Documentary & factual
Broadcast-ready location filming for factual, current affairs, history, outdoor and observational programmes.
Scotland · UK · International
Lighting Cameraman / DoP for broadcast, documentary, arts and drama.
With over three decades of broadcast experience, Rick Walker brings calm, practical, beautifully lit camera work to factual, presenter-led, documentary, arts, comedy, drama and location filming.
Selected work across BBC, BBC Scotland, BBC Four, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, CBS, STV, MTV, Discovery, Deutsche Welle, Arte, Rai 3 and more.
Showreel
Put the work first.
Selected camera and lighting work across broadcast, documentary, factual, arts and entertainment.
What I shoot
Experienced across small crews, busy locations and high-profile contributors.
Arts & culture
Strong visual storytelling for arts documentaries, music, performance, profiles and contributor-led films.
Drama & comedy
Lighting-led camera work for drama, comedy, scripted pieces, short films and stylised sequences.
Presenter-led filming
Calm, reliable filming with presenters, contributors, talent and crews in studio and on location.
Selected credits
Broadcast, factual, arts, comedy and drama.
Recent / factual
- Disclosure — Desperately Seeking Asylum
- Disclosure — Scotland’s Covid Capital
- Disclosure — The Price of the Pandemic
- Disclosure — Stairway 13
- Disclosure — Breaking the Mould
- The Falkirk Cowboys
- Selling Scotland
- Scotland’s Game
- Panorama — The Most Dangerous Woman in Britain?
Arts & culture
- The Culture Show
- A Night at The Rijksmuseum — BBC Four
- Da Vinci — Culture Show Special
- Secret Knowledge — Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois
- U2 — Culture Show Special
- Bill Forsyth — Local Hero
- Banksy
- Karl Pilkington — Laughter in Art
Entertainment / drama
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — CBS
- The Real Hustle — BBC Three
- Impractical Jokers — BBC Three
- Burnistoun’s Big Night — BBC Scotland
- Calum Dongle — BBC Alba
- Killer Magic — BBC Three
- I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse — BBC Three
- Classic Car Rescue — Channel 5
Presenters & contributors
Trusted around well-known talent and real contributors.
Alan Titchmarsh · Andrew Graham-Dixon · Andrew Marr · Anita Rani · Cerys Matthews · Craig Ferguson · Dan Snow · Hugh Laurie · Joanna Lumley · Jonathan Ross · Karl Pilkington · Kirsty Wark · Lauren Laverne · Lorraine Kelly · Ricky Gervais · Mark Kermode · Matt Allwright · Neil Oliver · Phil Spencer · Sally Magnusson · Tony Pollard
About Rick
Calm, experienced, practical and visually strong.
Rick Walker is a Scotland-based Lighting Cameraman and DoP with over three decades of broadcast experience, including decades as a lighting cameraman. His work spans documentary, factual, outdoor series, arts programmes, comedy, chat shows, reality, drama and commercial filming.
He is used to working with small crews, high-pressure schedules, changing weather, contributors, presenters and complex locations — bringing a steady approach and a strong eye for light.
Kit / technical
- Sony FX9
- Sony FX6
- Canon C300 Mk III
- Canon C70
- Canon C300 Mk I
- Zeiss prime lenses
- Cine zooms
- Lighting camera / DoP
- Sound recording experience
- 4K / HD broadcast workflows
“Experienced, calm, broadcast-ready camera work for productions that need someone who can walk into a location and make it work.”
Contact
Available for broadcast, documentary, factual, arts, drama and commercial filming.
Based in Scotland. Available across the UK and internationally.