About Us
Leighton De Barros
Leighton has over twenty three years experience in
the television industry, specialising in documentary film
making, as a producer, director, writer and cinematographer.
Winning 10 Australian Awards and having been nominated for
4 Emmy Awards for Cinematography. Leighton has worked on
many films broadcast by Discovery Channel, Animal Planet
and National Geographic, and has international clients including
Mark Burnett’s “Survivor” (CBS America)
and the BBC Natural History Unit.
In 2004 Leighton directed, produced and photographed his
first wildlife/adventure program titled Shark
Bay (1x27) in association with ABC
TV. In 2009 Leighton produced, directed & photographed, Whale
Patrol (1x52), for ABC TV & National
Geographic TV International. Leighton has recently
completed On a Wing and a Prayer (1
x 52) a wildlife documentary about the life cycle of the
endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo for ABC TV, which
he was producer, director/writer and director of photography.
Leighton also works as a freelance cinematographer. His
cinematography credits include Ocean Giants for
the BBC Natural History Unit, Dolphins of Shark
Bay for the BBC Natural World and Internal
Waves for Discovery US.
Leighton has worked on thirteen series of Survivor for CBS America, filmed
dolphins on Super 16 High Speed for the BBC’s
landmark series Planet Earth, filmed
for NHK and ABC Natural History Unit on
their blue chip wildlife program, Big
Blue, filmed on the Wild Australasia series
for the ABC/BBC and the Snakebuster series
for Discovery Channel Asia.
Jodie De Barros
Jodie De Barros is joint Director of Sea Dog TV
International Pty Ltd and has over 25 years experience in
accounting, business and finance. Managing the business
affairs side of the company Jodie started producing documentaries
with partner Leighton De Barros in 2007. She has gone
on to produce Whale Patrol (1 x 52), a
wildlife film for ABC TV and NGTI and On
a Wing and a Prayer (1 x 52), a
wildlife film for ABC TV. Jodie also freelances and
mentors as a Production Accountant and works as an Independent
Production Consultant for the Producer Offset Unit of Screen
Australia.
Other production roles include Producer - Steps
to Recovery (1x26), produced by Sea Dog
TV International Pty Ltd, Production
Accountant - Waabiny Time Series 1 (13
x 26) & Waabiny Time Series 2 (8 x 26),
produced by L’unica Productions, Post Production
Accountant – Stormworld (26 x 30), produced
by Great Western Entertainment, Brightlight Pictures Inc
and Theatre Red and Mentoring in Production Accounting- ReFace & Motel
Deception (ABC I-Arts projects).
Awards
2011 - Australian Cinematographers Society State
Awards – Wildlife & Nature Cinematography
Gold - 'On a Wing and a Prayer’
2010 - Australian Cinematographers Society State
Awards - Wildlife & Nature Cinematography
Gold – ‘Whale Patrol’
2010 - 7th International Water - Sea and
the Oceans Film Festival
Best Documentary – Whale Patrol
2009 - International Wildlife Film Festival
Finalist - Conservation & Environmental Issues – Whale
Patrol
2009 - Blue Ocean Film Festival
Finalist - Ocean Issues – Whale Patrol
2009 - Third International Nature Film Festival
Finalist – Whale Patrol
2006 - EMMY AWARDS - 'Survivor 11 Panama'
Nomination – Outstanding Cinematography
Non-Fiction Programming
2005 - EMMY AWARDS - 'Survivor 9 Vanuatu'
Nomination – Outstanding Cinematography
Non-Fiction Programming
2005 - Ross Wood Memorial Award
Awarded by the ACS for development of
New camera technology
2003 - EMMY AWARDS - 'Survivor 5 Thailand'
Nomination - Outstanding Cinematography
Non-Fiction Programming
2002 - West Australian Screen Awards - 'Return To Eden'
ScreenWest Outstanding Achievement For Cinematography
2001 - ACS WA/SA Awards - 'Return To Eden'
SILVER – Cinematography – Experimental & Specialised
Cinematography
2001 - EMMY AWARDS - 'Survivor 2 Australia'
Nomination - Outstanding Cinematography
Non-Fiction Programming
2001 - EMMY AWARDS - 'Survivor 2 Australia'
For Contributions To The Emmy Award Winning Program
Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class)
2000 - ACS WA/SA Awards - 'More Than A Woman'
GOLD – Cinematography - Documentaries Cinema & TV
2000 - ACS WA/SA Awards - 'Fanny Cracker'
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Cinematography
Documentaries Cinema & TV
2000 - ACS WA/SA Awards - 'Lobster Tales'
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Cinematography – Experimental
& Specialised Cinematography
2000 - International Wildlife Film Festival Missoula USA
'Southern Exposure'
MERIT AWARD – Use of Music, Photography & Natural
Sound
1998 - ACS WA/SA Awards. 'Dolphins Day'
GOLD – Cinematography - Wildlife & Nature Films
1998 - ACS WA/SA Awards 'Silent Legacy'
GOLD – Cinematography - Dramatised Documentaries
1995 Australasian Retail Results Awards. 'Classique Jewellery'
BEST OF CATEGORY – Lighting/Cinematography
1994 United Nations Media Peace Awards 'Milbindi'
Senior Cameraman for series. |
