Robin Smith

Robin is an award winning lighting cameraman, with a background in mainly natural history, adventure and science/history based documentaries. His work to date has taken him around the world filming in locations as diverse as the Siberian Arctic, Kalahari Desert and the forests of Papua New Guinea.

He has a wealth of experience working with all broadcast formats including High Definition and Film on projects ranging from observational documentary to feature films, and has recently attended the UK's first RED approved training course.

Robin is equally at home as part of a team or operating as a self-shooting director.

Prior to embarking upon his career as a cameraman, Robin spent twelve years teaching adventure sports in a number of outdoor centres around the world. This allowed him to gain commercially recognised qualification in climbing/mountaineering, canoeing, rafting, sailing, power boating and snow skiing, further adding to his effectiveness whilst operating in extreme environments.

Robin also holds a BSc Hons Degree in Biological Imaging

Awards:

• Silver Award for Best Science and Nature Doc, Chicago Film Festival 2011 - One Million Snakebites
• Wildscreen Panda Award 2010 - Lost Land of the Volcano and Life
  
• RTS Award 2009 - C5 Nature Shock/ Flesh Eating River Monster
  
• Emmy Nominated for Outstanding Cinematography 2007 - Meerkat Manor
• Winner of Gold Medal for Best Nature Documentary at the New York Film Festival. 2006
• Omni Awards USA Winner for best Cinematography. 2006

Credits Include:

MONSTER HUNTER (Icon) - Animal Planet;  HOW LIFE WORKS - BBC;  COUNTRYFILE - BBC; THE NATURAL WORLD - (Various) BBC; COAST – BBC; MEERKAT MANOR – Animal Planet; MEERKAT MANOR THE STORY BEGINS – Discovery Films; NATURE OF BRITAIN - BBC

Experience:

• RED One trained at RED's first UK training centre.  This three day course was an in-depth look into the set-up, shooting, editing and workflow of this revolutionary camera system.
• Long lens, Macro, Time-lapse, Mini & Remote Cameras, Green Screen and Aerial Filming.

• Presenter lead and actuality
• BBC Approved lighting course undertaken
• Paul Wheeler HD Cinematography Course
• 1st Option Emergency First Aid Course
• Rope Access/Climing & Mountaneering

• HSE Part 4 Diver qualified

For a more detailed list of qualifications and experience, and for a full list of credits, please visit www.robinsmith.tv