Chippy Painter & Decorator Dean Burman (pictured left at work)is  thinking of hanging up his brushes as his filming career grows from strength to strength. After our last report on his award winning film set in Malta he has gone on to win another 3 international awards, two for his original film and one for his latest endeavour entitled 'Lair of the Water Wolf' a natural history film about the private life of the elusive Pike. This latest production saw Dean win the amateur category in the prestigious British Underwater Image Festival held at the Birmingham NEC. Dean says "It was a real honour as the festival was exclusively for underwater filmmakers, but what really made it special was that one of the judges was BBC cameraman and filmmaker Peter Scoones who was one of the principal shooters on 'Blue Planet' and 'Planet Earth' and he apparently loved my film". Deans conquest of the BBC does not stop there as he recently worked on a forth coming  BBC series Nature of Britain with presenter Alan Titchmarsh. (right Dean on a shoot with Alan) I was a Scientific consultant to the 'freshwater' part of the programme through my knowledge of the pike. I had to advise Alan and supervise and locate the best areas for filming the sequences on the voracious fish". The series is planned for the autumn and will feature some of Dean's footage.  Dean is also heading abroad with the intention of making a mini series of ten minute programmes about wildlife in popular holiday destinations. He says "It stemmed from a proposal I sent to the BBC that received some positive feedback from the series producer of 'wild' based in Bristol".  If that's not enough the BBC are also going to be filming a short programme based on Passionate People in Wildlife and have chosen Dean as a subject. "This means them filming me at my 'Real' job with some interviews then swapping to my Dream job to show what I get up to" Says Dean. "Its been a fantastic year and things are taking off for me, so  who knows what's next"... As well as filming Dean is also turning his creative talents to writing, including a piece for a diving magazine and for BBC Wildlife magazine. Dean is going to be promoting his film 'Lair of the Water Wolf' (still from the film below) at international film festivals throughout the year including the USA, France, Japan, and Russia to name a few

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