CV
MAX HUG WILLIAMS
LIGHTING CAMERAMAN
CONTACT
hugwilliams@yahoo.com
www.maxhugwilliams.com
CREDITS: FEATURES / FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT / DOCUMENTARY
2023
Home, Disney/Nat Geo
Asia, BBC1
2022
Big Beasts - Gorilla (Gorilla/Eles, CAR)
Life in Sound, Netflix
Asia, BBC1
2021
Leakey Feature Doc
Life in colour Ep3 (Tiger vision) Netflix
2020
Life in Colour – (Cuckoo, Zambia) BBC1
In the womb (Elephant, Kenya) Disney/Nat Geo
OceanX (Norway)
Leakey Feature Doc
2019
Life in Colour – (Augrabie's Lizards, SA) BBC1
In the womb (Elephant, Kenya) Disney/Nat Geo
Gorilla Feature Doc
2018
Seven Worlds – (Pangolin/Aardvark, SA) BBC1
Wild metropolis (Capuchins Costa Rica, Manatee Florida) BBC2
2017
Wild metropolis (Herons, Amsterdam) – BBC2
Seven Worlds – (Elephants, Zimbabwe) BBC1
Seven Worlds – (Orangutans, Borneo) BBC1
Animals with cameras (Brazil) – BBC1
Disney Nature – Penguins, Antarctica (Theatrical release)
2016
Earth 2 Movie - One Perfect Day, China(Theatrical release)
Planet Earth 2 - Islands (Sloths, Panama) - BBC1
Nature's Epic Journeys (Zebra, Botswana) - BBC1
2015
Nature's Epic Journeys (Elephants, Kenya) - BBC1
Nature's Epic Journeys (Caribou, Alaska, Yukon) - BBC1
The Big Fish (Iceland) - BBC2
Planet Earth 2 - Islands (penguins Zavadovski) - BBC1
2014
Snow Wolf Family & Me (Ellesmere Island- BBC2
This Wild Life (10 x 30) Kenya - BBC2
Natures Miracle Orphans -(Costa Rica) BBC1
2013
Natures Miracle Orphans - BBC1
Photographing Africa - BBC4 (BAFTA Nomination Cinematography 2015)
A Great British Year (Spring/Summer) - BBC1
Operation Snow Tiger (Russia)- BBC2 (Wildscreen Nomination 2014)
2012
Operation Snow Tiger – BBC 2
Orange/EE – Commercial: ‘Fenton Re-Mastered’ (For Passion Pictures)
A Great British Year (Autumn) – BBC 1
Genius of Nature – BBC 1 (Best Presenter led series Jackson Hole 2013)
Planet Earth Live: Bears – BBC 1
The Dark (Peru)– BBC 2
2011
Planet Earth Live: Lions Kenya – BBC 1
Panorama: Ivory Wars (Kenya) – BBC 1/Discovery US
Wild Arabia - BBC2 (EMMY Nomination Cinematography 2014)
The One Show - BBC1
Wild Britannia - BBC2
Expedition Wolf (USA) - BBC1
Africa: Forests (Gabon) - BBC1 (Winner - Best Series, Jackson Hole 2013, BAFTA Nomination Cinematography 2014)
2010
George’s Marvelous Mini-beasts - BBC ONLINE
Bear Family & Me, with Gordon Buchanan (USA) - BBC2
Frozen Planet (Arctic)- BBC1
Lost Land of the Tiger: (Bhutan) - BBC1
Human Planet: Rivers (India) - BBC1 (Emmy Best Cinematography, camera team. 2012)
2009
Spring Watch Christmas special - BBC2
Autumn Watch - BBC2
Greatest Cities of the World: Rome (2nd Unit Camera) - ITV
Greatest Cities of the World: Hong Kong (2nd Unit Camera) - ITV
Natural World: Black Mamba - BBC2
2008 + previous
Natural World: Manta Queen BBC2
Conquest of Everest – The Wildest Dream (2nd Unit Camera) - ATLANTIC Theatrical Release
Extraordinary Animals - Channel 5/Animal Planet
SAS (2nd Unit Camera) - Channel 5
Natural World: Titus – BBC 2
Saving Planet Earth (2nd Unit Camera) - BBC 1
RSPCA – Channel 5/Animal Planet CAMERA OPERATOR
Going Ape – Channel 4/Animal Planet
Natural World: Orangutans - From Orphan to King – BBC 2
Natural World: Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs - BBC 2
TRAINING COURSES
• BBC NHU Training Bursary – selected for the first of the new 2-year in house camera training schemes (09-11)
• Scuba Diving – HSE4 Commercial Diver, Current dive medical (2011)
• Steadicam – 3 day Steadicam training Course (2010) Climbing – IRATA Level 1, Cable Dolly rigging experience.
• 5 day Hostile Environment course (Jan 2010) HSE First Aid at Work (Nov 2010)
• Sea Survival & Zodiac Training (2010) LANTRA 4 X 4 Off road driving (2010)
• HD for Natural History – 3 day BBC Training & Development course focusing on the Varicam & Sony 750 (2008)
• Camera Assistant with DOP Chris Openshaw (2006-2008)
• High Definition Acquisition & Production – 3 day course with Films @59 (2004).
• Wildscreen Wildlife Film Festival & Workshops 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 & 2010
• Skiing ¬– Extensive experience filming on skis and working in mountain environment.
