About Steve Saunderson

Biography

Steve is a BBC Film Unit trained lighting Cameraman. As a Drama DOP his productions range from MERSEY BEAT to MIDSOMER MURDERS and Documentary shoots from the tranquil Antarctic and Galapagos to the less than tranquil West Bank and Lebanon.
In drama, factual and commercials, Steve provides a classy image at a speed and price to suit the production’s requirements.

Steve is experienced in Hi-Def / Digi-Beta / DV / 35mm and 16mm

Credits

COMMERCIALS

STEAMY WINDOWS, Hi-Def for Cinema and Television release, ST16/Lancs. PCT, Dir: Simon Croft

THE RANGE HD/ MAZUMA PHONES HD/ EASY FIT CONSERVATORIES S16mm Charlie Dimmock/ MAXWELL & WILLIAMS/  COOKES FURNITURE HD/ RAIL-AIR HD/ AMBER WINDOWS/ CAPLE GASTRON Aldo Zilli/ BUILDING SUPPLIES R US/  COLES FURNITURE/  WYEVALE AUTUMN/ TESTED ON TOURISTS/ WYEVALE SUMMER
Koala, Digi-Beta, Dir: Simon Cook, Neil Scholes. Prod: Phil Brice

SONY 4k PROJECTION SYSTEMS Warsaw, Poland
SONY HD XDCAM at the MOTO GP UK
Ventura for SONY, Dir: Karen Lamb, Prod: Paul Colbert.

MUSIC VIDEOS

GENIUS SHRIMP, HD., Dir: David Weir, Prod: Wendy Leavesley

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON DRAMA, including:

LIVING IT, CBBC, Digi-beta, Dir: Paul Murphy, Prod: May Gibson

MERSEYBEAT III, BBC, Digi-beta, Dir: Dominic Keavey, Prod: Chris Ballantyne, (Leslie Ash, John McArdle, Jonathan Kerrigan, Michelle Holmes, Chris Walker)

MIDSOMER MURDERS, Bentley Productions / ITV, S.16mm, Dir: David Tucker, Peter Smith, Prod: Brian True-May: A WORM IN THE BUD (John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Wendy Craig, Ian Hogg, Janie Dee, Chris Walker) MARKET FOR MURDER (John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Anton Rogers, Serena Gordon, Jesse Birdsall, Barbara Leigh-Hunt) MURDER ON ST. MALLEY’S DAY (John nettles, Daniel Casey, Jeremy Child, Peter Wight) RING OUT YOUR DEAD (John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Hugh Bonneville, Graham Crowden, Adrian Scarborough, Gemma Jones) TAINTED FRUIT (John Nettles, Daniel Casey)  WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? (John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Larry Lamb, Jane Lapotaire)

NORTH SQUARE, Company TV/Channel 4, S.16mm, Dir: Nigel Douglas, Prod: Alison Davies. (Phil Davies, Kevin Mckidd, Helen McCrory, Sasha Behar, Kim Vithana, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ruth Millar, Victoria Smurfit)

REACH FOR THE MOON, LWT, Digi-beta, Dir: Richard Signy, Prod: Lis Steele (Jonathan Kerrigan, Saira Todd, Lynda Bellingham, Peter McEnery

PLAYING THE FIELD II, III & IV, 20 x 50 minutes, Tiger Aspect/BBC, S.16mm, Dir: Nicholas Laughland, Robin Sheppard, Dermot Boyd, David Innes Edwards, Alrick Riley, Prod: Hugh Warren, Kathleen Hutchinson (Ricky Tomlinson, James Ellis, John Thomson, James Nesbitt, Lesley Sharp, Melanie Hill, Nick Gleaves, Tim Dantay, Lorraine Ashbourne, Elizabeth Spriggs, Chris Walker, Ralph Ineson, Jo McInnes, Brigit Forsyth, Emma Rydal)

WHERE THE HEART IS II, III & IV, United / Anglia TV, S.16mm, Dir: Christopher King, Simon Massey, Nicholas Laughland, Anthony Quinn, Tony Garner, Hettie MacDonald, Prod: Avon Harpley, Kate Anthony (Pam Ferris, Sarah Lancashire, Tony Haygarth, Jason Done, Thomas Craig, Marsha Thomason)

THE GIFT, Tetra Films / BBC, S.16mm, Dir: Danny Hiller, Prod: Alan Horrox (Amanda Burton, Neil Dudgeon, Trevor Peacock, Zoe Ashmeade)
PRESTON FRONT III, 7 x 50 mins, BBC, Digi-beta, Dir: Chris Bernard, Rick Stroud,  Prod: Bernard Krichefski  (Colin Buchanan, Paul Haigh, Alistair McGowan, Caroline Catz, Carolyn Pickles, Kate Gartside)

THE WOLFMAN, BBC Natural History Unit, S.16mm, Prod/Dir: David Wallace. Documentary with drama sequences illustrating events in the life of Paul Belenovic, who reared wolves and then re-introduced them into the wild. Filmed in and around Zagreb and the Velebit Mountains in Croatia.

