Bio

Update: Ed is now represented by Sara Putt Associates  (www.saraputt.co.uk, 01932 571044)

Ed’s introduction to filmmaking came at an early age visiting sets that his father (actor Richard Moore) was working on. During his teens he worked in theatre lighting for six years and then spent a gap year in Leeds working in various Yorkshire Television departments including the lighting rental division of ProVision. While studying Film & Literature at the University of Warwick, Ed and two friends formed a production company – Fullrange – which went on to employ 15 people. Acting as DOP and frequently director on all Fullrange’s projects, Ed shot work for clients including Vodafone, Land Rover, American Express and Thomsonfly, as well as a feature-length documentary film shot in Brazil. After four years at Fullrange Ed was increasingly in demand beyond the company as a DOP and steadicam operator and he went freelance in 2009.

Since then Ed has built a reputation as a relaxed, skillful DOP working comfortably across multiple genres and styles. Recent drama work has included a short set entirely in the cramped confines of a WWII submarine; a 45 minute original comedy drama pilot with Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor; and a feature film – “Turbulence” – currently in post production. Ed also has extensive experience in automotive shoots with a long history of work for Land Rover, Massey Ferguson and most recently Matech Ford GT, for whom he’s directed, shot and edited several glossy films including “Reborn”, a documentary filmed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2010. Amongst his commercials work, Ed’s spot for Mazuma Mobile (2009) and Chips Away (2009, 2010) proved huge successes for the clients and a series of ads for G-Tech are currently bookending the ITV primetime series “Grimefighters”.

Ed is also in demand as a stills photographer specialising in theatre and dance. Clients include the Royal Shakespeare Company; Birmingham Hippodrome, West Midlands for 2012 and International Dance Festival Birmingham.

Roger Deakins ASC BSC and Emmanual Lubezki ASC AMC would top the list of cinematographers Ed is inspired by, but Robert Elswitt ASC, Alwin Kuchler BSC, Thomas Del Ruth ASC and Anthony Dod Mantle BSC would also undoubtably feature.

Over the last two years Ed has developed a reputation as an entertaining and candid speaker on issues surrounding cinematography and film production.  In 2010 Ed was interviewed by Mike Seymour on the popular and prestigious cinematography and post production podcast “RedCenter” and is the sole DOP featured throughout the scripted drama DSLR cinematography course on FXPHD.com. He returned to RedCenter in episode 98.

As part of the Convergence filmmaking festival Ed gave an hour long talk and demonstration of cinematic lighting techniques to a packed audience at the National Film Theatre in early 2011.

In late 2011 Ed was one of five DOPs (including Nic Morris BSC and Steve Lawes of “Sherlock”) interviewed at Westminster Live studios in London for a special DVD produced by Televisual Magazine which will be distributed with all new Sony FS-100 cameras.

Ed was also interviewed on the popular forum Reddit where the questions and answers ended up exceeding 12,000 words. Get a coffee first! He also has a blog on HDSLR community The Convergence.

Whilst his aim is to move into shooting exclusively drama over the next few years, Ed relishes the current variety of his work and the opportunities it gives to experiment with new technology and approaches to filmmaking.