• College African Wildlife Management, Tanzania (2001) Durrell Conservation Trust Summer School (1999)
• Jeffery Boswall’s Wildlife Programme-Making 3 Week Course – (2000)
EDUCATION
MSc Behavioural Ecology
BSc (Hons) Zoology
LIGHTING CAMERAMAN
CONTACT
hugwilliams@yahoo.com
www.maxhugwilliams.com
CREDITS: FEATURES / FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT / DOCUMENTARY
2023
Home, Disney/Nat Geo
Asia, BBC1
2022
Big Beasts - Gorilla (Gorilla/Eles, CAR)
Life in Sound, Netflix
Asia, BBC1
2021
Leakey Feature Doc
Life in colour Ep3 (Tiger vision) Netflix
2020
Life in Colour – (Cuckoo, Zambia) BBC1
In the womb (Elephant, Kenya) Disney/Nat Geo
OceanX (Norway)
Leakey Feature Doc
2019
Life in Colour – (Augrabie's Lizards, SA) BBC1
In the womb (Elephant, Kenya) Disney/Nat Geo
Gorilla Feature Doc
2018
Seven Worlds – (Pangolin/Aardvark, SA) BBC1
Wild metropolis (Capuchins Costa Rica, Manatee Florida) BBC2
2017
Wild metropolis (Herons, Amsterdam) – BBC2
Seven Worlds – (Elephants, Zimbabwe) BBC1
Seven Worlds – (Orangutans, Borneo) BBC1
Animals with cameras (Brazil) – BBC1
Disney Nature – Penguins, Antarctica (Theatrical release)
2016
Earth 2 Movie - One Perfect Day, China(Theatrical release)
Planet Earth 2 - Islands (Sloths, Panama) - BBC1
Nature's Epic Journeys (Zebra, Botswana) - BBC1
2015
Nature's Epic Journeys (Elephants, Kenya) - BBC1
Nature's Epic Journeys (Caribou, Alaska, Yukon) - BBC1
The Big Fish (Iceland) - BBC2
Planet Earth 2 - Islands (penguins Zavadovski) - BBC1
2014
Snow Wolf Family & Me (Ellesmere Island- BBC2
This Wild Life (10 x 30) Kenya - BBC2
Natures Miracle Orphans -(Costa Rica) BBC1
2013
Natures Miracle Orphans - BBC1
Photographing Africa - BBC4 (BAFTA Nomination Cinematography 2015)
A Great British Year (Spring/Summer) - BBC1
Operation Snow Tiger (Russia)- BBC2 (Wildscreen Nomination 2014)
2012
Operation Snow Tiger – BBC 2
Orange/EE – Commercial: ‘Fenton Re-Mastered’ (For Passion Pictures)
A Great British Year (Autumn) – BBC 1
Genius of Nature – BBC 1 (Best Presenter led series Jackson Hole 2013)
Planet Earth Live: Bears – BBC 1
The Dark (Peru)– BBC 2
2011
Planet Earth Live: Lions Kenya – BBC 1
Panorama: Ivory Wars (Kenya) – BBC 1/Discovery US
Wild Arabia - BBC2 (EMMY Nomination Cinematography 2014)
The One Show - BBC1
Wild Britannia - BBC2
Expedition Wolf (USA) - BBC1
Africa: Forests (Gabon) - BBC1 (Winner - Best Series, Jackson Hole 2013, BAFTA Nomination Cinematography 2014)
2010
George’s Marvelous Mini-beasts - BBC ONLINE
Bear Family & Me, with Gordon Buchanan (USA) - BBC2
Frozen Planet (Arctic)- BBC1
Lost Land of the Tiger: (Bhutan) - BBC1
Human Planet: Rivers (India) - BBC1 (Emmy Best Cinematography, camera team. 2012)
2009
Spring Watch Christmas special - BBC2
Autumn Watch - BBC2
Greatest Cities of the World: Rome (2nd Unit Camera) - ITV
Greatest Cities of the World: Hong Kong (2nd Unit Camera) - ITV
Natural World: Black Mamba - BBC2
2008 + previous
Natural World: Manta Queen BBC2
Conquest of Everest – The Wildest Dream (2nd Unit Camera) - ATLANTIC Theatrical Release
Extraordinary Animals - Channel 5/Animal Planet
SAS (2nd Unit Camera) - Channel 5
Natural World: Titus – BBC 2
Saving Planet Earth (2nd Unit Camera) - BBC 1
RSPCA – Channel 5/Animal Planet CAMERA OPERATOR
Going Ape – Channel 4/Animal Planet
Natural World: Orangutans - From Orphan to King – BBC 2
Natural World: Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs - BBC 2
TRAINING COURSES
• BBC NHU Training Bursary – selected for the first of the new 2-year in house camera training schemes (09-11)
• Scuba Diving – HSE4 Commercial Diver, Current dive medical (2011)
• Steadicam – 3 day Steadicam training Course (2010) Climbing – IRATA Level 1, Cable Dolly rigging experience.
• 5 day Hostile Environment course (Jan 2010) HSE First Aid at Work (Nov 2010)
• Sea Survival & Zodiac Training (2010) LANTRA 4 X 4 Off road driving (2010)
• HD for Natural History – 3 day BBC Training & Development course focusing on the Varicam & Sony 750 (2008)
• Camera Assistant with DOP Chris Openshaw (2006-2008)
• High Definition Acquisition & Production – 3 day course with Films @59 (2004).
• Wildscreen Wildlife Film Festival & Workshops 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 & 2010
• Skiing ¬– Extensive experience filming on skis and working in mountain environment.
• College African Wildlife Management, Tanzania (2001) Durrell Conservation Trust Summer School (1999)
• Jeffery Boswall’s Wildlife Programme-Making 3 Week Course – (2000)
EDUCATION
MSc Behavioural Ecology
BSc (Hons) Zoology