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Luca Stancheris

Wildlife presenter, filmmaker and producer-editor. Bristol-based, studying zoology at Cardiff. Stories told on camera and cut in the edit.

Rathays · Trailer
12:26 film

Selected Work

  • Rathays title card. Luca Stancheris holds a CUTV microphone beside a large brown rat composited over a Cardiff terraced street, under the words Are rats really the problem?I
    Documentary

    Rathays. Watch on YouTube, opens in a new tab

    Rattus norvegicus

    Year
    2026
    Runtime
    12:26
    Role
    Director, Producer, Editor
    Views
    13k views · YouTube

    A year following the brown rats that live under a city, and the people whose job is to think about them.

    Watch on YouTube

  • IIDocumentaryIn production

    Shifting Baselines

    Acropora palmata

    Year
    2026
    Role
    Director, Producer, Editor

    Filmed on the reefs off Tobago, measuring what has been lost against what the last generation of divers remembers being there.

    Coming soon, 2026

About

I am a wildlife presenter and filmmaker based in Bristol, and a final-year BSc Zoology student at Cardiff University. I work in front of the camera and behind it, writing, shooting, presenting and cutting my own films, which means I arrive on a shoot already thinking about how the sequence will assemble.

The science is not decoration. Three years of zoology means I can read a paper, question a claim and hold a piece to camera together without a script in my hand, and it means the animal behaviour in front of the lens is something I can anticipate rather than react to.

I am looking for entry-level work and training in natural history production, as a researcher, assistant producer, junior edit or presenter. I am in Bristol, I travel, and I am happiest on a cold beach at five in the morning waiting for something to happen.

Studio headshot of Luca Stancheris against a pale grey background.
Bristol · 2026

Credits & Awards

Production Credits

2026
Director, Producer, EditorRathaysIndependent documentary, 13K views on YouTube
2026
Director, Producer, EditorShifting BaselinesDocumentary, in production, Tobago
2025
Writer, Presenter, EditorShould Lynx Return to the UK?Short-form video, roughly 500K views on TikTok
2025
Writer, Presenter, EditorFalse Widows in the UKShort-form video, roughly 100K views on TikTok

CUTV, Cardiff University TV

2024–26
Camera OperatorCUTV studio productionsMulti-camera studio and live gallery

Awards & Selections

2026
Winner, Creative ProjectRaptor AcademyFirst place out of more than 90 entries
2026
Two award-winning productionsNASTA, with CUTVCUTV took top three finishes across five categories
2025
Wildlife presenting volunteerBristol Zoo Project
FinalistBBC apprenticeshipPrevious round

Field & Research

2025
Field AssistantTobago field courseReef survey and behavioural sampling

Technical

EditDaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro
CameraSony FX-series, DSLR, drone
AudioField recording, radio mics, boom
SafetySEQ Level 1 certificate

Get in Touch

Lastanch@gmail.com

For commissions, work experience, runner and researcher roles, or a conversation about a film.

© 2026 Luca StancherisBased in Bristol · Zoology, Cardiff University