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Phil Agland
A renowned director, producer and cameraman, Phil Agland has been responsible for a number of critically acclaimed natural history documentaries....
Carl Akeley
A man of many talents, Carl Akeley was a prolific taxidermist, sculptor, explorer and inventor. Born in 1864 Carl grew up on a farm and took...
Doug Allan
A respected and award-winning wildlife cameraman, Doug Allan has spent over twenty years filming in some of the planet's toughest and most extreme...
Hans Christian Alsvik
Renowned Norwegian wildlife film maker Hans Christian Alsvik developed an interest in the natural world as a small child. Hans Christian's first...
Eric Ashby
A hugely respected wildlife photographer, Eric Ashby provided a pioneering view of the British countryside with his work revolutionising the...
David Attenborough
David Attenborough's broadcasting career began in 1952, when he joined the BBC as a trainee producer. His early work involved producing live...
Peter Bale
Renowned filmmaker specialising in outside broadcast, Peter Bale joined the BBC in 1943, aged 16. He worked his way up from probationary technical...
Des Bartlett
Des Bartlett's encyclopaedic knowledge of wildlife and his extraordinary patience while filming has led him to become one of the most successful...
Jen Bartlett
Jen Bartlett first became involved in wildlife filmmaking after marrying Des Bartlett in 1956. With her father a very keen stills photographer,...
Patrick Beech
One of the early characters at the BBC's Broadcasting House, Bristol, Pat Beech spent many years as assistant head of west regional programmes....
David Bellamy
David Bellamy is an English botanist whose distinctive voice and friendly persona have made him one of the most prominent personalities in wildlife...
Lyndon Bird
A long-serving BBC sound recordist, Lyndon (Dickie) Bird started work at the BBC in the early 1960s. Initially working in London, he soon moved...
Jeffery Boswall
One of the great characters of the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) and one of its longest serving producers to date, Jeffery Boswall is a keen...
Derek Bousé
Derek Bousé is a scholar and an academic. His in-depth book, Wildlife Films (2000), charts and evaluates the wildlife filmmaking industry...
Richard Brock
Renowned wildlife television producer, Richard Brock gained international recognition for his work on Attenborough's seminal Life triology. Having...
Andrew Buchanan
One of the most prolific wildlife film producers of our time, Andrew Buchanan was not initially interested in natural history on entering the...
John F. Burton
Head of the BBC Sound Library for more than 20 years, John Burton first became interested in wildlife at the age of nine, his curiosity fuelled...
Aubrey Buxton
A co-founder of Anglia Television, Aubrey Buxton entered broadcasting presenting Countryman on regional television in the late 1950s. In 1959...
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell had a long and wide-ranging involvement with wildlife broadcasting, introducing numerous programmes and spending three years as...
George Cansdale
A popular presenter of 1950s animal shows, George Soper Cansdale was the superintendent of the London Zoological Society from 1948-1953. Born...
Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland was a passionate and prolific sound engineer, working on a large number of wildlife films throughout his long and varied career....
Jacques Cousteau
An underwater explorer and early marine photographer, Jacques-Yves Cousteau used television to open the sea up to millions of landlocked viewers....
Nicholas Crocker
A highly respected and long-standing producer for the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU), Nicholas Crocker was the first full-time member of production...
Jim Cryan
Jim Cryan was a longstanding and successful BBC film editor, working on a variety of documentaries from the 1960s through to the 1980s. His...
Michael deGruy
A specialist in underwater photography, Mike deGruy’s career at the forefront of marine filmmaking has taken him to some of the world’s...
Armand Denis
One of the pioneers of commercial wildlife television, Armand Denis, joined by wife Michaela, saw in a new age of natural history programming...
Michaela Denis
One of the glamorous icons of 1950s wildlife filmmaking, Michaela Holdsworth first became involved in wildlife filmmaking after marrying Armand...
Martin Dohrn
John Downer
A renowned producer/director of wildlife films, John Downer is best known for his groundbreaking filming techniques. Starting his professional...
