Mike Southon (cinematographer)
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Mike Southon BSC
British Society of Cinematographers
The British Society of Cinematographers was formed in 1949 by Bert Easey, 23 August 1901 - 28 February 1973, the then head of the Denham and Pinewood studio camera departments.The stated objectives at the formation of the BSC were...

 is a British cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

. He is a past President of the British Society of Cinematographers
British Society of Cinematographers
The British Society of Cinematographers was formed in 1949 by Bert Easey, 23 August 1901 - 28 February 1973, the then head of the Denham and Pinewood studio camera departments.The stated objectives at the formation of the BSC were...

. As well as film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s, he has shot over 250 music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s and 200 television commercials.

Films

  • 1985 Captive Paul Mayersberg
    Paul Mayersberg
    Paul Mayersberg born November, 30 1940, in Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and director and was the former film critic for Movie magazine in the early 1960s and author of 1968 film book Hollywood, The Haunted House.-Awards:...

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  • 1986 Gothic Ken Russell
    Ken Russell
    Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...

     c
  • 1986 Vardo (1986 film) Matthew Jacobs
    Matthew Jacobs
    Matthew Jacobs is a British writer, director and producer. He is known best for his extensive career writing for television shows like Doctor Who and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles...

     ?; short/26m
  • 1987 The Minisagas [ep #1 'Crime in the City' & #2 'People Are the Same the Universe Over' dir by James Scott
    James Scott
    James Scott may refer to:*James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , noble recognized by some as James II of England*James Scott , British MP 1710–1711*James Scott , British naval officer...

    ; ep #3 'Stateside: The Epic Bestseller That Shocked America' & #4 'Retirement Hobbies for Octogenarians' dir by Gerry Feeny; ep #5 'The Nihilist's Double Vision' & #6 'The Best Ever Nuclear Fall Out Shelter' dir by Syd Macartney] b&w-c; 6 short films for theatrical screenings
  • 1987 Aria [seg #9 'Louise: Depuis le jour' dir by Derek Jarman
    Derek Jarman
    Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...

     b&w-c; 10 seg; cph: Christopher Hughes
  • 1987 Paperhouse
    Paperhouse (film)
    Paperhouse is a 1988 British dark fantasy film directed by Bernard Rose. It was based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. The film also stars Ben Cross as the heroine's father. Other actors of note in the film include Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly and Gemma Jones....

    Bernard Rose
    Bernard Rose
    Bernard Rose may refer to:*Bernard Rose , South African long-distance runner*Bernard Rose , British film director*Bernard Rose , British organist and composer...

     c; hph: Peter Allwork
  • 1988 Spies Inc./S.P.O.O.K.S./Spies, Lies and Alibis/Code Name: Chaos Antony Thomas
    Antony Thomas
    Antony Thomas is an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning English documentary film maker, director and author who has made films for, amongst others, Channel 4, the BBC and HBO....

     c
  • 1988 Queen of Hearts Jon Amiel
    Jon Amiel
    Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.-Early life:...

     c; uwph: Charles Lagus
  • 1989 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
    Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
    Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop. The film was inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as the Cleft Chin Murder.-Plot:...

    Bernard Rose
    Bernard Rose
    Bernard Rose may refer to:*Bernard Rose , South African long-distance runner*Bernard Rose , British film director*Bernard Rose , British organist and composer...

     c
  • 1990 A Kiss Before Dying James Dearden
    James Dearden
    James Dearden is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999...

     c
  • 1990 Little Man Tate
    Little Man Tate
    Little Man Tate is a 1991 motion picture drama directed by and starring Jodie Foster.It tells the story of Fred Tate, a 7-year-old child prodigy who struggles to self-actualize in a social and psychological construct that largely fails to accommodate his intelligence...

    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, producer as well as a former child actress....

     c; 2uc: Tony Jannelli
  • 1991 Wuthering Heights
    Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
    Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights was a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights directed by Peter Kosminsky....

    Peter Kosminsky
    Peter Kosminsky
    Peter Kosminsky is a British writer, director and producer. He has directed Hollywood movies such as White Oleander and television films like Warriors, The Government Inspector and The Promise.- Biography :...

     c
  • 1993 Roommates Peter Yates
    Peter Yates
    Peter James Yates was an English director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager...

     c; addph: Sandi Sissel & Victor Hammer
  • 1994 The Run of the Country
    The Run of the Country
    The Run of the Country is a 1995 film directed by Peter Yates. It is based on the novel by Shane Connaughton, and stars Albert Finney and Matt Keeslar.-Cast:*Albert Finney as Danny's father*Matt Keeslar as Danny*Victoria Smurfit as Annagh...

