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BIO

Baz is a London-based Director of Photography with British and Irish (EU) passports. He is a member of the both the British, and Irish, Society of Cinematographers.

Baz grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and after a short-lived career in the music industry, he moved to London to study film. In a ten-year spell as a camera assistant, spanning features and commercials, Baz was fortunate enough to work on several films for two British cinematic greats, Barry Ackroyd and Seamus McGarvey, and cites them both as major influences on his style and career.

Baz started shooting in the early 2000s, and his short films include the Berlin Film festival winner "Relativity", and Martin McDonagh's “Six Shooter”, which won the Oscar in 2006. In 2017 Baz won the Welsh Bafta for best factual photography for his documentary “Aberfan Young Wives’ Club”, which had already won the RTS award. Baz has shot for directors including Rufus Norris, Marc Evans, Olly Blackburn, China Moo Young, Jon Ronson, James Griffiths, Rankin, Stephen Woolfenden, Luke Scott and Ron Scalpello. In 2012 Baz was the lighting designer for Secret Cinema’s record-breaking ‘immersive theatre’ production of “Prometheus”, seen by over 25,000 people, and fully endorsed by Ridley Scott.

In 2021, his work on “The Pembrokeshire Murders” earned plaudits from critics and gave ITV their highest viewing figures for a drama since 2006, and a BAFTA Cymru nomination for Baz. “Fate - the Winx Saga”, shot in Ireland, was a number one show for Netflix worldwide. He was also the lead DOP on “Ten Percent”, the British version of the hit French Show “Call My Agent” for Bron Studios and Amazon. In 2022, Baz has just returned from South Africa after wrapping principal photography on Block 2 of the Apple+ TV hit “Invasion” directed by Brad Anderson.


 

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