Richie Simkins has over 10 years of experience as a camera assistant and focus puller in New Zealand and the UK, working on both features films and commercials. He has experience with cameras including the Arri Alexa, Red Epic, and Canon DSLRs. He is skilled in video assist operation, data wrangling, and enjoys collaborating in fast-paced production environments. Richie holds both British and New Zealand citizenship and is looking for new opportunities in the film industry.

1. Richie Simkins
richardsimkins@yahoo.com +44 7475839041
FOCUS PULLER / CAMERA ASSISTANT
About
Thank you for the opportunity to present my C.V. I am a flexible camera technician able to work across
the range, from large TVCs and Feature films, to small budget documentary. I enjoy working in a team
environment, and keeping up to date with new camera technology. My strength is my sound ability to
communicate and problem solve, due in part to my time spent crewing on yachts before university.
Over a year ago I moved back to the UK to be with family and find work in the motion picture industry,
namely to be involved with feature films. I love working on film sets because of the great people that
you get to spend your day with, and I hope to meet many more in the years to come. I have an eye for
detail, and a passion to get involved. I hold both a British and NZ passport, and love travelling. I look
forward to hearing from you soon.
Experience Focus Puller Feature Films
Focus Puller - Red Dragon Movi. Anamorphic ‘Night of the Lotus’ Feature. DIR. Henry Mason. DOP Milan Chadima.
Bos Productions. Tanzania, and London.
Focus Puller - 2nd
Unit, & C Camera on 1st
Unit. Arri Alexa Plus ‘King Tut’ TV Series. DIR. David Von Ancken.
DOP. Chirs Lavasseur. - Muse Entertainment Canada Ltd. Morocco.
A Camera Focus Puller. Red Epic - ‘Deathgasm’ NZFC Feature Film. DIR Jason Lee Howden. DOP Simon Raby.
Metalheads Ltd. Auckland
Focus Puller, Pick up Days - Red One MX ‘Housebound’ NZFC Feature Film. DIR Gerard Johnstone.
DOP Simon Reira. Kitchen Sink Films. Auckland
A Camera Focus Puller. Red Epic - ‘Orphans & Kingdoms’ NZFC Feature Film. DIR Paolo Rotondo. DOP Simon
Raby.– Flying Fish Ltd. Waiheke Island
Daily Focus Puller - Arri Amira ‘Writer’s Retreat’ Feature. DIR Gareth Roberts DOP. Rob Wilton. Molifilms
Entertainment. London
Daily Focus Puller - Arri Alexa ‘Just Charlie’ Feature. DIR Rebecca Fortune. DOP. Karl Clarke. Seahorse Films.
Birmingham.
Daily Focus Puller – Arri Alexa XT Anamorphic ‘Hippopotamus’ Feature. DIR. John Jencks. DOP Angus Hudson.
Swaffrod Hall Ltd. London
B Camera Focus Puller Daily. Arri Alexa Plus ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ Feature Film. DIR André Øvredal. DOP
Roman Osin – AJD Movie Ltd. London
Focus Puller Commercials
Focus Puller. Sony F5 – Asda Dogs Do Christmas Commercial. DIR Max DOP Rob Wilton. VCCP
Focus Puller. Red Epic - Pumpkin Patch TV Commercial. DIR Alyx Duncan. DOP Marty Williams Touchcast Ltd.
Focus Puller. Red One MX – Red Seal Health Products TV Commercial. DIR John Baxter DOP Marty Williams.
Perceptual Engineering
First Assistant Camera Underwater Unit. Canon 5DM3 – Weetbix TV Commercial. DIR Brendan Williams DOP
Andrew Stroud – 8Com
Focus Puller. Canon 5DM3 – Burger King Interactive Web Content Series. DIR Alex Sutherland DOP Marty Williams
Thick as Thieves

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Focus Puller. BMC – Hyundai Motors NZ. DIR Simon Mark Brown DOP Marty Williams – Kontent Ltd.
Focus Puller. Sony F3 – Eprinex TV Commercial. DIR/ DOP Adam Jones– Zoomslide
Focus Puller. Sony F3 - Techron Caltex TV Commercial. DIR Adam Jones. DOP Simon Raby.– Zoomslide
Focus Puller. Canon 5DM3 – Code TV Series Promo. DIR Jessica Sanderson DOP Tammy Williams – Toa
Productions
Focus Puller. BMC – A1 Homes TV Commercial. DIR Douglas Adsett DOP Adam Jones. Naked Agency
Focus Puller. Red Epic - Wahoo Tax Refunds. TV Commercial. DIR Chris Graham DOP Marty Williams.– Social
Fabric
Focus Puller Short Film / Music Vid
Focus Puller. Arri Alexa XT – Anamorphic. ‘Candy Floss’ DIR Jed Hart DOP Daniel Stafford-Clark – Haus Pictures.
