BAZ IRVINE

Born: 20 May 1967, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

Career: Trained as clapper loader on commercials and drama. Moved up to focus puller in 1994.

Ph numerous commercials dir by Mark Mylod, Carl Prechezer, James Griffiths, David Lodge, Tim Pope, Giles Lovell Wilson [for Olay], Ron Scalpello [for KitKat], a.o.

Awards: The RTS East Anglia Television Camera-work within a Non-News Programme Award nom [1999].

Website: Baz Irvine



 FILMS

1996

The Butterfly Man [Barry Ackroyd] s16-35bu/c; short/26m

1998

Wet Work [John Hardwick] c; short/13m

1999

Breakpoint [James Griffiths] s16/c; short/9m

1999

Hero [Jon Mustafa] b&w; short/8m

1999

Sugar & Spice [John McIlduff] c; short/7m

1999

Very Annie Mary [Sara Sugarman] c; 2uc: ph: Barry Ackroyd

1999

Pandaemonium [Julian Temple] c; 2uc; ph: John Lynch

1999

Strictly Sinatra [Peter Capaldi] c; 2uc; ph: Stephen Blackman

2000

The Elevator [Alrick Riley] c; short/5m

2000

Enigma [Michael Apted] p/c; co-addph UK; ph: Seamus McGarvey

2001

Relativity [Virginia Heath] dv-to-35mm/c; short/10m

2002

Yellow Bird [Tom Hooper] HD-to-35mm/c; short/12m

2002

Nine ½ Minutes [Josh Appignanesi & Misha Manson-Smith] HD (Sony F900)/c; short/10m

2003

Little Man [Martin Brierley] s35/c; short/11m50s

2004

Six Shooter [Martin McDonagh] s16/c; short/27m; 2uc: Tim Fleming

2005

The Lives of the Saints [John Rankin Waddell & Chris Cottam] s16-35bu/c; addph: Alan Stewart; 2uc: Al Rae & Andrew Muggleton

2006

Mr. Bean's Holiday/Mr. Bean's Vacation [Steve Bendelack] c; 2uc: Chris Plevin

2007

Slapper [Chiwetel Ejiofor] c; short/14m16s

2008

King Bastard [Rufus Norris] HD (ARRI D-21)/c; short/13m35s

2008

One of Those Days [Hattie Dalton] s35/c; short/14m

2010

The Honeymoon Suite [Sam Leifer] c; short/12m


 TELEVISION

2004

Spooks/MI-5 [ep #9 (#25) 'Frequently Asked Questions' (in USA) & #10 (#26) 'The Suffering of Strangers' (in USA) dir by Alrick Riley] 86-part series/s16, 2002-11; 3rd series, 2004

2011

Primetime [ep 'At Water's Edge' dir by Terry Loane] series, 2012; for BBC Northern Ireland


 MISCELLANEOUS

1990

Riff-Raff [Ken Loach] cam trainee; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1990

Let Him Have It [Peter Medak] cam trainee; ph: Oliver Stapleton

1992

Raining Stones [Ken Loach] clapper loader; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1993

Ladybird Ladybird [Ken Loach] clapper loader; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1994

i.d./Undercover [Philip Davis] c.asst; ph: Thomas Mauch

1994

Land and Freedom/Tierra y libertad [Ken Loach] clapper loader; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1994

Anne Frank Remembered [Jon Blair; tv-doc] c.asst; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1994

Life After Life [Tim Fywell; tvm] focus puller; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1995

Real Money [Ron Peck; tvm] c.op; ph: Carl Ross

1995

Carla's Song [Ken Loach] focus puller; ph: Barry Ackroyd

1996

The Full Monty [Peter Cattaneo] focus puller; ph: John de Borman

1996

The Slab Boys [John Byrne] c.asst; ph: Seamus McGarvey

1996

The Winter Guest [Alan Rickman] focus puller; Seamus McGarvey

1997

Spice World [Bob Spiers] co-add focus puller; ph: Clive Tickner

1998

The War Zone [Tim Roth] focus puller; ph: Seamus McGarvey