Director of Photography

Brian McDairmant is an award-winning director of photography with 40 years of experience in documentaries, feature films, natural history, drama, commercials and music videos. He is a winner and nominee of BAFTA, EMMY and RTS awards.

Brian has worked with highly regarded factual producers (Wall to Wall, Arrow Media, Tigress, Lion Television, Windfall Films) and his camerawork has been seen on major broadcasters such as the BBC, Netflix, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Channel 4 and PBS.

Landmark productions Brian has played a key role in:

BBC

The Human Body  BAFTA   RTS

Longitude (Green Umbrella)

Egypt's Golden Empire (Lion Television)

BBC-NHU

Wild China  EMMY

Life of Mammals BAFTA

Trials of Life  EMMY BAFTA

Planet Earth  EMMY

Discovery Channel

Discovery Atlas: India Revealed (Lion Television)

Body Story (Wall to Wall)

Ice World (Wall to Wall)

WGBH/Channel 4

Gallileo's Battle for the Heavens (Green Umbrella)  EMMY

National Geographic Television

Africa: The Series (Tigress)

History Channel

Ape to Man (Lion Television)  EMMY