
mac & lane ltd
director of photography & cinematography
alastair mccormick
BROADCAST CREDITS
2021/22 'What Killed The Whale ' 90 min Ch4 Director Russ Leven
2021 Netflix (Red Rock Films) 'Why Cats are Cats". Director Andy Mitchell
2021 Sky Arts 'Statues redressed'. Director Alison Grist
2021 Scotland from the Sky series 3 Director Rachel Bell
2021 MTV (Viacom) True Crime Director Tom Olney / Heather Atkins
2020 'Limitless' Disney Director Russ Leven
2020 AVBR Climate Change 2020 Curious Films
2020 Michael Palin 'Travels of a Lifetime'. Director Andrew Abbot
Michael Palin Himalaya Journey of a Lifetime.
2020 Jimmy Tarbuck "The Laughs are on me'. Director Alan Brown Whisper TV - Channel 5
2019 and 2020 Beethoven 3 x 1hr BBC4. Director Phil Cairney
2019 My Family and the Galapagos 4 x 1hr CH4 SP Helga Berry
2019 Earths Sacred Wonders BBC 2 SP Matt Barrat. Director Russ Leven, George Pagliero, Ben Crighton
2019 Netflix Film - ' Last Breath' Netflix and Cinema release. Director Alex Parkinson and Richard Da Costa
2017 'Civilisations' Ep 1 & 9 BBC & PBS Director Tim Neil. Presenter Simon Sharma
2017 'Earths Natural Wonders' Ethiopia & Faroe Islands Series Producer Jobim Sampson
2017 'Scotland from the Air' Director Andy Twaddle Presenter Jamie Crawford
2017 'Billy Connolly - A Portrait of a Lifetime'. Director Liam McArdlle Presenter Billy Connolly
2016 ‘The Hector’ BBC History Producer & Director: Andy Twaddle Presenter: Neil Oliver
2016 ‘Operation Orkney’ BBC Series Producer: Jamie Simpson Presenter: Neil Oliver
2016 ‘Scotland and the Battle for Britain’ BBC Director Mark Radice Written and presented by Andrew Marr
2016 ‘City in the Sky’ BBC Science Directors: Russ Leven, Matt Barrett Presenters: Dallas Campbell, Dr Hannah Fry
2016 ‘ Polaris - A Very British Deterrent’ BBC Factual Director: Colin Murray Cast: Simon Williams, Matt Rippy, Colin Stinton
2016 ‘Scotland’s War at Sea’ RTS – Best History Programme Director: Andy Twaddle Presenter: David Hayman
2015-2016 ‘The Silk Road’ BBC Factual 3 x 1 hour Series Producer: Richard Downes Presenter: Dr Sam Willis
2015 ‘The Story of Scottish Art’ BBC Arts 4 x 1 hour Series Producer: Matthew Springford Presenter: Lachlan Goudie
2015 ‘The Secret Life of Books’ BBC Arts Director: Maurice O’Brien Presenter John Cooper Clarke
2015 ‘The Stuarts’ BBC Factual Series Producer: Richard Downes Presenter : Dr Claire Jackson
2015 ‘The Truth About Fat’ BBC Science Director: Matt Ainsworth Presenter: Saleyha Ahsan
2015 ‘Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensics Story’ Director: Tim Niel Presenter: Gabriel Weston
2014 ‘Britain Beneath Our Feet’ Director: Graham Russell Presenter: Dallas Campbell
2014 ‘The Magic of Mushrooms’ BBC Science Director: Russell Leven Presenter: Richard Fortey
2014 ‘Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil’ Director: Graham Russell Presenter: Chris Beardshaw
2014 ‘The Battle to Beat Polio’ Chanel 4 Director: Sarah Barclay Presenter: Stephanie Flanders
2014 ‘Inside the Animal Mind’ BBC Science Director: Matt Barratt Presenter: Chris Packham
2013 ‘Sincerely, F. Scott Fitzgerald’ BBC Arts Director: Tim Niel Presenter: Jay McInerney
2013 ‘Rory Goes to Holyrood’ Comedy Unit Director: Graeme Hart Presenter : Rory Bremner
2013 Spinning A Yarn: The Dubious History of Scottish Tartan Director: Tim Niel
2013 Abraham Lincoln: A Culture Show Special’ Director: Lesley Smith
2013 ‘Ice Age Art: A Culture Show Special’ Director: Liam McArdle
2012 ‘Addicted to Pleasure’(Series Cameraman 4 x 1hr) Executive Producer: Richard Downes Presenter: Brian Cox
