February • 2019
Thomas was a dream to work with — collaborative, communicative and a great shooter. Look forward to working with him again in the future.
Thomas L.
Kampala, Uganda
3 reviews$500 - $800 / Day
About
Thomas Lewton is a British video journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker currently based in East Africa. His films have featured on BBC Travel, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and VICE. He also produces content for NGOs and has worked with Friends of the Earth and Amnesty International. Before freelancing, Thomas worked as an Assistant Producer in broadcast TV for four years on factual documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC and Discovery Networks. Thomas produces under Fuzzy Head Films with multimedia journalist Alice McCool. Their documentary short - Malawi Gold - premiered in February 2017 at the Bertha DocHouse Cinema, and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at London Independent Film Festival. Thomas is available for film and photography commissions in eastern and southern Africa. For an up-to-date showreel and latest publications please see my website.
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- Documentary DP
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May • 2019
Brilliant, fast, reliable and very committed
Top Projects
Produced for Thomson Reuters Foundation
The male feminists inside Uganda’s Police Force
Balancing a heavy clay pot on his head with a baby tied to his back, policeman Francis Ogweng caused a scene as he marched down the busy highway towards Uganda's capital, Kampala. With traffic backed up to the horizon, crowds of men stared and laughed as the baby girl swaddled in white cloth slipped precariously down Ogweng's back, pulling his khaki uniform into disarray.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for One World Media
Malawi Gold
Password: chamba. ‘Malawi Gold’ is known as one of the finest cannabis strains on the planet. But can it transform the economy of this small southeastern African nation? This (unreleased) documentary short follows the stories of hemp and marijuana legalisation advocates in the country. Directed and produced by Alice McCool. Co-directed and filmed by Thomas Lewton.
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Creative Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - News
Produced for BBC News
Africa's freedom railway
Africa's crumbling train of fortune. The 1,860km-long Uhuru Railway is an ageing yet vital lifeline that connects rural communities across some of Tanzania and Zambia's most spectacular landscapes.
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
Kibera School for Girls, the slum’s first free primary school for girls in Kibera
Kibera (Kenya) is the second largest slum in the world with over one million people living in a space the size of Central Park. In Kibera, 43% of girls are out of school, compared to 29% of boys. The Kibera School for Girls (KSG) was founded in 2009 and is the slum’s first free primary school for girls. They currently serve 216 students in pre-K through 6th grade.
- Documentary DP
The joy of kunyaza: women’s pleasure comes first in Rwanda
‘Sex is for the woman. This is because the man has to please her and put her body in a certain state. Her pleasure is the most important thing,’ says Felix, a 68-year-old man with a slight frame, sitting in his home in Nyanza, a town in Rwanda’s Southern Province. A painting of Jesus peers down at us. We can hear his wife pottering around outside.
- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Video Editor - Documentary
BBC Travel: How Wimbledon Showcases Britain's Love of Queuing
At Wimbledon 2017 we learn the art of the British queue, and its historical origins in World War II.
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- 4K video camera
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- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
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- Shoulder rig
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
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- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
- TV News Producer
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Production Assistant
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- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
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