BRIAN McDAIRMANT
Director of Photography Credits
2015
PINEAPPLE TOWN 1 x 15 - One of Seven films in 7 LETTERS (FEATURE FILM)
Dir: Tan Pin Pin | Executive Producer: Royston Tan
2014
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA: THE HIDDEN STORY 1 X 60 - Channel 4/The Smithsonian Channel/Lion Television
Dir: Ian Bremner
WOOLLY MAMMOTH: THE AUTOPSY 1 X 60 - Channel 4/Renegade Pictures
Dir: Nick Clarke Powell
MS J (FEATURE FILM) Oak3 Films/Singapore Film Commission
Dir: Jason Lai
2013
THE OLD LADY (Yangon, Myanmar - In Production) Two Chiefs/HSH
Engineering/History/Conservation Documentary
NEW SECRETS OF THE TERRACOTTA ARMY 1 X 60 - Channel 4 (UK)/PBS NOVA/Lion Television
Prod: Su-Mae Khoo (Two Chiefs) | Dir: Ian Bremner
TRADITION WELL SERVED 1 X 60 - The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd./Peninsula Hotel Group
Dir: Libby Halliday Palin
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: TRADITION WELL SERVED 8 X 3 min "Making Of" Specials - Two Chiefs/HSH
Dir/Prod: Brian McDairmant, Su-Mae Khoo
WILD WEST CHINA: HEXI CORRIDOR 13 X 60 - CCTV/Beijing Bojing Productions
Dir: Various
BUKIT BROWN VOICES 1 X 60 - Two Chiefs
Dir/Prod: Brian McDairmant, Su-Mae Khoo
2012
APOLLO TYRES (Corporate Campaign) Blue Mango Productions
Dir: Bindiya Murgai
2011
THE BIG FAT REALITY (Producer/DOP) 1 X 60 – Asian Food Channel
Dir: Su-Mae Khoo
2012 Asian Television Awards Nominee - Best Documentary Special/One-Off
FORD MOTORS (Advertising Campaign) Blue Mango Productions Dir: Bindiya Murgai
DRUGS INC: ECSTASY 1 X 60 – National Geographic Channel US/Wall to Wall Television
Dir: Ralph Perring
9/11: THE WORLD’S FALLEN 1 x 90 – National Geographic Channel/Testimony Films
Dir: Steve Humphries
2010
THE SPICE TRAIL: NUTMEG & CLOVES 1 x 60 – BBC/Lion Television
Dir: Paul Sapin
KU DE TA 1 x 60 – Food Network/The Deck
MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE: TAJ MAHAL 1 x 60 – History Channel UK/MedialabUK/BBC Worldwide
Dir/Prod: Su-Mae Khoo, Brian McDairmant
FUTURE CITY: SAEMUGEUM, KOREA 1 x 60 – Discovery Channel/Bang
Dir: Various
MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE: THE BUND 1 x 60 – History Channel UK/MedialabUK/BBC Worldwide
Dir: Jason Lai
2009
REVEALED: SHAHRUKH KHAN 1 x 60 – Discovery Channel/BMP
LIVING WITH A SUPERSTAR: SHAHRUKH KHAN 10 x 30 – TLC/BMP
CULINARY ASIA: THAILAND 1 x 60 – Discovery Channel/Oak3
Dir: Su-Mae Khoo
2008
THE QUEST TO SEE INFINITY (Drama-doc) 2 x 60 – WGBH/PBS/Green Umbrella
Dir: Peter Jones
INGENUITY: ENGINEERING GROUNDBREAKERS 2 x 30 - Channel News Asia International
Dir: Su-Mae Khoo
ECOPOLIS Science Channel/ Darlow Smithson Productions
Dir: Various
2007
WILD CHINA: DESERTS (Natural History - HD) 6 x 60 – BBC-NHU/CCTV
Dir: George Chan | Executive Producer: Brian Leith
2009 EMMY winner - Best
Cinematography
DISCOVERY ATLAS: INDIA REVEALED (Doc - HD) 1 x 120 - Discovery Channel/Lion Television
Dir: Cassian Harrison
2006
LOST WORLDS: ANCIENT GREECE (Doc - HD) 12 x 60 - History Channel/Atlantic Productions
Dir: Anna Thomas
SICKO (Feature documentary UK shoot – HD) 1 x 120 – Goldflat Productions (New York)
Dir: Michael Moore
WILD CHINA: MOUNTAINS (Natural History - HD) 6 x 60 – BBC-NHU/ CCTV
Dir: Gavin Maxwell | Executive Producer: Brian Leith
2009 EMMY winner - Best
Cinematography
PLANET EARTH: ICE (Natural History - HD) 12 x 60 – BBC-NHU/Discovery/NHK
Prod: Vanessa Berlowitz
2007 RTS Award - Science & Natural History, Peabody Award Winner
THE GREAT BRITISH SUMMER (Natural History - HD) 4 x 60 – BBC/Lion Television
Executive Producer: Michael Gunton
2005
OUTBREAK: LEGIONNAIRES (Drama-Doc) 1 x 50 – National Geographic/Lion Television
Dir: Ana Paula Lloyd
OUTBREAK: SMALLPOX (Drama-Doc) 1 x 50 – National Geographic/Lion Television Dir: Anna Thomas
THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA (Drama-Doc - HD) 1 x 90 - Discovery Channel/Channel 4/Lion Television
Dir: Nic Young
2006 Channel 4 Award at the British Archaeological Awards
HISTORY OF SINGAPORE (Doc - HD) 4 x 60 - Discovery Channel/Lion Television
Prod/Director: Tim Lambert /Alex Lay
APE TO MAN (Drama/Doc - HD) 2 x 60 - History Channel / Lion Television
Dir: Nic Young
2006 Emmy Award Winner for Best Doc Script, 2006 US NAS Award for Best TV Program
DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: Rule of the Gun (Drama-Doc) 1 x 30 - BBC / Lion Television
Dir: Anna Thomas
DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: Road to Revolution (Drama-Doc) 1 x 30 - BBC / Lion Television
Dir: Anna Thomas
2004
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: John and Abigail Adams (Drama-Doc) 2 x 60 - WGBH
Dir: Peter Jones
DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: Galileo Trial (Drama-Doc) 1 x 30 - BBC/Lion Television
Dir: Nic Young
DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: Christmas Truce (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - BBC/Lion Television
Dir: Nic Young
NOVA: Secrets of the Battleship Yamato (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - WGBH/Bang Productions
Dir: David Axelrod
THE LOST FLEET OF KUBLAI KHAN (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - Discovery Channel/Atlantic Productions
Dir: Alex Lay
PLANET EARTH (Natural History) 12 x 60 – BBC-NHU/Discovery/NHK
2003
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Atlantic Cable (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - WGBH/Green Umbrella
Dir: Peter Jones
BRITISH ISLES: A NATURAL HISTORY 8 x 50 – BBC-NHU
2004 BAFTA-Nominated Camera Team
DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: Marconi & Concord (Drama-Doc) 2 x 30 – BBC/Lion Television
Dir: Alex Lay
HISTORY OF THE GUN (Doc) 2 x 60 – Channel 5/UDEN
Dir: Alex Lay
COSTA DEL CRIME (Doc) 1 x 50 – Channel 4
Prod: Tim Lambert
2002
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Bataan Rescue (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - WGBH/Green Umbrella
Dir: Peter Jones
Heroic rescue of over 500 POW’s from behind Japanese lines in the Philippines by US Rangers, emotionally retold through eyewitness accounts and dramatic reconstruction
MISSING PRESUMED EATEN (Drama-Doc) 1 x 50 - BBC Natural World
Prod: Tim Martin
South African Michael Rosch goes missing, eaten by a Crocodile?
MONSTERS WE MET – OZ (Drama-Doc) 1 x 60 - BBC
Prod: Andy Byatt
Early Man arrives in Australia but has to deal with a few problems - with extensive use of Animatronics and CGI
LIFE OF MAMMALS (Natural History) 10 x 60 – BBC-NHU/Discovery
Prod: Vanessa Berlowitz /M. Linfield
Part of BAFTA 2003-Nominated Camera Team
2001
ICE WORLD (Drama-Doc) 2 x 60 – Channel 4/Wall to Wall
Dir: Tim Lambert
How humanity triumphed over one of the most destructive forces of nature. Shot in the extreme environment of the Artic Yukon
EGYPT’S GOLDEN EMPIRE (Drama-Doc) 3 x 50 - BBC/Lion Television/DDE
Prod: Richard Bradley/ James Hawes
The age of Tutankhamun and Rameses brought to Life. Shot in the Nile valley and Sudan.
2003 EMMY Nominee - Outstanding Historical Programming
NOVA: Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens (Drama-Doc) 1 x 90 – WGBH/C4/Green Umbrella
Prod: Peter Jones
2002 EMMY Winner - Outstanding Historical Programming
WITNESS: Voices of the Dead (Doc) 1 x 50 - Channel 4/DMP
Prod: David Monaghan
2000
BODY STORY 2 (Drama) 4 x 30 – Channel 4/Discovery Channel
Prod: L. Klein/ D. Percival
WITNESS: The Maze 1 x 50 – Channel 4/Lion Television
Prod: Richard Bradley
1999
BEHIND BARS 5 x 50 - BBC; Prod: Jonathan Stamp
Devil’s Island – Penitentiary New Mexico…. Extraordinary stories of five different Prisons, is it possible to punish and reform criminals in the same building at the same time?
