CV - Mark Mc Cauley

Mark Mc Cauley started his career as an international news cameraman for BBC Television. He covered many historical events including: Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Siege of Sarajevo, Nelson Mandela’s election as well as many conflicts including the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He left the BBC to continue to pursue his passion for documentary film making. His work has garnered programme awards and nominations from BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Grierson Trust, Foreign Press Association London,Guild of TV Camera Professionals and the Rory Peck Trust Awards. He is enjoying a new focus working as a Director of Photography in Drama and scripted television.

Credits:

The Last Rifleman
SKYMAX Cinema-
Feature starring Pierce Brosnan, Clémence Poésy, John Amos, Jürgen Prochnow
Director of Photography
Director: Terry Loane
Weebuns Films

A Kind of Spark
-BBC/ 9 Story Drama Series
2nd unit Director of Photography
Directors: Marek Losey, Matt Holt

LYRA
-Feature Documentary Ch 4
Winner: Grierson Best Documentary
Broadcast Awards Best documentary
Tim Hetherington Award Sheffield DocFest
Winner Prix Europa Berlin
Winner AIBs
Director of Photography
Director: Alison Millar-Erica Starling Productions

The Disappearance of Captain Nairac
Feature Documentary BBC/ Erica Starling
Director of Photography
Director: Alison Millar

A Bump Along the Way
Feature Film-
Best Film Nomination Irish Film &Television Awards
Director of Photography-
Gallagher Films/ NI Screen/ BFI/ Element Pictures
Director: Shelley Long

A City Dreaming
Director & Director of Photography
( FOOC Productions/Canderblink/NI Screen/ BFI).
Winner Foyle Film Festival best Documentary.
2nd Galway Film Fleadh Best Documentary.

Brian Friel, Shy Man Showman
Documentary
DoP- RTE/ BBC Walk On Air Productions
Winner RTS NI Best documentary
Director: Jane Magowan

Death of a Showjumper
3 part series SKY original Productions/ Walk on Air
Director of Photography
Director :Niamh Kennedy

The South Westerlies
Drama series
Director of Photography-RTE/ Acorn TV USA-
6 part drama series. Episodes 1-3
Director: Simon Gibney

Myth & Mogul-John Delorean
Netflix DocuSeries
Director of Photography
Director: Mike Connolly

Iarsmai ( Remnants )
Feature Documentary
IFB/NI Screen
Director of Photography
Director: Damian Mc Cann

Freamhacha
Feature Film
Doubleband/Wildcard
2nd unit DoP
Director Aislinn Clarke
Producer Dermot Lavery

Different League
Feature Documentary
BBC TWO/State of Grace /Stray Bear films
Director of Photography
Director : Guy King

Libya’s Migrant Hell
Extreme World-Sky TV-
Winner Foreign Press Award :Best Documentary.
Nominated for Amnesty International Award
Director: Marta Shaw

Echoes
Drama Short
Director of Photography
Director: John Carlin
Causeascene Films/ NIScreen

The Way Back
Drama Short
Director of Photography
Director: John Carlin
Winner Incredifest-Best Cinematography

I Know You
Drama Short
Director of Photography
Director : Colm Heron
Finepoint Films

Heaven Come In
Drama Short
Director of Photography- Out of Orbit/ NI Screen
Director-Rebekah Davis

Bonfire
Drama Short
Director and DoP
- Finepoint Films

Quinn Country
3 part documentary
Drama sequences DoP- RTE/ Finepoint Films
Director: Trevor Birney

Is This Coercive Control
Drama inserts
Director of Photography-BBC
Director : John O Kane

Lost Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs
Archaeology Documentary
Director of Photography-Alley Cats TV/ Channel 4
Director: David Starkey

Rock N Roll Highway
Music/travel Documentary
Director of Photography-Clean Slate TV/ BBC NI
Director: Paul Mc Guigan

Lusitania-18 Minutes That Changed the World
Emmy nominated Drama documentary-
BBC/360/RARE Productions
Director of Photography
Director-David Starkey

