Contact details: HELLO@NEALMEGAW.COM / +447581236902

A Little About Me

Neal is a freelance creative who produces beautiful visual content. He primarily works as a solo Lighting Camera man to provide Video and Film based services.  He also a Photographer and primarily shoots Editorial, Portraiture and Reportage. When not shooting content, Neal is a skilled NLE Video Editor and keen Colourist.

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He moved to Cornwall for University in 2017 all the way from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He instantly fell in love with the Cornish landscape, it’s salty air and a beautiful Cornish maid called Connie. He loves coffee, breakfast food, building computers and attempting to fix electronics... still working on this one. His dream job would be Kintsugi repair or polishing resin tables… But lighting film content with other likeminded creatives would be the real dream.

Back in Northern Ireland, he got into filmmaking shooting short films and working in a partnership with his best friend. Together they made creative content for local businesses, musicians etc. Neal even won an award from Film4 competition for a short film! Since moving to Cornwall, he has produced a lot of beautiful creative photo and video content. Neal is always in demand for his creative services and his work speaks for itself.

Coffee enthusiast and aspiring retro tech collector. Based in Cornwall, available anywhere in the U.K.

What I Do

In a nutshell, Neal is someone who Lights, Shoots and Edits creative visual content. Usually as an independent creative or within a crew.  

Neal’s real passion is lighting, and is ultimately working towards being a Gaffer for film. Neal is early in his career but is open to all opportunities. He has hands on experience HMI, LED, tungsten lighting. As for flash I’m confident using Profoto and Elinchrom strobes.

Neal is an independent owner operator and can provide services as a DOP, Gaffer, Spark and Lighting Technician. He has an ever-growing kit list of lights, stands, diffusion and control. Neal has his own photo studio with 2.7m backdrops for portraits and interviews.

Previous Work

Charities: Greenpeace UK, The British Red Cross, Girl Up, CAAP Cornwall and Mustard Seed.

Organisations & Businesses: TATE St Ives, Screen Cornwall, Beagle Media, imPOSSIBLE Producing, Real Ideas Org, Fun Palaces, The Eden Project, KEAP, Feast, Creative Kernow, LEAP, Posie Lingerie, Cornwall Council, Truro Business Hub, Lenovo, Kresen Kernow, Mark Products, Falmouth University, IKEA, Carlsberg and MAYN Creative.

Theatre Companies: Ha Hum Ah, WildWorks Theatre, Seamas Carey, The Minack Theatre, Owdyado Theatre, Prodigal Theatre and Urban Playground, Coppice Theatre, Near-ta Theatre, Fathom Theatre, The Story Republic and Flat Packed Theatre.

Photographers I have assisted: Melanie Stidolph, Lottie Davies, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Matt Jessop and Nick Simpson.

Awards

  • U.K. Picture Editors' Guild - Videojournalist of the Year - Highly Commended 2020

  • PEP Press Awards - ’TIC’ Best Film 2018

  • Film4 - Special Jury Prize for ‘Dead Man’s Shoes” 2014

C.V. Available here

Kitlist available here