Bio

I joined the BBC from school and worked for BBC Outside Broadcasts as a Vision Engineer and Engineering Manager. As EM I lit a wide variety of programmes from the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and Grange Hill to Songs of Praise, The Royal Variety Performance and The BBC Proms. I left the BBC in 2001 and have worked as a freelance Lighting Director since then. My credits as a freelancer range from cinema broadcasts of NT Live performances and Royal Opera House productions to Carols from Kings and Cardiff Singer of the World and the Young Musician competitions.
I have been the lighting director for many royal occasions including Royal Weddings and The Coronation of King Charles III
Awards include BAFTAs, Royal Television Society Awards and Knight of Illumination Awards

Gallery

Articles

PLASA, Set & Light - Issue 139

Plasa trade show 2023 Review

Bernie Davis 9 min read

Review

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BBC, Lighting Director, Outside Broadcast (OB), State Occasion

Lighting of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

Bernie Davis 17 min read

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Members Meeting

Visit to Three Mills Studios

Bernie Davis 10 min read

STLD meeting at Three Mills Studios during recording of 'The Royals'

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News, Featured

Welcome to our new website

Bernie Davis 2 min read

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Students

Chairman's Note

Bernie Davis 1 min read

New Approach to Students

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Members Meeting, News, Students, Video Recorded Meeting, Training Video, Set & Light, Multi-Camera, Interview, Colour

ALPD & STLD - Adapting Stage Lighting for Recording or Broadcast

Bernie Davis 19 min read

STLD meeting with the ALPD hosted at the Linbury Theatre

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Showlight 2023 - Fontainebleau

STLD Committee 1 min read

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BBC, Students, Elstree

Strictly Come Dancing 2022

Bernie Davis 11 min read

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Podcast

Making Theatre Podcast - Bernie Davis - TV Lighting Director

Bruno Poet & James Farncombe 1 min read

Bernie Davis - TV Lighting Director Lighting Designers James Farncombe and Bruno Poet host conversations about the complex and sometimes messy business of making a show for theatre. We aim to draw in guests from all aspects of production; from directors and designers to actors, stage managers, technicians, makers, builders and producers, to start a broader conversation about all things involved in bringing a show to the stage.

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