Apr 2026
Honourable Artillery Company
Produce, shoot and edit short and long-form films for a regimental milestone.
Freelancer based in Suffolk and London
Doug
Brown
Producer, Filmmaker, Writer
I make complicated things happen, then film them. Social, docs branded, high risk and more.
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Who
About
Easy-going producer and director. I started in investigative current affairs and have worked across documentary, social, reality, science, advertising, blue-chip natural history, music and sports - with commissions for the BBC and National Geographic, plus earlier roles in UN communications in Myanmar and kidnap & ransom insurance.
I'm happy shooting and cross-shooting, rigging minicams in awkward places, and story-producing sensitive contributors inside tight legal and compliance lines. If a shoot is complicated, that's usually where I'm most useful.
"Superb, long-serving member of staff. Strong technical, design and logistics skills. Good strategic thinker, executes reliably. Experienced investigative producer. Qualified for tasks in hostile environments." Jon Ossoff - MD of Insight TWI, now US Senator
Got a bigger project in mind?
I run Recce Studio for strategy-led films and campaigns.
Selected - 20 credits
Work to 2024
2023-24
OR Media - Development
Landmark factual research and development in a region new to docs - modern history, aviation and economics for Vision 2030.
2023
Ed Sheeran - Mathematics World Tour
North American leg - studio sessions, tour-diary cam and second camera on music videos, stadium shows and launch promo for two albums.
2022-23
Ice Airport Alaska (S4)
Filming with civilian and military aviators across Alaska. Developing relationships, obtaining access, minicam rigging in extreme cold and high-security environments. Shot on FX6 / FX9.
2022
Secret Life of the Safari Park
Keeping tabs on 30 keepers, 500 animals across 550 acres - for a classic Channel 4 format.
2022
Accused: Guilty or Innocent (S4)
On location across Michigan, Wisconsin and Oklahoma, following criminal-defence cases within strict legal protocols.
2022
Unbox Yourself (Vauxhall Mokka-e)
A UK road-trip TikTok campaign for Uncovered.
2022
Emergency (S2)
Embedded with the London trauma network at William Harvey Hospital - consent and compliance in traumatic situations.
2022
Wildlife Rescue
Sole story producer across the series. "Totally adorable TV," said The Guardian.
2022
Ice Airport Alaska (S3)
Three months in Anchorage with airlines, the US military and airport staff. Rigging minicams into airline cockpits.
2021-22
Night Coppers
Embedded on the night shift with Sussex Police - story notes, in-the-moment compliance, public consent.
2021
Race Across America
Cutting the story from Rahsaan Bahati's record-breaking ride.
2021
Gold Rush (S12)
Seven weeks in the Yukon following upstart gold miners - story notes, camera assist, character wrangling.
2021
The Year That Rocked The World
Directing interviews and edit-producing two hour-long episodes from archive and key figures.
2020-21
World of Zwift
Weekly cycling magazine show - interviews, VTs and studio links.
2019-20
Our Living World
Development and production of high-end science and wildlife. Produced sequences across the US, including the series-finale dam explosion.
2020
Our Great National Parks (with Barack Obama)
Story development, scripting and remote shoot setup across Patagonia.
2019
Wildest Survival (S2)
Wrote and edit-produced two hour-long blue-chip wildlife episodes.
2018-19
America's Deadliest Volcano Disaster
Pitched, developed and cut the taster. Nominated for Best History Program, World Congress of Science Producers 2020.
2018
The One Show
Science, natural history and factual ideas; multiple short films commissioned.
2017-18
Malawi's Human Harvest
A complex, high-risk undercover investigation. The team unearthed self-confessed killers, now in prison.
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Kit
Equipment
A light, self-contained Sony FX3 package - quick to deploy solo, anywhere.
Sony FX3
24-105mm f/4
70-200mm f/4
Sennheiser MKE 600
DJI Mic 2
Variable ND
DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro
Ricoh GR IIIx
Lav mics
Various mounts & magic arms
// Also shoots on FX9 · FX6 · C70 · C300 III
The details
Skills
Craft
Shooting & cross-shooting · minicam rigging · story producing · edit producing · directing · casting · compliance in sensitive environments
Clearances & training
HEFAT (BBC Hostile Environment & First Aid) · Mental Health First Aider · DBS · Sussex Police vetted
Travel & docs
US foreign-press I-Visa to Jan 2027 · clean UK driving licence since 2008 · happy to travel at short notice
Education
MA Geopolitics, Territory & Security, King's College London · BSc Geography, University of Birmingham (First)
Get in touch
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Free for freelance shoots, edits and full productions.
dougbrown@live.co.uk · +44 7875 788 707
2024-2026
Social-first
production
Two years spent social first. As Projects Director at Uncovered - named Campaign's Social Media Agency of the Year in 2025. I led small teams turning briefs into films, stunts and activations that get watched and shared.