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Contact Address 63a Alderton Hill, Loughton. Essex. 1G10 3JD
     
  Direct Tel. No 07768551532
  Agency Tel. No. 07792926753
  Agency E-Mail nickiedwards@grahamfowler1.orangehome.co.uk
  Website www.grahamfowlerdop.com  
     
Film Union Membership ACTT Bectu since 1966
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Education Ryde School – Isle of Wight
     
Employment    
2000 - Present Vodaphone commercial in Cairo with Director Marc Chalhoub and
  production company TN Communications
     
 

Ongoing work as Director/DOP on a production entitled Top Deck in association with Top Deck Entertainment – Filmed in Miami USA and South of France on a multi thousand pound  budget. The pilot production is a consumer documentary providing the latest information on all aspects of small and large marine craft and boats.

 
 
     
 

Continued commercials for The Kenya and Dubai. Production of corporate films in association with Trading Faces Ltd.

   
  Qatar Airways - 15 min Corporate Film shot in Digi Beta.
  Location - Doha and Dubai - Director / Cameraman
  Company Rahbani Productions
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  Etihad Airways - 15 min Corporate Film shot in Digi Beta.
  Location - Doha and Dubai - Director / Cameraman
  Company Rahbani Productions
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  "Champagne and Tears" - 50 min Documentary. Shot in HD.
  Following the life style of the super rich, highlighting the positives and negatives of their lifestyles.
  Location - Miami, Ireland & London - Director / Cameraman
  Lisa Voice Productions
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  Afghan Wireless - 60 sec TVC for mobile phones - Shot in Digi Beta
  Location - Kabul / Afghanistan - Director  / Cameraman
  Rahbani Productions
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  Commercial for Mobile Phones - 30 sec TVC for Iraq - Shot in 35mm
  Location - Cairo - DOP
  Company Film Image
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  Coca Cola - 60 sec TVC for African Countries - Shot in 35mm
  Location - Cairo - Director / DOP
  Company Film Image
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  Coca Cola - 10 min Corporate Film - Shot in HD
  Location - Various locations in Kenya - Director / Cameraman
  Company Sounds and Pictures Ltd.
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  Future of Mecca - 15 min Corporate Film - Shot in 35mm
  Location - Mumbai - DOP
  Company Dunia Saudi Arabia
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  Top Deck - 50 min Episode for new TV series - Shot in HD
  Location - Miami and Monaco - Director / Cameraman
  Company Top Deck Entertainment
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  Feature Films
 

South West Nine – A British Independent feature film shot entirely on location in Brixton – London. Credited as Director of Photography and Co-Executive Producer. On general release in the UK and heralded as a landmark film.

 

Dangerous Obsessions – A ninety-minute drama made for television. Credited as Director of Photography and Producer. Film currently in postproduction.

     
1982 - 2000 Director of Photography
  Purchased own equipment and invested in making own films to create showreels.
  Entered involvement with the world of pop videos and over the next ten-year period photographed over 300 bands including;
  Queen, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Bronski Beat, Simply Red, George Harrison, OMD, Pretenders, Kim Wilde, Take That, Simple Minds and Wham.
     
  Approached by top UK agencies and shot many TV commercials.
 

Simultaneously directed and photographed documentaries and corporate films – receiving commissions from;

 

Honda, Thomas Cook, Barclays Bank, Austin Rover, British Leyland, Yardley, Prudential Assurance and Four Seasons Time Share.

     
  Founded own production company – G.F. Films.
  Producing corporate films & TV commercials such as;
  R.J. Reynolds - Camel Trophy Expedition in Siberia.
  British Airways – The Two Tonys. An in-flight commercial showing the benefits of duty free on board. Featured Tony Slattery and shot in Rio De Janeiro
  Marlboro Desert Challenge – A sixty second extravaganza shot in the deserts of Dubai and made for cinema. This commercial won silver at the International Awards Festival.
  Unifilla – A sixty second commercial shot in Monument Valley in Arizona. Winner of the Mobius Statuette for the best demonstration of a hardware product.
     
 

Additional Commercials as Director / Director of Photography have been for;

 

Dubai Tourist Board, Toyota, Pampers, Lakson Tobacco, Eppco Petroleum, L’Usine Bread, Coca Cola, Nescafe and GMC.

   
  Productions for Central Office of Information;
  Victims of Crime, Danger Of Fireworks, Danger Of Sunbathing, Danger Of Drinking & Drowning and Hypothermia in the Old.
     
1971 - 1982 As First Assistant Director – Working on feature film Priest of Love -
   Directed By Christopher Miles
  Starring Ava Gardner, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir John Gielgud and Janet Suzmann.
     
  As First Assistant Director – Working primarily on commercials with Directors;
 

Tony Scott,  Lester Bookbinder,  Richard Loncraine, Tom Bussman, John Burrows, David Gillard, Terence Donovan and John Clarke.

     
1969 - 1970 As Second Assistant Director – Working on feature films;
  The Oblong Box,  The Freelance, Mumsy Nanny Sonny & Girlie and Virgin Witches.
     
  As Second Assistant Director – Working on Cult Television;
  The Champions, Journey To The Unknown,  Man In A Suitcase and  Catweazle.
     
  As Third Assistant Director – Working on feature films;
 

Where The Bullets Fly, Mummy’s Shroud and Mr. Ten Per Cent.

     
1966 Entered Film Industry – Worked as a runner on Modesty Blaise and
  Casino Royale.
     

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