    Peter Yates
    Peter Yates
    Peter James Yates was an English director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager...

     p/c; aph: Adam Dale
  • 1995 The Final Cut
    The Final Cut (1995 film)
    The Final Cut is an 1995 American action/drama/thriller feature film directed by Roger Christian for Cine Cut Films with a screenplay by Raul Englis based on a story by Crash Leyland.-Background:The film was released in the U.S...

    Roger Christian
    Roger Christian (filmmaker)
    -External links:*...

     c; + small part
  • 1996 Air Bud
    Air Bud
    Air Bud is a 1997 American family/dramedy film that sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog, Buddy, a Golden Retriever. The film's title may in fact be wordplay with "Air Jordan", a nickname of basketball superstar Michael Jordan. It is the first film to be distributed together by...

    Charles Martin Smith
    Charles Martin Smith
    Charles Martin Smith is an American film actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Smith was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator, while his uncle Paul J. Smith was an animator as well as a director for the Walter Lantz Studios...

     c; 2uc: Dave Frazee & William Waring
  • 1998 Air Bud: Golden Receiver/Air Bud 2
    Air Bud: Golden Receiver
    Air Bud: Golden Receiver is the 1998 sequel to Air Bud. This family film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is also the last of the Air Bud films to be released theatrically. Outside the United States the film was often titled 'Air Bud 2.' This is also the last Air Bud film to star...

    Richard Martin
    Richard Martin (director)
    Richard Martin , is an award-winning Canadian television director, film director and film editor. He was born in Vancouver and is the son of comedian Dick Martin...

     c; addph: Michael Bonvillain (+ 2uc) & Glen Winter; stunt unit ph: Todd Elyzen
  • 1998 The Duke/Hubert Philip Spink c
  • 1999 Tricks Iris & Jim Klein c
  • 1999 Sorted
    Sorted (film)
    Sorted is a 2000 British thriller film directed by Alexander Jovy.-Plot:Carl has travelled to London to clear up the details of his brothers death. Although Carl finds that there is another side to his brothers life. A group of all-night rave junkies accept him into their family, as the brother of...

    Alexander Jovy
    Alexander Jovy
    Alexander Jovy is a film director.He was born in Germany, however his family soon went to live in Switzerland...

     s35/c
  • 2000 Replicant
    Replicant (film)
    Replicant is a 2001 action- science fiction film starring Michael Rooker and Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Ringo Lam. It is set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Seattle, Washington, United States...

    Ringo Lam
    Ringo Lam
    Ringo Lam Ling-Tung , born in 1955 is a Hong Kong film director, producer and scriptwriter.He is known for gritty, dark and realistic action thrillers. He was born in Hong Kong and studied film at York University film school in Toronto...

     c; 2uc: Brian Pearson
  • 2001 Bandido
    Bandido (2004 film)
    Bandido is a 2004 action film written by Scott Duncan and Carlos Gallardo and directed by Roger Christian. The story revolves around the CIA framing skilled thief Max Cruz aka "Bandido" in order to gain his cooperation in helping them recover intelligence data that was stolen by Beno Gildemontes...

    Roger Christian
    Roger Christian (filmmaker)
    -External links:*...

     c; cph: Kristian Bernier; 2uc: Lars Herrmann
  • 2002 MXP: Most Xtreme Primate/MVP 3 More Monkey Business
    MVP: Most Valuable Primate
    MVP: Most Valuable Primate is the 2000 feature film that sparked the MVP franchise. The film's title character, Jack, is a chimpanzee.-Plot:...

    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince is an Canadian film director, writer and producer. The brother of producer William Vince, Vince has been involved in film production since the late '80s and has been directing films since 2000...

     c/V
  • 2002 Air Bud: Spikes Back
    Air Bud: Spikes Back
    Air Bud: Spikes Back is the fifth and final film in the original Air Bud series. The film series itself was followed by a spin-off series: the Air Buddies franchise.-Plot:...

