Andrew Rogan
Personal Information
Contact Details
Address
13 Haygarth Place, London, SW19 5BX Mobile
07717822441
Date of Birth
2nd April 1988
Home Telephone
020 8946 5354
Citizenship
Dual Citizenship: UK & USA
Email
arkrogan@hotmail.com
Work Experience
Research Apprenticeship
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December-July 2011
Wildlife Photography
October 2010
Volunteer Position
Volunteer at the 2010 Wildscreen Film Festival. The work demanded high amounts of energy and long hours,
but provided many opportunities and experiences. Among these was the chance to meet people including
George Schaller, Jim Leape (Director-General of WWF), Doug Allan and a number of commissioners from
organisations such as the BBC and National Geographic. Furthermore, being immersed into an environment
full of intelligent, passionate and like-minded peoples was a unique and fantastic opportunity.
360 Production
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Multi-Role
During the latter half of 2010 and the first half of 2011 I spent an intensive amount of time teaching myself
Digital Photography (with an emphasis on capturing wildlife), including 3 months teaching myself the theory
and technical side, and 5 months photographing the wildlife of South-West Florida. This culminated in the
production of a Wildlife Photography Book, an attempt to encourage the residents of a community in
Naples, Florida to observe and appreciate the biodiversity they share their lives with.
Wildscreen Film Festival
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August 2011-continuing...
Cameraman (AVCHD) filming the daily life of crew aboard research vessel The Odyssey, and any wildlife
encountered, on location in the Gulf of Mexico. Filming of wildlife centered around the biopsying of Sperm
Whales, but also of Bottlenose and Spinner Dolphins, and a host of other species including a Leatherback
Turtle and an Oceanic Sunfish.
During second leg of expedition was the only member of camera-crew on board. Setting up, creating and recreating shots, sole filming responsibility and on-call (and called upon often) 24 hours a day, various
interviewing techniques and sound recording.
Balanced filming with Science team responsibilities, up to 6 hours a day searching for whales visually and
acoustically (via array dragged behind boat), taking shallow and deep water samples (including an 1000ft
sample at Deepwater Horizon oil spill site), dissecting fish and jellyfish.
Post-production work logging footage from entire expedition (1000+ shots), initial script writing/editing for
creation of my own video/film on expedition.
Self-Employed
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Researcher
For 7 weeks during May-June 2012, as part of my MSc in Animal Behaviour, I spent 7 weeks in St Augustine,
Trinidad studying the behaviour of the Trinidadian Guppy (Poecilia reticulata). This involved videodocumentation of fish both in the lab at the University of the West Indies (St Augustine) and in the field at
various river systems in the rainforests of the Trinidadian highlands.
Ocean Alliance
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May-June 2012
November 2010
Work Experience
Working as a junior researcher on ‘Digging for Britain: Series 2’ provided an invaluable insight into television
and factual documentary making through the eyes of a production company. Jobs included sourcing stories,
scouring the news, liaising with press offices and universities/academic institutions, settings up meetings,
interviewing contributors and feeding back to the senior researcher. The job required great organisation,
efficiency and an excellent general knowledge of UK history and prehistory.
G4S Secure Solutions
Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2009/2010/2011
Court 1; 2010: Player Escort Team Leader; 2011 Gate 1 Team Leader
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2009: Player Escort Centre Court &
The first two years working for G4S at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships entailed a high degree of
responsibility requiring cooperation and organisation under enormous pressure: including scheduling the
movement of many people at the same time as Team Leader (2010), crowd control, working with high
profile peoples and engagement with the national and international media. The 2011 position on Gate 1
proved a different proposition demanding an alternative skill set. Greatly increased responsibilities at the
forefront of Wimbledon’s security (Gate 1) included the need for man-management skills controlling a team
of 50 as team leader, and dealing with a much greater spectrum of problems from extremely delicate
situations, to ones requiring great deals of professional assertion.
Training
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Writing for Wildlife Documentaries Course
- Wildlife Camera-Operator Course
Digital Photography, centered around Wildlife
- PADI Open Water Diver Qualification
Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards
- Emergency Response Course
ECDL Computer Driving License: excellent knowledge of Windows and MAC OS X operating systems.
Education
2011-2012: University of Exeter, MSc Animal Behaviour (in progress)
2007-2010: University of Durham, BA Anthropology and Archaeology, 2:1 (Hons)
During my tenure at the University of Durham I specialized in several subjects that I found particularly interesting
and intellectually stimulating: primatology (in the module Evolutionary Anthropology I was graded first out of 83
students), human evolution and hunter-gatherer societies. I also had a thorough interest in ancient trade routes, and
the role they played in cultural, economic and technological diffusion: my dissertation studied the fascinating trade
links between the Roman Empire and the Indian subcontinent.
2001-2006: St Johns School Leatherhead
A2 LEVEL: A History, A Religious Studies, A English Literature
AS LEVEL: A History, A Religious Studies, B English Literature, B Economics.
Other Interests
My formal education highlights my interests well: my BA in Archaeology and Anthropology and MSc in Animal
Behaviour-in both the disciplines covered and the conversion from a Bachelor of Arts to a Masters of Science. These
degrees reflect my core passions of natural history, culture, history and that which brings it together-travel. Whether
it be the intense poverty of Bangladesh, the natural history of the Fijian islands, or the myriad of culture, religion and
history of Istanbul, I am lucky enough to have experienced and immersed myself within a variety of countries and
cultures-and have thoroughly enjoyed doing so-I hope that in the future I am able to satisfy these interests. I also
have a keen enthusiasm for photography, a passion which greatly compliments the aforementioned.
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