Who is Simon Wyndham?

That's a good question! You should have guessed by now, and by the title of this website that I am a video cameraman, produce videos and DVD's, and edit! Quite how good I am at any of these things I'll leave you to decide.

I am based in the Worcestershire region of the UK and my work has ranged from corporate to dramatic production. I also write reviews of equipment for various video magazines.

I have a heavy interest in Hong Kong cinema, and many of my cohorts from my early days of messing around with video have gone on to feature in films starring everyone from Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, to Jet Li and beyond! My own physical prowess perhaps wasn't quite up to snuff! ;-)

I have a keen interest in low budget digital indie moviemaking too. Such productions are extremely rewarding. Any fool can make something look half decent when a large budget and top end equipment is available. It's when there is a budget of nothing that you can sort the wheat from the chaff I find. I admire guys such as the Action Koncept team in Germany who made the recent Kampfansage movie using an old XL1s and a 35mm adaptor. The cinematography and lighting blows away many a Hollywood feature.

After completing two very low budget digital features with my fellow director Steve Lawson, I still plan to make another. Glutton for punishment I am! Making a movie is an odd process. You wish it would end while you are making it, but you don't want the process to end once you near the end of a shoot. The people that you meet in the world of film and video are some of the most interesting you could ever hope for. And despite the odd legend in their own lifetime, the majority are really great people.

So anyway, what was this page about again? Ah yes, me. Well, there isn't a whole lot else to say really. Most of my skills have been learnt on the job. It's been a hard graft to get to the point that I am at currently and there's still a long way to go. But I would never go back to a 9-5 job. Sure it's easier to get a mortgage that way, but things get put into perspective when your mates tell you about their day dealing with orders and accounts while I recall how I spent the day auditioning female actresses for an action lead. It can be a tough job, but someone has to do it!