Filmmaker
Dazzling Poorman's Fireworks in a Chinese Steel Town
China's steel industry is rarely associated with beauty, but over 500 years ago, blacksmiths in the rustbelt province of Hebei produced a unique art form that still dazzles each Chinese New Year. A short film for the Wall Street Journal.
Surgery's Far Frontier: Head Transplants
Chinese microsurgeon Xiaoping Ren has successfully completed a head transplant in a mouse, and believes that one day human head transplants will be in clinical use. His research has fertile ground in China, where he found financial support and less opposition on ethical grounds. A short film for the Wall Street Journal.
Filmmaker
In 2010 the world celebrated the rescue of 33 Chilean miners. But within months, the copper boom that enriched a generation of miners and made Chile one of the wealthiest countries in Latin America fizzled out. A special report for the Financial Times assesses the impact of Chile's copper crash on the country's economy and people. Copyright: The Financial Times Ltd
Filmmaker / aerial photographer
Chile's Copper Crash
In 2010 the world celebrated the rescue of 33 Chilean miners. But within months, the copper boom that enriched a generation of miners and made Chile one of the wealthiest countries in Latin America fizzled out. A special report for the Financial Times assesses the impact of Chile's copper crash on the country's economy and people. Copyright: The Financial Times Ltd
Yunus is one of hundreds of refugees from war-torn Syria benefitting from training organized by a partnership between FAO, UNHCR and the Turkish government which trains them in skills needed to find much-needed work in Turkey's agricultural sector.
Director / director of photography / editor
Farming a Future in Turkey
Yunus is one of over 3 million refugees from war-torn Syria now living in Turkey. He is also one of hundreds benefitting from training organised by a partnership between FAO, UNHCR and the Turkish government which gives them the skills needed to find work in Turkey's agricultural sector. Read more here.
Director of Photography
Brilliant Ideas: Takahiro Iwasaki
Takahiro Iwasaki is best known for his detailed miniature landscapes, made from found materials such as toothbrushes, books, flags and used clothing – even hair. Having grown up in Hiroshima, his works, while whimsical, are melancholy, reflecting Japan’s trauma both historic and more recent with the Fukushima nuclear disaster. One of six episodes I shot in China and Japan for Bloomberg's Brilliant Ideas series.
Director of Photography
Brilliant Ideas: Cao Fei
Chinese artist Cao Fei is one of the most ground-breaking and talked-about artists of her generation. She uses new technologies to explore themes of escapism, consumerism and the effects of economic change on China. This portrait is one of six I shot in China and Japan for Bloomberg's Brilliant Ideas Series. Other episodes:
(Copyright Bloomberg)
Director / Director of Photography
Saving the Yangtze Porpoise
A mini-documentary for Al Jazeera Earthrise meets the conservationists trying to bring back China's Yangtze Finless Porpoise from the brink of extinction.
Videographer
36 Hours in Chengdu
Beneath Chengdu's concrete exterior lies possibly China's most charming city. Amazing food, mind-boggling parklife and, of course, the panda. Produced with New York Times video journalist Jonah Kessel. Read the New York Times' written guide here.
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