November • 2021
Andy was extremely responsive, diligent, helpful, and honest. He constantly went above and beyond to deliver exactly what was discussed and more. The footage that Andy delivered was beautifully shot.
Andy B.
Bangkok, Thailand
4 reviews$450 - $700 / Day
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Andy Ball is a documentary cinematographer and director with a focus on character-driven and investigative videos on human rights and environmental issues in Southeast Asia. the past seven years, Andy has collaborated with numerous international media in both cinematography and producing roles, including the BBC, CBS, South China Morning Post, ABC, Insider, In Old News and Mongabay. His still photography has been featured in The New York Times, dpa, and Coda Story. Andy is based between Bangkok, Thailand, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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September • 2025
Andy was a complete pleasure to work with, very responsive, fantastic quality footage and understood the brief perfectly, would 100% recommend. Thanks again!
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5.0 Produced for Business Insider
How a thirst for rubber robbed ingineous communities of their land
The world relies on Southeast Asia for natural rubber. Seventy percent of the global supply is used to make tires for cars, trucks, and planes. But rubber plantations in Cambodia have displaced thousands of people and caused mass deforestation. Now, Indigenous communities who have been pushed off the land are fighting to get it back.
- Video Journalist
- Field Producer
The Stories We Share
The Khmer Rouge forced them, as strangers, to marry. Fifty years on, have they managed to reclaim their lives? We journey across Cambodia alongside Oung Phhun, Soeng Chantorn and Khmer Rouge Tribunal educators to find out.
- Documentary DP
The Clearing
One year ago, Cambodia jailed five activists from the award-winning environmentalist group Mother Nature Cambodia for plotting against the government, after they had sounded the alarm about river pollution and land reclamation projects. THE CLEARING follows Chandaravuth – the group’s most outspoken member – and his colleagues in the months leading up to their incarceration as they continue on their collision course with Cambodia’s rulers and refuse to buckle under pressure.
- Documentary DP
- Director
- Editor
Cambodia to Museums: We Want Our Statues Back
"Dynamite" Douglas Latchford was known for buying and selling the beautiful, intricate statues that were built into Cambodia's sacred temples. Now the country is trying to get them back.
- Documentary DP
Lost Lands
Cambodia’s appetite for sand has exploded as construction continues to fuel economic growth in the capital Phnom Penh. But as the thirst for sand grows, so does the uncertainty over the future of the river. Two families who rely on the river for a living share their stories of how sand dredging is causing pain and concerns for the future.
- Documentary DP
- Director
The Earthshot Prize Repairing Our Planet BBC One Series 1 Episode 1 Mekong Sequence
Prince William, founder of the Earthshot Prize, is joined by Sir David Attenborough, a member of his Earthshot Prize Council, explore the best way to protect and restore nature. Sir David explains exactly what about the approach to modern life is causing a global decline in biodiversity.
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- Sony a7S III
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- Sony FX6
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- Prime
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