MartinBlue

Martin Huntley

Founder, Managing Director, Former Sound Recordist, Beachgoer

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…!

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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.

Personal Profile

I’ve been in the industry for over 25 years, and have worked as camera assistant, sound recordist, cameraman and company director. There’s nothing that I would ask anyone to do that I haven’t done myself, and I’ve done pretty much everything.

I’m trying to take life easier now, spending time in Florida and Spain but I still strive to keep every client happy and whilst not active in the field I’m very much office and home-office based and across every job that comes though the company wherever I am in the world. Retirement still seems a long way away yet and there’s always something still to do!

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Broadcast Credits

Programme

Channel

Production

Location

Role

A Grand Day Out12 YardITV 1Bristol, UKCamera Operator
AA Road SafetySweet TVCorporateWinchester, UKCamera Operator
Ainsley’s Caribbean KitchenITVBlue MarlinWorldwide, CaribbeanCamera Assistant
Arundel FestivalStarboard MediaCorporateArundel, UKCamera Operator
Avatarland at Abbey RoadThe Walt Disney CompanyWorldwideLondon, UKJib Operator
BarclaycardMCCP LtdLiveO2 London, UKCamera Operator
Ben Fogle: New lives in the countryRenegadeChannel 5Various, UKCamera Assistant
Border RicoArrow MediaTravel ChannelPuerto Rico, USACamera Assistant, Minicam Rigger
Car HuntersChannel 4 / National GeographicWaddel MediaLake Como, ItalySpecialist Photography
Channel 4 RacesHighflyerChannel 4London, UKCamera Assistant
Disney at Abbey RoadThe Walt Disney CompanyWorldwideLondon, UKJib Operator
Disney Junior IdentsThe Walt Disney CompanyDisney JuniorLondon, UKDirector of Photography
Disney XD IdentsThe Walt Disney CompanyDisney XDLondon, UKDirector of Photography
Disney’s ‘Mane Event’Disney XDDisneyUK, LondonCamera Assistant
Gavin Henson: Human Guinea PigDragonflyBravoLondon, UKJib Assistant
Glastonbury FestivalSolent ProductionsGlastonbury TVGlastonbury, UKCamera Operator
Gold RushRaw TVBBC OneAlaska, USACamera Assistant, DIT
Great British Garden RevivalOutline TVBBC TwoVarious, UKCamera Operator, Editor
Great British Home Movie RoadshowDiverseBBC TwoLondon, UKCamera Assistant, Jib Assistant
Heart & SoleStarboard MediaCorporatePortsmouth, UKCamera Operator
Inside the LordsBBC TwoBBCWestminster, UKData Wrangler
James Martin’s Great British AdventureBlue MarlinITV 1Various, UKCamera Operator, Assistant
James Martin’s Islands to HighlandsBlue MarlinITV 1Various, UKCamera Operator, Assistant
James Martin’s Saturday MorningBlue MarlinITV 1Winchester, UKCamera Operator, Assistant
James Martin’s American AdventureBlue MarlinITV 1USACamera Operator, Assistant
Leave Us Kids AloneTwenty TwentyBBC ThreeHaselmere, UKMinicam Rigger
Lords of the Car HoardsNerd TVDiscovery ChannelUSASpecialist Photography
Penny on Mars TrailsDisney ChannelDisneyUKDirector of Photography
Pepper Pig / Paulton’s ParkRiff RaffCorporateSouthampton, UKCamera Operator, Editor
Plane Crash (Development)DragonflyNational GeographicLondon, UKSpecialist Photography
Points of ViewBBC OneBBC Northern IrelandUK, LondonCamera Operator
Red Arrows: Inside the bubbleBBC TwoArchie ProductionsUK, LondonCamera Operator
Seven DwarvesThe GardenChannel 4Birmingham, UKCamera Assistant
The Sky at NightBBC Northern IrelandBBC OneVarious, UKCamera Operator, Assistant
The Worlds Most Expensive CarsWaddell MediaChannel 4, DiscoveryWorldwide, USACamera Assistant, DIT
Titanic: Southampton RemembersBBC SouthBBC OneSouthampton, UKJimmy Jib Assistant
Ultimate Airport DubaiArrow MediaBBC OneAlaska, USACamera Assistant, DIT
Ultimate StrongmanChannel 5FryFIlmUK, SouthamptonJimmy 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

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