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Director of Photography

Gary Shaw

Bio

GARY SHAW – Director of Photography Gary started in the industry as a 16 year-old runner at the film optical company Geoff Axtell Associates. After working his way up from runner to lead cameraman, he discovered that his calling lay not in world of post-production, rather on the actual set of commercials and feature films. He moved into the motion control area of special effects photography, working in Great Britain’s renowned effects lab The Mill Motion Control Studio, or The Mill. At The Mill, Gary worked on many hundreds of high-end commercials and movies including, Entrapment, The Mummy, The World Is Not Enough and Enemy of the State to name a few. A great deal of his effects work took place both on the ‘Super Cyclops’ process stage at Shepperton Studios and on many locations with the ‘Milo’ mobile Mo-Co rigs. By the late 90’s, Gary had already been developing a craft for the camera while working alongside several top cinematographers. Gary was given the chance to DP what was to become an award winning BMW commercial for Paul Street. He has since gone on to shoot various award winning commercials worldwide with many talented directors. Gary first collaborated with Duncan Jones on the Carling ‘Robots’ commercial before they came together on their first feature MOON. Gary said. “It was a great and challenging opportunity to shoot MOON with Duncan and I think, together, we have crafted a great filmâ€� Gary has recently completed a second feature Raftaar 24/7 in Bollywood with well-known Indian commercials director Shamin Desai.

Director of Photography- Job Description

A cinematographer who is ultimately responsible for the process of recording a scene in the manner desired by the director. The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film developing and film printing.