London, UK
19 reviews$500 - $1500 / Day
Self-Shooting Producer/Director and Videographer of high profile documentaries for numerous major UK and US broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel and Discovery Channel. Specializing in Factual, Current Affairs, Arts, Science and History - credits include such highly respected strands as BBC Panorama, C4 Dispatches and numerous series for Discovery. A veteran of over 40 shoots in Russia and Eastern Europe. Fluent Russian speaker. Rigorous investigative journalism background as an award-winning features writer for the Guardian and other major UK newspapers.
July • 2021
John was excellent to work with on this project. We had to setup several elements of the shoot at the last minute and he was very flexible about this. He is an excellent shooter and went above and beyond by returning to a shoot location on his own time to gather additional broll when we'd had to leave early on a previous day. I would definitely recommend John and work with him again.
March • 2020
John worked really hard to make this shoot happen, he was in constant communication with me, thank you for everything!
April • 2023
Our team enjoyed working with John! We were pleased with his open communication and dedication to the story
Produced for BBC Reel
The ancient cure that has become a therapy of choice for Russia’s younger generation.
Produced for CNBC Digital Video
Inside a renovated $1 home in Liverpool, UK
Produced for Labrador Agency
Produced for Great Big Story
While American teens in the '80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren't easily accessible in the Soviet Union. So the government fashioned them from refrigerators and calculators with the goal of training young Soviets for combat.
Produced for Great Big Story
Opening and Russian Section
Produced for Great Big Story
Two wooden churches and a bell tower have proudly stood on Kizhi Island in Russia for hundreds of years, weathering the test and tumult of time with only a tree-born tenacity. That's a dramatic way of saying that these impressive and ornate structures were built in the traditional Russian carpentry style, using only wooden logs with interlocking corners—no nails or metal supports here whatsoever.
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