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MIKE ELEY BSC |
Born: 1960, Romford, Essex, UK, as Michael Eley.
Education: Leeds Polytechnic [Graphic Design].
Career: After college, Eley got a job as an assistant film editor with Aspect Films, a small independent film company in London. A few years later he segued to the camera department and trained as an assistant, mainly working on doc's. He eventually became a cameraman at the company and then began freelance jobs in 1989. He spent the next 10 years working on doc's for BBC-tv and Channel 4 before getting the chance to shoot dramatic films.
Ph & dir commercials.
Member of the BSC since November 2010.
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1999; shared] for 'Lemurs'; British Independent Film Award [BIFA] 'Best Technical Achievement' [2004] for 'Touching the Void'; RTS Craft & Design Award 'Photography - Drama' [2006-07; 'Technically skilled, stunning to look at, the winner's talent was to find the tiny details of character, emotion and story set against a huge landscape of large vistas, castles and buildings. But most importantly his work was always in close sympathy with character.'] & 'Emmy' Award nom [2007; for Part 1] for 'Jane Eyre'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2009] for 'Grey Gardens'.
FILMS |
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1990 |
STEP - Bridging the Gap [Doug Smith] c; comm doc/18m; for Shell U.K. |
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1998 |
Notting Hill [Roger Michell] s35/c; addph; ph: Michael Coulter |
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1999 |
Skin and Blister [Sarah Williams & Michael Eley] c; short/15m |
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1999 |
The Spaceman [Giles Borg] s16/b&w; short/10m |
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2000 |
Dust [Milcho Manchevski] c; 2uc; ph: Barry Ackroyd |
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2000 |
The Navigators [Ken Loach] s16-35bu/c; cph: Barry Ackroyd (ph first week) |
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2001 |
Mike Bassett: England Manager [Steve Barron] HD-to-35mm/c; mockumentary/89m; addph: Howard Napper & Barry Kamen; addph Hungary: Nyika Jancsó |
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2001 |
The Birthday [Lucy Blakstad] c; short/12m |
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2001 |
It's Not You, It's Me [Clara Glynn] c; short/20m; also ep of BBC-tv series '8 Ways to Leave Your Lover' |
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2002 |
Touching the Void [Kevin Macdonald] HD+s16+35mm-to-35mm/c; doc/106m; climbing ph: Keith Partridge & Simon Wagen (add); addph: Dan Shoring |
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2002 |
Love Actually [Richard Curtis] scope/c; ph doc kissing footage; ph: Michael Coulter |
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2003 |
Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande [Kevin Macdonald] c/V; doc/24m; cph: Mick Duffield & John Whittle |
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2004 |
No Man's Land [Clara Glynn] s16/c; short/9m; also ep BBC Scotland tv-series 'Tartan Shorts' |
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2005 |
Wounded [Catherine McCormack] ?; short/?m |
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2005 |
The Undertaker [Joe Penhall] c; short/14m |
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2005 |
Home [Giles Borg] HD-to-35mm/c; short/11m |
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2005 |
Tate Scavengers [James Kent] v/c; doc/19m; released on DVD |
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2005 |
United 93 [Paul Greengrass] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Barry Ackroyd |
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2007 |
More More More [Blake & Dylan Ritson] c; short/13m |
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2007 |
Too Pretty to Die [Tiffany Freisberg] c; doc/75m; cph: Piers Leigh |
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2008 |
1234 [Giles Borg] 16mm/c |
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2009 |
Snowblind [Vikram Jayanti] HD/c; doc/87m; cph: Chris Chanda, Joan Churchill, Peter Pilafian, a.o.; aph: Mark Hryma |
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2009 |
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang [Susanna White] s35/c; 2uc: Tony Slater-Ling; aph: Jeremy Braben |
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2010 |
Winter in the Garden [Jo Smyth] c; short/15m |
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2010 |
Marley [Kevin Macdonald] c; mus doc/?m; cph: Alwin Küchler & Wally Pfister; addph: Jess Hall; 2uc: Peter Emery; announced in 2008 with Martin Scorsese as dir |
TELEVISION |
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1989 |
The Little Plane Gamble [series ed: Brian Davies] doc/24m; cph: Tom Ingle; ep BBC-tv series 'Business Matters' |
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1990 |
Signs of Life [prod: John Wyver] doc/49m; cph: Kevin Graf; ep BBC-tv series 'Horizon' |
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1990 |
Doing the Dishes [Richard Curson Smith] doc/26m; ep Channel 4 arts series 'Without Walls' |
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1991 |
The Missing [Stephen Lambert] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Inside Story' |
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1991 |
Suicide Killers [Stephen Lambert] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Inside Story' |
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1991 |
Pandora's Box [- Six Fables from the Age of Science] [Adam Curtis] 6-part doc series for BBC-tv; New York ph: Andrew Godfrey |
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1991 |
Hackney Evictions [John Alexander] ep BBC-tv doc series 'Forty Minutes' |
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1991 |
The Longest Hatred [: The History of Anti-Semitism] [Rex Bloomstein] 3-part doc series for Thames-tv; cph: Simon Kossoff, Brian Tufano, Mike Spragg, Paul Sommers & Mike Pharey |
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1992 |
Dogs of War [Stephen Lambert] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Inside Story' |
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1992 |
Annie Leibovitz [: Celebrity Photographer] [Rebecca Frayn] doc/51m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show' (1993) |
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1992 |
