DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
From Ghana to Greenland
Thirty years behind the lens. More than fifty countries.
One consistent approach: the story always comes first.
ABOUT
A DoP WHO GETS IT DONE ANYWHERE
Ian Watts is a BAFTA and Grierson award-winning Director of Photography, working across factual, documentary, history, crime, music and arts films for more than three decades. He has worked with all major UK broadcasters — BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky — alongside international networks including National Geographic, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Paramount, Discovery, Smithsonian and NASA.
He brings sympathy and understanding to whoever he is filming, and is equally at home creating beautiful images in difficult conditions and capturing the once-only shot when there is no second take.
“Ian's a fantastic cameraman with an amazing eye — always offering options, which is great when you're working under pressure.”
PRACTICAL DETAILS
Ready for any commission, anywhere
NATIONALITY
British citizen
US VISA
I-1 work visa
LANGUAGES
English · French
Kit
Own professional equipment
CLEARANCE
DBS approved
GLOBAL REACH
Fifty countries.
Five continents.
Over thirty years, Ian has filmed across the world — including:
Antigua & Barbuda · Austria · Bahrain · Barbados · Brazil · Canada · Chile · Costa Rica · Cuba · Czech Republic · Denmark · Dominica · Dubai · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Finland · France · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Greenland · Haiti · Indonesia · Ireland · Italy · Jamaica · Kenya · Liberia · Libya · Mexico · Morocco · Mozambique · Netherlands · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Qatar · Russia · Saint Lucia · Senegal · Siberia · Sierra Leone · Slovakia · South Africa · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Trinidad & Tobago · Uganda · United Kingdom · United States · Zanzibar
“Ian the shots all work beautifully. All of them. Just cut them in. Thanks for being so on it and making it so easy.”