Nick De Laine—Director and Founder of ND Lighting—began his career as a TV Cameraman over 20 years ago and quickly progressed to best boy and then Gaffer. Financing his own small vehicle in the early nineties, he began building a client base by working on small to medium budget films and TV commercials. His progression in the industry occurred as his clients grew larger and secured bigger budget productions, allowing him to finance larger trucks with more equipment.

The original ND Lighting van

Birth of the ND Lighting Van

In the late ‘90’s, Nick recognised the lack of service available to smaller budget productions and so developed a product designed specifically to service these needs, so the ND Lighting Van was launched. It was enthusiastically received by the industry and so ND Lighting sourced new talent in order to adequately service its growing demand.

Launch of the Mid Truck Packages

As the ND Lighting Team grew, so did our clients’ needs, and the idea for the Mid Truck Packages materialised. So by mid 2001 ND Lighting was now able to cater to the full range of budgets and lighting requirements of its clients, enabling the flexibility to offer the individual packages, or tailor lighting services to meet specific and ever changing needs.

ND Lighting Today

ND Lighting consists of a talented and multi-skilled team of lighting professionals capable of supplying a diverse range of lighting services and products to meet the needs of its clients in the Film and Commercial industry.

Each individual in our team has trained and worked extensively within the industry across a diverse medium, and is fully versed with all aspects of lighting procedure. Clients can draw from a pool of experience and feel confident they are receiving the knowledge and ability to complete the project to the highest standard.

By working in close communication with our clients, we are continuously looking for ways to enhance or fine-tune our products to ensure maximum return for our clients. Each project is evaluated individually to ensure that we provide the most effective and economical service appropriate. We are conscious of balancing the need for high quality output while ensuring strict budget guidelines are adhered to.

Notable Credits to Date

Film Features (DRAMA):

• “The Goddess of 1967” — DOP Dion Beebe
• “The Boys” — DOP Tristan Milani
• “Lemon Drops” —DOP Callen Green
• “Play” — DOP Nicola Daley
• “Routine” — DOP Marc Windon
• “Two Out” — DOP Ross Emery
• “Say it ain’t So” — DOP Chris Taylor
• “Echo” — DOP Anthony Jennings
• “Sanctuary” — DOP Marc Windon

Television Commercials:

Production companies worked with include:

At work on a recent project

ND Lighting Looking Forward

ND Lighting hopes to continue to grow and develop new skills and products to meet the future needs of its existing and new clients. While further enhancing the strengths and knowledge of the team, we will also identify new talent where appropriate to bring additional dimensions of skill and expertise.

The team will always endeavour to provide the highest level of service and quality, and attempt to add value by way of new products, services and ideas, which make completing each production a smooth and hassle-free task.