London
Focus Puller. Sony F55 Ronin Rig – ‘Book of the Dead’. DIR Caspar Leopard DOP Rob Wilton. Is of Harris,
Scotland.
Focus Puller / Cam Op. Sony FS7 Ronin Rig – ‘Girl’. Music Vid. DIR / DOP Ant Plant. NZ on Air. London UK.
Focus Puller. Arri Alexa Plus – ‘The Hellfire’. Feature Teaser trailer. DIR Chris Boyle DOP Nick Wood – The Teashop
Ltd. London
Focus Puller. Arri Alexa – ‘Motherland’ Short. DIR Jason Hreno DOP Gareth Hughes – Hretoricaldevices. London
Focus Puller. Arri Alexa – Slumber Feature Teaser / Short. DIR Johnny Hopkins DOP Laurent Bares – Slick Tick
Productions London
Focus Puller. Red Dragon – ‘Belzebass’. Music Vid. DIR Riccardo Salvi. DOP Matthew Taylor. London
Focus Puller Arri Alexa Plus – ‘Be Mine Tonight’ Music Video. DIR James Solomon DOP Marty Williams - Flying Fish
Focus Puller. Red Epic – ‘Alice’ Short Film. Cannes Film Fest 2015. DIR Linda Derby DOP Alex Jenkins – University
Of Auckland
Focus Puller. Red Scarlet – ‘Pigeon’ NZFF Short Film. DIR Faye McNeil DOP Tammy Williams – MoFresh Ltd.
A Camera Focus Puller. Red Epic – ‘The Paralegals’. DIR Omar Ismail DOP Simon Shen – Crixton Films London.
Focus Puller 1 day. Arri Alexa XT– ‘We Are Happy’ Short. DIR Matt Winn DOP James Rhodes – Farrena Films.
London
Focus Puller 1 day. Panavision Genesis – ‘The Lights’ Short. DIR Kieren Grant DOP James Rhodes – Gate Films
Edinburgh. London
Director / Camera Operator
Canon 60D. Women’s Health and Family Services Tower Hamlets. Crowdfunder Web Video.
Canon 60D. Help Save Kaikoura Web 5 part Series. Including deliverables to Sky News and web video blogs. Drill
Free Kaikoura Group.
Canon 5DM3. Oil Free Seas Flotilla Video Blogs Opua. Inlcuding deliverables to TVNZ. Greenpeace NZ.
Sony EX1. MTS 8th
Birthday Teaser Video. Maori TV

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Camera Operator
Sony Fs7 – Joshua Kane 2016 LC:M Catwalks fashion show. DIR Fabio Vazquez DOP Sky Sharrock. London, UK.
Sony A7R2 – McLaren Feature Documentary. NZ Film Commission. DIR Roger Donaldson DOP David Paul. GFC
Ltd. Chichester, UK.
B Cam. Canon C300 – FIFA Promo 2014. TVNZ TV Promo sting. DIR Adam Sarker DOP Matt Gerrand. Black Sands
Ltd.
B Cam. Canon 5DM3 – Characterised. Cut and Paste Live Digital Illustrating Event. DIR James Solomon.
B Cam Op. Canon 5DM3 – Extreme Unboxing Samsung Galaxy S5. Web Commercial DIR James Solomon DOP
Aaron Morton. Flying Fish Ltd.
Cam Op. Canon 5DM2 – Workplace Cycle Package. Corp Web Video. DIR Mark Burrows, Recreation Solutions AK.
B Cam Op Canon 5DM2 – Ghost Birds. Greenpeace Web Campaign. DIR James Solomon DOP Andrew
McGeorge. Flying Fish Ltd.
Camera Operator / DOP. Canon 60D – Our Company. Propellorhead Web Video. DIR James Solomon
Camera Operator. Canon 60D – 50 People, One Question. Short Documentary. DOC Edge Fest 2013. DIR Kristian
O’Neill.
B Camera Operator. Canon 5DM3 – Racing a Seagull. Feature Documentary. DIR Nina Wells, Working Edge
Pictures NZ.
B Camera. Canon 5DM3 – Westpac Charity Boxing Night DIR Nina Wells. Working Edge Pictures NZ.
All Rounder
Camera Assistant / DIT. Canon C300 ‘Man With Latitude’ National Geographic TV Series. Dir Stephen Taylor-
Woodrow DOP Andy Davis. Renegade Pictures London.
