CHAD INGRAHAM
FREDERICTON / MONTREAL 00:00:00

CHAD INGRAHAM

Asian Academy Award-winning cinematographer & photographer — ten years of expedition television for BBC Earth and Discovery, and editorial portraiture for the world's business press.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY — TELEVISION · DOCUMENTARY · EDITORIAL BASED IN FREDERICTON, NB — AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE SCROLL FOR THE SHOWS ↓
SOME OF THE NUMBERS
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TV SEASONS AS DP
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MOTORCYCLE CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS FILMED
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YEARS BEHIND THE CAMERA
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EDITORIAL CLIENTS
SELECTED CLIENTS
FORBESCOVER
BBC EARTHDP
WSJPORTRAITS
DISCOVERYDP
FORTUNEPORTRAITS
TENCENTSERIES
BLOOMBERGPORTRAITS
FAST COMPANYPORTRAITS
SIEMENSCOMMERCIAL
SPORTSNETEDITORIAL
FORBESCOVER
BBC EARTHDP
WSJPORTRAITS
DISCOVERYDP
FORTUNEPORTRAITS
TENCENTSERIES
BLOOMBERGPORTRAITS
FAST COMPANYPORTRAITS
SIEMENSCOMMERCIAL
SPORTSNETEDITORIAL
ON AIR — A DECADE OF BROADCAST WORK
'14–'21EXTREME TREKS × 4 SEASONS
'10–'16TOUGH RIDES × 3 SERIES
'16–'20SMART CHINA · GRANNY KNOWS BEST · EXPEDITION ASIA
2021ASIAN ACADEMY AWARD — BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NETWORKSBBC EARTH · DISCOVERY · OUTDOOR · PRIME
THE APPROACH

LOCATIONFILMING, LOCATIONPORTRAITS, LOCATIONLOGISTICS.

Wherever the story is — a summit at 5,000 metres, a studio, or a borrowed boardroom with a CEO.

01READ THE LIGHT FIRST — THEN SHAPE IT WHEN THE STORY ASKS FOR MORE, FROM A SINGLE REFLECTOR TO A FULL PACKAGE.
02EXPEDITION DISCIPLINE, EVERYWHERE: SMALL FOOTPRINT, FAST DECISIONS, NOTHING WASTED.
03A PRODUCER'S HEAD WITH A DP'S EYE — PERMITS, CARNETS AND POWER SOLVED BEFORE THE LENS COMES OUT.
SELECTED WORK — THE SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHY & ALL PROJECTS →
THE STILLS — PHOTOGRAPHY VIEW THE GALLERY →
Jack Ma for Forbes Pilgrims, Mt. Kailash Yao Ming for WSJ The Ganges, Varanasi Theo Croker Glacial lake, Tibet Siemens Prayer wheel, Lhasa Jack Ma for Forbes Pilgrims, Mt. Kailash Yao Ming for WSJ The Ganges, Varanasi Theo Croker Glacial lake, Tibet Siemens Prayer wheel, Lhasa
PRESS & MEDIA
ASIAN ACADEMY CREATIVE AWARDS GRAND FINAL WINNER — BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, EXTREME TREKS S3 2021 ↗ VARIETY ASIAN ACADEMY CREATIVE AWARDS: FULL LIST OF WINNERS 2021 ↗ CBC NEWS + CBC RADIO (SHIFT NB) NEW BRUNSWICK MAN'S MOTORCYCLE RIDE NOW A CHINESE DOCUMENTARY 2016 ↗ CBC NEWS N.B. FILMMAKER ON CROSS-COUNTRY ADVENTURE FOR CHINESE TV 2016 ↗ TELEGRAPH INDIA EXPEDITION ASIA LAUNCH COVERAGE — DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2020 ↗ RYAN PYLE PRODUCTIONS — OFFICIAL RECORD "2021 — WINNER: ASIAN ACADEMY AWARD: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER" VERIFY ↗ GLOBAL TIMES BRITISH FOODIE ENJOYS LEARNING COOKING FROM CHINESE GRANNIES — ON GRANNY KNOWS BEST 2019 ↗ IMDB CHAD INGRAHAM — CINEMATOGRAPHER · FULL FILMOGRAPHY PROFILE ↗
IN THEIR WORDS

"A BRILLIANT EYE, A CREATIVE SOUL, AND THE RARE SKILL OF BEING A STUNNING CINEMATOGRAPHER AND PHOTOGRAPHER. RUTHLESSLY EFFICIENT — HE DELIVERS HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT EVERY TIME. I WOULDN'T THINK OF DOING A PRODUCTION WITHOUT CHAD."

RYAN PYLE HOST & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, EXTREME TREKS & TOUGH RIDES · GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER

"HE HAS ALWAYS DELIVERED — GETTING THE SHOTS I REQUESTED AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONS."

KATE SELLERS CLIENT — MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL SHOOTS

"INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, TIMELY AND TALENTED. CREATIVE WHILST STAYING WITHIN BRIEF — I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY."

CAPABILITIES

DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Broadcast series for BBC Earth, Discovery and Tencent — nine seasons delivered.

EXPEDITION FILMMAKING

High-altitude and long-haul: Aconcagua, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, and three motorcycle circumnavigations filmed start to finish.

EDITORIAL PORTRAITURE

Cover and feature portraits for Forbes, WSJ, Bloomberg, Fortune and Fast Company.

DOCUMENTARY

Single-subject short films, shot, cut and graded solo.

COMMERCIAL & BRANDED

Campaign films for national tourism boards and industrial clients.

TRAVEL STILLS

A decade of personal work from Tibet, India, Indonesia and China.

EDIT & COLOUR

Offline to final grade for documentary and social-first deliverables.

REMOTE PRODUCTION

Small-footprint crews that travel light and deliver broadcast standards anywhere.

SERVICES — 01 / 04

Director of photography for broadcast and streaming series — from pitch reel to final season delivery.

DP · Second unit · Aerials · Field production

Branded and campaign films built for the feed — motion in every frame, cut to platform rhythm.

Campaign films · Social-first · Tourism · Industrial

Assignment portraiture on deadline — ten minutes with a subject, a cover-ready frame regardless.

Portraits · Covers · Features · Corporate

Character-driven short documentaries — researched, shot, edited and graded as a single craft.

Shorts · Series · Community · Director/DP/Edit
FAQ

Always. A decade of expedition television means the kit, the paperwork and the stamina are already sorted. Based in Fredericton, available worldwide.

Both, often on the same production. Motion pays for the trip; the stills are the diary the show can't hold.

Day rates for editorial and documentary; project pricing for commercial and broadcast. You see the number before anything is shot.

Licensing is scoped per project — editorial, broadcast and campaign usage are each priced for what they are. Archive and portfolio rights are retained.

Small crews are the specialty — broadcast seasons have been delivered with two people and a motorcycle.

Extreme Treks and Tough Rides are on Amazon Prime, and every trailer plays right here on this site. Canadians can stream several series free on Tubi.

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