Gerald Durrell
A pioneering conservationist and wildlife author, Gerald Durrell was born in India where he quickly developed a passion for animals and was often...
Hugh Falkus
An acclaimed wildlife filmmaker and naturalist, Hugh Falkus was born in Surrey in 1917. Entering into wildlife filmmaking from an extraordinarily...
Maurice Fisher
James Fisher
A distinguished ornithologist and wildlife broadcaster, James' interest in birds developed at a young age, encouraged by his father, and inspired...
Alastair Fothergill
One of the leading producers of modern day natural history television programmes, Alastair Fothergill grew up passionate about animals and set...
Frank Gillard
The driving force behind much of the West region’s radio and television success, Frank Gillard spent a long and successful career in the...
Dione Gilmour
Dione Gilmour is a renowned producer of wildlife films who has spent a large portion of her career heading the Natural History Unit of the Australian...
Nick Gordon
Bernhard Grzimek
Howard Hall
One of the most prominent names in marine filmmaking, Howard Hall is an award-winning underwater film producer and cinematographer. Howard qualified...
Michele Hall
In 1990, Michele left her 19 year career as a paediatric nurse to work with her husband, renowned marine cinematographer Howard Hall. Their formidable...
Hans Hass
A pioneer not only of underwater photography and filming, but also of diving itself, Hans Hass took his first underwater photographs in 1938,...
Lotte Hass
Lotte Baierl's interest in the underwater world first materialised on taking up the position as secretary to Hans Hass in 1943. However, Hans...
Desmond Hawkins
Desmond Hawkins was appointed to the BBC by Frank Gillard in 1945 to concentrate on making natural history based programming. Already an established...
Mike Hay
A former head of Anglia Television's prestigious wildlife documentary series Survival, Mike Hay's entrance into filmmaking began with a nine...
Walter Higham
One of the pioneers of ornithological filmmaking, Walter Higham enjoyed a long and successful career in wildlife cinematography. Capturing sequences...
David Hughes
A highly respected and experienced wildlife filmmaker, David Hughes started his career as a biologist. Keen to get involved in natural history...
Steve Irwin
The late Steve Irwin was a much loved, if somewhat controversial, television presenter, renowned for his passion for crocodiles and other reptiles....
Rodger Jackman
Leslie Jackman
One of the first children's wildlife presenters on the BBC, Les Jackman was also devoted to promoting the appreciation of local marine life within...
Martin Johnson
One of the main forces behind the popularity of early safari films, Martin Johnson developed a passion for photography whilst working...
Osa Johnson
One of the main forces behind the popularity of early safari films, Osa Leighty's interest in travel and photography first...
Peter Jones
Co-founder of Green Umbrella Productions, Peter Jones became interested in the natural world whilst working as a young director at Granada in...
Cherry Kearton
One of the earliest pioneers of wildlife photography and filmmaking, Cherry Kearton developed a deep love of the natural world during his upbringing...
Michael Kendall
Mike Kendall's first foray into natural history broadcasting was as the keeper at London Zoo. He handed George Cansdale his subjects from their...
Simon King
Martin Kiszko
Ludwig Koch
One of the pioneers of wildlife sound recording, Ludwig Koch developed a keen interest in the field at a young age, when his father returned...
Charles Lagus
The first cameraman engaged by the BBC to shoot natural history footage, Charles Lagus' filmmaking career began when he switched from studying...
Alastair MacEwen
Hugh Miles
Hugh Miles is a highly successful filmmaker who has dedicated his career to making films that benefit wildlife. An award-winning cinematographer,...
Desmond Morris
Renowned ethologist and author, Desmond Morris first became involved in wildlife filmmaking in 1956 when Sidney Bernstein, head of Granada TV,...
Johnny Morris
The much-loved presenter of Animal Magic, Johnny Morris began a long and successful broadcasting career after being discovered by renowned BBC...
