Laurence is an experienced Director of Photography with a 26 year history of working in the film and television industry. His work ranges from small, intimate documentaries, pop-promos, and commercials, through to multi-camera broadcast drama and films. Over the years Laurence has gained a reputation in the industry for his versatility as well as his energetic and innovative approach to film, and has worked all over the world. Laurence’s quality work has been recognised by his clients by shooting the following projects. The feature film ‘Bollydouble’, received two awards, ‘Toronto ReelWorld film festival audience award’ and ‘WorldFest Houston, gold Remi award’. There was a BAFTA win for RDF’s documentary, ‘Holiday Showdown, Val d'Isère Vs Gambia’ project, and one BAFTA nomination for Disney’s UK drama ‘Buslife’. An IVCA gold award for ‘The Economist’ project and a Certificate of merit for 'The Dreams of William Golding' at the Chicago International Television competition, both for Lone star Productions.Over the years, Laurence has used all filming formats, ranging from the latest Digital SLR cameras through to RED 1, Red Epic, Arri Alexa, Panavision and Arri 35mm film cameras. I own a comprehensive Sony Fs7 camera kit, with monitor, grip, and lens support, as well as a large selection of lighting. Laurence also has a unique advantage of being qualified to film in oil and gas offshore environments, such as the North Sea and the Norwegian oil fields. His qualifications are; BOSIET, (FOET), MIST, Escape System Training, Compressed AirEmergency BreathingSystem (CA-EBS) Inititial Deployment Training, Additional Safety and Emergency Training for the Norwegian Sector and has a shoulder measurement certificate.