Making It Out Alive
Drama/documentary series-Smithsonian TV. Director of Photography. Four episodes
USS Indianapolis
Mount St Helens
Oklahoma Tornado
Vajont Dam Disaster
Directors: David Starkey, Chris Nikkel

Ross Kemp Extreme World
Director of Photography
(Freshwater Films , Tiger Aspect, SKY TV ) Mexico/USA, Brazil, Lebanon, USA, Marseilles, Calais.
Directors: Marta Shaw, Matt Bennett

Ross Kemp-Return to Afghanistan
( Tiger Aspect, SKY TV )
Director : Matt Bennett

Inside Mighty Machines
6 part science documentary series-
Smithsonian TV. RARE TV
Director of Photography
Jumbo Jet
Aircraft Carrier
C5 Galaxy
Hovercraft
Power Plant
Directors: Maurice Sweeney, Gary Keane

Wildwoods
26 part kids puppet drama series.
Director of Photography. Sixteensouth Productions.
Director of Photography
Director: Simon Gibney

Heroes of the Somme
documentary . (BBC/360 Productions )
DoP

Somme 13th November-Last Heroes of the Somme
Director of Photography.
(Channel 4 UK/360)
DoP
Director: John Hayes-Fisher

A Deadly Mission to Congo
Director of Photography
( BBC/ Erica Starling )
RTS NI Nomination
DoP

Find Me a Family
documentary BBC .
Erica Starling.
RTS NI winner
Director of Photography
Director: Rachel Hooper

The Man Who Saved Europe-
Mary Mac Aleese
Director of Photography (BBC/RTE)
DoP
Directors: Declan Mc Grath, Davy Kilpatrick

Ireland’s Great War
2 episodes. BBC/360 Productions.
DoP
Director: John Carlin

Rome-the World’s First Superpower
Director of Photography.
4x 1 hour episodes. ( Channel 5/ 360 Productions )
Director: David Starkey

A City Dreaming
Director & Director of Photography
( FOOC Productions/Canderblink/NI Screen/ BFI).
Winner Foyle Film Festival best Documentary.
2nd Galway Film Fleadh Best Documentary.

Painkiller
Short Film. Director of Photography( Canderblinks Film/ NI Screen)

Dive World War 2-Kill Zone Atlantic
Director of Photography
Episodes 1-3 ( History Channel/360 Productions

Digging for Britain
Studio Director of Photography 2014-1025
BBC/RARE TV

Runner
Drama Short -Sad Mantra Films
Cinematography
Director Paddy Slattery

Hardtalk on the Road
Photography.
Honduras, Colombia , Guinea, Central African RepublicAlaska, Canadian Artic, Shri Lanka

Little Drummer Boy-Shane MaGowan
Director/Director of Photography

Awards:

Lyra
Best Documentary,Sheffield Doc Fest-Tim Heatherington Award
Grierson Award Best Single Documentary-nomination
Prix Europa Berlin-Best Documentary
Broadcast Award-Best Documentary

Bump Along the Way
Best first feature Galway Film Fleadh

A City Dreaming
Winner best documentary Foyle Film Festival .
Runner up -best documentary Galway Film Fleadh

Afghanistan-Children of War
BBC
BAFTA Children's programme Award

Ross Kemp-Return to Afghanistan
(SKY TV)
Guild of TV Camera Professionals Excellence Award and Rory Peck Award nomination.

The Blair Years –Jeremy Paxman
BBC
Guild of TV Camera Professionals Excellence Award

Libya’s Migrant Hell- Extreme World
Sky TV
winner Foreign Press Award Best Documentary.
Nominated for Amnesty International Award

Find Me a Family
BBC
RTS NI winner

A Deadly Mission to Congo
BBC)
RTS NI nomination

Inhale
Best Cinematography
NI short film Festival

Dourra Baghdad, US Platoon under siege
BBC
Rory Peck Award Nomination.

The Moment
Golden Palm award Mexico International Film Festival

Child soldiers of Sierra Leone
BBC
BAFTA Children’s programme award nomination.