Chris Morphet - Cameraman
It will be no exaggeration to say that Taghi and Amir will not be the filmmakers they are without the invaluable contribution and friendship of Chris Morphet, a one-of-a-kind cameraman and human being. Ever since Taghi’s first shoot on Earth Calling Basingstoke in spring 1989, Chris has been a creative driving force bringing superb camerawork, professionalism of the highest standard and his own unique brand of insight into all our work.
There are countless directors whose first films would simply not have worked without Chris Morphet’s input. He would wander off shooting cutaways, whispering under his breath “to help out the editor”, when the newbie director would not even know what a cutaway was. Introduced to us as the “human steadicam” Chris’s hand-held camerawork is legendary. He has that rare quality found in intelligent cameramen, of listening to the contributor while shooting.
When Chris is enthused by the subject you know you have him fired up and committed to get the job done, “knock it on the head” as he says. There are no better moments of creative joy than those spent with Chris on a shoot, solving problems, getting the shot. With hundreds of films to his credit, Chris is the cameraman’s cameraman of the kind they don’t make anymore. A man of many passions that include Spurs and cycling, to us he is a friend, colleague, neighbour and mentor. We are lucky and privileged to have him share our filmmaking journeys with us.
