Born: 1937, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, as Frederik Tammes.

Career: Started as camera trainee at Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Moved to the UK [acquired residency in 1982]. Moved to Australia in 2003.

Was a member of the NSC. Member of the BSC since 1986.

Awards: BAFTA TV Craft Award [2000] for 'Wives and Daughters'; BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2003] for 'Daniel Deronda'.



FILMS

1961        Zoo [Bert Haanstra] b&w; short/11m; cph: Kees Hin

1961        Delta, Phase I [Bert Haanstra] c; doc/20m; cph: Arnold van Munster & Kees Hin

1962        Rotterdam [Eimert Kruidhof] c; dram doc/?m; cph: Eduard van der Enden & Henk Meulman

1962        Bestemming toekomst [Jan Schefer] c; doc/20m; cph: Eduard van der Enden, Bert van Munster, a.o.

1963        Bouwspelement/Building Game [Charles Huguenot van der Linden] c; doc/18m; addph; ph: Ruurd Fenenga

1963        Aanmelding [Rob Houwer] c; dram doc/11m

1964        Dingen die voorbijgaan [Boud Smit] b&w; short/23m; cph: D. Polak

1965        Ongewijde aarde/Unconsecrated Earth [Jef van der Heyden] b&w; cph: Jan Oonk

1966        Labyrint [Albert Seelen] ?; exp film/?m; shown during performances of the opera 'Labyrint'

1966        Blauw licht [Jef van der Heyden] b&w; short/38m

1967        Drieluik op rails [Peter Venema] b&w; short/7m

1967        Meisjes van Holland [Rob Houwer] c; short/28m

1967        Mijnheer hat lauter Töchter [Volker Vogeler] c; short/44m

1967        Start [Ton Aarden] c; doc/18m

1967        Een brandende vraag [Jef van der Heyden] c; doc/23m

[Right] with dir Rainer Erler

"Professor Columbus" [1967]

1967        Professor Columbus/Laten we lief zijn voor elkaar/Alle hens aan dek [Rainer Erler] c

196?        Het vijfde element [Rob Houwer] ?; short/?m

1968        Het jaar van de pest [Erik van Zuylen] b&w; short/25m; cph: Prosper Dekeukeleire

1969        Eigentijds [Erik Terpstra] c; short/35m

1970        Tussen de wielen [Fons Grasveld] ws/b&w; short/8m; cph: Theo van de Sande

1970        7.65 [Albert Seelen] b&w; exp short/7m

1970        Daniel [Erik Terpstra] c; 2uc: Bob Linschoten

1972        [Hip-hip-hip voor] de antikrist [Roeland Kerbosch] 16mm/c; short/58m

1972        Het dwaallicht/Zigzag/Le feu follet/Will-O'-the Wisp [Frans Buyens] c

1973        Way Out/Verloren maandag [Luc Monheim] c

1973        Caravan to Vaccares [Geoffrey Reeve] p/c; addph: John Cabrera

1975        Death of a Snowman/Soul Patrol/Black Trash [Christopher Rowley] c

1978        Der Durchdreher/Der ganz normale Wahnsinn/It Can Only Get Worse [Helmut Dietl] 16mm-35bu/c; 94m; cph:

                    Lothar-Elias Stickelbrucks; comp of tv-series (1979-80)