THE LOCKSMITH, 6 x 50 mins, Fair Game Films / BBC, S.16mm, Dir: Alan Dossor, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Chris Bernard, Prod: Irving Teitelbaum   (Warren Clark)

NEVERWHERE, 6 x 30 mins, Crucial Films / BBC, Digi-beta, Dir: Dewi Humphreys, Prod: Clive Brill (Laura Fraser, Gary Bakewell, Hywell Bennett, Clive Russell)

BACK-UP, 8 x 50 mins, BBC, S.16mm, Dir: Jan Sargent, Douglas Mackinnon, Bob Blagden, Prod: Hilary Salmon  (Martin Troakes, Nick Miles, Chris John-Hall, Katrina Levon, Alex Norton, Calum MacPherson, William Tapley, Colette Koo, Oliver Milburn)

DOP on other BBC / ITV FILMS include:

FAIR GAME / THE LONG ROADS / FLEA-BITES / BROKE / SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST / AIMEE / FIRST AND LAST / THE MAN FROM THE PRU / THE LORELEI / ICE DANCE / WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW / CHRISTINE / YOUNG SHOULDERS

DOP on other BBC / ITV SERIES include:

HAMISH MACBETH / 99:1 / BETWEEN THE LINES / ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL / THIN AIR

TITLE SEQUENCES / TRAILERS:

L’ILE AUX TRESORS (French Feature Film, Treasure Island),HD. CANAL+/Chemin Vert,
Dir: Alain Berberian/Chris Brett

PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE, BBC, HD, Dir: Ewan Keil. Prod: Sarah Eglin

THE FLYING GARDENER, BBC, S16mm, Dir: Ewan Keil

BBC MIDLANDS NEWS (steadicam), BBC, Digi-beta, Dir: Chris Nelson

DOCUMENTARY / FACTUAL

COUNTRYFILE, BBC, Dir: Dean Jones, Kulwant Sidhu, Louise Pyne, Richard Sadler, Caroline Ossowska, Stephen Lockwood, Jennie Hammond, Kate Hollingsworth and Paul Vanezis.

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII BBC, Dir: Kate Holligsworth, Sharon Fisher, Patty Kraus, Paul Barnett, Danny Piesley, Sophia Wollschlager, Rob Murray, Sangeeta Sehdev, Jane Williams, Paul Vanezis, Michelle Davis, Andrew Lester, Michelle Furey, Andrew Painten, Dean Jones, Becky Pratt, Paul Newman.
Prod: Dick Sharman, Rosemary Edwards and Helen Foulkes.

OCEAN FINANCE, HD., Sound and Picture House, Dir Simon Cook, Prod: Ed Duffield

HELP! MY DOGS AS FAT AS ME Endemol, BBC3, Dir: David Coyle, Prod: Amelia Bowman

SPENDAHOLICS, Betty TV/BBC, Dir:Tara Yang

DISPATCHES, Channel 4,

TEMPER YOUR TEMPER, BBC,Dir: Paul Barnett, Andrew Lester, Becky Pratt, Sangeeta Sehdev, Prod: Helen Foulkes

DON’T GET DONE GET DOM, Flame TV / BBC, Dir: Claire Brown, Prod: Andrew Snowball

PAY OFF YOUR MORTGAGE, BBC, Dir: Micci Billinger, Adam Purver, Prod: Sarah Eglin

FRONTLINE FORENSICS, i2i Television, Dir: Katie Wright, Prod: Keith Duddy and Sam Green

COUNTRYFILE SUMMER DIARIES, BBC, Dir: Andrew Painten, Becky Pratt, Jane Williams, Prod: Amelia Bowman

DESI DNA, BBC, Dir: Oliver Clark, Harkirn Khaila, Andy Francis, Robert Murray, Irshad Ashraf

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, BBC, Dir: Helen Foulkes, Jo Kenyon, Kate Hollingsworth, Andrew Lester, Andrew Painten, Becky Pratt, Paul Vanezis, Jane Williams

THE CULTURE SHOW, BBC, Catrin Mair Thomas, Prod: Julian Birkett

BULLET PROOF? Steve Saunderson / Kempton, Dir: Steve Saunderson

ZAPPED, Yap Films / Screenhouse / Discovery Channel, Dir: Patrick Titley, Prod: Pauline Duffy, Paul Bader

