ABOUT
Filming at the Catcott Lows, Somerset
Filming on the Woodberry Down Estate, London for A Palace For Us
Filming at MAC VAL, Paris for Casting
“That’s a wrap”, cast and crew at MAC VAL, Paris for the film Casting
“There is something of the angler in his approach - peacefully waiting to see what comes along and then catching it.”
Nick Franglen | Musician and Composer
FILMMAKER
Bevis graduated from Central Saint Martins with a Fine Art degree in Filmmaking.
His first film Réalisé en Montagne, was selected for both the Kendal and Banff Mountain Film Festivals.
He is now an active, commissioned filmmaker, working predominantly in long and short documentary forms. He has made films for both national and international broadcasters, arts organisations, museums and individual artists.
His arts practice investigates his interest in the interconnectivity between the natural and the human world and the greater tensions that exist in landscapes affected by climate change. Bevis’ practice has a particular focus on the fragility of the mountain environment.
Between 2023 and 2024 Bevis was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford.
He is based in both mid Wales and London.
PRODUCER
Prior to his work as a Cinematographer and Filmmaker Bevis was Head of Production at Film and Video Umbrella for ten years. He produced over 30 productions on both film and digital formats, from single to multi screen digital projections for installation in galleries, museums and festivals., working alongside emerging and established filmmakers and artists.
MENTOR AND TRAINING
Bevis has delivered training for Screen South with clients including BBC Arts New Creatives and Channel Four Random Acts. He has recently delivered a programme of filmmaking workshops at Merton College, Oxford as part of his Creative Arts Fellowship.
MOUNTAINEER
Bevis trained as a mountain instructor in North Wales and Scotland gaining national qualifications in summer and winter mountain leadership and climbing.
He is now an experienced mountaineer with ascents in the European Alps, North America and expeditions to the Himalayas. His interest in wilderness travel also began his exploration of the backcountry on skis. Bevis is an experienced Telemark skier exploring the off-piste in the European Alps and North America.
WORKING WITH
Bevis has had many professional working relationships with individuals and commissioning organisations including:
The Arts Council of England; The Barbican; Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley / ARC | Stockton Arts Centre, Beaford; John Cale / The Arts Council of Wales for the 53rd Venice Biennale, The Barbican; Paul Emmanuel / Arts Council of Wales Creative Wales Award; The Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University; Ergin Çavuşoğlu; Film and Video Umbrella; Nick Franglen / Make Music New York Festival, The Mayor's Thames Festival; Hamish Fulton / Turner Contemporary Margate; Ori Gersht / Museum of Fine Art Boston, Ron Arad’s Curtain Call; Neville Gabie / The Olympic Delivery Authority London 2012; Graham Gussin / Henry Moore Contemporary Projects for the 50th Venice Biennale; Tom Hunter / The Serpentine Gallery; Shona Illingworth / The Wellcome Trust; Tim Knowles / Ogilvy & Mather; Kream; Alexander and Susan Maris; Melanie Manchot / Great North Run Culture, The Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne Paris, Nuit Blanche Paris, SRG SSR / Swiss Broadcasting Corporation; Merton College, Oxford University; Robby Müller; Museum of Natural History, Oxford; Simon Pope / Arts & Culture at the University of Exeter and RAMM, National Museum Wales; Phaeleh; Screen South / New Creatives BBC Arts, Random Acts Channel 4, Up On The Downs; Michael Sheen’s Port Talbot Passion / BBC; Susan Stockwell / Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; TILT Design / BBC Knowledge; Unity House / Sky Arts.
festivals, SCREENINGs and PLATFORMS
Bevis has had films shown at:
Arts à Bord, France; Banff Mountain Film Festival, Canada; Cannes Lions Festival, France; Caught by the River arts blog; Cecil Sharp House, London; Climate Justice Summit, Museum of Natural History, Oxford; Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London; Exeter Phoenix; Hinterlands Film Festival, England; Kendal Mountain Film Festival, England; International Festival of Ornithological Film of Menigoute, France; The Mayor's Thames Festival, London; MONA FOMA Festival, Hobart, Tasmania; New Networks for Nature, England; PhotoMonth Photography Festival, London; Presteigne Festival | Gŵyl Llanandras, Wales; 50th and 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy.
EQUIPMENT
Bevis owns a comprehensive camera unit based on a 4K Canon C300 MKII and Canon L series lenses.
The unit is further supported with a PortKeys 7” 2000 NIT HD monitor; wireless monitoring and lens control; Nila and PavoTube LED lights; DJI camera stabilisation with steadicam arm and vest support and the ability to field record 32-bit float audio with Audio Technica, Deity and Sennheiser microphones.
He also runs a comprehensive edit suite with colour calibrated monitors, including a 55” 4K OLED monitor, using Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve which offers, from start to finish, a full-featured single software solution to edit; colour correct and master for all deliverable types.
CONTACT
Thank you for visiting my website. If you have a project that you would like to discuss you can contact me directly at: bevisbowdenfilms@gmail.com