Coral – Sunday League TVC
Coral Sunday League Filming at Wormwood Scrubs The location brief for the Coral Sunday League TV commercial was simple on paper: find London football pitches with a strong urban backdrop…
Favourite Sunrise
Sunrise on the Edge of the Tibetan Plateau: Scouting for Wonder Woman One of the hidden joys of location scouting — even if it doesn’t always feel that way when…
Journey not the destination
Sometimes, It’s the Journey That Stays With You: Discovering the Guoliang Tunnel On a recent scouting trip in Asia, I was heading to photograph a specific location thousands of feet…
Alexander Filming Location: How a Tiny Photo in Bangkok Led Oliver Stone to Thailand
Back in 2003, I was on a location scouting mission in Thailand for an HBO project about Alexander the Great called Fire from Heaven. One of the biggest challenges was…
Maya Bay: Before the World Arrived
There are certain places that stay with you forever. For me, one of those places is Maya Bay in Thailand. The extraordinary thing is, when I first visited it in…
Behind the Locations: Filming the Film4 Relaunch
Back in 2006, I received a call from Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) about a television commercial that was anything but ordinary. Channel 4 was preparing to relaunch Film4 as a…
Being Julia (2003)
“The glamour of 1930s London… recreated across England, Jersey and Hungary.” Based on the novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, Being Julia stars Annette Bening as celebrated stage actress Julia…
Wonder Woman 1984 Filming Locations – Washington DC, Egypt and Themyscira
Director: Patty Jenkins Production Designer: Aline Bonetto Studio: Warner Bros. / DC Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig & Pedro Pascal Locations: London, UK, Canary Islands & Spain Location…
Filming in Jersey: Bumpy Flights, Narrow Roads and Beautiful Locations
I have been lucky enough to scout and shoot on the beautiful island of Jersey a few times over the years, including for the films Being Julia and Magicians. Jersey…