Jeff Goodman - Cameraman, Director
Jeff is now also Conservation Editor for www.scubaverse.com as well as responsible for the underwater video content of the site.
PROFILE
Based in Bristol and Cornwall and working globally, with over 40 years experience in Wildlife, Underwater, Aerial and Sound Sync Lighting Camera work.
Experienced in TV Documentaries, Presenter led programming, Science and Features.
Filming and directing in varying habitats and conditions from Underwater to Aerials, from Commercial Studios to Rain Forests from Arctic Ice Flows to Deserts.
Operating as single Cameraman/Director or as part of multi-camera full production crew.
HSE Part 1V: Underwater Director/Cameraman
Additional Skills:
Snow Ski Instructor - Surf instructor - Motor bike/car full license.
Experienced in:
Sailing - Motor Boats - Snow Mobiles - Microlites.
Pye Best Regional Film Director/Cameraman
Montana Festival Best Series Director/Cameraman
Montana Festival Best Indigenous Peoples Film Co-Producer/Cameraman
Twice nominated BAFTA Award Cameraman
Wildscreen Panda. ‘Animal Behaviour’ Camera Team
Wildscreen Panda. ‘Best Revelation Film’ Cameraman
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CREDITED TO - BBC, HTV, YTV, Central, CBS, Sino Films,
Partridge Films, ABC Kane, Silverback Productions, WNET,
Skerry Movies, Goldhawk Films,
Real World Films, Kestrel Films, Tigress Films, Screenhouse Productions,
Bio Vision, Ch4,
Discovery USA, Discovery Europe,
Canal +, Zebra Films,
Denham Productions, Green Umbrella, TV Asahi, Spider Movies,
National Geographic,United Productions, Off The Fence, Rock Wallaby Productions.
COUNTRIES WORKED - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Austria, Italy, Canada, Bahamas, USA, USSR, Baja California, Brazil, France, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Svalbard, Iceland, Faeroes, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Israel, Mongolia, Chagos, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Hong Kong, Congo, Germany, Zambia, Sulawesi, Peru, Zaire, Australia, Greece, Corsica, India, Comoros, Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Mozambique, Grenada, Barbados, Panama.
MAJOR CAMERAMAN CREDITS ;
DISCOVERY:
'Ten Deadliest Snakes' 50 min. Partridge Films. With Steve Irwin.
Producer Emma Peddy/ Mark Strickson.
'Gentle Giants' 50 min. Silverback Productions. Producer Gary Dash
‘Land Of The Giant Bats’ 50 min. Silverback Productions. Discovery/Cannal +
ANIMAL PLANET:
‘Kindred Spirits’ 50 min. Anglia. Producer Sally Wilson
ANGLIA SURVIVAL;
'Great North Bear' 50 min. Producer Petra Regent
SKERRY MOVIES:
'The Secret of Roaninish' 90 min feature film. Natural history sequences. Director John Sayles. Assc. Producer Paul Miller
PARTRIDGE FILMS:
'Rio Negro - River of Golden Water' 30 min. Producer Andrea Florence
'Amazon Aquarium Trade' 30 min. Producer Andrea Florence
'Predators of Amazonian Waters' 30 min. Producer Andrea Florence
‘Kangaroo Comeback' 50 min. National Geographic. Producer Mark Strickson
'The Tiger’s Tale' 50 min. National Geographic. Producer Claire Fisher
UNITED PRODUCTIONS;
‘GIANTS’ 30 mins. Producer Nigel Marvin
‘VAMPIRE HUNTER’ 50 mins. Producer Nigel Marvin
‘GIANT CREEPY CRAWLIES’ 50 mins. Producer Nigel Marvin
GREEN UMBRELLA;
‘Ultimate Guide to Octopus’ 30 min. Producer Emma Peddy
ZEBRA FILMS;
‘Mimmic Octopus – Wonderpuss’ 30 min. BBC. Producer Joe Kennedy
‘INDONESIA – SERIES’ 50 mins. BBC. Producers Richard Mathews/Joe Kennedy
BBC:
'Giants Of The Vermillion Sea' 50 min. 'World About Us'. Producer Krov Menhuin.
'Living Isles' Series Producer Peter Crawford. Programme producers Paul Reddish,
Roger Jones
'Lundy' 30 min special BBC South West. Producer Laurie Emberson
'Black Diamond of the Sea' 30 min special BBC South West. Producer Laurie Emberson
'Supersense' Series producer John Downer. Programme producers Paul Reddish, Nigel Marvin
'The Realm of the Russian Bear' Series producer John Sparks.
