Documentary CV

Piers Leigh - Director of Photography

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Professional Experience

• Based in Bristol and London

• Over 25 years in the camera department

• Working in all areas of documentary film-making, including:

  • Feature documentaries

  • Specialist factual

  • Wildlife

  • Presenter-led

  • Adventure and expedition

• Working with all the major streamers and broadcasters, including Netflix, Apple TV, BBC, Discovery, National Geographic, and many others

Selected Credits

Under the C Echo Velvet - Netflix

Director: Pete Oxley

A feature documentary about children surviving cancer, funded by charity Children with Cancer UK

Wilderness with Simon Reeve - The Garden - BBC2

Director: Chris Mitchell

Four-part series on the world’s last great wildernesses and the people living there: Patagonia & Kalahari episodes

Raiders of the Lost Past: Tutankhamun and Carter - Alleycats Productions - BBC2

Director: Kenny Scott

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the greatest discovery of all time, with presenter Janina Ramirez

Simon Reeve’s South America - The Garden - BBC2

Director: Chris Mitchell

Episode 5, Argentina and Chile, the end of the journey

Lost Cities with Albert Lin - Blakeway - National Geographic

Directors: Mike Slee / Russell England

Two episodes: Petra and Peru, an exploration of new evidence for the past uncovered by LIDAR

World’s Tiniest Masterpieces - Yeti Television - Channel Four

Director: Kenny Scott

A look at the life and work of Willard Wiggans, who makes artwork on the head of a pin

Winner AIB Arts and Culture Award 2019

Nominated Grierson Awards

Your Inner Fish - Windfall Films - PBS: USA

Directors: David Dugan / Tom Cook / Alex Tate

Exploring the evolution of human anatomy through the fossil record

Winner Best Series, Best Life Sciences and Best Writing at Jackson Science Media Awards

Winner of Pandas for Best Science Film and Special Jury Award at the Wildscreen Festival

Kingdom of the Mummies - BBC Studios - National Geographic

Supervising Producer: Pete Oxley

A fly-on-the-wall and intimate look at an unprecedented set of Archaeological discoveries in Sakkara

NOVA: Polar Extremes - Windfall Films - PBS: USA

Director: Lucy Haken

Two-hour special focusing on the impact of Climate Change in the Polar regions

Expedition New Earth - Brook Lapping - BBC Two

Directors: Lucy Haken / Duncan Bulling

Landmark 90-minute special with Stephen Hawking, examining the science of space exploration

Inside Nature’s Giants: Racehorse & various others - Windfall Films - Channel Four

Directors: Anna Evans-Freke / David Dugan

Award-winning series looking at biology through dissection