Sports documentary series
All or Nothing: Manchester City
High-access sports documentary work balancing observational speed, tension, and premium episodic polish.
- Amazon Prime
- Sports
- Series
Selected work
A few things I’ve shot.
Commission me as a cinematographer for live action, or for generative AI cinematography when a sequence needs deliberate lighting, camera language and continuity. For brands, agencies and studios, I start with the shots and decisions the film needs, then test which can be photographed, generated or combined.
The credits below show my production experience: additional Director of Photography on The Full Monty and Red Rose, second unit on Sexy Beast, and documentary cinematography on Welcome to Wrexham. They establish film craft; they are not claims that those productions used my AI workflows.
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High-end television
The Full Monty
A return to a British classic, balancing ensemble comedy-drama with grounded, modern television texture.
- Disney+
- Drama
- Television
High-end television
Red Rose
A technology-driven thriller where teenage realism, genre tension, and phone-screen paranoia collide.
- Netflix
- BBC
- Thriller
High-end television
Sexy Beast
A stylised crime-world prequel with bold period attitude, pressure, and premium episodic scale.
- Paramount+
- Crime drama
- Second unit
Television documentary
Welcome to Wrexham
Documentary cinematography shaped around character, pressure, and the real texture of a club becoming a global story.
- Emmy nomination
- Documentary
- FX
Television documentary
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
London Unit work for The Cut’s Netflix documentary series. Nominated for Outstanding Lighting Direction: Documentary at the 2026 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
- Netflix
- Documentary
- London Unit
Commercials
Commercials and award-winning shorts.
Selected Director of Photography work across brand campaigns, charity films, and narrative shorts.
Commercial campaign
Ginsters: Taste The Effort
Ginsters / TBWA / Biscuit Filmworks / Directed by Rosie May Bird SmithTwo Ginsters films from the Merryn-led mockumentary campaign, credited with Ciclope Best New Director, Muse Awards Gold and Silver, a Chutes Awards win, and a 1.4 Awards finalist place.
- Director of Photography
- Biscuit Filmworks
- Ginsters
- Award-winning campaign
Short film trailer
Egg Timer
Biscuit Filmworks x Outstanding Screenplays x Slick Films / Directed by Rosie May Bird SmithA comedy short adapted from an Outstanding Screenplays award-winning script, starring Ella Bruccoleri and Kerry Godliman, with Mike credited as Director of Photography.
- Director of Photography
- Biscuit Filmworks
- Comedy short
- Festival premiere
Commercial sponsorship campaign
Three: Gogglebox
Three UK / Wonderhood Studios / Biscuit Filmworks / Directed by Rosie May Bird SmithA Three UK sponsorship campaign for Gogglebox focused on second-screeners and the way people use phones while watching television, with Mike credited as Cinematographer.
- Cinematographer
- Biscuit Filmworks
- Three UK
- Gogglebox sponsorship
Commercial campaign
Worldcoin: World ID
Worldcoin / Tony Pietersen Film / Directed by Matt DevineA nine-spot World ID campaign for Worldcoin, with Mike credited as Cinematographer across the series.
- Cinematographer
- Tony Pietersen Film
- Matt Devine
- 9-spot campaign
Award-winning short
Herd Immunity
Havas Studios x Papaya Films / Directed by Rosie May Bird SmithA darkly comic fake-news short that won Best Film and Best Direction at Papaya Young Directors, British Arrows Silver for Best Social Video, and further production design and filmmaking awards.
- Director of Photography
- Biscuit Filmworks
- Short film
- British Arrows Silver
Award-winning short
The Wilds
Short film / Greig Johnson MakingAn award-winning short film about family and werewolves, balancing genre texture with an intimate family story.
- Award-winning short
- Family
- Werewolves
Award-winning short
Familiar
David Ellison Films / Written and directed by David J. EllisonA 1942-set horror short about a servant bound to an ancient vampiric creature, listed by the filmmakers as winner of 55 awards and 138 official selections, with Mike credited as Producer and DOP.
- Director of Photography
- Producer
- 55 awards
Commercial / charity campaign
The Real Self Checkout
ASDA x Breast Cancer Now x CoppaFeel / Directed by Rosie May Bird SmithA retail-health campaign turning supermarket checkouts into real self-check reminders, with awards including Cannes Young Director Silver, Creative Circle wins, British Arrows Bronze, and Clio Silver.
- Director of Photography
- Biscuit Filmworks
- ASDA
- Health campaign
What to commission for a generative sequence.
Start with one representative scene before committing to a full campaign. The brief should name the required shots, intended use, cleared references and the person who approves each stage.
The pilot should give your director and editor a shot plan, reference frames, a continuity record and an editable test sequence. Agree the acceptance criteria first: character and product identity, screen direction, lighting, camera movement, usable duration and delivery format. Review the scene in the edit before approving more generation.
Before delivery, require a source and tool register, rights and provenance notes, a record of approvals and a handover pack your team can use. The production tools and seven owned deliverables on my Build page show how I approach this work. A portfolio credit alone does not establish commercial clearance for a generated asset.
Credits & representation