Richard is an experienced and creative Underwater Camera Operator, with credits on high profile projects across Film & TV Drama's. Having originally started as a deep-water exploration diver, his knowledge and skills combined, allow him to film comfortably in challenging & remote locations. Over the course of the last 20 years, Richard has filmed under ice, inside flooded caves, and deep inside shipwrecks. In addition to operating underwater, he is also a confident underwater DoP, keen to work collaboratively. He sees underwater filming as a team effort on all shoots, and uses his inter-personal skills, alongside his technical knowledge to coordinate dive supervision, boat handling, underwater training and marine skills. He owns underwater housings and grip for the most popular camera systems (ARRI, Red, Sony and Panasonic) and has built and operated, bespoke specialised grip for complicated underwater sequencing. As well as operating & capturing exciting and unique sequences to add to production value, he is focused on making sure that filming on, or under the water, as efficient and safe as possible.
Production Credits
BEYOND PARADISE
Underwater Camera Operator
6x60'
Red Planet Pictures
BBC One
Director: John Maidens
DoP: Morgan Lowdnes
WAR
Underwater Camera Operator
8x60'
New Pictures
Sky Studios
Dir: Ben Taylor
DoP: Oli Russell
THE RAPTURE
Underwater Camera Operator
5x60'
Mammoth Screen
BBC One
Director: Jennifer Perrot
DoP: Catherine Derry
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
Underwater Camera Operator
Series III
HBO
Director: Loni Peristere
DoP: PJ Dillon
11817
Underwater Camera Operatoer
Feature Film
Netflix
Director: Louis Leterrier
DoP: Tim Wooster
PRISONER
Underwater Camera Operator
6x60'
Binocular Productions
Sky Studios
Director: Florian Emmerich
DoP: Pia Streitman
EFFIE
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
SC4
Director: Marc Evans
DoP: Eira Wyn Jones
SHELTER
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Black Bear Pictures
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
DoP: Martin Ahlgren
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Paramount Picutres
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
DoP: Fraser Taggart
DOWNCEMETARY ROAD
Underwater Camera Operator
8x60'
60 Forty Films
Apple TV+
Director: Samuel Donovan
Director: Börkur Sigþórsson
Director: Natalie Bailey
DoP: Jamie Cairney
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures
Director: Brian Smrz
DoP: Lorenzo Senatore
THE SALT PATH
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Feature Film
BBC Film
BBC Studios
Director: Jamie Edgell (2nd Unit)
DoP: Richard Stevenson
CHANDU CHAMPION
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
AA Films
Director: Kabir Khan
DoP: Sudeep Chatterjee
NO WAY UP
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Altitude Film Entertainment
Director: Claudio Fäh
DoP: Andrew Rodger
NAPOLEON
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Apple Studios
Columbia Pictures
Director: Ridley Scott
DoP: Tim Wooster
JACKDAW
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Anton
Jackdaw Films
Director: Jamie Childs
DoP: Will Baldy
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Paramount Pictures
Director: John Francis Daley
Director: Jonathan Goldstein
DoP: Barry Peterson
WOLF
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 3
About Premium Content
BBC One
Director: Lee Haven Jones
Director: Kristoff Nyholm
DoP: Sam Heasman
YOU & ME
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 1 & 2
Happy Prince
ITVX
Director: Tom Vaughan
DoP: Michael Filocamo
SHETLAND
Underwater Camera Operator
Series VII - Episode 1
Series VIII - Episode 2
ITV Studios
Director: Louise Say
DoP: Alfie Biddle
WILLOW
Underwater Camera Operator
8x60'
Imagine Entertainment
Walt Disney Television
Director: Phillipa Lowthrope
DoP: James Friend
DoP: Joel Devlin
THE SWIMMERS
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
AZ Celtic Films
Netflix
Director: Sally El Hosaini
DoP: Christopher Ross
BAD SISTERS
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 6
ABC Signature
Apple TV+
