RESUME

PROJECTS

A timeline of my career - highlights and important events. 
Full resume available for download.

IN THE SHADOWS - RELEASE 2025


In the Shadows tells the true story of Ramla Ali, the first Somali British professional boxing champion, and her journey to find her own identity in-spite of the world she was born into. Against the odds, she discovers the power of family, love, faith and self-belief as she learns how to open the door to her future.


DIRECTOR: Anthony Wonke
DP: Chris Aoun
PRODUCER: Lee Magiday, Madeleine Sanderson, Letitia Wright

LONELY PLANET - 2024


A reclusive novelist arrives at a prestigious writer's retreat in Morocco, hoping the remote setting will unlock her writer's block. While there, she meets a young man -- what starts as an acquaintanceship evolves into an intoxicating, life-altering love affair.


DIRECTOR: Susannah Grant 
DP: Ben Smithard BSC
PRODUCER: Liza Chasin

V 'FRI(END)S - 2024 


Kim Taehyung, known under his stage name V, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, composer, producer, and actor under Big Hit Entertainment.


DIRECTOR: Samuel Bradley

DP: Jake Gabbay 

PRODUCER: ICONOCLAST TV

THREE MOBILE - 2024 


Three, life needs a big network. 


DIRECTOR: James Rouse 

DP: Antonio Paladino 

PRODUCER: Biscuit Filmworks 

ALLELUJAH - 2023


When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community: they invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital's most distinguished nurse.


DIRECTOR: Richard Eyre

DP: Ben Smithard BSC

PRODUCER: BBC Film

SPEAK NO EVIL - 2022


Speak No Evil is a 2022 Danish psychological horror thriller film directed by Christian Tafdrup.

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unravelling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.


DIRECTOR: Christian Tafdrup 

DP: Erik Molberg Hansen

PRODUCER: OAK Motion 

ASDA CHRISTMAS 2022 


Elf is back in this 2022 ASDA Christmas commercial. A 5 day shoot in both studio and location. 


DIRECTOR: Danny Kleinman

DP: Ben Smithard BSC

PRODUCER: Rattling Stick 

TENA MEN - 2022 


Dribble dramas. Tena Men commercial for the international market. Seen in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands.


DIRECTOR: Martin Granger

DP: Ben Smithard BSC 

PRODUCER: Moxie Pictures 

The Year of Fortuyn - 2021


Nothing seems to stand in the way of Ad Melkert becoming minister-president of the Netherlands, but everything changes with the turbulent arrival of newcomer Pim Fortuyn.


DIRECTOR: Michiel van Jaarsveld

DP: Guido van Gennep NSC

PRODUCER: Hollands Licht 

KILL SWITCH - 2017 


A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.
POV based feature. 


DIRECTOR: Tim Smit

DP: Jacco van Ree

PRODUCER: CTM Productions 

170Hz - 2011 


First full feature project as a 1st AC.

Two deaf teenagers fall in love and run away from their disapproving parents, only to discover one of the young lovers carries a dark secret.


DIRECTOR: Joost van Ginkel

DP: Rogier den Boer 

PRODUCER: Column Film