Camera Assistant Sony F55 Movi ‘Book of the Dead’ Short Film Series DIR Caspar Leopard DOP Rob Wilton
Focus Puller / Gaffer. Sony F5 ‘Tigmus Promo’ web content. DIR Matthew Cooper DOP Nathan Claridge. Last
Village. London
Focus Puller / Assist. Sony F3 – Grit TV Promo. DIR Justin Harwood DOP Chris Matthews - Les Mills International
First Assistant Camera. Sony F3 – Matariki Magic TV Promo DIR/DOP Richard Harling
Second Assistant Camera
2nd
AC. Arri Alexa – ‘Energizer / Gillette’ TVC DIR James Dyer DOP Daniel Trapp – Partizan UK
2nd
AC. Sony F55, Canon C300 – ‘Hair i-DIY With Tina’ Web Content – DIR Claire Littler & Ralph Matthews DOP
Daniel Trapp – Pulse Films UK
2nd
AC. Arri Alexa – ‘Significance’ Short. DIR Alex Hylands-White & Jack Pirie DOP Phil Wood – Halcyon London
Second Assistant Camera Second Assistant Camera on Television Commericals in Auckland NZ to Focus
Pullers: Nick Hutch, Bruce Polwart, Graham McFarlane, Steve Allanson, Peter Cunningham for multiple TVCs
since 2011. And sole Camera Assistant for Corporate / Web Videos since 2011 for: Zoomslide, Virtuoso,
Flying Fish, Exile, Les Mills, Mr Smith, Waitemata Films, Media Works, Moari TV, Social Fabirc, Touchcast.

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Education
References
D.IT. and Data Management
- 50+ TV Commercials
Flying Fish, Robber’s Dog, Good Oil , Mediaworks, The Sweetshop, Mr Smith, Exposure, 8Com, Kontent,
Waitemata Films, Automatic, Exit Films. With brands including: Sony, Toyota, Honda, Toohey’s, Burger King,
Hyundai, Nissan, Stihl, Skype, Telecom NZ, Vodafone.
Cameras:
Arri Alexa Plus / XT with CODEX and Gemini 4444, Red Epic, Red One, Phantom HD Gold, Canon C300, Canon
DSLR, Sony F3, Nano Flash, Black Magic Camera
Transcoding Systems:
Alexicc, Red Cine-X, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere, Davinci Resolve
Video Assist Operator
Video Assist Operator / D.I.T ‘Sunny Skies’ TV3 Comedy Series. DOP Grant MacKinnon CAM: 2x Sony F3. Subtext
Ltd. 2011
Q-Take Operator. Honda TV Commercial. DOP. Bob Humphreys CAM: Arri Alexa. Curious Films Ltd.
Including providing video assist via wireless video transmitter, and tracking vehicle and crane.
Multi Camera Video Assist Operator. NZTA TV Commercial. DOP. John Cavill CAM: Arri Alexa, Phantom HD Gold,
Red Epic, and GoPro 3. Finch Ltd.
Including providing video assist via wireless video transmitter, tracking vehicle, and scissor lift.
Q-Take Operator. Burger King TV Commercial. DOP Renaud Maire. Arri Alexa. Flying Fish Ltd.
Video Assist Operator. NZ Fire Service TV Commercial. DOP. Dave Cameron. Finch Ltd
Including providing video assist via wireless transmitter around fire.
Q-Take Operator. Whittaker’s Chocolate TV Commercial. DOP Andrew Stroud. Arri Alexa. Capital City Ltd
Q-Take Operator. AA TV Commercial. DOP Andrew Stroud. Red Epic. Sweet Shop Ltd.
Video Assist / D.I.T. Walls Ice-cream TV Commercial. DOP Sigi Spath. 5D Mk3 with first pass light and assisting
editor. Waitemata Films Ltd.
Video Assist Operator. Vodafone TV Commercial. DOP. Bob Marsh. Peter Mayo.
Video Assist Operator / D.I.T Big W TV Commercial. DOP. Crighton Bone. Finch Ltd
Including video assist for steadicam via remote feed, and technocrane
Double Major B.A. UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND. FILM, TV & MEDIA STUDIES. &
ENGLISH. 2006-2009
MARITIME NZ I.L.M - INSHORE LAUNCH MASTER
INCUDING MARINE MECHANIC LEVEL 5, RADIO OPERATOR CERT. & FIRST AID 2009
PADI - PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER CERTIFICATE
2006 / 2013
Full NZ Driver’s Licence For Over 15 Years (Valid and legal to dive in UK – In the
process of obtaining a UK licence) D.O.B 26/8/1983
Gareth Hughes – D.O.P GBCT.
gareth@ghcamera.com
+44 7973540486
Kate Glover - Producer
Kateglover28@gmail.com
+ 447794 500 708
Simon Raby – Director / D.O.P
simonrabynz@gmail.com
+ 64 21993240
Richie Simkins 49 Brick Lane, London E1 6PU. richardsimkins@yahoo.com +44 (0)7475839041