Award-winning Director of Photography specializing in commercials, branded content, drama and documentary. My journey began in live performance, evolving into creating visuals for major artists including Take That, Little Mix, Cheryl Cole, Shawn Mendes, and John Legend, as well as prestigious events like the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony and Ferrari's 70th anniversary celebration.
Commercial work spans global brands including Lego, Levi's, American Express, and The Trainline. Notable achievements include a Silver Clio Award for Cinematography on the Malaria No More campaign. My documentary portfolio features "Getting Away with Murder(s)" (The Guardian's top-rated documentary of 2021), alongside directing "The Price of Love," nominated for the 2015 Liberty Human Rights Award.
Across studio environments and location shoots, I bring versatility in both natural and technical lighting approaches, adapting to each project's unique visual demands.
DON MCVEY
Director of Photography
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📧 donmcvey@gmail.com
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software
Adobe Suite, DaVinci Resolve
Cinematography & Lighting
Professional camera operation and lighting design
Post-Production
Workflow Management
Writing
Script and Prose Writing
AI Tools
Claude, Kling, Midjourney, Flow, Gemini, Image FX, Grok, ChatGPT, Deepseek, Runway, DALL-E
COMMERCIAL & BROADCAST
Television Campaigns
Good Morning Britain - "1 Million Minutes"
Prod: ITV | Dir: Jake Wood, Colin Salmon, Ben Miller, Mark Charnock
Protect Your Bubble - "End of the World"
Prod: Hotwolf | Dir: Jamie Lennox
WIX – MCFC
Prod: COPA90 | Dir: Tom Brown
Commercial doc with Pep Guardiola
Malaria No More - Secret CEO
Prod: Publicis | Dir: Richard Gold
Winner: Cinematography Silver Clio AWARD
Ferrari - 70 Years
Prod: Northhouse Films | Dir: Tom Bairstow
Cricket World Cup - "Are You In?"
Prod: Matta | Dir: Thomas Winfield
Featuring Radio 1's Greg James
Aspinal - "Mayfair Collection"
Prod: Aspinal | Dir: Chris Roberts
Perfect Home
Prod: Stada Media | Dir: Ben Davis
3 Mobile - "Oh the Horror!"
Prod: Gravity Road | Dir: Tom Brown
Carphone Warehouse - iPhone X
Prod: 1000 Heads | Dir: Helena Charlton-Jones
With Francis Boulle
Carphone Warehouse - Trade In
Prod: 1000 Heads | Dir: Helena Charlton-Jones
With London Hughes
Currys PC World - Samsung Tablet
Prod: 1000 Heads | Dir: Tom Brown
Gumtree - Gumtree Jobs
Prod: 1000 Heads | Dir: Mat Laroche
With Lucy Watson and Marcel Sommerville
Cadburys FC - Real Crowd Pleasers
Prod: Stada Media | Dir: Danny Lacey
Blinds Direct
Prod: Stada Media | Dir: Danny Lacey
National TVC
The Trainline - M-Ticket
Prod: RGM | Dir: Richard Gold
MTV UK - Year of Engineering
Prod: Hotwolf | Dir: Jamie Lennox
The Trainline - An Easier Way to Travel
Prod: RGM | Dir: Ivy Jelisavac
Intimissimi On Ice
Prod: Northhouse Films | Dir: Tom Bairstow
Visuals for 2016 Show
Sheraton - Delight My Journey
Prod: Pebble Studios | Dir: Joshua Parsons
Hopewiser - The Message
Prod: OMG | Dir: Neil Garrett
UNIDO - My Mum Is My Hero
Prod: Ben Preston | Dir: Lauris Beinerts
Levi's - Tailor Shop
Prod: Drum | Dir: Joe Rosen
Series featuring innovators
LEGO - Duplo, Partners in Play
Prod: We Are Social | Dir: Jimmy Ness
ONE M
Prod: OMG | Dir: Neil Garrett
Tate Modern - Kyara Pamyu Pamyu
Prod: AKA | Dir: Matthew Reed
Thomas Pink
Prod: Digital Natives | Dir: Will Dorrien-Smith
The Travel Collection with Neil Laughton
Rugby World Cup - 2015 Opening Ceremony
Prod: Northhouse Films | Dir: Tom Bairstow
Amnesty International
Prod: Amnesty | Dir: Selina Nelte
Ireland Abortion Laws
American Express
Prod: OMG | Dir: Neil Garrett
Short Vine campaign
Skroppy
Prod: OMG | Dir: David Waldman
Children's toy TVC
Clarks Shoes
Prod: Fletcher Wilson | Dir: Joe Rosen
DOCUMENTARY & DRAMA
Feature & Television
Secret Files of Rudolf Steiner - TV Documentary
Prod: ARTE | Dir: Anna Pflüger & Lara Heinemann | Network: ARTE
Suddenly Royal
Prod: WildBear Entertainment | Dir: Veronica Iacono, Mike Kenneally
Getting Away with Murder(s) - Feature Documentary
Prod: Guerilla Films | Dir: David Nicolas Wilkinson
Distribution: Film Four
The First Film - Feature Documentary
Prod: Guerilla Films | Dir: David Nicolas Wilkinson
Nominated Best Doc EIFF | Film Four NOMINATED
Postcards from the 48% - Feature Documentary
Prod: Guerilla Films | Dir: David Nicolas Wilkinson
Edinburgh IFF 2018 Premiere
The Impact - Feature Film
Prod: LSWF | Dir: Chris Jones
Starring Olivia Williams
Seeing Him - Short Film
Prod: Vanessa Bailey | Dir: Chris Jones
Multi-award winning AWARD
The Price of Love - Short Film
Director/DOP
Liberty Human Rights Award shortlist
The Marbles - Feature Documentary
Prod: Guerilla Films | Dir: David Nicolas Wilkinson
Post-Production
Promagnon Man - Feature Documentary
Prod: Barry Castagnola | Dir: Gary Coleman
Currently filming
Sections - TV Pilot
Prod: Guerilla Films | Dir: Darren Rapier
Post-Production
Superdry – Invictus Games
Prod: Superdry | Dir: Ryan Goodman
"My Journey" Poppy Pawsey
Meet The Nativity - Short Series
Prod: LSWF | Dir: Chris Jones
Chartered Society Physiotherapy
Prod: LSWF | Dir: Chris Jones
"Rehab Matters" - Discussed in Parliament
Immigration Tearing Our Family Apart
Prod: Channel 5 | Dir: Mags Gavan
Cameraman
Ground Mending - Short Film
Prod: Fractured Films | Dir: Jemma Gould
Channel 4's Random Acts
Deviation: A Journey Into Night
Prod: Brave Soldier Films | Dir: Lara Greenway
BTS documentary for Danny Dyer feature
MUSIC & PERFORMANCE VISUALS
Artist Visuals
Liam Payne
2021 BAFTAS visuals
Little Mix
2019 tour visuals
Tears for Fears
2019 tour visuals
Shawn Mendes
Studio visuals for 2018 tour
Ellie Goulding
2016 tour visuals & X Factor performance visuals
Take That
2015 tour visuals
Robbie Williams
Studio visuals for Take That
Red Bull Sessions
Sandunes
John Legend
X Factor performance visuals
Alyusha
Music video
Union J
2014 Capital FM Summer Ball
Cheryl Cole
BGT Final visuals
Capital FM Summer Ball
Opening visuals
Little Mix
2014 & 2013 tour visuals
Dizzee Rascal
Time lapse visuals
The Rifles
Music video, "Minute Mile"
Olly Murs
2013 tour visuals