Just finished my showreel for my directing work. I’m looking for my next gig, so if you have a project you’d like to discuss or ideas in development you’d like to collaborate on or just to catch up, please do get in touch!
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#documentary #director
#behindthescenes shots from exactly 2 years ago directing in #portugal for #WalkingwithDinosaurs . Captured in Sony Venice and RED Gemini with Cooke Panchro Classic lenses, gimbal shots and aerials on the Ronin 4d and dji Inspire. The cardboard cutouts were used as reference for the #vfx team and to frame and rehearse the action!
Location team -
DoP @harveypics
Aerial Photography @ollymeacock
Camera Assistants @dan_dimartino@tomhenman
VFX Supervisor Daniel Miller
VFX @lolapostproduction
Production Manager @emmitajuanita
Location Producer @danii_coimbra
Producer Mairead Maclean
Assistant Producer @samwigfjeld@reddigitalcinema@djiglobal@sonycine@cookeoptics
🎬✨#DirectorsUKAdventCalendar Day 9
In May, #WalkingWithDinosaurs roared back into the world, 25 years after the series initially stomped on our screens.
To find out how this iconic series was brought back to life, we hosted a director roundtable with Owen Gower (@owengower ), Stephen Cooter (@stevecoots1 ), and Tom Hewitson. Here’s some of what they had to share:
“The big difference with this project was that the filming was only the beginning of the directing process.” - Tom Hewitson
“I hadn’t appreciated until we were in the edit, that directing the animators is sort of like directing an actor. There are definitely opportunities where you’re approaching it like you would an actor.” - Stephen Cooter
“I asked the team if Jurassic Park was what had inspired them to become palaeontologists and, to a person, they all said no. It was Walking with Dinosaurs.” - Owen Gower
Read more via the link in our bio!
Congratulations @lolapostproduction winners of the 2025 @broadcast_tech award for Excellence in #VFX for #walkingwithdinosaurs
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How do you visualise your story?
For this week’s guest, Director and Series Producer Stephen Cooter @stevecoots1 , his visual style is tied to the films he watched as a kid starting with Stephen Spielberg’s iconic family film, ET. His story telling tips include:
❓Make your films about universal questions, not facts that you can easily watch on youtube
🙋♀️Find the human angles
We also chat about why he was driving Brian Cox and a human brain in a bucket across an African city; and we question what is the new way of talking about science.
Listen and subscribe at the link in the bio
Episode will be available to watch soon on youtube, link in the bio
