Gareth Munden (GBCT) Cinematographer Agency Film Industry Talent + 44 (0)208 530 8791 [email protected] About After an award-winning stills photography career working on advertising campaigns for the likes of Guinness, Waitrose and Hewlett & Packard and shooting stills for the Harry Potter Films and Tim Burton’s ‘Charlie & The Chocolate Factory’. Gareth transferred his success and talents to cinematography. A graduate from the London Film School, he shoots on all formats, both film and digital. After the success of his first feature film ‘Lotus Eaters’ Gareth, has been in demand shooting commercials, music videos and shorts all over the world. He is a member of he Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT). Based in London, Gareth is available for work worldwide, he also holds an O-1 Visa for the USA. Links www.garethmunden.co.uk Awards • • • • • • • • • 2014 The Nostalgist 1st prize as Best Short in the Generator 18+ (Fiction) Section at the Giffoni Film Festival 2014 The Nostalgist 2nd prize Short over 15 minutes The Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2014 The Nostalgist selected for LA Shortsfest 2014 Vivienne Westwood-Loves selected Berlin Fashion Festival 2010 The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins (short) Cannes Short Film Corner 2010 Beak Sea (short) Winner NPA Trailer Made Cannes Screening 2010 The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins (short) Cannes Short Film Corner 2009 La Citta nel cielo (short) Venice film festival selection Winner Vanderbilt Student film Nashville Film Festival 2005 Bronze Lion from Cannes advertising festival Gareth Munden Page 1 [email protected] • 2001/2/3/4 Association of Photographer awards Feature Films Date Production Director / Producer 2015 The Highway Is For Gamblers Alexandra McGuiness / Philip Gray (IN PRODUCTION) SYNOPSIS: After a series of relationship problems mare the friendship of two best girlfriends in the desert of California, one of them mysteriously goes missing, prompting the other to begin a statewide search to find her and repair their friendship. 2014 Aliceville Tony Sebastian / Vertigoheights Films SYNOPSIS: Alice, a young girl who's recently moved to London to live with her older brother, struggles to come to terms with what she wants in life and who she is. She becomes friends with an American girl, who is seemingly everything she would like to be. But Alice can't break out of the cycle of mental and emotional insecurity she's found herself experiencing, since moving to the big smoke. 2010 Lotus Eaters Alexandra McGuiness / Fastnet Films SYNOPSIS: A group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. SELECTED FESTIVALS: London Film Festival, TriBeCa, Taormina Film Festival, Mill Valley, Cork, Dingle, Galway, Istanbul International Film Festival, Capitol Irish, Washington, D.C. Motovun Film Festival, Holon fashion festival, Centre Culturel Irlandais Festival Paris Loc USA UK UK Promos Date 2015 2014 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 Production Cut “Ten” Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy Molly Smitten Downes “Children Of The Universe” Pixies “Magdalena”’ Revere “ On the Radio” Moya "Making Me Fall" ChipMunk Feat Shalo & Skepta (Decorations on my body) Crazy P (Sonar) Burberry/VS.Magazine The Heratbreaks “Remorseful” JfxMusic (Heatbeats) Tasha Ft Jueiz Santana (Oh What You Did) Dolar Dee Ft Mega Manolar (Pounds Anthem) Sincere Ft G Frsh (I’m Ill) Money Ayo & Shimmer Baby (Cock Block) Shimmer Baby (Obvious) Director / Producer Nikolaj Belzer Urban Strom / Nice & Polite Sasha Rainbow / Nice & Polite Loc UK UK UK Judy Jacob / Everything Is Ok Genevieve Helme / C5 Creative Dominic O’Riordan / Asylum Films Gavin Green / CMAR UK UK UK UK Pondr / Pondr UK Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion UK UK Richard Owusu / Prod RVPUK Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures UK UK Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures UK Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures UK UK Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures UK Gareth Munden Page 2 [email protected] 2010 2010 Dub Pistols (Ganga) Stutta Ft Rapid & Ghetts (I’m Leaving) Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures UK UK Commercials Date 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 Production Director / Producer SSense drone portraits Francisco Salvador / RiffRaff Various idents Various / 5 Creative Stella McCartney Francisco Salvador / RiffRaff Big Brother 2014 promo Rob Fox / 5 Creative Tagstr #LoveMyLondon Henry Darke / WigWam Films Isme Damian Joyce / 5 Creative Let's Beat Sepsis-Ghost Town Nikolaj Belzer / Everything Is OK Vivienne Westwood-Loves George Tsioutsias / Téar 02 Mr. Moonlight Tom Clarkson /VCCP Celebrity Spa-Ident Lucy Badger / 5 Creative Big Brother 2013 ident Lucy Badger / 5 Creative AWARD: 2013 Nominated for Promax Best Reality TV Promo The Health Lottery spot Rich Thrift / 5 Creative Neighbours ident Jo Ridley / 5 Creative Blackpool Lights ident Rob Fox / 5 Creative River Island Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion Georgian Hardinge/British Fashion BretonLABS / Everything Is Okay Council The Bachelor (TV promo) Lucy Badger / 5 Creative River Island Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion Doodski Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion River Island Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion Vogue Off Ehsan Bhatti / JN Motion Another Magazine Can Evgin Lebara - 10th Anniversary The Mills Twins / Lebara Good Girls Love Rude Boys Sheridan De Myers / Perfect Pictures Nike Vintage Vision Brigette Leicht / Die Krieges Des Lichts Loc UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK USA UK UK UK UK UK USA UK UK UK D Corporates Date 2011 Production Anthony Nolan Director / Producer Jake Dypka / Pretzel Films Loc UK Director / Producer Nikolaj Belzer / Everything Is OK Jenny Lu / Uncanny Films Sasha Rainbow / Nice&Polite Giacomo Cimini / Wonder Room Productions Emily Lucienne / Liasions Productions Loc UK UK UK UK Short Films Date 2013 2013 2013 2013 Production The Son The Man Who Walked On The Moon Ouija Fashion Short The Nostalgist 2011 Liasions (pilot F Gareth Munden Page 3 [email protected] 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 To See Or Not To See Bleak Sea The Ballad of Mulla and Mullins Mike Lights Out The Hangman A Red Bridge Still Field Day La Citta nel cielo 2008 2008 Semi Skimmed Hard Rain Nirozen Thavarajah / Kylarkin Productions Giacomo Cimini Matthew Lindsey Giacomo La Monaca / Henry Lloyd Baker Ludovico Taliani / Mike Barre Ben Dyson / Ashley Anderson The Mills Twins Ceri Payne Mersiha Bruncevic Giacomo Cimini / Giacomo Cimini, Kerry O’Brien David Welch / Jessie Peckham Verity Healey UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK Selected History as stills photographer Guinness (AMV BBDO) Hewlett Packard (Saatchi & Saatchi) Waitrose (MCBD) Health Education Authority (BMP DDB) in advertising and Film stills for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Comments "Gareth Munden made my film look beautiful and is a pleasure to spend time with. His background in black and white photography was the perfect fit for my film and he made the actors feel at ease in a professional and jovial way". Alexandra McGuinness, Director - Lotus Eaters Gareth Munden Page 4 [email protected]