2012 ‘What’s the Earth Worth?’ History Channel - 90 mins feature Director: Louise Say
2011 ‘In Orbit – How Satellites Rule Our World’ Director: Shaun Trevisick Presenter: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
2011 ‘Jonathan Meades on France’ Director: Tim Neil Presenter Presenter Jonathon Meades
2011 ‘Brave New World - Stephen Hawking’ Director: Louise Say Presenter: Jim Al-Khalili
2011 ‘Frontline Medicine’ Director: Neil Ferguson Presenter Michael Mosely
2011 ‘The Great British Countryside’ Director: Bill Macleod Presenters: Julia Bradbury & Hugh Dennis
2011 ‘The Last Explorers’ 4 x 1hr Antarctica / Yosemite / Africa / Japan (BBC Series) Presenter: Neil Oliver
2010 ‘ Scotland's Landscape’(BBC Series) Series Producer: Richard Downes Presenter: Professor Ian Stewart
2010 ‘Talkie Time’ BBC Learning Series 2 (DOP on Series 1, 2 & 3) Producer: Uzma Mia Young
2009 ‘Deco Gems’ BBC 4 3 x 1hr Director Colin Lennox
2009 ‘Jonathon Meades - Off Kilter’ Director: Colin Murray Presenter Jonathon Meades
2009 ‘Scotland Revealed’ 3 x 1hr Hi-Def - ITV
2009 ‘Portrait of Scotland’ 90 mins doc Peter Capaldi on Scottish figurative art Director: Sandy Raffin
2009 ‘How to Build a Nuclear Submarine’ BBC Factual Director: Steve Crabtree
2009 ‘When Piers Met Sir Cliff’ Piers Morgan interview Sir Cliff Richard in Barbados) Director: Colin Lennox
2008 ‘David Dimbleby - Seven Ages of Britain’ Hi-Def
2008 ‘Shell Guides to Britain’ John Betjeman‘s Shell Guide to Britain 1930s Director: Colin Lennox
2008 ‘Robert Burns 250 Anniversary’ BBC – 90 mins + 3 x half hr Director: Colin Murray
2008 ‘Best of British Design Fashion’ BBC x 1 hr Director: Lucy Donoghue
2008 ‘Wild About Your Garden’ BBC 6 x 1 hr Series Producer: Sophie Todd
2007 ‘Jimmy’s Farming Heroes’ BBC Celebration of British farming
2007 ‘Granddad is Back in Business’ Ob Doc for BBC2 Director: Catherine Hagan
2007 ‘Apprectice Behind the Scenes’ 2 x 1 hr Director: Clarie Hobday
2007 ‘Filthy Rich and Homeless’ Ob Doc for BBC 3 Director: Catherine Hagan
2006 ‘Saving Planet Earth’ NHU - Filming Wolves in Ethiopia Director: Helga Berry
2006 ‘How We Built Britain’ David Dimbleby
2006 ‘Jonathon Meades - Abroad Again’ BBC Arts Director: Tim Neil
2006 ‘Horizon- Ice Man’ Director: Nick Green
2006 ‘Animal Planet – Tigress’ Elephants Botswana /African rats looking for land mines - Mozambique Director: Jo Scofield
2005 ‘Sex Inspectors Series 2’ Series Producer: Claire Hobday Exec: Steff Harris
2005 ‘The Apprentice – Tim, you're hired’ Director: Claire Hobday
2004 ‘The Challenge’ Filming the Volvo Ocean race in the Baltic on board and in support boat Director: Neil Ferguson
2004 ‘Britain's Best Buildings Jonathon Meades’ Director: Tim Neil
2004 ‘Time Team’ 3 programmes in this series
2004 ‘Journey of Life’ Doc on evolution for 2005 - filming chimps in Cameroon BBC Bristol Director: Jo Sarsby
2003 ‘Inventions that Changed the World’ BBC Science Director: Neil Ferguson Presenter: Jeremy Clarkson
2003 ‘Grand Designs’ CH4 Talkback Productions Director: Clare Hobday
2002 ‘Extreme Machines’ Discovery - Hi-Def Armoured vehicles filming in Mexico City and America Director / Producer: Neil Ferguson
2002 ‘Extreme Machines’ Discovery - 21st Century Flight / The Making Producer: Neil Ferguson
2002 ‘Planet Soccer’ Discovery -Travel documentary in Japan and Korea leading up to the world cup Director: Martin Herring
2002 ‘Extreme Lives’ BBC Everest Documentary
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