Laurie Gilbert s.o.c
About:  Laurie K. Gilbert s.o.c. is an award winning, cinematographer servicing American & European production companies globally from his operational base in S.E Asia. He has more than 30 years experience shooting motion picture material in 49 countries for feature films, commercials, documentaries, television drama and corporate communication productions and he shoots in all current film and HD aquisition formats. He is a helicopter aerial and offshore marine expert in both motion picture film and stills, with considerable America’s Cup, Olympic and similar offshore sailing event experience. He works with Schwem, Mako Head, Kenyon Ken-Lab gyro technology and much of his current work is super yacht and oil and gas photography for television and magazines. He has just completed a project as the helicopter aerial cameraman for the ESPN documentary of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in the UAE. Categories:  Aerial Cameraman, Camera Operator, Crew Hire, Director, Director of Photography, Lighting Camera, Photographer-Stills, Producer, Production Manager eMail:  http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/laurie WWW:  http://www.ukscreen.com/crew/laurie Tel:  +60333487248 Mobile:  +60 19 270 0488 Address:  80 Jalan Setia Damai Shah Alam 40170 Malaysia Company:  Aerial Marine Media Nationality:  Australia Experience:  33 yrs Languages:  English Affiliation: ACS, GTC, PAPA, SOC
Training and Skills
Formal Training:  Royal Scholarship - International London Film School Kodak Master Cinematography Course Santa Fe Advanced High Definition Digital Cinematography Workshop Other Skills:  25 years experience as a helicopter aerial cinematographer - fully accredited with the S.O.C. ( Society of Operating Cameramen), Aerialcinematography.Com in Hollywood and P.A.P.A. ( Professional Aerial Photographers Association). Accredited with the Turkish Air Force as a supersonic in-cockpit cinematographer shooting acrobatic aerials with the "Turkish Stars" (see show reel ). 20 years experience as an offshore marine sailing cinematographer (Olympics, America's Cup, Corum Cup, Kenwood Cup, Trans Pacific Yacht Race). Accomplished stills photographer providing the offshore oil, gas & marine and super yachts industry with extensive services for advertising and publication. Fully trained in H.U.E.T (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training) and offshore survival and certificates valid until 2010.
Additional Information
Considerable experience shooting material for cinema and television on location in China (70 projects completed since 1990) Vietnam (25 projects since 1993) Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hawaii, Turkey, India and the USA. Recent production include " Panic In The Ring Of Fire" a one hour HD documentary for Discovery Canada on Mt Merapi - one of the most active volcanoes on Planet Earth . He has just completed all the helicopter aerial imagery for Hollywood remake of the movie The Street Fighter - Legend of Chun Li .
Credits
Type Production Name Company Role Year Corporate Singapore Navy Battle Fleet Big Communications Helicopter Aerial DOP 2010 Documentary Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge ESPN Asia Aerial DOP 2009 TV Amazng Race Red Communications DOP Aerials - Asia 2009 TV French Spiderman - Twin Towers Malaysia GS Productions KL DOP Aerials 2009 Feature Film The Street Fighter Legend Films Aerial DOP 2008 TV Olympic Sailing Regatta Beijing Olympic Broadcasters DOP Helicopter Aerials 2008 Corporate China Aerials Swire Pacific HK DOP & Aerial DOP 2007 Corporate Offshore Marine Aerials Awilco Offshore Norway Aerial DOP 2007 Documentary Trans Pacific Yacht Race Pacific High Productions Helicopter Aerial DOP 2007 Feature Film The Morning Light Project Pacific High Productions Camera operator - aerials 2007 Commercials "JAAP" Shell 35mm TVC Serious Pictures UK Aerial DOP Brunei 2006 Corporate CSC - Computer Sciences Corporation Four Square Prods San Diego HD DOP India Sweden France 2006 Documentary Panic In The Ring Of Fire Discovery Canada HD DOP Java 2006 Feature Film Shadow Island F&M/Storm Prods Thailand Co / HD DOP 2006 Short Film Take Off Flying Planet Inc. HK DOP 2006 Commercials Grand Banks 44 Grand Banks USA DOP Stills Photographer 2005 Commercials Seimens NY Production Helicopter Aerial DOP 2005 Documentary 2005 Centennial TRANSPAC Race Roy E Disney/CSTV Aerial HD DOP USA 2005 Documentary The Singapore Story Lion TV London HD DOP 2nd Unit 2005 Documentary Unstoppable Wave BBC/Discovery/Darlow Smithson Aerial DOP Indonesia 2005 Documentary A Year Without Summer Cicada Films London Aerial DOP Indonesia 2004 Documentary Krakatoa Pioneer Film & Television 2nd Unit Indonesia 2004 Documentary Les Voiles De San Tropez Channel Sea Television DOP/Aerial DOP France 2004 Documentary Pyewacket Sardinia Channel Sea Television DOP/Aerial DOP Sardinia 2004 Documentary Kabaddi - The Challenge Pennant Prods USA HD DOP India 2003 Documentary Sepak Takraw - The Challenge Pennant Prods USA HD DOP Vietnam 2003 Documentary TRANSPAC - Trans Pacific Yacht Race Channel Sea Television USA DOP / Aerial DOP USA 2003 Editorial Superyacht "A Khaliq" Yachts Asia Pacific Magazine Aerial Photographer 2003 Feature Film Ganges River To Heaven Aerial Productions USA DOP India 2003 Corporate British Petroleum Vietnam Crea TV Saigon Aerial DOP Vietnam 2002 Corporate The Italian Experience Lifestyle Prods NY DOP & Aerial DOP Italy 2002 Documentary HSBC Global Branding M&E Prods London DOP Japan/Thailand 2002 Short Film Crow Pyramid Productions DOP Singapore 2002 Commercials Caltex Vortex Malaysia Han Chew Studio DOP & Aerial DOP Malaysia 2000 Documentary Kenwood Cup 2000 - Hawaii CSTV Co/DOP USA 2000 Documentary Turkish Stars Supersonic Heros Turkish Air Force DOP & Aerial DOP Turkey 2000 Short Film A Star Is Born Kayacik Film Turkey DOP & Aerial DOP Turkey 2000 Documentary Horizon Supervolcano Horizon Prog. BBC DOP Indonesia 1999 Feature Film Supernormal (China) Manadrin Films HK DOP China/Taiwan 1995
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