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BRIAN CAIRNEY

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, LIGHTING
CAMERAMAN & VISION MIXER

back to the start or onwards to my CREDITS

  • Over 10 year's experience in Lighting, Operating & Directing
  • Shooting 35mm, 16mm and all Digital Video formats
  • Photographing in Conventional and Widescreen formats
  • Multi-camera vision mixing
  • Working in both studios and locations at home or abroad

EXPERIENCE

drama reconstructions - paranormal investigations -
television documentaries - music & the arts - scientific & technical
- light entertainment - travel films - corporate & commercials -
pop music videos - low budget features 

 

SELECTED CREDITS

- RIVER CITY, BBC TV (DIGIBETA)
 BBC Television flagship soap opera

- EDS ATLANTIC CHALLENGE, TAP Film & Video (DVCAM)
 Trans-Atlantic boat race, shooting in the UK, USA, France & Germany

- MALMAISON HOTELS, David McGowan-Hill (DVCAM)
 Commercial for major UK hotel chain

- BSKYB TELEVISION, Metro Ecosse (DIGIBETA)
New Investment / Technology documentary

- LABOUR PARTY, Wilton Films (DIGIBETA)
Election profiles for 15 Labour MPs across the UK

- HOW LONG MUST I WAIT FOR YOU, Jesse Rae (DVCAM)
Adult Music video shot in the USA

- SIGHTINGS, Paramount Pictures (NTSC BETA SP)
Paranormal investigations for American cable network

- KEN LOACH PROFILE, ZDF Television (BETA SP)
Documentary profile on the work of director Ken Loach, for German TV

- EXPERIAN CONFERENCE, Metro Ecosse (BETA SP)
Filming in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid and Rome

- STRANGE BUT TRUE, LWT Productions (BETA SP)
UFO investigation / reconstruction for Network television

- EXTREME COMEDY, ABC Television (NTSC BETA SP)
American cable comedy show

- ST ANDREWS, PGA Productions (35mm Film)
IMAX large screen presentation about the home of golf

- THE CLONING OF DOLLY, Discovery Channel (BETA SP)
World exclusive of the first cloning of an animal, Dolly the Sheep

- ESMERELDA THE SOAP, Simple Visions (DV CAM)
Pop music video featuring the Hunchback of Notre Dame


You may request a hard copy of my showreel on DVD, please contact me at any of the addresses below;

To email myself; brian.cairney@btinternet.com
To phone me; +44 (0)7831 201 696
Or good old fashioned snail-mail; 
5 Fenton Barns Farm Cottages
North Berwick
EH39 5AN
Scotland
UNITED KINGDOM