Paul Gavin
About:  Born and educated in Edinburgh, I initially developed an interest in theatre lighting whilst working with Bristol Revunions Theatre Company during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I studied Photography and Film at Napier University followed by work as an OB cameraman with Moray House University outside broadcast unit, then decided to pursue a career as a freelance cameraman. I have since achieved wide recognition as a documentary cameraman, working all over the world from Tihar Jail in Delhi (Asia’s largest jail) and the war zones of Angola (BBC’s DEAR BILL) to the exotic Tropicana Club in Havana. In the UK, I worked with brothers Andrew and Kevin MacDonald on the ITV series SHADOWING and subsequent BBC documentary DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVE, in which director Kevin followed his brother Andrew’s attempt at producing his first film, Shallow Grave. A working partnership with director Francesca Joseph led to the hugely successful BBC docusoap DRIVING SCHOOL, followed by BBC’s PICTURE THIS, an RTS Award winning programme, FOUR TARTS AND A TENOR with the late great Pavarotti. In ‘97 I began working on television drama. BOMBAY BLUE, a £2.2 million detective drama series, was Channel 4’s largest commission in Scotland at that time. It was one of the first high-profile drama series to be filmed on digital format, and Sony exhibited my work at industry events to illustrate the benefits of originating television drama on digital as opposed to film. In 2003 I was cinematographer on the BAFTA-nominated (Best Short Film category) 35mm short CANDY BAR KID with director Shan Khan, for which I was presented with a Kodak BAFTA Swan Award. I went on to film the 13-part series HOLLYWOOD DREAMS, an entertainment series for Cineflix International, following young hopefuls looking to make it or not in Hollywood. This series screened primetime across US, Canada and the UK. I was then approached by Exec Producer Sandra McIver to DOP on BBC Scotland’s soap RIVER CITY, completing some 100 episodes. Most recently I filmed the documentary series BUILDING THE BIGGEST, filmed on HD for the Discovery Channel. My drama work continued with the full-length feature film GAMERZ, filmed in Scotland on HD and enjoying success at film festivals around the world. GamerZ has been twice nominated for a Méliès D’Argent Award, has secured distribution in both the US and UK, and had its UK theatrical release in February 2008 via Cineworld. I have just completed the 60min drama EILBHEAS (ELVIS) for the launch night of BBC’s new Gaelic channel, filmed on location on Lewis in the Western Isles. To be continued… Categories:  Crew Hire, Director of Photography, Lighting Camera, Lighting Director eMail:  http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/topveg WWW:  http://www.ukscreen.com/crew/topveg Tel:  013 446 0444 Mobile:  +447785 25 8383 Fax:  0131 446 0333 Address:  Glenlockhart House. 6 The Steils. Edinburgh EH10 5XD Scotland United Kingdom Agent:  Cindy Thomson (Mob: 07887 571 770) Company:  Extra Veg Crews Nationality:  United Kingdom Experience:  28 yrs Languages:  English
Training and Skills
Other Skills:  BAFTA nominated, Cinematographer, Director of Photographer and Lighting Cameraman working freelance on feature films, TV drama, commercials, soaps, music, arts & factual entertainment programmes, EPK’s & corporates. Credits include: GamerZ, 35mm feature film, (Producer/Cinematographer, Paul Gavin) (writer/director, Robbie Fraser) www.gamerz-the-movie.com Candy Bar Kid, (writer/director, Shan Khan) 35mm short, nominated for a BAFTA (2003) in the Best Short Film category Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement, a 13-part period drama series starring Rik Mayall, (BBC) Loved Alone, 35mm feature Corner Shop, (writer/director, Shan Khan) 35mm short.
Additional Information
Extra Veg (www.extraveg.com) provides location film and television crews to broadcasters and producers in the UK and Worldwide. Extra Veg provided 18 crews for the MTV European Music Awards, held in Edinburgh. Big or small, If we can be of help give us a call. +44(0) 131 446 0444
Credits
Type Production Name Company Role Year Feature Film GamerZ Pure Magic Films Producer/DOP 2006 Feature Film Loved, Alone Dark Cloud Films Director of Photography 2002 Short Film Candy Bar Kid (2003 BAFTA Nomination) Bigheid Films Director of Photography 2002 TV River City BBC Scotland (Drama) DOP & Lighting Director 2005 TV MTV European Music Awards MTV Lighting Cameraman 2003 TV Eilbheas (Elvis) BBC DOP 2008
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