Director: Josephine Bornebusch
DoP: Evelin van Rei
TELL ME EVERYTHING
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
6x60'
NOHO Film & Television
HBO Max
Director: Richard Senior
DoP: Aadel Nodeh-Farahani
INDUSTRY
Underwater Camera Operator
Series II
Episode 1
Bad Wolf
HBO
Director: Birgitte Stærmose
DoP: Erik Molberg Hansen
THE RISING
Underwater Camera Operator
8x60'
Sky Studios
The CW Network
Director: Ed Lilly
DoP: Dale McCready
NO TIME TO DIE
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
MGM
Director: Alexander Witt
DoP: Tim Wooster
THE ROAD DANCE
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Sheridan Road Productions
Music Box Films
Director: Richie Adams
DoP: Petra Korner
COBRA
Underwater Camera Operator
New Pictures
SBS
Director: Mo Ali
DoP: Jan Riecher-Friis
VIGIL
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 1
World Productions
ITV Studios
Director: James Strong
DoP: Matt Gray
BELGRAVIA
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 4
Carnival Film & Television
ITV
Director: John Alexander
DoP: Dale Elana McCready
BRITANNIA
Underwater Camera Operator
Series II
Episode 10
Amazon Studios
Sky Atlantic
Director: Various
DoP: Si Bell
SEX EDUCATION
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episode 1
Eleven
Netflix
Director: Sophie Goorhart
DoP: Jamie Cairney
DoP: Oli Russell
TOMB RAIDER
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Warnes Bros
Director: Roar Uthaug
DoP: George Richmond
DOCTOR STRANGE
Underwater Camera Operator
Feature Film
Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios
Director: Scott Derrickson
DoP: Ben Davis
POLDARK
Underwater Camera Operator
Series I
Episodes 1, 2 & 3
Mammoth Screen
BBC One
Director: Stephen Woolfenden
DoP: Adam Etherington
DIVING INTO THE DARKNESS
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Running Cloud Productions
Director: Nays Baghai
DoP: Richard Stevenson
DoP: Janne Suhonen
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE: INTO THE CURSED
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Lone Wolf Media
History Channel
Director: Joe Brunette
DoP: Richard Stevenson
A PAEDOPHILE IN MY FAMILY: SURVIVING DAD
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Channel 4
Director: Sophie Oliver
DoP: Richard Stevenson
OCEAN WONDERS
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Off The Fence
EarthxTV
Director: Joanne Stevens
DoP: Richard Stevenson
ROSS KEMP: DEEP SEA TREASURE HUNTER
Underwater Camera Operator /DoP
Honey Bee Films
Questar Entertainment
Director: Johnny McDevitt
DoP: Richard Stevenson
MURDER IN THE PACIFIC
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
BBC Two
DoP: Richard Stevenson
FREEZE THE FEAR WITH WIM HOF
Underwater Camera Operator
Hungry Bear Media
BBC One
Director: Alex Reynolds
DoP: Toby Wilkinson
ROSS KEMP: SHIPWRECK TREASURE HUNTER
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Honey Bee Films
Questar Entertainment
Director: Ross Kemp
Director: Johnny McDevitt
DoP: Richard Stevenson
WONDERS OF THE CELTIC DEEP
Underwater Camera Operator
BBC Wales
Director: Anne Gallagher
DoP: Rob Taylor
ALIEN WORLDS
Underwater Camera Operator
Wall to Wall Media
Netflix
Director: Dan Smith
DoP: Simon de Glanville
ENSLAVED
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Cornelia Street Productions
Freemantle
Director: Simcha Jacobovici
DoP: Richard Stevenson
AQUARELA
Underwater Camera Operator
Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion
Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
DoP: Ben Bernhard
DoP: Victor Kossakovsky
ATLANTIS RISING
Underwater Camera Operator
Associated Producers
National Geographic
Director: Simcha Jacobovici
DoP: Derek Rogers
TITANIC'S TRAGIC TWIN: THE BRITANNIC DISASTER
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
360 Production
BBC One
Director: Renny Barlett
DoP: Richard Stevenson
BRITAINS TREASURE ISLAND
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
Warehouse 51 Productions
BBC Four
Director: Stewart McPherson
DoP: Richard Stevenson
DIVE WWII: OUR SECRET HISTORY
Underwater Camera Operator/DoP
BBC Two
Director: Edwart Hart
DoP: Richard Stevenson