In 2025 I headed back to North Sumatra, where I filmed Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans, to film not only Orangutans but also the beautiful Sumatran Tiger and Thomas’ Leaf Monkey.
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Disney Africa: Earth’s Wild Home (2026)
In 2023 and 2024 I travelled to Senegal and Cameroon to film for this beautiful series.
In Senegal I was tasked with filming Abyssininan Rollers dance amongst the flames of the wild fires weaving and tumbling to catch their insect prey as they escaped the heat.
In Cameroon I spent one month on one of it’s river sand banks filming the most curious little bird, the Skimmer, as they raised their young in the sand and skimmed the water surface for fish.
You can watch both sequences in Episode 1 on Disney+ here
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Disney’s Africa: Earth’s Wild Home (2026)
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Episode 1 - Welcome to Africa: Skimmers (Cameroon)
Episode 6 - Extremes: Abyssininan Rollers hunting in fires (Senegal)
Episode 1 - Welcome to Africa: Skimmers (Cameroon)
Episode 6 - Extremes: Abyssininan Rollers hunting in fires (Senegal)
In 2023 and 2024 I travelled to Senegal and Cameroon to film for this beautiful series.
In Senegal I was tasked with filming Abyssininan Rollers dance amongst the flames of the wild fires weaving and tumbling to catch their insect prey as they escaped the heat.
In Cameroon I spent one month on one of it’s river sand banks filming the most curious little bird, the Skimmer, as they raised their young in the sand and skimmed the water surface for fish.
You can watch both sequences in Episode 1 on Disney+
Filming the wild fires in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba Park was one of those shoots that leaves something extra behind in your memory of it all. The conditions we worked in were of course extremely hot, dusty and dangerous but the beauty the destruction provided was unparalleled.
I of course adore working in cinematic light and so the hazy air and soft African light amongst the burning smokey embers provided a beautifully quiet and eery post apocalyptic scene. Something I’ve never seen or filmed before.
Alongside capturing the burning/burnt landscape I had the difficult but addictive task of capturing the Abyssinian Roller fly into the flames to grab its prey. It meant that all my skills as a long lens wildlife cinematographer, who has spent many many years filming birds, had to come to a head in this moment. I needed to be on top form to bring back home the behaviour and the imagery worthy of this series.
Fortunately the incredible staff at Nioko Lodge were on hand to help me move quickly with my kit and get me in and out of the fires safely.
Easily one of my top 3 shoots of all time
Filming the wild fires in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba Park was one of those shoots that leaves something extra behind in your memory of it all. The conditions we worked in were of course extremely hot, dusty and dangerous but the beauty the destruction provided was unparalleled.
I of course adore working in cinematic light and so the hazy air and soft African light amongst the burning smokey embers provided a beautifully quiet and eery post apocalyptic scene. Something I’ve never seen or filmed before.
Alongside capturing the burning/burnt landscape I had the difficult but addictive task of capturing the Abyssinian Roller fly into the flames to grab its prey.
It meant that all my skills as a long lens wildlife cinematographer, who has spent many many years filming birds, had to come to a head in this moment. I needed to be on top form to bring back home the behaviour and the imagery worthy of this series.
Fortunately the incredible staff at Nioko Lodge were on hand to help me move quickly with my kit and get me in and out of the fires safely.
Easily one of my top 3 shoots of all time.
