ELBOW REAL LIFE ANGEL
MUSIC VIDEO 2014
INSPIRED BY MY DOCUMENTARY PROJECT SWIMSNOWDONIA, DIRECTOR MARK THOMAS APPROACHED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF DOCUMENTARY MUSIC VIDEOS FOR ELBOW'S LATEST ALBUM 'THE TAKE OF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING'
FILMING TOOK PLACE OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ERYRI / SNOWDONIA WITH A SENSITIVE CREW, RESULTING IN A DEEPLY PERSONAL OBSERVATION INTO MY SWIMMING PRACTICE.
CLIENT: POLYDOR | COMMISSIONER: EMILY TEDRAKE | DIRECTOR/EDITOR: MARK THOMAS | PRODUCERS: TIM MULLET & ALISON SURTEES | DoP: PERCY DEAN | ADDITIONAL CAMERA: VIVIENNE RICKMAN | LIGHTING: CHRIS SARGINSON | DiT/ ASSIST: SEAN LOMAX | EDIT ASSIST: GWEN OSMOND | COLOURIST; ALEX HINDLE
AFTERGLOW
DOCUMENTARY 2016
INSPIRED BY MY PASSION FOR BOTH SWIMMING AND MY CREATIVITY THIS SHORT DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES HOW BOTH HAVE CROSSED PATHS.
'BEAUTIFUL CINEMATOGRAPHY, THIS FILM REALLY EVOKES A SENSE OF ISOLATION WHICH BY THE END OF THE FILM YOU LEARN IS WHAT THE PROTAGONIST IS YEARNING FOR. A VERY WATCHABLE AND INSPIRING SHORT THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF MANY ADVENTURE FILMS WHICH FOCUS ON QUANTIFIABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, INSTEAD, AFTERGLOW IS ABOUT AUTHENTICITY AND CREATIVITY AND HOW A PASSION BECOMES A LIFESTYLE. WATCH FOR A POETIC GLIMPSE AT PHOTOGRAPHY, FORM AND OUTDOOR SWIMMING - DESPITE THE SNOWY VISTAS THIS FILM LEAVES YOU WITH A WARM FEELING INSIDE.'
ZENA TOSCANI - JUDGE SHEFFIELD FILM FESTIVAL 2017
A FILM BY TOMMASO DI PAOLA 7 JACK WEBBER
FEATURING VIVIENNE RICKMAN
SOUND DESIGN: JOSH BRUTY | SECOND CAMERA: GABRIEL HUTCHINSON | MUSIC BY PANGOLIN | DRONE: MIGHTY SKY FILM | BOAT DRIVER: PETE COOPER
WINNER OF 'BEST SHORT FILM AWARD', FOUR SEASONS FILM FESTIVAL 2018, LONDON
WINNER OF 'BEST WOMEN IN ADVENTURE FILM GOLD AWARD', SHEFFIELD ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2017
SELECTED FOR PATAGONIA FILM FESTIVAL, SANTA MONICA 2019
SELECTED FOR THE ADVENTURE UNCOVERED FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON. 2018
SELECTED FOR CERVINO CINO MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY 2017
SELECTED FOR LLANBERIS MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, 2016
SELECTED FOR KENDAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, 2016
FEATURED IN/ON THE GUARDIAN, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, DER SPIEGEL, FUBIZ, CHANNEL 4
RETURN TO THE MOUNTAIN
ITV CYMRU & ITV NATIONAL 2019/2020
THIS DOCUMENTARY SERIES FOLLOWED THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE SHADOW OF YR WYDDFA / SNOWDON, ONE OF THE BUSIEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD. I SPENT A YEAR WORKING WITH THE FILM CREW AS THEY FOLLOWED MY SWIMMING AND CREATIVE WORK ON THE MOUNTAIN.
FILMED BY SLAM MEDIA FOR ITV
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
SKY SPORTS 2021
DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING ENGLAND RUGBY PLAYER JOE MARLER AS HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH, EXPLORING DIFFERENT COPING MECHANISMS. HE CAME TO ERYRI / SNOWDONIA IN WINTER AND WE DISCUSSED THE BENEFITS OF SWIMMING IN COLD WATER AND SHARED A SWIM.
