About

“There is something of the angler in his approach - peacefully waiting to see what comes along and then catching it”.

Nick Franglen | Musician and Composer

Bevis graduated from Central St. Martins with a Fine Art degree in Filmmaking.

His first film Réalisé en Montagne, was selected for both the Kendal and Banff Mountain Film Festivals.

He is now an active, commissioned filmmaker, working predominantly in long and short documentary forms and natural history. He has made films for both national and international broadcasters, arts organisations, museums and individual artists.

Bevis is presently a Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford.

He is based in both Mid Wales and London.

MENTOR AND TRAINING

He has delivered training for BBC Arts New Creatives; Channel Four Random Acts and Screen South. Bevis runs filmmaking workshops and is presently delivering a programme of filmmaking workshops at Merton College, Oxford as part of his Creative Arts Fellowship.

Prior to his work as a Cinematographer and Filmmaker Bevis was Head of Production at Film and Video Umbrella. He produced over 20 productions working alongside emerging and established filmmakers and artists.

MOUNTAINEER

With ascents in the European Alps, North America and expeditions to the Himalayas his interest in wilderness travel also began his exploration of the backcountry on skis. Bevis is an experienced Telemark skier exploring the off-piste in the European Alps and North America.

Equipment

Bevis owns a comprehensive camera unit based on a 4K Canon C300 MKII and Canon L series lenses.

The unit is further supported with: PortKeys 7” 2000 NIT HD monitor; wireless lens control and monitoring; Nila and PavoTube LED lights; DJI camera stabilisation with arm and vest support and the ability to record audio with Deity, Sennheiser and Audio Technica (stereo) microphones.

He also runs a comprehensive edit suite using DaVinci Resolve (and FCPX) which offers, from start to finish, a full-featured single software solution to edit; colour correct and master for all deliverable types.

WORKING WITH

Bevis is proud to have had many long standing working relationships including:

The Arts Council of England; The Arts Council of Wales; The Barbican; BBC; Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley; John Cale; Ergin Çavuşoğlu; Lemon Jelly / Nick Franglen; Film and Video Umbrella; Hamish Fulton; Ori Gersht; Great North Run Culture; Graham Gussin; The Henry Moore Foundation; Tom Hunter; Shona Illingworth; Kream; Make Music New York Festival; Alexander and Susan Maris; Melanie Manchot; Michael Sheen’s Port Talbot Passion; Robby Müller; The Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris; Museum of Fine Art Boston; National Museum Wales; New Creatives / BBC Arts; Nuit Blanche, Paris; Ogilvy & Mather; Olympic Delivery Authority; Phaeleh / Matt Preston; Random Acts / Channel 4; Screen South; The Serpentine Gallery; Simon Pope; Sky Arts / Unity House; SRG SSR / Swiss TV broadcaster; Turner Contemporary Margate; Mark Wallinger; The Wellcome Trust.

festivals

Bevis has shown films at:

Arts à Bord, France; Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada; Cannes Lions Festival, France; Hinterlands Film Festival, England; Kendal Mountain Film Festival, England; International Festival of Ornithological Film of Menigoute, France; MONA FOMA Festival, Hobart, Tasmania; New Networks for Nature, England; The Mayor's Thames Festival; Venice Biennale, Italy.

CONTACT

You can contact me directly at bevisbowdenfilms@gmail.com

by phone on +44 (0) 7530 068050

via Skype at bevis.bowden

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