Owen A Smith Gtc Dggb

MovieLux Ltd
Cinematographer, Camera Operator, Director, Producer and Screenwriter

London, England

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February 2012

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About Owen

My name is Owen A Smith I am an experienced Director of Photography, / Cinematographer and a television lighting cameraman. With ten plus years of experience. In addition to my camera and electrical dept experience I am also a script writer Director and Producer I am a full member of the Guild of Television Cameramen and a fully accredited Member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.

Unique traits: Owen has a unique perspective on life and a number of life experiences that give him such an unusual and unique perspective. After his natural mother died when he was just 9 days old Owen"s father privately fostered Owen into an affluent white middle classed academic family who brought Owen up in the leafy green and wealthy stockbroker belt just outside of greater London in the suburbs of Surrey in the Home Counties. Owen had a priverlladged upbringing and saw life from a different perspective than one might expect. Owen gained a scholarship to Epsom School of Art & Design, now known as The University of Creative Arts (UCA) Epsom. After leaving uni he went on to work in the world of advertising working for one of the top London West End creative studio called Adam B Studios and Colour Services. Starting as a runner he worked his way up to a black and white photography processor and technician before going on to work in a more creative role as a studio assistant where he would create the shots requested by the advertising agencies the studio company worked with. Owen would setup and light the shots used for glossy magazines and national billboard advertising campaigns for blue chip companies and top advertising agency's such as McCann Erickson, Saatchi and Saartchi, Obgalvys and she'll oil etc etc. Owen later became an account executive for a west London advertising agency and worked his way up to becoming a company director after a brief period of moving to New York to live with his natural father whilst living in New York Owen states that the experience opened many new doors for him as this was where he learnt to sell after gaining some of the best sales training working in a busy sales company selling Business to Business at executive level to companies in Manhattan which has stood him in good stead throughout his life and sees selling as an important life skill. In the mid 1980's Owen has a complete change of career and for a number of years moved away from the advertising media industry and moved to the world of civil aviation. Starting at the bottom working on the Ramp as a Ramp Agent Owen worked his way up to working in Aircraft Engineering and was responsible for the movement of aircraft on the ground. His role was to to tow aircraft up to and including Boeing 747's from the terminal to remote parking stands and aircraft hangars for maintenance before he managed to obtain a job and train with Dan Air Plc as technical aircrew for Dan Air service as flight crew. The next few years Owen was employed as professional flight crew as a Flight Loadmaster & Engineering Officer (Flight Mechanic) and third in command of a commercial cargo or freighter aircraft responsible for the calculation of the aircrafts weight and balance and the fuel load and was generally in charge of the commercial operation of the flight. Along with the inflight technical reports and voyage reports. Owen went on to serve in the Royal Air Force as a Commissioned officer reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant and and became a flying instructor and later an RAF contingent commander. Commanding 70 RAF personnel under his direct command. Enthusiastic about aviation and after the airline was taken over and he and many others were laid off or made redundant Owen returned to working in a creative environment again studying Sound engineering and music technology he became interested in working in music Owen now plays guitar to a professional level as well as double bass, drums and has recorded on a number of albums. His enthusiasm for music allowed him to go on to build several professional recording studios which he ran and engineered in before starting his own Record label Red Skin Records Ltd. singing some sixty bands and artists to the record label. Through buying the rights to broadcast his own music channels of Brighton based Play TV later to be renamed as Something TV Owen moved back into the world of Media and set up a media production department within the record label. Later to become a dedicated media production house based at Elstree Film Studios now Red Skin Media Ltd "London" until July 2015 setting up a new company called Movielux Ltd in August 2015 Today Owen is the Principle at MovieLux Ltd. which is in principle a re branding of Red Skin Media bringing with him many crew and production equipment cameras lighting grip equipment