Prog. producer Pelham Aldridge-Blake
'Survivors - Jaws the Truth' 30 min. Producer Richard Brock
'Living Dangerously - Have Fish had their Chips?' 30 min. Producer Richard Brock
'The Human Animal' 6 x 30 min. BBC Bristol, Desmond Morris.
Series Producer Mike Baynon. Prog. producers Clive Bromhal, Martin Weitz, Graham Booth
'Eyewitness' 30 min. BBC Bristol. Programme producer David Hutt
'Sulawesi' 50 min Natural World BBC Bristol. Producer Andrea Florence
'Sulawesi' 30 min. BBC Bristol. Producer Andrea Florence
'Local Heroes' 3 x 30 min. BBC London. Producer Paul Bader
'Operation Survival' BBC Scotland Producer Sally Wilson
‘Amazon to Andes’ 50 min. Producer Tim Scoones
‘Spectacled Bears’ 50 min. Producer Fergus Beeley
‘COAST’ - Syc Cameraman/Underwater cameraman. Presenter – Miranda Krestovnikoff
Producers – Chiara Bellati, Hannah Mattison, Roger Ford-Hutchinson, John Trefor and others
YTV:
'Bellamy's Bugle' Series Producer David Wright
'3-D' 30 min. magazine programmes. Producers Martin Belderson, Barbara Govan,
Glyn Middleton
TIGRESS FILMS:
'Robin Williams with Dolphins' 50 min. Producer Jeremy Bradshaw
SCANDINATURE FILMS/TV2:
'Sea of Ice' 30 min. Producer Bo Landin
CANAL +;
'LOBO' - The Iberian Wolf' 30 min. Silverback Productions. Producer Gary Dash
CHANNEL 4:
‘Salvage Squad’ 30min. Wall To Wall Television. Producer Deborah Kidd
BIO-VISION
‘Horses’ 2 x 50min. Producer Fergus Beeley.
SPIDER MOVIES:
‘RAPTORS’ Snyc.Cameraman for a BBC Natural World/Spider Movies Production Producer Fergus Beeley
OFF THE FENCE :
‘SHARK NIGHT ’ Underwater.Cameraman for a Off The Fence/Animal Planet Production Producer Joe Kennedy
ROCK WALLABY PRODUCTIONS (Serious Pictures Ltd):
‘Qatar National Day ’ - Microlight Aerial, Slow Motion, Wildlife, Sync Cameraman.
Producers – Lyndall Davies & Mark Strickson
LOVE PRODUCTIONS :
‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF ’ Cameraman. Producer/Director James Hedge
DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN CREDITS ;
BBC:
'Inner World' 30 min. special BBC South West. Producer Laurie Emberson
'Land Beyond The Foaming Horse' 30 min. special BBC South West. Producer Laurie Emberson
'The Scallop Alternative' 30 min. special BBC South West. Producer Keith Blackler
'Torrey Canyon' 30 min. special BBC South West. Producer Keith Blackler
'Black Harvest' 40 min. special BBC South West. Producer David Spires
'Journey to the Dark Heart' 50 min. Natural World BBC Bristol. Producer Gary Dash
'Earth Wind & Water' 3 x 30 min. BBC Scotland. Producer Sally Wilson
CENTRAL/CHANNEL 4;
'Drift Nets' 12 min special. Producer Vivica Parsons
DENHAM PRODUCTIONS;
'The Golden Fleet' 30 min. Producer Peter Edwards
CREDITED DIRECTOR ;
TSW:
'Shadow of Failure' 30 min. feature. Series producer Frank Wintle
CREDITED PRODUCER/CAMERAMAN ;
BBC:
'Haida Gwai' 50 min. Natural World BBC Bristol. Series producer Mike Salisbury
‘Secrets of the Maya Underworld’ Associate Producer. 50 min. Natural World BBC Bristol
Series producer Tim Martin. Programme Producer Tim Scoones
STANDING STONE PRODUCTIONS:
‘A Few Cornish Tails ’ - A series of four films looking at the lives of Cornish working Horses and their owners.
Producer/Cameraman - Jeff Goodman
‘Vic Simpson - A Post-Mortem Protocal for the Eurasian Otter ’ - An educational/learning reference film following the full diagnostic post mortem of an Eurasian Otter.
Producer/Cameraman - Jeff Goodman
DOP ;
SHARON SHEEHAN FILMS:
'Mary Anning & the Dinasaur' - The film reveals the life, plight and loves of the eminent Mary Anning, an 1800's fossil hunter.
