With dir Simon Shore [left] - "Get Real" [1997]

               

 ALAN ALMOND   BSC

Born: ?.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Paul Weiland [for Tesco, Miller, etc.], David Garfath, Barry Meyers [for Smirnoff, Mars, etc.], a.o.

Awards: British TV Advertising Craft Award [1996] for Smirnoff commercial; Dinard FF 'Kodak Award' [1998] for 'Get Real'; RTS Craft & Design Award 'Lighting, Photography and Camera - Photography (Drama)' nom [2002-03] for 'Messiah 2 - Vengeance Is Mine'.

Website: Alan Almond



 FILMS

1979

Just Watch It [Malcolm Taylor] c; comm short/19m; for Merchant Navy Training Board

1980

Ellesmere Port - Our Town [Bruce Rawlings] c; comm doc/13m

1985

Licensed to Drill [Malcolm Taylor] 16mm/c; comm doc/27m; for Phillips Petroleum Co.

1986

The London Chamber of Commerce [John Michael Slater] c; corporate film/13m; cph: Mike Thomson

1986

Rockwool - The Natural Way to Insulate [John Michael Slater] 16mm/c; comm doc/16m; for Rockwool

1993

New Order Story [Kevin Hewitt] c/V; mus doc/140m; cph: Mike Coles

1993

Boiling Point [Jason Lehel] c; short/29m

1993

Backbeat [Iain Softley] p/b&w-c; 2uc; ph: Ian Wilson

1993

Loaded/Bloody Weekend [Anna Campion] c

1994

Alistair Fish [Tom Cairns] c; dance film/15m; also ep of BBC-tv series 'Dance for the Camera'

1995

Brothers in Trouble [Udayan Prasad] c

1996

My Son the Fanatic [Udayan Prasad] c

1997

Get Real [Simon Shore] p/c

1998

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time/G:mt [John Strickland] c

1999

Guest House Paradiso [Adrian Edmondson] c

1999

Kevin & Perry Go Large [Ed Bye] c

2000

Gabriel & Me/Jimmy Spud [Udayan Prasad] p/c

2006

Nobody's Hero [Jason Lehel] principal ph started on 31 March; status unknown

2006

Knife Edge [Anthony Hickox] prod postponed; filmed in July 2007 by ph Daniel Bronks

2006

Strength and Honour [Mark Mahon] s35/c

2007

Made of Honor [Paul Weiland] c; 2uc UK; ph: Tony Pierce Roberts

2008

Where the Treetops Glisten [Kevin Godley] pre-production

2008

From Time to Time [Julian Fellowes] c


 TELEVISION

1980

The Small Available Joys [Peter Carr] doc/28m; cph: John Shann, Mike Rainer & Barry Jones

1980

The Pool of Life [Jonathan Gili] doc/52m; cph: David McKay, John Shann & Mike Todd

1980

Time Off [ep 'Weekend Away' dir by Jennifer Jeremy, 'Mike Goth - Mine Explorer, Robert Aram - Chimney Collector' dir by John Michael Slater & '?' dir by David Liddiment] series; cph ('Mike Goth...'): Michael Blakeley

1984

This Land of England [Bruce MacDonald] 4-part doc series ('Spring: 'And Ordered Their Estate', 'Summer: 'Lords of All They Surveyed', 'Autumn: 'As I Walked Through the Wilderness of This World' & 'Winter: 'To Market'); for Channel 4

1985

Who Cares [Richard Mayhew-Smith] 4-part doc series for Channel 4

1985

Prince Charles - The Pride Factor [John Michael Slater] doc/30m

1986

England, Their England [various] doc series, 1978-87

1994

Family Style [Justin Chadwick] tvm/11m

1994

Never Mind [Dan Zeff] tvm/15m

1994

That Sunday [Dan Zeff] tvm/16m/s16; + co-Steadicam op

1994

Crocodile Shoes [David Richards & Robert Knights] 13-part series; 1st series (7 ep)