    Mike Southon c
  • 2003 Spymate
    Spymate
    Spymate is a 2006 Canadian film starring Chris Potter. It was released to Canadian theatres on February 24, 2006, and on DVD in North America on April 11, 2006.-Plot:...

    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince is an Canadian film director, writer and producer. The brother of producer William Vince, Vince has been involved in film production since the late '80s and has been directing films since 2000...

     c; addph: Eric J. Goldstein
  • 2003 Pursued Kristoffer Tabori
    Kristoffer Tabori
    Kristoffer Tabori is an American actor and television director.-Early life:Tabori was born in Malibu, California, the son of director Don Siegel and Swedish-American actress Viveca Lindfors. He appeared in one of his mother's films, Weddings and Babies, as a young boy...

     c; 2uc: Anthony Metchie
  • 2005 Beneath Dagen Merrill c; 2uc: Mathias Herndl
  • 2005 Air Buddies
    Air Buddies
    Air Buddies is the sixth film in the Air Bud series and the first in the direct to video spin-off series Air Buddies, which follows the life of a lonely teenager and his dog who has the uncanny ability to play every sport. The film was released on December 12, 2006...

    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince
    Robert Vince is an Canadian film director, writer and producer. The brother of producer William Vince, Vince has been involved in film production since the late '80s and has been directing films since 2000...

     c/V; 2uc: Larry Lynn
  • 2006 Kill Kill Faster Faster Gareth Maxwell Roberts c; co-addph; ph: Ruzbeh Babol
  • 2006 A Neutral Corner Emily Greenwood scope/c; short/14m
  • 2007 Nutcracker: The Untold Story Andrei Konchalovsky
    Andrei Konchalovsky
    Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky is a Soviet-American and Russian film director, film producer and screenwriter....