Sean Morris
One of the founding members of Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), Sean Morris has spent over three decades working in the wildlife filmmaking industry....
Eadweard Muybridge
Known as the 'father of the motion picture', Eadweard Muybridge's early photographic experiments laid the foundation for modern cinema, with...
Terry Nutkins
Bill Oddie
Chris Packham
Barry Paine
Well known for his narrations of BBC wildlife programmes, Barry Paine is also a producer, lecturer, science writer and actor. As well as working...
John Paling
One of the founding members of Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), John Paling has made over fifty wildlife documentaries across the world. John studied...
Peter Parks
A founding partner of Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), world renowned natural history photographer Peter Parks studied zoology at Oxford University,...
Christopher Parsons
Born the son of a country parson, Christopher Parsons' passion for the natural world developed whilst growing up in a Devonshire valley. After...
Oliver Pike
One of the earliest pioneers of wildlife photography and filmmaking, Oliver Pike started capturing stills of flowers and birds from an early...
Dieter Plage
An award-winning Survival cameraman, Dieter Plage was renowned for his dedication, always going to great lengths to capture unique wildlife footage....
Tom Poore
A long-standing BBC editor, Tom Poore developed a strong fascination with radio as a child. On reaching adulthood, he walked out of his first...
Joan Root
An adventurous filmmaker and lifelong conservationist, Joan Thorpe was born in Kenya in 1936. Passionate about wildlife, Joan joined her father...
Alan Root
World renowned wildlife filmmaker Alan Root was born in London but moved to Kenya at a young age. Leaving school at 16, Alan tried his hand at...
Michael Rosenberg
One of the most famous filmmakers of recent years and the founder of the world renowned Partridge Films, Michael (Mike) Rosenberg was brought...
Mike Salisbury
One of the most renowned and respected BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) film producers, Mike Salisbury's fascination with the natural world developed...
Martin Saunders
Regarded by many as being one of the most experienced and well-travelled cameramen of the wildlife film genre, Martin Saunders has captured some...
Philippa Scott
Philippa Scott first became involved in wildlife filmmaking after marrying Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust...
Peter Scott
A true polymath, Peter Scott was a world-famous ornithologist, conservationist, painter, broadcaster, and sportsman. Born in London, Peter was...
Heinz Sielmann
Nicknamed 'Mr Woodpecker' in the UK, Heinz Sielmann first became familiar to British audiences after his celebrated woodpecker film, Zimmerleute...
Percy Smith
A distinguished pioneer of scientific filmmaking, Percy Smith was born in London in 1880. Working as a clerk at the Board of Education, Percy...
Tony Soper
A co-founder of the BBC's Natural History Unit, Tony Soper's first involvement with natural history broadcasting was working with Desmond Hawkins...
John Sparks
One of the longest serving producers at the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) John Sparks spent 35 years with the Corporation, running the Unit...
David Thompson
Gerald Thompson
One of the founding members of Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), Gerald first became interested in wildlife film-making whilst working as a lecturer...
Maurice Tibbles
A prolific wildlife cameraman, Maurice Tibbles' career stretched over three decades and included work for numerous organisations including Survival,...
Hugo van Lawick
For more than thirty years, Hugo van Lawick lived and worked alongside the wildlife of the African plains, filming many of the animals that live...
Edward Williams
A prolific British documentary composer, Edward Williams is responsible for some of the most memorable music scores from many of the BBC’s...
Colin Willock
A pioneer of Anglia Television's flagship wildlife documentary series Survival, Colin Willock was born in Finchley, north London, where a science...
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Mike Salisbury: The Private Life of Plants
Mike Salisbury: The Private Life of Plants
Lyndon Bird : Other questions
Lyndon Bird : Other questions
Mike Salisbury: Series editor for The Natural World
Mike Salisbury: Series editor for The Natural...
Des and Jen Bartlett: Working with Armand Denis
Des and Jen Bartlett: Working with Armand Den...