About Nigel Camp
I'm a London-based filmmaker, the author of The Video Effect, and the founder of DevilBoy Productions, a London video production company I set up in 2011. This site is where I write about filmmaking, storytelling, and the changing role of video. If you're here looking to commission a production, the right place for that is DevilBoy. If you're here to read my work, or to talk about advisory and teaching, you're in the right place.
How I got here
I grew up in the Caribbean, where stories, music, and everyday life had a rhythm of their own. I was the kid writing songs and reaching for a camera whenever I could find one. That early mix of music and image shaped how I see the work now: light, character, timing, and the small details that decide whether something feels true or doesn't.
Before I went full-time in film, I spent over a decade working in the City of London. That period taught me how organisations actually make decisions, what stakeholders need from a brief, and how to deliver under pressure when expectations are high and the timeline is short. I didn't come to filmmaking through the conventional route, and that has turned out to be one of the more useful things about the way I work. I understand both sides of the table, which usually makes the process less painful for clients and the work more grounded.
What I do now
Through DevilBoy Productions, I make branded films, documentaries, and event coverage for brands, charities, and editorial clients. The work has taken me across the UK and on location in Africa, Europe, Mexico, and back to the Caribbean where I grew up. Past commercial clients include Intrepid Travel, the Westway Trust, Cambridge University Press, Royal Holloway, Freshworks, VSO, Euronext, RE/MAX, and the Service Desk Institute, among others. Some projects are full crews and multi-camera setups; others are solo shoots with a clear brief. The choice depends on the job, not a default template.
Alongside that, I take on personal projects when the subject matters to me. Filming at Kew Gardens, the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been one of those: not a commission, but a place I keep returning to because of what it offers a filmmaker.
Two assignments from earlier in my career have stayed with me, both filmed in Kenya with the journalist Richard Hammond, founder of Green Traveller. The first was time on camera with Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Sudan died in 2018, and being able to film him while he was still alive remains one of the most humbling experiences of my career. The second was filming Evalyn Sintoya Mayetu, a Maasai safari guide leading the way for women in the Greater Maasai Mara, in an industry that has rarely made room for them. Evalyn was extraordinary on camera and off it, and her quiet authority is the kind of thing that reminds you why this work is worth doing properly.
Teaching and writing
Alongside production, I run hands-on workshops and bespoke training for in-house teams who want to make better video themselves. I have spent more than ten years teaching digital film, including stints with General Assembly and Cambridge University Press. I have also been invited to speak at industry events on storytelling, sustainability, and how filmmakers fit into a digital environment that keeps shifting under everyone's feet.
The Video Effect is a practical guide to making stronger video with clearer thinking, better planning, and more useful creative decisions. It was first published in 2014 and is available through Waterstones, Amazon, and Booktopia. Some parts of video production change quickly and the book reflects the moment it was written, but the underlying decisions, around story, audience, planning, and judgement, have not changed nearly as much as the trend cycle suggests. The book still finds new readers, which I take as a sign the foundations were the right ones.
What I write about
The blog is where I think out loud. Lately that has meant a lot of writing on AI in film production: consent and likeness, ethical use, what changes for commissioning brands, and what stays the same regardless of the tools. I also write about brand video, documentary craft, the practical realities of editing and delivery, and the slow shift in how audiences actually watch what we make.
If you want a sense of how I think before getting in touch, the blog is the best place to start.
How to work with me
There are three ways:
Hire a production crew. Go to DevilBoy Productions. That's the company behind the work, with the team and the production infrastructure for everything from a one-camera interview to a multi-day shoot.
Talk to me directly. For consulting, advisory work, workshops, or a second opinion on a brief before it goes to anyone, get in touch. This is the side of the work that comes through me personally rather than through the company.
Read. The blog is free, and the book is available from the retailers above.
Disclosures
DevilBoy Productions is a trading name of NRC Consultancy Services Ltd, registered in England and Wales. The book and educational content sit under The Video Effect.
