Gary started in the industry as a 16 year-old runner at the film optical company Geoff Axtell Associates. After working his way up from runner to lead cameraman, he discovered that his calling lay not in world of post-production, rather on the actual set of commercials and feature films. 

He moved into the motion control area of special effects photography, working in Great Britain’s renowned effects lab The Mill Motion Control Studio, or The Mill. At The Mill, Gary worked on many hundreds of high-end commercials and movies including, Entrapment, The Mummy, The World Is Not Enough and Enemy of the State to name a few. A great deal of his effects work took place both on the ‘Super Cyclops’ process stage at Shepperton Studios and on many locations with the ‘Milo’ mobile Mo-Co rigs. 

By the late 90’s, Gary had already been developing a craft for the camera while working alongside several top cinematographers. Gary was given the chance to DP what was to become an award winning BMW commercial for Paul Street. He has since gone on to shoot various award winning commercials worldwide with many talented directors.

Gary first collaborated with Duncan Jones on the Carling ‘Robots’ commercial before they came together on their first feature MOON. Gary said. “It was a great and challenging opportunity to shoot MOON with Duncan and I think, together, we have crafted a great film”

Moon has won 19 awards including

BAFTA  2010 - ‘Outstanding Debut’,

BIFA 09 - ‘Best British Independent Film’ & ‘Best Debut Director’, Edinburgh Film Festival 09 - ‘Michael Powell Award’

Sitges Film Festival 09 - ‘Best Film’,

Athens Film Festival 09 - ‘Golden Athena for best film’

Ill Manors has won 2 awards

DINARD 2012 - ‘Best Cinematography’

DINARD 2012 - ‘Prix Coup de Coeur’

1998 to present Freelance DoP

1988 to 1998 Ran The Mill’s Motion Control Studio aiding its expansion from a small in-house

studio to a large operation at Shepperton Studios

1985 to 1988 Progressed to the Video Dept and then to Motion Control, where he started to

shoot small sets and packshots

1979 to 1983 Trained as an Aerial Image Rostrum Cameraman working in film opticals for

commercials and features and subsequently became an in-house cameraman 

DOB: 18.03.63 Resident: UK / Carries US working Visa