1995

Kiss and Tell [David Richards] tvm/s16

1996

Crocodile Shoes [Roger Bamford & Baz Taylor] 2nd series (6 ep); see 1994

2001

Red Cap [David Richards] tvm; also pilot for series, 2003 & 2004

2001

The Forsyte Saga [ep #4, 5 & 6 dir by David Moore] 6-part miniseries/16mm, 2002; other ph: Sue Gibson (ep #1, 2 & 3)

2002

Messiah 2 - Vengeance Is Mine [David Richards] 2-part miniseries; 2uc: Mike Frift

2003

Foyle's War [ep #5 'Fifty Ships' dir by Giles Foster (GF), #6 'Among the Few' dir by Jeremy Silberston (JS), #7 'War Games' dir by GF & #8 'The Funk Hole' dir by JS] 12-part series, 2002-04; 2nd series/s16, 2003

2004

Jericho [ep #1 'A Pair of Ragged Claws' & #2 'The Killing of Johnny Swan' dir by Nicholas Renton] 4-part miniseries (4x 95m); other ph: Sue Gibson (#3) & Cinders Forshaw (#4)

2004

The Taming of the Shrew [David Richards] tvm; ep 4-part BBC1-tv 'ShakespearRe-Told'-series

2005

The Mystery of the Blue Train [Hettie MacDonald] special; ep 'Agatha Christie - Poirot'-series (36 ep, 1989-93; specials, 1995-present)

2005

Sleeping Murder [Ed Hall] tvm; ep ITV series 'Agatha Christie - Marple', 2004-present; 2nd series

2007

A Room with a View [Nicholas Renton] tvm

2007

Comet Impact - Catastrophe/Futureshock: Comet/Future Shock: Comet Impact/Impact Earth [Keith Boak] tvm

2008

Little Dorrit [ep #12-14 dir by Diarmuid Lawrence] 14-part miniseries/HD (ARRI D-21); other ph: Lukas Strebel (5 ep) & Owen McPolin (6 ep)

2008

Mrs McGinty's Dead [Ashley Pearce] special (#63); ep 'Agatha Christie - Poirot'-series; see 2005

2008

Silent Witness [ep #12.7 & #12.8 'Judgement' dir by Diarmuid Lawrence] series, 1996-present; 12th season (6x 2-parts), 2008; other ph: Noel Probyn, Peter Butler, Dominic Clemence, Nic Knowland & Trevor Brown

2009

Desperate Romantics [ep #4-6 dir by Diarmuid Lawrence] 6-part miniseries/HD; other ph: Kieran McGuigan (3 ep)

2009

Murder on the Orient Express [Philip Martin] special (#70); ep 'Agatha Christie - Poirot'-series; see 2005

2009

Survivors [ep #7 & #8 dir by Jamie Payne + ep #11 & #12 dir by Farren Blackburn] 12-part series, 2008 & 2010; 2nd season, 2010; other ph: Fabian Wagner

2010

Mistresses [ep #13-16 dir by Tim Fywell] 16-part series, 2008-10; 3rd season/RED, 2010

2010

South Riding [Diarmuid Lawrence] 3-part miniseries, 2011

2011

The Body Farm [ep #1 & #2 dir by Diarmuid Lawrence] 6-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA); other ph: Tony Coldwell & Nick Dance; a spin-off of the series 'Waking the Dead' (2000-11)

2011

Fresh Meat [Metin Hüseyin] tvm

2011

The Mystery of Edwin Drood [Diarmuid Lawrence] 2-part tvm


 MISCELLANEOUS

1981

A Kind of Loving [ep #7 'February-August 1963' dir by Jeremy Summers; tv-series] c.op; ph: Mike Blakeley

1986

The Fourth Protocol [John Mackenzie] Steadicam op; ph: Phil Méheux

1986

Business as Usual [Lezli-An Barrett] c.op; ph: Ernie Vincze

1988

Forbidden Sun/Bulldance [Zelda Barron] c.op; ph: Richard Greatrex

1988

Tank Malling/Beyond Soho [James Marcus] Steadicam op; ph: Jason Lehel

1989

The Child Eater [Jonathan Tammuz; short] c.op; ph: Jason Lehel

1992

Running Late [Udayan Prasad; tvm] c.op; ph: Jason Lehel