credit List
Commercials
Lähitapiola Insurance - Beach
- Otto Finland. Director: Pekka Hara, DoP: Kjell Lagerroos
- Location: Tenerife - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: Epic Dragon.
Caisse D'epargne - Olympics 2016
- 80 Agency France. Director Thibault Dumoulin, DoP: Sylvestre Dedise
- Location: Lanzarote - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: Epic Dragon.
Boohoo Clothing . Summer 2015
- Hatch. Directors: Mark Harrison & Antoine Piazza
- Location: Morocco. Format: Epic Dragon.
Boohoo Clothing . Spring 2015
- Hatch. Directors Antoine Piazza
- Location: Fuerteventura. Format: Epic Dragon.
Boohoo Clothing . Summer 2014
- Hatch. Directors: Mark Harrison & Antoine Piazza
- Location: Mallorca. Format: Epic-X.
Boohoo Clothing . Spring 2014
- Hatch. Directors: Mark Harrison & Antoine Piazza
- Location: Lanzarote. Format: Epic-X.
Halifax
- Sonny London. Director: Guy Manwaring, DoP: Mark Patten
- Location: Tenerife - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: RED ONE MX.
Thomson Holidays "Dream Liner"
- Partizan. Director: Eric Lynne
- Location: El Hierro - 2nd Unit Aerial. Format: 35mm.
Pepsi "Legal" (with Andriy Shevchenko)
- Grandma Films. Director: Phil Dussol
- Location: Málaga. 2nd Unit DoP. (Format Arri Alexa)
Thomson Holidays 2011 Campaign
- 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 DoP. Format: Super 16mm.
Europa Bank
- Filma Cass. Director: Serdar Isik.
- Location: Turkey - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: 35mm.
Rainbow Tours
- Papaya Films. Director: Winnie Heun.
- Location: Tenerife - 2nd Unit Underwater. Format: RED ONE MX
Deep Sea World
- Ricardy 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: Morocco, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal. 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”
- Joe Productions. Director: American Joe
- Location Scotland. Format: Digital Betacam
Achinech Band - “Surf is My Life”
- Achinech Produtions
- Format: HDV
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)
Drama
40º North Season 1
- 2nd Unit: Underwater.
- Location: Morocco
- 40 North Productions LLC. Director: Michael Slovis - DoP: Jim Denault
- Format: Alexa Mini
Ma Ma (Feature Film - Starring Penelope Crúz)
- 2nd Unit: Underwater.
- Location: Tenerife
- Ma Ma Productions. Director: Julio Medem - DoP: Kiko de la Rica
- Format RED Epic-X
Sin Identitad (TV Drama Series - Antena 3)
- 2nd Unit: Underwater.
- Location: Tenerife
- Diagaonal TV. Director: Kiko Ruiz - DoP: Tommie Ferreras
- Format RED Epic-X
Project Lazarus (Feature Film)
- 2nd Unit: Underwater.
- Location: Tenerife
- Arcadia Motion Pictures. Director: Mateo Gil - DoP: Pau Esteve Birba
- Format RED Epic-X
Mutti steigt aus (TV Movie)
- 2nd Unit: Aerial & Underwater.
- Location: Gran Canaria
- ZDF/Movie. Director: Gloria Behrens - DoP: Jochen Rademacher
- Format RED ONE MX
Alba (Short Film)
- 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.
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 in front 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.
