ASHLEY ROWE BSC

Born: 28 February 1959, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, as Ashley W. Rowe.

Career: His interest in stills photography started at the age of 12 when he purchased his first camera. A few years later his father took him to see Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey', following which he sold his stills gear and bought himself a Super 8mm camera. After leaving school he joined a small film unit in Southampton making training films for the UK government's Central Office of Information. Six years later he joined the BBC Wales Film Unit as a c.asst working on dramas and doc's and a few years later became a Lighting Film Cameraman with BBC Wales. His career launched into feature films after doph/dir Chris Menges discovered him and hired him to photograph 'Second Best'.

Awards: BAFTA Cymru 'Best Cinematography - Film' Award [1991] for 'O.M.'; BAFTA Cymru 'Best Lighting Director' Award [1992] & Tróia IFF, Portugal, 'Best Cinematography' Award [1992] for 'Un Nos Ola' Leuad/One Full Moon'; BAFTA Cymru 'Best Cinematography - Film' Award [1992] for 'Friday on My Mind'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1994] for 'Second Best'; Evening Standard British Film Award [1998] for '24 7: Twenty Four Seven', 'The Woodlanders', 'The Governess' & 'Still Crazy'; Valladolid IFF 'Best Director of Photography' [1998] for '24 7: Twenty Four Seven'; ASC TV Award nom [2003] for 'The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'.

FILMS

1979	Let's Make a Model [Roger Lambert] 16mm/c; doc/22m; cph: Graham M. Geddes
1979	The Watercress Line [Graham M. Geddes] c; doc/14m
1980	A Seaside Story [Roger Lambert] c; short/30m
1981	The Old Rectory - Home from Home [Graham Hurley] c; comm doc/19m
1982	More Than Meets the Eye [W.J. Ellen] c; comm doc/14m; for University of Southampton
1982	Keeping a Clear Airway [Ashley Rowe] c; comm doc/12m; + ed; for University of Southampton
1982	Somebody Help Me [Roger Lambert] c; comm doc/25m; for University of Southampton
1982	I.C. Cataract Extraction with Choyce Mark IX Anterior Chamber Implant [Ashley Rowe] c; comm doc/8m; + ed; for University of Southampton
1982	Focus on Britain [Roger Lambert] 10-part language series
1983	Who Cares? [Roger Lambert] c; comm doc/18m; + ed; for University of Southampton
1983	A Tale of Two Wards [Roger Lambert] c; comm doc/12m; for University of Southampton
1983	Kids' Stuff [Graham Hurley] c; comm doc/19m
1991	Un Nos Ola' Leuad/One Full Moon [Endaf Emlyn] c; uwph: Mark Jarrold
1993	Second Best [Chris Menges] c
1993	Widows' Peak [John Irvin] c
1993	Sister My Sister [Nancy Meckler] c
1994	A Man of No Importance [Suri Krishnamma] c; originally made as a tvm
1995	The Woodlanders [Phil Agland] p/c; filmed October-November 1995 & April-May 1996
1996	My First Adventure [Jim O'Brien (Egypt) & Michael Schultz (ep #41 'Tangiers, 1908')] b&w-c/V; ph ep #41 (filmed in February & May 1996 for this video release); cph: David Tattersall (Egypt); 2uc: David Higgs, Giles Nuttgens, Mario Rodriquez & Miguel Icasa Solana; comp of ep of tv-series 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'
1996	Tales of Innocence [Bille August (Northern Italy) & Michael Schultz (ep #42 'Morocco, 1917')] b&w-c/V; ph ep #42 (filmed for this video release); cph: Jörgen Persson (Northern Italy); comp of ep of tv-series 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'
1996	Take Pity [Daniel Kleinman] ?; short/11m
1996	B. Monkey [Michael Radford (replaced Michael Caton-Jones)] c; 2uc: Graham Frake
1997	24 7: Twenty Four Seven/TwentyFourSeven [Shane Meadows] b&w

With dir Sandra Goldbacher - "The Governess"

1997	The Governess [Sandra Goldbacher] c; 2uc: Oliver Curtis
1997	Bedrooms & Hallways [Rose Troche] c; addph: Daf Hobson
1998	Still Crazy [Brian Gibson] c; 2uc: Matt Gray
1998	Mad About Mambo [John Forte] c; 2uc (Belfast): Arthur Wooster
1998	A Room for Romeo Brass [Shane Meadows] c; time-lapse ph: Martin Testar & Maxim Ford
1999	Five Seconds to Spare [Tom Connolly] c; addph: Matt Gray
1999	When Brendan Met Trudy [Kieron J. Walsh] c
2000	Beautiful Mistake/Camgymeriad Gwych [Marc Evans] s16/c
2000	The Affair of the Necklace [Charles Shyer] s35/c; 2uc: Milan Chadima; title seq ph: Giles Nuttgens
2001	Ali G Indahouse [Mark Mylod] c; add c.op: Seamus McGarvey
2001	Hope Springs [Mark Herman] s35/c; aph: Ron Precious
2002	Calendar Girls [Nigel Cole] s35/c; addph: Oliver Curtis; 2uc: Vincent McGahon
2003	Chasing Liberty/American Princess [Andy Cadiff] Arriscope/c; 2uc: David Insley