1979        Het archief [Kees Hin] c; doc/44m

1980        De bende van hiernaast/The Gang Next Door [Karst van der Meulen] c

1981        Het theater van het geheugen - Berlijn-Amsterdam 1920-1980 [Kees Hin] c; doc/?m

1982        Knokken voor twee/Fighting for Two/Three Is a Crowd [Karst van der Meulen] c; also 6-part tv-series (1984)

1983        The IHC Beaver Wheeldredger [Richard Mersey] 16mm/c; comm doc/11m; for IHC Holland

1983        You and Your Personal Computer [Ben Harrison] c; comm doc/11m

1983        The Shooting Party [Alan Bridges] c

1984        Thomas en Senior op het spoor van Brute Berend [Karst van der Meulen] c; see Television (1984)

1986        Survivor [Michael Shackleton] c; 2uc: Hanro Möhr

1986        The Whistle Blower [Simon Langton] c

1987        Souvenir [Geoffrey Reeve] c; 2uc: Henk Risch

1987        Midnight Breaks [Laurens C. Postma] scope/c

1988        Kunst en vliegwerk/At Stalling Speed [Karst van der Meulen] c; 114m; also 5-part tv-series

1988        The Last Warrior/Coastwatcher [Martin Wragge] c

1988        The Serpent of Death/Out of Time/Sebak maa el zaman/Alexander's Treasures [Anwar Kawadri] c

1991        Het schaduwrijk [Kees Hin] c

1992        Best of the Best 2 [Robert Radler] c; 2uc: Jerry Watson; aph: David Butler

1994        Priest [Antonia Bird] c; 2uc: Nigel Slatter; originally made as a tvm

1994        Mad Love [Antonia Bird] c

1996        Face [Antonia Bird] c

2001        Askari/Ollie [David Lister] c

TELEVISION

1977        De kris pusaka [Bram van Erkel] 13-part series/16mm, 1977-78

1978        Der ganz normale Wahnsinn [ep #1-5 & #7 dir by Helmut Dietl & #6 dir by Franz Geiger] 12-part series/16mm,

                    1979-80; other ph: Jirí Stibr & Lothar-Elias Stickelbrucks; re-edited into the feature film 'Der Durchdreher' (1978)

1982        De zevensprong [Karst van der Meulen] 13-part series

1983        Castle [Peter Newington (live-action) & Jack Stokes (anim)] doc/57m; live-action ph

1983        The Far Pavilions/Blade of Steel [Peter Duffell] 3-part miniseries; 2uc; ph: Jack Cardiff; theatrical version (120m)

1984        Het vonnis [Bram van Erkel] tvm

1984        Thomas + Senior [Karst van der Meulen] 7-part series; also theatrical version; see Films (1984)

1985        Treasure Houses of Britain [Peter Newington] 3-part doc series: 'Building for Eternity', 'Palaces of Reason and Delight'

                    & 'Recapturing the Past'

1985        Mijn idee [ep 'Kicken' & 'Het straalschotelmonster' dir by Karst van der Meulen] series/16mm; 1st series, 1985-86

1986        Een midzomernachtsdroom [Tessa David] music film/anim/40m

1990        Mijn idee [ep #1 'Verdacht', #2 'Een ongelooflijke reis' & #6 'Bejaarde vrijheidsstrijders' dir by Karst van der Meulen]

                    series/16mm; 3rd series, 1990 (7 ep)

1990        Tecx [7 ep dir by Antonia Bird, Alan Cooke, a.o.] 13-part series; other ph: Michael Davis; 2uc: Nick Beeks-Sanders

1990        Van der Valk [ep #27 'Dangerous Games' dir by Jim Goddard, #28 'Sudden Silence' dir by Herbert Wise & #29 'The Little

                    Rascals' dir by Alan Cooke] 32-part series, 1972-73, 1977, 1991 & 1992; 4th season, 1991 (4 ep)

1990        [Beatrix Potter:] The Tale of Little Pig Robinson [Alan Bridges] tvm/51m

1991        Van der Valk [ep #31 'Proof of Life' dir by Tom Clegg & #32 'Still Waters' dir by Herbert Wise] 5th season, 1992 (3 ep);

                    see 1990

1991        A Masculine Ending [Antonia Bird] tvm

1992        The Man Who Cried [Michael Whyte] 2-part tvm

1992        Don't Leave Me This Way [Stuart Orme] tvm

1993        Safe [Antonia Bird] tvm/65m; ep BBC-tv series 'Screenplay'

1994        A Landing on the Sun [Nicholas Renton] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two'

1994        De legende van de Bokkerijders/Die Bockreiter [Karst van der Meulen] 13-part series

1994        Hamish Macbeth [ep #1 'The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery' dir by Nicholas Renton (NR), #2 'A Pillar of the Community'

                    dir by NR, #4 'West Coast Story' dir by Ian Knox & #5 'Wee Jock's Lament' dir by NR] 20-part series, 1995-97; 1st

                    season, 1995 (6 ep); other ph: Steve Saunderson & Peter Jackson

1995        Hamish Macbeth [ep #7 'A Perfectly Simple Explanation', #10 'Radio Lochdubh', #11 'No Man Is an Island' & #12 'The

