I formed the company Arkadon with Nick Pollock to film a travelogue around the Solar System called 'Spaceworks', between us we developed our own Motion Control System to enable the use of repeatable camera moves using what was then the latest technology. Brian Johnson joined us after Spaceworks and he helped the company move forward into the feature film arena. Our system was based on the computer 'Ohio Superboard' and held a massive 4K of ram (expandable to 8K!), with this we were able to carry on the use of our makeshift system to film visual effects sequences for a wealth of commercials and movies such as:

Neverending Story, Legend, Alien II, Labyrinth,American Way,Slipstream.

After 10 years of Arkadon I spent two years in Italy to pursue interests in fresco painting and wood sculpture until I returned to the supervision side of visual effects, by that time the digital technology had come of age with the arrival of Computer Film Company and Cinesite (a Kodak company) and there I worked on my first true digital film 'First Knight'. There was a lot to learn and this is where I truly felt at home, it meant that it was possible to control the whole of the post production process from the desktop and I believe that in film terms this era will be known for it's giant leap from the dark ages.