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I’ve been working with video and film since 2015, shooting news videos, promos, broadcast, and documentary film for clients such as the BBC, Aljazeera Network, the WHO, Hearst, Newsy and Google.

Vice News – Inside the Battle Over the UK’s Ancient Woodlands

In the heart of the English countryside, an ancient woodland is to be felled the largest infrastructure project in Europe. A community of protestors hope putting their bodies on the line can save the woods.

Police Violence in Brazil – AJ+

On February 8th, 15 young men in Rio were killed by police in the country’s deadliest police operation in over 10 years. Could this be the new norm in Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro?

The man who glides to work – BBC

Tom Prideaux-Brune uses an engine-powered paraglider to get to work in Wiltshire, England.

Gold

The first ethical gold mining in the whole of Africa has been implemented in Uganda. Co-production with Dartmouth Films and the Fairtrade Foundation.

Fordlandia – BBC

In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon in the state of Pará, is Fordlandia (Ford Land) – a failed attempt by Henry Ford to build an American style town deep in the rainforest.

Elle magazine

Behind the Scenes video, with supermodel Gigi Hadid – ELLE’s March 2019 Cover Star.

Stroke prevention in Brazil – BBC StoryWorks

Commercial video for the World Stroke Organisation, produced with BBC StoryWorks.

Google Local Guides – Best of Rio

Travel video commissioned by Google Local Guides, showing the best of Rio’s lesser known spots, encompassing beaches, food, shopping and nightlife.

Brexit risks staffing crisis in social care

Brexit is already having an impact on the UK adult social care sector, which is on the verge of a staffing crisis, as most workers are EU nationals.

Ka’apor expel loggers from their territory

The Ka’apor indigenous Amazon community took the struggle against illegal logging into their own hands, but there is a price to pay. Collaboration with Ruy Sposati.

Tamo Junto

Hip hop stories from Rio de Janeiro, showing how urban music culture is changing the lives of young people from the favelas. Collaboration with Julia May and Ruy Sposati.

The benefits of being ‘ugly’ – BBC REEL

In an age of airbrushed beauty, can turning against the grain work more to your advantage? Ugly Models celebrates the raw and real nature of being human in all its unique forms.

Newzbeat – AJ+

In Uganda, there is a hip-hop music collective that have a show on national TV, where they appeal to younger viewers by reading the news in rap.

A Q&A with Extinction Rebellion – AJ+

“When it comes to the climate, we’re all in this together. We are facing human extinction.” Q&A with Extinction Rebellion, the climate activism group that pushed the UK Parliament to declare a climate emergency.

Open Bionics – Seeker Media

This robotics company created the world’s first medically insured & customizable 3D-printed arm.

Baiana System first ever UK show, London

Baiana System from Brazil play their first ever UK show, London, July 2018.

Dispatches from the Coalface – the Ecologist

The Pont Valley Protection camp was set up by activists in protest of what is currently the only proposed open cast coal mining site in the UK, in County Durham.

Print, tearing it up – Digital x Analogue

Commission for Somerset House, collaboration with Alice Dunsheath, series of videos discussing the place of the print medium in contemporary society.

Seeker – How Close Are We to Fusion Energy?

Fusion energy might be the safe, efficient, reliable and clean energy source that could save our planet. But, how close are we to it powering our homes?

The Bristol Cable

Promo video for co-operatively owned, community newspaper – the Bristol Cable. Collaboration with Tommy Chavannes.

Free to Party

In 1994 the Criminal Justice Bill made raves illegal in the UK, but regardless they still continue to this day, showing the tenacity of Britain’s most iconic subculture. view the book version on Issuu.

All images 2007-2024 Phil Clarke Hill