About Martin
Martin begun his career, pestering Slim MacDonnell (underwater cameraman and minicam specialist), whilst in the pub. After three months, he was taken on as a camera assistant and his second day at work, he was harnessed into a light aircraft with the doors off, receiving pictures from an around the world yacht race, off the Canary Islands.
Extensively travelled, there aren’t many places that Martin hasn’t been, from the Amazon Jungle to the Moroccan Desert, New Zealand to the Arctic Circle, Underwater off Borneo to the Mountains of the Moon, Uganda. Or, situations he hasn’t been in, I’m sure he can tell you all about it again and again, (and again).
He has experience across a wide range of technology, from minicams, cameras, sound, underwater filming, secret filming, helicopters, balloons, planes and hazardous environments, as well as running a business. He has now swapped a life of being on the road, and works in the Dog House, or remotely from Spain or Florida alongside Jazz, his P.A.
Only an orange belt in Karate, with two years training in Kung Fu and a flare for drinking Guinness, he claims that he “wasn’t there, and you can’t prove anything” when it comes to Cornelius…!
Only one of these is a lie, I have wing walked, I have sky dived, I scuba drive, I have flown a helicopter, I have trekked 160km though the jungle.
Broadcast Credits
Programme | Channel | Production | Location | Role |
A Grand Day Out | 12 Yard | ITV 1 | Bristol, UK | Camera Operator |
AA Road Safety | Sweet TV | Corporate | Winchester, UK | Camera Operator |
Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen | ITV | Blue Marlin | Worldwide, Caribbean | Camera Assistant |
Arundel Festival | Starboard Media | Corporate | Arundel, UK | Camera Operator |
Avatarland at Abbey Road | The Walt Disney Company | Worldwide | London, UK | Jib Operator |
Barclaycard | MCCP Ltd | Live | O2 London, UK | Camera Operator |
Ben Fogle: New lives in the country | Renegade | Channel 5 | Various, UK | Camera Assistant |
Border Rico | Arrow Media | Travel Channel | Puerto Rico, USA | Camera Assistant, Minicam Rigger |
Car Hunters | Channel 4 / National Geographic | Waddel Media | Lake Como, Italy | Specialist Photography |
Channel 4 Races | Highflyer | Channel 4 | London, UK | Camera Assistant |
Disney at Abbey Road | The Walt Disney Company | Worldwide | London, UK | Jib Operator |
Disney Junior Idents | The Walt Disney Company | Disney Junior | London, UK | Director of Photography |
Disney XD Idents | The Walt Disney Company | Disney XD | London, UK | Director of Photography |
Disney’s ‘Mane Event’ | Disney XD | Disney | UK, London | Camera Assistant |
Gavin Henson: Human Guinea Pig | Dragonfly | Bravo | London, UK | Jib Assistant |
Glastonbury Festival | Solent Productions | Glastonbury TV | Glastonbury, UK | Camera Operator |
Gold Rush | Raw TV | BBC One | Alaska, USA | Camera Assistant, DIT |
Great British Garden Revival | Outline TV | BBC Two | Various, UK | Camera Operator, Editor |
Great British Home Movie Roadshow | Diverse | BBC Two | London, UK | Camera Assistant, Jib Assistant |
Heart & Sole | Starboard Media | Corporate | Portsmouth, UK | Camera Operator |
Inside the Lords | BBC Two | BBC | Westminster, UK | Data Wrangler |
James Martin’s Great British Adventure | Blue Marlin | ITV 1 | Various, UK | Camera Operator, Assistant |
James Martin’s Islands to Highlands | Blue Marlin | ITV 1 | Various, UK | Camera Operator, Assistant |
James Martin’s Saturday Morning | Blue Marlin | ITV 1 | Winchester, UK | Camera Operator, Assistant |
James Martin’s American Adventure | Blue Marlin | ITV 1 | USA | Camera Operator, Assistant |
Leave Us Kids Alone | Twenty Twenty | BBC Three | Haselmere, UK | Minicam Rigger |
Lords of the Car Hoards | Nerd TV | Discovery Channel | USA | Specialist Photography |
Penny on Mars Trails | Disney Channel | Disney | UK | Director of Photography |
Pepper Pig / Paulton’s Park | Riff Raff | Corporate | Southampton, UK | Camera Operator, Editor |
Plane Crash (Development) | Dragonfly | National Geographic | London, UK | Specialist Photography |
Points of View | BBC One | BBC Northern Ireland | UK, London | Camera Operator |
Red Arrows: Inside the bubble | BBC Two | Archie Productions | UK, London | Camera Operator |
Seven Dwarves | The Garden | Channel 4 | Birmingham, UK | Camera Assistant |
The Sky at Night | BBC Northern Ireland | BBC One | Various, UK | Camera Operator, Assistant |
The Worlds Most Expensive Cars | Waddell Media | Channel 4, Discovery | Worldwide, USA | Camera Assistant, DIT |
Titanic: Southampton Remembers | BBC South | BBC One | Southampton, UK | Jimmy Jib Assistant |
Ultimate Airport Dubai | Arrow Media | BBC One | Alaska, USA | Camera Assistant, DIT |
Ultimate Strongman | Channel 5 | FryFIlm | UK, Southampton | Jimmy Jib Operator |
Great Leadership
Guiness lover
Can fix anything
Beachgoer
Employment
- Mad Dogs Television Ltd
Company Founder / Director - MP Group California
Freelance Sound Recordist - Eyewitness Hazardous Facilities
Camera Assistant / Underwater Cameraman
Additional Skills & Interests
- Highly Technically Minded
- Worldwide Travel Experience
- Over 25 Years of Industry Experience
- Keen Gardener