DIRECTED BY GRAY HUGHES
TWO MEN IN A TENT
ITV 2022
STARRING FREDDIE FLINTOFF AND JASON MANFORD, A LIGHT-HEARTED DOCUMENTARY LOOKING AT EXPLORING THE WELSH WILDERNESS. THE COMEDY DUO TRY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND COME WILD SWIMMING WITH ME AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
WINTER ON THE FARM
CHANNEL 5, 2021
AMANDA OWEN AKA 'THE YORKSHIRE SHEPARDESS' JOINED ME FOR A BRISK MORNING OF SWIMMING AND CONVERSATION AT LLYN GWYNANT.
SHOWN AGAIN ON 'A YORKSHIRE FARM' CHANNEL 5, 2024
FILMED AND DIRECTED BY CARYS KAISER
SWIMMING SNOWDONIA 250 LAKES
BBC TRAVEL SHOW 2018
THIS DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWED MY QUEST TO SWIM ALL 250 LAKES IN PARC CENEDDLAETHOL ERYRI / SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK. IN A SERIES ABOUT INCREDIBLE JOURNIES FOR THE BBC TRAVEL SHOW.
FILMED AND DIRECTED BY SIMON PLATTS
BBC COUNTRYFILE
DOCUMENTARY 2015
A FIVE MINUTE SELF-NARRATED DOCUMENTARY, FILMED OVER THREE DAYS DURING MY #30DAYS30LAKES ADVENTURE IN APRIL FOR BBC COUNTRYFILE'S SPRING SPECIAL.
"AS THE SEASON WARMS SO DO THE 250 LAKES OF SNOWDONIA. IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT ARTIST AND WILD SWIMMER VIVIENNE RICKMAN (POOLE), SETS HERSELF A CHALLENGE. EVERY DAY IN APRIL SHE IS OUT, REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER, SWIMMING IN THE STUNNING LAKES OF SNOWDONIA. THAT'S THIRTY SWIMS IN THIRTY DAYS! SO WHAT DRIVES VIVIENNE'S SNOWDONIA SWIMATHON?"
SQUAREPEGSROUNDHOLES
VIVIENNE RICKMAN 2019
TIME TO BE ALONE, AWAY FROM BUZZING GADGETS AND TO-DO LISTS, VIVIENNE RICKMAN TOOK A LIKING TO WATER FROM AN EARLY AGE. AFTER BEING INTRODUCED TO SWIMMING BY HER MOTHER, WHO TOO WAS A SWIMMER, VIVIENNE HAS TURNED THE HOBBY INTO A MEDITATIVE PRACTICE AND NOW RUNS WILD SWIMMING WORKSHOPS ACCOMPANIED BY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS AS A WAY TO REFLECT ON EXPERIENCES.
"BEING HEALTHY AND HAPPY. BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME TICK. BEING OUTDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S A GOOD LIFE."
A PROUD COLLABORATION WITH THE GOOD LIFE EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHTFULLY GROUP
250 LAKES
DOCUMENTARY 2015
SHORT FILM FOLLOWING MY ADVENTURE TO SWIM ALL 250 LAKES IN PARC CENEDLAETHOL ERYRI / SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK
DIRECTOR TOM EAGAR SPENT JUST AN AFTERNOON IN MAY 2015 WITH ME ON YR WYDDFA / SNOWDON TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT SWIMMING MEANT TO ME.
SOUND RECORDING AND COVER IMAGE BY LIZ SEABROOK: LIZSEABROOKPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
MUSIC: THE SUN IS SCHEDULED TO COME OUT TOMORROW BY CHRIS ZABRISKIE: CHRISABRISKIE.COM
SELECTED FOR ROUGH CONDITIONS FILM FESTIVAL 2015
THE KEEPERS
WILD SWIMMER 2018
THE KEEPERS IS A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS MADE BY THE GOOD LIFE EXPERIENCE TELLING THE SHORT OF THE FESTIVAL THROUGH THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
A FILM BY NICK WHITWORTH
MUSIC BY ELLIE MASON
HUNGARY
THE LAND OF WATERS
COMMERCIAL 2017
A TRAVEL COMMERCIAL MADE FOR THE HUNGARIAN TOURISM AGENCY WITH CNN CREATE.