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Male

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No Easy Day (2015)
Television UK Second Unit Director of Photography and episode associate producer
Carmen (Film Short) (2014)
Film (short) by Rkive Productions Director of Photography / Cinematographer
Monthly Mix TV Magazine Program (2014)
Television by Community Boradcast Channel Director & Director of Photography
The Means (Film Short) (2014)
Film (short) by Community Broadcasting Company Camera Operator (RED Camera)
Drug Gangs of London, Changing Britain (documentary) (2014)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director, Producer & Director of Photography
Comedy Warehouse at the O2 with Richard Blackwood (2014)
Video by Maybach London Camera Operator Live Event
Sheila Gordan / Ten Feet High ( Music Promo) Ibiza (2014)
Music by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Director of Photography
Motor Torque (TV) consumer car show (2014)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Director of Photography Executive Producer
Mike Mendoza Show (Six Episodes ) chat show (2014)
Television by ASITIS Productions Series Director of Photography / Exec Producer
The Vote (Series) Political debate show (2014)
Television by Latest TV Series Director of Photography & Executive Producer
Aresenal football player Bacary Sagna Interview (2013)
Internet by Jar of heroes 2013 Director& Lighting Camera Operator
A Story by the Sea Film (Short) (2013)
Film (short) by Fancy A Jam Pictures Cinematographer/ DoP (RED Camera). & Co-Producer
Tainted Love Film (Short) (2013)
Film (short) by Something New Pictures Camera Operator (RED Camera)
Lennie (Film Short) (2013)
Film (short) by Ventura Films 1st AC & Focus Puller
Dana Dana Film (Feature) (2013)
Film by Mutana Mohamed 1st AC & Focus Puller
Godparents (TV program about three DJs trying to make it big in Ibiza (2013)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd 2nd Unit Camera Operator and DoP (Ibiza)
The Wailers AKA Bob Marley's former band live in concert at The Concord Brighton 2012 Tour (2013)
Television by Latest TV Director & Lighting Camera Operator
EMC Cloud Architects (corporate) (2013)
Industrial by FTP Digital B Camera Operator Corporate
Mark Rabbetts, Changing Britain (Documentary) (2013)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Producer
I Am A Camera / Lost In Lover (Music Promo) Shot in London (2013)
Music by Kollektiv Vogelfri (Germany) First AC / Focus Puller
Steve Harley Interview (TV) (2012)
Television by Vision Brothers Camera Operator
3 Djavu/ Tigermoon LLP (2012)
Internet by Red Skin Media Ltd Camera Operator Live Even
Ecademy Press (Corporate) (2012)
Documentary by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Sotheby's Auction (Corporate) (2012)
Industrial by RGB Photographic Camera Operator
2012 Official Wimbledon Tennis Launch Party (TV) (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Camera Operator
Land of the Giants Rock With Me (Music Promo). (2012)
Music by Gient Records Entertainment Director of Photography
Victoria Park / Forgiveness ( Music Promo) (2012)
Music by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Director of Photography
Where to be pampered in London over the Olympics (TV) (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Director & Director of Photography
The Book Midwife TV Pilot (Documentary) (2012)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator/
2012 Wireless Festival, back stage celeb interviews (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Camera Operator
Lords of The Cage UCF-MMA Sky Active Channel (2012)
Television by A1 Red Skin Media Productions Serise Director, Producer & C Camera Operator
Tennis A Film (Short) by Alastair Gourlay (2012)
Film (short) by Park Drive Pictures Ltd 1st Assistant Director
Jean - Claude Van Damme Expendables 2 London premiere (Red carpet interview) (2012)
by Fashion TV Director & Camera Operator
Ms Dynamite TV Interview (Wireless festival London) (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Director Camera operator
Sylvester Stallone Expendables 2 London premiere (Red Carpet Interview) (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Director & Camera Operator