     c; 2uc: Balázs Bélafalvy & Mike Frift

Television

  • 1977 The Madonna and the Volcano]] [prod: Mike Radford doc/54m; cph: John Hooper; ep 3-part 'Omnibus Italia'-season (part of BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus')
  • 1977 Hospital [Roger Mills] 9-part doc series for BBC-tv; cph: Grenville Dobson
  • 1978 Seeing Through Drawing [Michael Dibb] doc/119m; cph: John Hooper; ep BBC-tv arts series 'The Lively Arts'
  • 1979 A Change of Sex [ep #1 'George - The Big Decision' & #2 'Julia - The First Year' dir by David Pearson] 3-part series/16mm, 1980; cph (#2): David Feig; ep #3 ph by David Feig & Keith Taylor; followed by 4 ep in 1994 & 1999
  • 1980 In the Making [ep #2 (19m) 'Lute Making - Stephen Gottlieb' & #7 (19m) 'Theatre Design - Pamela Howard'; series prod: John Read] 9-part BBC-tv doc series; cph (#2): Alec Curtis, a.o.
  • 1980 Dallas The Big Store [Jana Bokova] doc/53m; ep (1981) BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'
  • 1980 Chelsea Hotel [Nigel Finch] doc/55m; ep (1981) BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1980 Feeling for the Sound [Dave Hutt] mus doc/29m; ep #4 of 6-part series 'Sounds Different'
  • 1980 Dire Straits [Nigel Finch] mus doc/58m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1980 When the Dancing Had to Stop [series prod: Leslie Megahey] doc/60m; cph: Colin Waldeck; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'
  • 1981 The Leader's Tale [prod: Tony Laryea] doc/48m; ep #12 of 12-part BBC-tv series 'Tales of Twelve Cities'
  • 1981 Behind the Scenes with... John Glenister [Christopher Swann] doc/29m; ep #8 of 10-part BBC-tv series 'Behind the Scenes with...'
  • 1981 The Great Art Dictator [prod: David Wallace] doc/54m
  • 1981 Desert Island Discs [Anthony Wall] doc/47m; ep (1982) BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'; repeated in January 1992 with new introduction
  • 1982 Survivalists [prod: Paul Hamann] doc/48m; ep BBC-tv series 'The Tuesday Documentary'
  • 1982 Upon Westminster Bridge [Anthony Wall] doc/52m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1982 Burroughs [Howard Brookner] doc/b&w-c/85m; cph: Tom DiCillo, Richard Camp, James Lebovitz, a.o.; ep (1983) BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'; also released theatrically
  • 1982 Bergerac [ep #12 'Always Leave Them Laughing' dir by Peter Smith] 87-part series, 1981–91; 2nd season, 1983
  • 1982 Where's the Key? [David Wheatley] tvm/65m
  • 1983 Kurt Vonnegut [: So It Goes] [Nigel Finch] doc/60m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1983 Borges and I [David Wheatley] doc/75m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1983 Sunset People [Jana Bokova] doc/110m; ep (1984) BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1984 The Caravaggio Conspiracy [Nigel Finch] doc/60m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1984 Beat This! A Hip Hop History [Alan Yentob & Dick Fontaine] doc/58m; addph: Sandi Sissel; special BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1984 Big Deal [ep #1 'Red Lady, Black Night' dir by Brian Lighthill] 30-part series, 1984–86; 1st series (10 ep)
  • 1984 The Sword and the Shield [Ian Duncan] doc/60m; cph: Peter Chapman; ep #5 of 8-part BBC-tv doc series 'SOE'
  • 1984 Francis Bacon [: The Brutality of Fact] [prod: Michael Blackwood] doc/58m/16mm; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1985 Ligmalion: A Musical for the 80s [Nigel Finch] docudrama/89m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena'
  • 1985 Khun Or - The Reed that Bends [David Wallace] dram doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Global Report'
  • 1985 The Triumph of the West [ep #5 'East of Europe' dir by Ann Hummel] 13-part doc series; other ph: Derek Banks, John Else, Brian Hall, a.o.
  • 1987 Elphida [Tunde Ikoli] tvm/60m
  • 1989 Goldeneye - The Secret Life of Ian Fleming/Spymaster [Don Boyd] tvm; cph: Richard Greatrex
  • 1989 [Spymaker -] The Secret Life of Ian Fleming [Ferdinand Fairfax] tvm; 2uc: Ronnie Maasz
  • 1991 Prisoner of Honor [Ken Russell] tvm
  • 1995 Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood [Donald Sturrock] tvm/45m; special BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'
  • 1995 Snow White: A Tale of Terror/The Grimm Brothers' Snow White/Snow White [in the Black Forest] [Michael Cohn] tvm; 2uc: Martin Grosup; opening seq ph: Arthur Wooster
  • 1999 RKO 281 [: The Battle Over Citizen Kane] [Benjamin Ross] tvm/b&w-c; originally to be made as a feature dir by Ridley Scott
  • 2006 The Mermaid Chair
    The Mermaid Chair (film)
    The Mermaid Chair is a 2006 movie adapted from the book written by Sue Monk Kidd. It was directed by Steven Schachter and stars Kim Basinger, Alex Carter, and Bruce Greenwood. The movie was filmed in British Columbia Canada...

     [Steven Schachter] tvm; uwph: Pauline Heaton
  • 2006 Life Line [Jamie Payne] 2-part tvm
  • 2008 U Be Dead [Jamie Payne] tvm

Music videos (selection)

  • 1987 The Right Thing [a: Simply Red; d: Andy Morahan]
  • 1987 I Want Your Sex [a: George Michael; d: Andy Morahan & George Michael]
  • 1987 Faith [a: George Michael; d: Andy Morahan]
  • 1988 Monkey [a: George Michael; d: Andy Morahan]
  • 1990 Freedom '90 [a: George Michael; d: David Fincher]
  • 1991 Auberge [a: Chris Rea; d: Nigel Dick]
  • 1991 Cream [a: Prince; d: Rebecca Blake] cph: Deke Donelian
  • 1991 Diamonds & Pearls [a: Prince; d: Rebecca Blake] cph: Deke Donelian
  • 1992 One (Version 1) [a: U2; d: Anton Corbijn] b&w
  • 1992 November Rain [a: Guns N' Roses; d: Andy Morahan] cph: Daniel Pearl
  • 1994 Completely [a: Michael Bolton; d: Rebecca Blake]
  • 1994 Tell Me When [a: The Human League; d: Andy Morahan]
  • 1995 This Ain't a Love Song [a: Bon Jovi; d: Andy Morahan]
  • 2004 No Way Out [a: Phil Collins; d: Norman Watson]
  • 2004 Round Here [a: George Michael; d: Andy Morahan]

Flms as director

  • 2000 Bubbles [short/11m] ph: Richard Terry
  • 2002 Air Bud: Spikes Back [feature; + ph] see Films

External links

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