DEFINITION June 2018

FEATURE ASCENDING STARS

Kate Reid Kate is an award-winning cinematographer whose drama credits include Call the Midwife , Trust Me , series 2 of Marcella and the new BBC One six-part series Press , for which she was series DOP. Her work has been screened in competition at festivals such as Sundance, Berlin and SXSW and she won the Underwire Award for Best Cinematography in 2015 for the film Nazi Boots . Kate has shot two independent features, numerous shorts and her documentary credits include Ava DuVernay’s Venus Vs ., and the Emmy Award-winning TV series Years of Living Dangerously . She strives to put story at the heart of her cinematography, whatever form she is working in. Kate studied cinematography at the UK’s National Film and Television School having previously worked as a camera assistant on features such as Batman Begins .

Si Bell

Originally from County Durham in the UK, Si began filmmaking in his teens, working as a clapper loader and shooting short films in evenings and on weekends. His work on features Electricity , Orthodox and Tiger Raid attracted critical attention, and he was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow by Screen Daily in 2014. As well as films, Si has also shot drama series including Ripper Street , Fortitude and Hard Sun . 2018 will see the release of both In Darkness – a Universal feature film starring Natalie Dormer – and Butterfly , an original three-part drama for ITV starring Anna Friel. He will next be shooting the opening block of Britannia 2 for Sky Atlantic and Amazon. His favourite pieces of filmmaking kit include his Leica Summilux lenses and the ARRI TRINITY rig.

Benedict began his career in factual entertainment, shooting programmes for the BBC, MTV and Sky. In the past years he has moved into music videos, for artists such as Beth Ditto and Leona Lewis, and now into TV commercials for clients such as Sony, Carphone Warehouse and Asda. “I now try and split my time between commercials and scripted TV shows; last year I shot Series 3 of Witless for the BBC and GameFace for E4/Hulu. I love the pace, creativity and camaraderie of a scripted set but also the attention to detail and thought of a commercial set. Looking forward I would love to work on a comedy/action film; one of my all-time favourites is Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). But to be honest I just feel very lucky that I am kept as busy as I am and that I have kind directors who believe in me as a cinematographer!” Benedict Spence

Luke was nominated as one of the BSC’s Emerging Cinematographers 2017 for his work on the short film Present . In the last 18 months he’s completed a number of features, including Dead In A Week (with TomWilkinson and Christopher Eccleston), The Buddy Games (with Josh Duhamel and Olivia Munn) as well as two episodes of Sky Arts’ Urban Myths series, second unit on Netflix’s Black Mirror and the upcoming E4 show Dead Pixels . Recent shorts include the The Hope Rooms (with Andrew Scott and Ciarán Hinds) and the Oscar shortlisted SLR (with Liam Cunningham.) He’s not a huge gearhead, but doesn’t leave home without his Sekonic light meter. Luke Bryant

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