Soweto Flying Squad [Joanna Head] doc/60m; ep Channel 4 series 'Cutting Edge' |
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1993 |
True Brits [Stephen Lambert] 6-part doc series for BBC-tv (1994) |
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1993 |
Facing the Music: The Return of Torvill and Dean/Torvill and Dean: Facing the Music [Edward Mirzoeff] doc/59m |
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1994 |
Real Sex [ep #11 dir by Shari Cookson, Patti Kaplan & Anne Parisio] doc/55m; cph: Sandra Chandler, Jean de Segonzac, a.o.; ep HBO-tv series |
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1994 |
Dead Lucky [Susanna White] doc/65m; ep Channel 4 series 'True Stories' |
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1994 |
Talk Radio [Rebecca Frayn] doc/60m; ep Channel 4 series 'Naked News' (1995) |
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1994 |
Nora Ephron [Rebecca Frayn] doc/60m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show' (1995) |
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1995 |
The Fame Game [Dan Reed] doc/49m; cph: Dave Bennett; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1995 |
Carrie Fisher: The Hollywood Family/Carrie on Hollywood [Rhonda Evans] in USA special/120m; in UK 2-part doc/2x 50m: 'Life and Love in La-La Land' & 'Chasing the Hollywood Dream'; cph: Luke Hallam |
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1995 |
Tory Wives [Rebecca Frayn] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1995 |
The Lido [Lucy Blakstad] doc/50m; uwph: Mike Valentine; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1995 |
Cheetahs with Holly Hunter [Justine Kershaw] doc/53m/s16; wildlife ph: Trevor De Kock, Gil Domb, a.o.; ep series 'In the Wild' |
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1996 |
The Maestro [Peter Webber] doc/60m; cph: Lawrence Gardner & Richard Numeroff; ep 4-part series 'Naked Classics' |
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1996 |
Lone Star Hate [Paul Yule] doc/76m; ep Channel 4 series 'True Stories' |
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1996 |
Identical Twins [Rebecca Frayn] doc/60m; ep Channel 4 series 'Cutting Edge' (1997) |
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1996 |
Hong Kong [Lucy Blakstad] doc/50m/16mm; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1997 |
Arch People/The Archers [David Turnbull] doc/46m/s16; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1997 |
Orangutans with Julia Roberts [Nigel Cole] doc/54m; cph: Luke Hallam; wildlife ph: Gil Domb; ep series 'In the Wild' |
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1998 |
Lemurs/Born to Be Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese [Justine Kershaw] doc/50m for BBC-tv; cph: Luke Hallam; wildlife ph: Gavin Thurston & Warwick Sloss |
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1998 |
The Garden [Stephen Lambert; prod: Mike Eley] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Modern Times' |
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1998 |
Magazine/Dazed & Confused [Joanna Bailey] doc/60m; ep 3-part Channel 4 series 'Upstarts' (1999) |
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1999 |
The Face Makers [Katie Bailiff & Alex Reed] doc/50m; cph: Mike Carling |
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1999 |
Tell Me the Truth About Love - W.H. Auden [Susanna White] doc/59m; ep BBC-tv series 'Art Zone' |
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1999 |
Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts/Horsemen of Mongolia with Julia Roberts [Nigel Cole] doc/60m; cph: Luke Hallam & Sean O'Driscoll; ep series 'In the Wild' (in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Nature') |
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2001 |
The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu [David Allen] doc/50m; cph: Gil Domb & D. Allen |
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2001 |
Leopards of Zanzibar [Graham Booth] doc/52m/s16; addph; ph: Rob Franklin, Andrew McClenaghan & Ian Moss; ep #7 of 8-part series 'Africa' |
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2001 |
Bridge [Lucy Blakstad] 3-part doc series (3x 52m) for BBC-tv |
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2001 |
Aka Albert Walker/The Many Lives of Albert Walker [Harry Hook] tvm |
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2002 |
The Blues [ep 'Red, White & Blues' dir by Mike Figgis] 7-part doc series; cph: Barry Ackroyd, John Lynch & Patrick Stewart |
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2002 |
Love Again [Susanna White] tvm/16mm |
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2003 |
Carlos Acosta: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer [Lucy Blakstad] doc/41m/v; ep BBC-tv series 'Imagine' |
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2003 |
He Knew He Was Right [Tom Vaughan] 4-part miniseries/16mm |
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2003 |
The Genius of Mozart [part 1 'The Miracle of Nature' dir by James Kent] 3-part miniseries/v; part 2 & 3 ph by Roger Chapman |
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2004 |
[Dragons' World:] [Dragons:] A Fantasy Made Real/The Last Dragon [Justin Hardy] doc/90m/s16 for Animal Planet; cph: John Howarth |
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2004 |
Holocaust - A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz [James Kent] mus film/87m |
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2005 |
Final Chance to Save [ep #1 'The Black Rhino' dir by Harry Hook] 10-part wildlife series/HD for Sky One |
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2005 |
Wallis & Edward [Dave Moore] tvm |
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2005 |
Alive/I Shouldn't Be Alive [ep #6 'Jaws of Death/Thrown to the Lions' dir by Jules Williamson] doc series, 2005-present; 1st season |
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2005 |
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes [James Kent] dram biography for BBC-tv |
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2006 |
Jane Eyre [Susanna White] 4-part miniseries |
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2007 |
The Diary of a Nobody [Susanna White] 2-part tvm |
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2007 |
Grey Gardens [Michael Sucsy] tvm |
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2008 |
Blood and Oil/Sweet Delta [David Attwood] 2-part tvm/v+16mm+3perf 35mm |