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Paul Gavin
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Crew Hire, Director of Photography, Lighting Camera, Lighting Director |
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About:
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Born in Edinburgh, Paul initially followed his passion for theatre lighting, lighting several stage shows for Bristol Revunions Theatre Company during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before embarking on a course in Photography at Napier University. Employment with Moray House University’s television outside broadcast unit followed, and motivated by what he was capturing on screen, Paul decided to pursue a career as a freelance cameraman.
Paul has 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, Paul 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 RTS Award winning FOUR TARTS AND A TENOR.
In ‘97 Paul 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 Paul’s work at industry events to illustrate the benefits of originating television drama on digital as opposed to film. Paul was cinematographer on the BAFTA-nominated (Best Short Film category) 35mm short film CANDY BAR KID with director Shan Khan, for which he received a Kodak Bafta Award, and worked for two years as DOP on BBC Scotland’s soap RIVER CITY.
Still in demand as a documentary cameraman, Paul filmed the 13-part series HOLLYWOOD DREAMS, a new entertainment series for Cineflix International, and most recently the series BUILDING THE BIGGEST, filmed on HD for the Discovery Channel, whilst his drama work continues with the recently completed 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 Melies D’Argent Award, has secured distribution in both the US and UK, and will have its UK theatric release in February 2008 via Cineworld.
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eMail:
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[Click to Contact]
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Tel:
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013 446 0444
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Mobile:
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+447785 25 8383
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Fax:
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0131 446 0333
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Address:
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Glenlockhart House. 6 The Steils.
Edinburgh
EH10 5XD
Scotland
United Kingdom
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Agent:
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Cindy Thomson (Mob: 07887 571 770)
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Company:
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Extra Veg Crews
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Nationality:
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United Kingdom
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Experience:
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28 yrs
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Languages:
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English
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Training and Skills
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Other Skills:
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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.
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Additional Information
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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
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Credits
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Feature Film |
GamerZ
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Pure Magic Films |
Producer/DOP |
2006 |
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Feature Film |
Loved, Alone |
Dark Cloud Films |
Director of Photography |
2002 |
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Short Film |
Candy Bar Kid (2003 BAFTA Nomination) |
Bigheid Films |
Director of Photography |
2002 |
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TV |
River City |
BBC Scotland (Drama) |
DOP & Lighting Director |
2005 |
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TV |
MTV European Music Awards |
MTV |
Lighting Cameraman |
2003 |
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TV |
The £ Million Property Experiment |
BBC |
Lighting Cameraman |
2003 |
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film |
GamerZ
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2006 |
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Paul Gavin's Page Statistics
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