PAKISTANI NIGHTS, BBC, Dir / Prod: Amir Jamal, Sarah Feilden, Ayesha Sharif

SUNDAY STYLE, BBC, Dir: Kate Dillon, Prod: Dick Sharman

POINTS OF VIEW, BBC, Dir / Prod: Vanessa Jackson

FAT NATION, BBC, Dir: Alex Rudzinski, Jeff Wilkinson, Prod: Ian Thomas, Virginia Hill

FEATHER YOUR NEST, BBC, Dir: Kate Dillon, Oliver Clark, Michael Murphy, Paul Barnett, Prod: Sue Watson, Vanessa Jackson

CASUALTY SAVED MY LIFE, BBC, Dir: Mark Scott, Paul Vanezis, Prod: Vanessa Jackson

LETHAL LEGACY, (Beirut and S. Lebanon), Trident Productions, Dir: Andy Cottom, Prod: Peter Vine.  Filmed on the Lebanese/Israel border in the minefields, at the heart of a massive mine clearance operation.

AFTER JENIN, (West Bank, Israel), Abu Dhabi Television/Skyscraper/Trident Productions. Dir:Jenny Morgan, Prod: Karl Sabbagh

SERPENT, a David Attenborough Series, BBC Natural History Unit, S.16mm, Dir/Prod: David Wallace.  Close-up shooting of cape Cobras, Rattlesnakes, Puff-Adders/Spitting Cobras to illustrate their habitat, locomotion and venomous strikes (300 p.s. photo-sonics). Shot in the Kalihari Desert and Cape Town, South Africa.

THE TATTOED JUNGLE, Channel 4, Dir: Michael Burke

THE REALLY WILD SHOW, (Ecuador/ Galapagos), BBC, Dir: David Wallace, Jo Sarsby

OUT OF DARKNESS, BBC, Dir: Jenny Morgan, Michael Burke, 2×50 minutes, filmed in Algeria/ Ethiopia

CLOTHES SHOW SPECIALS, BBC, India/ Egypt, Dir: Roger Casstles, Alexandra Fraser, Claire Stride

COUNTRIES WORKED IN:

THE ANTARCTIC / ARGENTINA / BRAZIL / ECUADOR / THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  USA / ICELAND / NORWAY / SWEDEN / PORTUGAL / SPAIN / FRANCE / BELGUIM  HOLLAND / GERMANY / AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND / ITALY / SARDINIA / SLOVENIA  CROATIA / GREECE / CYPRUS / MALTA / ANDORRA / RUSSIA (USSR) / SIBERIA  UZBEKISTAN / TURKMENISTAN / LEBANON / EGYPT / ISRAEL & THE WEST BANK  LIBYA / ALGERIA / TUNISIA / CANARY ISLANDS / MADEIRA / ETHIOPIA / ERITREA POLAND / SOUTH AFRICA / INDIA / THE FALKLAND ISLANDS / U.A.E. / UK

Testimonials

Thank you for your wonderful contribution to LIVING IT. Once again I was very impressed by your calm, collaborative approach and your excellent camerawork. I know Paul (Paul Murphy, director) considers you one of the best lighting cameramen he’s ever worked with and really appreciated all your creative input on his episodes; this truly paid off on screen - the episodes are all looking fantastic!

MAY GIBSON (Producer) - BBC

This is a sincere thank you for your wonderful lighting on NEVERWHERE, it really enhanced the show. Thank you, big respect and here’s to the next time.

LENNY HENRY - Crucial Films / BBC

A huge thank you for all your fantastic work on NORTH SQUARE. I am delighted with the way the show looks and I was so grateful for the way you stepped into the middle of the shoot so calmly, quietly and effectively and managed to smooth the transition with real tact and aplomb. I hope you enjoyed the process - it certainly was a pleasure working with you Steve - at last!

ALISON DAVIS (Producer) - Company Television / Channel 4

This seems an appropriate point to write and thank you personally for all your hard work on PLAYING THE FIELD. It was much appreciated. Everyone comments on how good this series looks - you managed to light it in a way that gives real texture and depth, and all on budget and schedule!

HUGH WARREN (Producer) - Tiger Aspect / BBC

I would like to put on record how delighted I am with Steve Saunderson’s camerawork on the COUNTRY FILE Ugbrooke shoot. Under the most difficult of conditions he turned in some of the most stunning material I’ve had the privilege to direct. The pictures, in terms of composition, creative approach and technical excellence etc. were of the highest order and when one takes into account that they were all shot “on the hoof” they are all the more remarkable.

MICHAEL FITZGERALD (Producer) – BBC