debrouillard

Debrouillard LTD

Debrouillard LTD is a small freelance TV company only employing two people. It was set up in 1996 by Jonathon Young who runs the company. He is the camera man for the company, he got a practical media diploma from Norton College in Sheffield in 1990 and several other qualifications including a Steadicam training course and a city and guilds TV and video competences course. Debrouillard does many arias of TV including sports and event coverage, factual, commercials and corporate but mainly focuses on documentary and international current affairs.

Debrouillard has filmed 135 BBC ‘Panorama’ documentaries, 7 Louis Theroux documentaries, 12 Ross Kemp documentaries and many other programs for companies such as: ABC, NBC, BBC, ITV, SKY and many more, including 30 day coverage for the 2012 Olympics. He was nominated for 6 documentaries and the winner of 2 awards for Ross Kemp documentaries and one for ‘Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve’ (all awards for excellence GTC awards). He has filmed in over 100 countries, from the US to Pakistan to Tanzania.

Debrouillard updates there equipment as the technology advances, they have gone from SD to HD then to full HD and now to 4K resolution with their Sony F5 35mm sensor camera.

One of their competitors is John Waters wildlife and documentary cameraman, A highly regarded freelance cameraman. Another competitor is Rich Peart who has worked for the likes of The BBC, ITV and channel 5.