Planet Earth 3 - Ocean
Landmark documentary series I worked on filming sealions in Chile as they get trapped in the nets of the anchovy fishery boats.
Landmark documentary series I worked on filming sealions in Chile as they get trapped in the nets of the anchovy fishery boats.
Director of Photography
- Water World -
‘Narrated by Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman, comes an epic tale 13.8 billion years in the making. Blending stunning wildlife footage with eye-popping cosmic special effects, this six-part series takes viewers on a fascinating adventure to explore the connections that drive our natural world. From the birth of the Sun to the birth of a sea turtle, Our Universe uses groundbreaking animation to dramatize the spectacular celestial forces that generated our solar system, while modern camera and CGI technology bring the audience up close and personal with some of the most iconic, charismatic animals on Earth.’
I worked on the water episode, filming Elephants in the beautiful Okavango Delta, Botswana.
‘Our Planet premiered across all Netflix territories in 2019 in collaboration with Silverback Films and WWF. Our Planet, an astonishing new eight part natural history series made by the creators of the critically and popularly acclaimed series Planet Earth.’
‘High Seas’ - Blue whales and blue fin tuna. Making-of filming blue whales.
‘Coastal Seas’ - Humpbacks and herring spawning
‘Frozen Worlds’ - Walrus in the arctic and penguins, humpback whales and orca sequences in the antarctic
‘Grasslands and Deserts’ - Socotra cormorants
‘Jungles’ - Lowland gorillas
‘Our Planet’ - Opening ep
Documentary series uncovering the secret lives of big cats, using the latest technology and scientific research to bring these animal superstars out of the shadows. Below is a sequence I filmed for Big Cats , capturing these incredible animals high up in the Indian Himalayas, looking for a mate at the top of the world. I was also in the ten minute Making-Of at the end.
Gordon Buchanan travels to three remote tribes to learn the wildlife secrets of people who live alongside the iconic and dangerous animals we fear the most. I filmed Ep2, which culminated in the sequence below.