Greg Atkins
Documentary Filmmaker
I uncover the human story and tell it in a way people feel.
Cuban Soul — feature documentary in production, co-directed with Adam Docker
The Struggle for Recognition — award-winning Ofcom documentary on UK micro-businesses
Mission Rabies — documenting the global fight to eliminate rabies
From the Field
Filming in Recife during The World Cup in Brazil. It's nicknamed Rain-Cife for good reason.
Filming on the gulf stream off the coast of Cuba for ‘Cuban Soul’ feature documentary with David Soul and Adam Docker. I had always loved ‘Old Man and The Sea’ and here I was in the very same waters filming David Soul trying to channel Ernest Hemingway’s great love of Marlin fishing.
This is me on the pitch after the World Cup final at the Maracana Stadium in Rio in 2014. The pitch was cordoned off, on one side the world’s media, on the other, the German and Argentina teams and me. I gave my iPhone to one of the FIFA crew and asked him to take a snap of me to capture the moment. A few moments of dagger eyes was worth this memory.
My ancestors were fishermen in Portsmouth and I have always been drawn to them. I often wonder what it would be like to have fished when there were actually fish in the sea! This is Bagga Beach in Goa and the poor lad didn't catch a thing.
Isle of Wight Drone shoot for the official America's Cup film. I was once told, if you point at something then you are a director, proof at last! This was early days of drones and I loved getting shots that helicopter’s or budgets wouldn’t allow.
Some beach in Brazil during the World Cup. Filming colour with Adam during our 36 day filming marathon for FIFA. Annoyingly, filming on beach is not as much fun and swimming and chillin! It's actually quite sandy and hot!
Sunrise on the Kafue River in Zambia. My wife is drawn to Africa, it's wild life and natural beauty. This was my first experience and I can see its majestic beauty but the wildlife scared the hell out of me.