CATCHING THE KILLERS 1x50 – BBC; Prod: Paul Elston
ROLLING STONES: “Bridges to Babylon” 1x90 - Prod: Jane Traeys
NAKED PLANET: GRAND CANYON 1x50 - Wall to Wall / C4; Dir: Mark Everest
1 MAN 5 WIVES 29 CHILDREN - Polygamy in Utah 1x50 - Meridian / ITV; Prod: Jane Traeys
Against the background of the Utah landscape, Mormon Tom Green’s family story
TWO CULTURES – Art and Science 1x50 – Blast / C4; Prod: Mark Harrison
AFRICA: LOVE IN THE SAHEL 1x50 - Tigress / Nat Geo Television; Prod: Harvey Lilley
1998
TIMEWATCH: Las Vegas and The Mormons 1x50 - Lion TV / BBC; Prod: Richard Bradley
CENTURY ROAD: PASSING TRAINS 1x50 – MBC / BBC; Prod: Mark Harrison
DISASTER: ATOMIC INFERNO (Drama-Doc) 1x30 - Stone City/ BBC; Prod: B. Higgins
1997
SEARCH FOR LONGITUDE (Drama-Doc) 1x50 - GUL/ WGBH / BBC; Prod: Peter Jones
BODY STORY (Drama) 6x30 - C4 / Discovery; Prod: Leanne Klein
NAKED 4x40 – BBC; Prod: Lucy Blakstad
What do we think about our Body throughout our lives? Creative lighting and macro photography
EQUINOX: Losing It 1x60 - C4; Prod: Mark Harrison
1998 RTS Award winner
BAD LANGUAGE 1x50- Diverse / C4; Prod: Mark Harrison
RAC – Commercials 3 x 1 min; Prod: Mark Harrison
1996
AMERICAN DREAM 5x60 - Discovery/ BBC / Atlantic; Prod: Richard Bradley
LONGEST MEMORY (Drama) 1x60 - C4; Prod: Mark Harrison
Adapted from a Fred D’Aguiar novel set in 1790s Virginia it tells of a doomed love affair between the daughter of plantation owner and black slave.
JERUSALEM: City of Heaven 1x90 – Discovery / Atlantic; Prod: Tim Lambert
EMMY Winner – Outstanding Achievement
UNDER THE SUN: Thailand’s Royal Court 2x50 - Oxford TV / BBC; Prod: Will Aslett
FOOTBALLS TO AFRICA (Comic Relief) 3x30 – BCP / BBC; Prod: Mark Harrison
CARLSBERG and KIRI Cheese (Commercials) The Producers and Smith Hadfield
1995
HUMAN JUNGLE 6x30 - C4 / Discovery; Prod.: L. Klein/Dan Percival
How has man adapted to life in the modern city? Extensive use of time-lapse and special effects photography
WHAT IF: ET 1x60 - Discovery/ BCP; Prod.Mark Harrison
DAWN TO DUSK: Namibia 1x30 - BBC NHU; Prod: Mike Gunton
HORIZON: Einstein Revealed (Drama-Doc) 2x50 – GUL / WGBH / BBC; Prod: Peter Jones
COMIC RELIEF: Billy Connolly in Mozambique 1x50 – BBC; Prod: Mark Harrison
UNDER THE SUN: Spending the Kid’s Inheritance 1x50 – Illuminations / BBC; Dir: Russell England
1994
BOOKMARK: Rumer Godden - an Indian Affair 1x60 – BBC; Dir: Sharon Maguire
Author of Black Narcissus, returns to India and an emotional journey into her past
VISIONS OF HEAVEN AND HELL 3x50 - BCP/ C4; Prod: Mark Harrison/L. Klein
Is new technology bringing us together or driving us apart?
RTS award nominee for Best Photography
GREAT JOURNEYS: MEXICO - Damien Gorman 1x50 - BBC; Dir: Hugh Thompson
GREAT JOURNEYS: KOREA - Evelyn Glennie 1x50 - IAMBIC Prod. / BBC; Dir: Chris Hunt
ISLAND OF DREAMS 3x50 - Touch / C4; Prod: Malcolm Brinkworth
MAGIC ANIMALS 4x30 - BBC; Prod: Mark Harrison, Dir: Ann Hawker
MYSTERY OF THE SENSES 4x50 WGBH / C4; Prod: Peter Jones
Highlights: 1993 – 1983
FOOTBALL CRAZY 1x50 - Oxford Films / C4; Prod: Annand Tucker
BLOOD AND BELONGING: N Ireland 1x50 - BBC; Prod: Tim Lambert
INSIDE STORY: Great Benefit Fraud 1x50 – BBC; Prod: Malcolm Brinkworth
COMIC RELIEF: “Africa Films” BBC; Prod: Mark Harrison
IN SEARCH OF OUR ANCESTORS 3x60 – WGBH / BBC; Prod: Peter Jones
GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEY’S: Karachi to the Kyber 1x50 - BBC; Prod: Jonathan Stedall
MPINGO – Tree that makes Music 1x50 - BBC; Prod: Mike Gunton
COAST OF DREAMS 2x50 – Touch / C4; Prod: Malcolm Brinkworth
RETURN TO THE FALKLANDS 1x50 - BBC; Prod: Malcolm Brinkworth
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