Graham MacFarlane
Graham is an Award Winning British Director of Photography based in Japan who specialises in the Cinematography of Wildlife, Nature and Expeditions Films. He has worked across the world in remote and Harsh Environments for the last 25 years for all the major broadcasters and streamers including BBC, Paramount,National Geographic, Apple, Netflix and Disney. He also owns his own Motion Picture Filming Equipment including Cameras, Lenses, Drones, Gimbals and Lighting.
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Graham MacFarlane - wildlife cinematographer
selected work
Mammals, BBC, 2024
I was principal camera for the two primate sequences for this blue-chip series, the Chimpanzees in Gabon and Pig Tailed Macaques in Malaysia.
The Americas, 2025 BBC/NBC
I shot the Rockhopper Penguin, Fur Seal predation sequence for the Patagonia Episode in Argentina.
Deadly 60, BBC 2010-2025,
Have been filming this presenter led children’s natural history film for the last 15 years.
skills list
3D, 70mm IMAX, Adventure Filming, Aerial, Animal Behaviour, Astronomy, Arriflex cameras, Birds in Flight, Blackmagic cameras, Blue & Green Screen Filming, Boat Work, Cable Dolly, Camera Assistant, Canon Cameras, Camera Traps, Canopy Access filming, Cineflex, Data Wrangling and workflow, Digital Editing (Avid, Final Cut etc), Drone Operator, Expedition, Extreme Environments, Field Craft, Filming Flight Scenes, Filming Primate Social Behaviour, First Aid Qualifications, Gimbal Filming (Ronin etc.), Gaffing, Grip, Hand Held Filming, Infrared Filming, Hide Work, Image Intensifiers and high sensitivity cameras, IRATA Rope Access Qualifications, Jib and Dolly, Long Lens, Low Light, Lumix Cameras, Macro Studio, Macro Location, Medical and Scientific, Microscopy, Motion Control, Night Filming, Observational Documentary, Panasonic Cameras, Periscopes, Phantom Cameras (slow motion), Platform work, Remotely Operated Cameras, Red Cameras, Rock/Ice Climbing, Selex Camera (Thermal Imaging), Shooting AP, Shooting Director, Shotover and other heavy gimbal work, Sony Cameras, Sound Recording, Sport filming, Steadicam, Sync and Crew Filming, Technician for camera equipment, Thermal Imaging, Time Lapse, Time Slice, Underwater Filming, Verité, VFX Plate Shots, Working at Height
contact - Graham MacFarlane
landline: Japan: +81(0)9076-077090
cell: UK: +44(0)77686-13090