                    Lochdubh Deluxe' dir by Nicholas Renton] 2nd season, 1996 (6 ep); other ph: Chris Howard & Peter Jackson; see 1994

1995        Reis zonder einde/Journey Without End [Ruud Keers] doc/85m

1996        Hamish Macbeth [ep #14 'Deferred Sentence', #15 'The Lochdubh Assassin' & #19 & 20 'Destiny, Part 1 & Part 2' dir by

                    Nicholas Renton] 3rd season, 1997 (8 ep); other ph: John Walker & Peter Jackson; see 1994

1996        [Catherine Cookson's] The Wingless Bird [David Wheatley] 3-part miniseries/16mm

1997        Close Relations [Michael Whyte] 5-part miniseries/16mm

1998        Vicious Circle [David Blair] tvm

1999        Wives and Daughters [Nick Renton] 4-part miniseries; 2uc: Paul Bond

1999        The Vice [ep 'Home is the Place, Part One & Part Two' dir by Justin Chadwick and 'Betrayed, Part One & Part Two' dir by

                    Philippa Langdale] 21-part series, 1999-2002; other ph: Doug Hallows

1999        Dalziel and Pascoe [ep #13 'Recalled to Life' & #14 'Time to Go' dir by Suri Krishnamma] series, 1996-present; 4th

                    season

2000        NCS: Manhunt [Michael Whyte] 2-part pilot; followed by series, 2002 (3x 2-part ep); 2uc: Paul Bond

2000        Thursday the 12th [Charles Beeson] 2-part tvm; uwph: Mark Silk

2000        Evil Under the Sun [Brian Farnham] special (2002); series 'Agatha Christie's Poirot', 1989-93 & 2000 & 2002

2002        Daniel Deronda [Tom Hooper] 3-part miniseries; 2uc: Simon Starling & Martin Foley

2002        Dalziel and Pascoe [ep #28 'Dialogues of the Dead' dir by Patrick Lau] special; see 1999

2003        Dalziel and Pascoe [ep #29 'A Game of Soldiers' dir by Patrick Lau] 8th season, 2004; see 1999

2003        The Deputy [Patrick Lau] pilot/59m

2004        Dalziel and Pascoe [ep #34 'Dead Meat' dir by Patrick Lau] 9th season, 2005; see 1999

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1957        Jenny [Willy van Hemert] co-c.asst; ph: Otto Baecker

1958        Dorp aan de rivier/Village by the River [Fons Rademakers] c.asst + lighting tech; ph: Eduard van der Enden

1960        De zaak M.P. [Bert Haanstra] c.asst; ph: Prosper Dekeukeleire

1960        Makkers, staakt uw wild geraas [Fons Rademakers] co-c.asst; ph: Eduard van der Enden

1961        Made to Measure. The Story of New Zealand Lamb [Byron Lloyd; doc] c.op; ph: Eduard van der Enden

1962        Rififi in Amsterdam [John Korporaal] co-c.op; ph: Eduard van der Enden

1962        De overval [Paul Rotha; dialogue d: Kees Brusse] c.asst; ph: Prosper Dekeukeleire

1963        Mensen van morgen [Kees Brusse] co-c.op; ph: Ruurd Fenenga

1964        Plantage Tamarinde [Michael Forlong] c.op; ph: Prosper Dekeukeleire

1965        Menschen von Morgen [Kees Brusse] c.op; ph: Ruurd Fenega; German version of 'Mensen van Morgen' (1963)

1970        Puppet on a Chain [Geoffrey Reeve] co-c.op; ph: Jack Hildyard