ALASTAIR RAE Associate BSC, ACO.

After a considerable stint operating at BBC Scotland, I became freelance in the early nineties and armed, literally, with my Steadicam, spent several years on the dailies circuit meeting many illustrious cinematographers, directors, and crew. In the early days I was lucky to get the opportunity to operate on several movies for Chris Menges, Bernard Lutic, Seamus McGarvie and John de Borman and to contribute on many projects on Camera A – Z. Lately I have been fortunate to forge enduring relationships with Anthony Dod Mantle and Terry Stacey and in 2023 was gloriously reunited with Alwin Küchler BSC.
There are so many occasions, beyond number, when I have had to punch myself to the reality that I was looking through the viewfinder and seeing first hand an amazing performance being born and nurtured by directors such as Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle, Neil Jordan, Ron Howard, John Madden, Justin Kurzel, Lasse Halstrom, Philip Noyce, Sean Penn, Hugh Hudson, Ken Loach, Nigel Cole and Richard Curtis.