QUALIFICATIONS
- Experienced topside cameraman; remote location assignments from Africa to the Arctic
- Highly experienced underwater cameraman DoP, in excess of 2500 filming dives worldwide
- First Aid and DAN 02 trained (Oxygen provider)
- BSc and Dip in Marine science & Ecology – excellent applied knowledge of marine life, especially NZ marine species
- Experienced & qualified Dive Supervisor for multi-day projects overseeing dive team safety and logistics in diverse locations
- Nitrox certified
- Poseidon closed-circuit rebreather trained
- Experienced in use of Underwater comms/ full face masks
- Holder of a 5-year renewable Marine Mammal Filming permit, valid to 2018, [only a few issued in NZ]
- ILM Commercial skippers ticket
- Experienced FCP editor and in all facets of HD post production
- Competent producer
- Experienced drone pilot
Topside shoot locations worked:
Dave has worked in Alaska, Norway, Canada, USA, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Africa, Arctic [Svalbard], Outback Australia, Tasmania, throughout the Pacific and all over New Zealand. He has been on numerous remote-location shoots working as an OPC ‘one man crew’; and directed and shot solo an entire 9-episode TV series [‘Untamed’] filmed on location around the world over a 4-year period.
Underwater shoot locations worked:
Worldwide: Canada, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Yap, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Bali and Komodo, the Coral Sea, Barrier Reef, South Australia and Tasmania, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, [mid]Pacific Ocean, and all over NZ from the Kermadecs to Stewart Island.
