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Film Production · Plymouth & the South West

AuthenticStorytellingThrough aDifferent Lens.

Training, corporate, event and documentary films people actually watch. Made on the South West coast.

What do you need?

Start with the problem. I'll take it from there.

What We Do

Services

Long-form films that do a job: training, explaining, recording and telling stories. Every one accessible from brief to delivery.

Our Work

Selected Projects

A selection of recent work across documentary, aerial, and coastal filmmaking. Every frame shot with intention and perspective.

Aerial view of a small white motor boat crossing open water, trailing a wake
What's in this film: Bagheera

Drone footage following the motor boat Bagheera as it cuts across calm, open water on a bright day, leaving a white wake behind it. The shoreline and a small island sit low on the horizon.

Aerial view of a fleet of white-sailed dinghies racing on Plymouth Sound
What's in this film: Plymouth

Aerial footage of Plymouth's waterfront in soft evening light. It includes Smeaton's Tower, the red and white lighthouse on the Hoe; a fleet of sailing dinghies racing on the Sound; and Tinside Lido seen from directly above, its pale blue pool curving against the dark sea.

Aerial view of the Tamar Bridge with traffic, above the river and moored boats
What's in this film: Tamar Bridge

Aerial shot over the Tamar Bridge as traffic crosses between Devon and Cornwall, with dozens of boats moored on the river below and the waterside town along the bank.

100%

Accessible Workflow

10+

Years Marine & Diving

TV

Production Experience

UK

Plymouth Based

About

About Coastal Drift Media

In an industry that often looks down on disability, I look across.
Peter Mills filming with a rig-mounted camera from his all-terrain wheelchair on open moorland

I'm Peter Mills — filmmaker, former commercial diver, and founder of Coastal Drift Media. After a decade working in marine operations and defence, a spinal cord injury changed my path but sharpened my perspective.

Now I bring that same discipline, problem-solving, and eye for detail to film production. My wheelchair gives me a camera angle most filmmakers never think about — and a lived understanding of the stories I tell.

Based in Plymouth, I work with charities, disabled-led organisations, and businesses who need authentic, cinematic content — not tokenistic box-ticking. Every production is accessible from brief to delivery, because that's not an add-on, it's the foundation.

Peter Mills

Director & Founder, Coastal Drift Media

On set

  • Peter with four crew mates on a brightly lit stage set, one holding a clapperboard
  • Peter operating a cinema camera on a handheld rig outdoors
  • Peter framing a shot on a gimbal-mounted camera in a wooden shed, with a colleague looking over his shoulder
  • Peter in a wide-brimmed hat setting up a camera in an underwater housing

Get in Touch

Let's tell your story.

Whether it's a training film, a conference, a story that needs telling properly, or something you haven't figured out yet, I'd love to hear about it.

Based in

Plymouth, Devon, UK

Drop me an email

Tell me what you're working on — rough budget, timeline, anything you can share helps. I reply to every enquiry.

Prefer a phone call, a text, or a video call with captions? Say so in your email, along with anything that would make working together easier, and I'll fit around you.

Email Peter