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JIMMY CAPE
Camera Operator & Drone Pilot
Natural History & Adventure
WILDLIFE SHOWREEL
I am a UK based camera operator and drone pilot (UK+USA+EU) with a wide range of natural history, adventure and science documentary filming experience. I've filmed on over 40 international shoots, often in remote or challenging conditions, and I regularly utilise gimbal systems, aerial filming, long lens hide work, time-lapse and observational handheld filming techniques to bring the story to life.
Recent credits to TX
Big Beasts
Series camera operator across four episodes: 'The Gorilla' (Central African Republic), 'The Orangutan' (Borneo), 'The Hippo' (Botswana), 'The Ostrich' (Tanzania)
Plimsoll for AppleTV+
May 2023 TX
Wild Isles
Drone operator on 'Grasslands' episode of wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough. Flying DJI Inspire 2 at various nature reserve around the UK
Silverback for BBC1
April 2023 TX
Our Great National Parks
Drone operator and second camera for the opening sequence of the whole series. Filming rare 'surfing hippo' behaviour in Gabon
Wildspace for Netflix
April 2022 TX
Earth at Night in Colour
Camera operator across three episodes: 'Jaguar Jungle', 'Lion Grasslands' and 'Elephant Plains'. BAFTA nominated series for Photography (Factual)
Offspring for AppleTV+
December 2020 TX
Welcome to Earth
Drone operator and AC/Focus Pull for sequence on 'Decent into Darkness' episode and for a canopy access jungle shoot in Costa Rica
Nutopia for NatGeo/Disney+
December 2021 TX
Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Operated specialised cameras including Phantom (slow-motion), Selex Superhawk (thermal) and motion time-lapse on Episode 1
BBC NHU for BBC2
December 2020 TX
Expedition with Steve Backshall
Second camera and drone on a first descent kayak expedition to Kamchatka, Russia. Opening episode of Expedition Season 2
True to Nature for UKTV+
April 2022 TX
Alien Worlds
Series drone and AC/Focus Pull working on six shoots across all four episodes. Working with gimbal and cine prime lenses in earth's most extreme environments
Wall to Wall / Warner Bros
for Netflix
December 2020 TX