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I joined CVSSP as Professor of Creative Technology in April 2025, after more than 40 years at , with my last role there being . My work included leading research using computer vision & graphics for programme production and overseeing work on immersive audio, as well as running R&D’s Graduate Scheme.

I did my PhD on video motion estimation while working at the BBC back in 1990, which led to a commercially successful standards converter which won an Emmy award and a Queen’s Award and is still in use today for conversion between 50Hz and 60Hz TV standards. I went on to work on various video coding standards, then developed some of the first technology for virtual production. This included a new keying method and a camera tracking system used both for TV production and in films including Harry Potter, with the tracking system winning an RTS Technical Innovation Award. I have been collaborating with Adrian Hilton and the CVSSP team on various projects since 1999, with results contributing directly to a that was commercialised and has been in regular use by the BBC and many other broadcasters since 2004. The system won an IBC Production Innovation award in 2006 and a Queen’s Award for Innovation in April 2011.

I enjoy collaborating across industry and academia and have been involved in numerous EU and InnovateUK projects, including (Horizon Europe, investigating capturing live music performances for experiencing in a game engine) and Polymersive (InnovateUK, looking at capturing audio and video for immersive media). I also helped set up the in 2011, which was the first large-scale multi-university partnership that BBC R&D was involved in.

I worked with Adrian and our partners at the University of Lancaster to set up the 5-year on personalised media at scale, which started in September 2021.