[Middle/behind camera] - "Alfie"

2003	Alfie [Charles Shyer] c; 2uc: Daf Hobson; addph New York: George Motz
2003	Piccadilly Jim [John McKay] s35/c; pick-up ph; ph: Andrew Dunn
2004	Half Light [Craig Rosenberg] c
2005	Copying Beethoven [Agnieszka Holland] c; 2uc: Tamas Nyerges
2005	Starter for 10 [Tom Vaughan] c
2006	Hot Fuzz [Edgar Wright] s35/c; addph; ph: Jess Hall
2006	Butterfly on a Wheel/Shattered [Mike Barker] s35/c; 2uc: Randal Platt; vfx ph: Jim Van Dijk

"The Garden of Eden"

2007	The Garden of Eden [John Irvin] c; 2uc: Vince McGahon
2008	A Bunch of Amateurs [Andy Cadiff] c
2008	Eloise in Paris [Charles Shyer] scheduled for August start, then February 2009; a lawsuit in 2010 halted prod
2009	La mula/The Mule [Michael Radford (left in November) & Sébastien Grousset (last 4 days, shot in 2010)] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Vince McGahon
2010	The Hot Potato [Tim Lewiston] c
2011	Great West End Theatres [Marc Sinden] HD (Sony)/c; 40-part doc series/42-80m per episode; released on DVD and digital downloads in 2012

TELEVISION

1988	Unexplained Laughter [Gareth Davies] tvm; ep BBC Wales series 'The Play on One'
1989	Women in Politics [ep #4 'Eugenia Charles' & #5 'Simone Veil' dir by Dick Vigers] 6-part doc series; cph (#5): Gerald Cobbe; for BBC Wales
1989	Fight Cancer [Richard Trayler-Smith] 6-part doc series
1990	O.M. Edwards/O.M. [Emlyn Williams] tvm
1991	Filipina Dreamgirls [Les Blair] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One'
1991	Losing Track [Jim Lee] tvm; 2uc: Alan Hayward; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One'
1992	Friday on My Mind [Marc Evans] 3-part miniseries
1992	Animating Shakespeare [prod: Jeff Morgan] doc (introduces series of anim Shakespeare plays)/29m; for BBC-tv
1992	The Cormorant [Peter Markham] tvm; nature unit ph: Alan Hayward; uwph: Rick Price
1992	Life with Eliza [ph 10 ep dir by Beryl Richards] 12-part (10m each) series; prod BBC Wales for BBC2-tv
1992	Thicker Than Water [Marc Evans] 2-part tvm
1993	The Legend of Lochnagar [(live action) John Hefin & Ken Griffiths] special/30m; anim + live action (at the beginning and end); live action ph
1994	Smashie and Nicey - End of an Era [Daniel Kleinman] spoof doc/b&w-c/45m; for BBC Wales
1994	Murder In Mind [Robert Bierman] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One'
1994	The Turnaround [Suri Krishnamma] tvm; served as pilot for the 4-part 'Sharman'-series, 1996
1995	Karaoke [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries; vfx: Stuart Brisdon
1998	The Castle [Marshall Herskovitz] pilot; for ABC-tv
2002	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone [Robert Allan Ackerman] tvm
2010	Stanley Park [Misha Manson-Smith] pilot/28m; premiered on internet (BBC3)
2010	Excluded [Misha Manson-Smith] tvm/59m; part of 'School Season' (BBC2)
2011	Merlin [ep #43 'Aithusa', #44 'His Father's Son' & #45 'A Servant of Two Masters' dir by Alex Pillai] series, 2008-present; 4th season/s35-to-HD, 2011; prod BBC Wales for BBC1-tv
2012	Dancing on the Edge [Stephen Poliakoff] 5-part miniseries/HD, 2013; for BBC2-tv
2012	Merlin [ep #56 'Another's Sorrow' dir by Ashley Way (AW), #58 'The Dark Tower' dir by AW, #59 'A Lesson in Vengeance' dir by Alice Troughton (AT) & #60 'The Hollow Queen' dir by AT] 5th season, 2012; see 2011

MISCELLANEOUS

1977	Crash Call [Roger Lambert; comm doc] co-sound; ph: Graham M. Geddes
1979	Follow You Follow Me [Roger Lambert; short] c.asst; ph: Graham M. Geddes
1981	The Little Feet [David Barlow; doc series] sound + ed; ph: D. Barlow
1982	Keeping a Clear Airway [dir; + ph/ed; comm doc] see Films