Aston Barrett Interview (2012)
Television by Latest TV Director & Director & Director of Photography
Scott Maslen AKA BBC Eastenders Jack Branning TV Interview (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Director & Camera Operator
Preeya Kalidas AKA BBC Eastenders Amira Masood TV Interview (2012)
Television by Fashion TV Director & Camera Operator
Sir Richard Branson Interview (documentary) (2012)
Documentary by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Ashley Pharoah Interview (TV) (2012)
Television by Vision Brothers Camera Operator
Gallop Film (Short) (2011)
Film (short) by Home Corp 2nd Assistant Director
The Duchess & The Highwayman by Ashley Holloway (2011)
Film (short) by Sparehead Media Director Of Photography
My Angel Short film by Evgeny Sinelnikov (2011)
Film (short) by London Film Academy Steady Cam 2nd AC (Dailies)
Secret Agents Film (Short) (2011)
Film (short) by Nsue Productions Director Of Photography
Turncoat (Film Short) (2011)
Film (short) by A Will Gilbey Production Lighting Camera Operator
Twenty8K (Feature Film) (2011)
Film by Formosa Films Second Unit Camera Operator
St Georges Day Film (Feature) (2011)
Film by Elstree Studio Productions EPK Camera Operator & Documentary film maker
Perry McCarthy AKA BBC Top Gear's The original Stig Interview (2011)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Oralistik / The new wine skank (Music Promo) (2011)
Music by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Director of Photography
Brighton Speed Trials (Documentary) (2011)
Documentary by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Amina Film (Feature) (2011)
Film by A.O.C Communications Director of Photography (uncredited)
Pepsi Cola (Commercial) (2011)
Commercial by Darkside Pictures Camera Grip Assistant
Bad Mamma a Film (Short) by Nilesh Vasave (2010)
Film (short) by Technocrate Films Director of Photography
Fight Night with Alex Reid UCF MMA Cage fighting (2010)
Television by Blockhouse Films Camera Operator
High Heels From Hell a Film (Short) by Peter Booth (2010)
Film (short) by Killermole Films B Camera Operator
Sky 2 channel Ident (Commercial ) (2010)
Commercial by B SKY B Remote head camera op
Darkness in Mind Film (Feature) (2010)
Film by Jolley Films Director Of Photography
7Lives Film (Feature) (2010)
Film by Starfish Films Unit Drive
NORA 2010 British Quad Bike Championship Racing Extreme Sports channel (TV) (2010)
Television by Blood, Sweat & Gears Camera Operator TV
Deviation. Film (Feature) By JK Amalou (2010)
Film by Silver Leaf Pictures EPK (Camera Op)
AOFM TV - London Fashion Week 2009 (2009)
Internet by Red Skin Media Ltd Camera Operator/ & Executive Producer
Sun Seekers Rally (2008)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Camera Operator
Sugar Rush Beat Company Interview (2008)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Floriginal / Wasteman ( Music Promo) (2008)
Music by Red Skin Records Ltd Lighting Camera Operator
Brands Hatch Motorcycle racing (2008)
Music by Red Skin Media Ltd Camera Operator
Cyrus da Virus / Sad Times (Music Promo) (2008)
Music by Red Skin Media Ltd Director, Producer & Camera Operator
Celebrating the life & work of New York sculptor Carlos "Mare 139" Rodriguez (2008)
Television by Red Skin Media Ltd / Play TV Director, Lighting Camera Operator , Co- Producer
Sir Harry Cowell Interview (2007)
Documentary by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Camera Operator
Eric Roverson Interview (2007)
Documentary by Red Skin Records Ltd Director & Lighting Camera Operator ,Producer
Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Interview (2007)
Documentary by Red Skin Media Ltd Director & Lighting Camera Operator
Noel MaCoy Interview (1996)
Documentary by Imagine Media Communications 1st Assistant Director & Producer
Kiss FM's Trevor Nelson Interview Clive Johnson (1996)
Documentary by Imagine Media Communications 1st Assistant Director & Producer
VIPS International (1996)
Television by Imagine Media Communications Trainee Camera Operator
Backbone / Universal (Music Promo) (1995)
Music by Little Peach Records Ltd Camera Grip
Celebrity interview with Kiss FM DJ Trevor Nelson Owen A Smith (1994)
Television by Imagine Media Communications for IDTV Cable TV channel Producer & Director