Filmmaking Career - 1988 to Present
Honey-Badgers. Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Talent
Hyaenas. Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Talent
Previous Productions
Dogs in the Land of Lions. Director, Producer, Cinematographer. PBS
Bos/Wolhuter – Maverick Wildlife Filmmaker. Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Talent. VIA Channel, SkyVision
The Cheetah Children. Director, Producer, Cinematographer. PBS
Cheetahs – Growing up fast. Director, Producer, Cinematographer. BBC
Storm Cats. Cinematographer. National Geographic
Life Story. Cinematographer. BBC
MAN-CHEETAH-WILD. Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Talent. Discovery Channel
Lioness in Exile – Director, Producer, Cinematographer. St.Thomas Productions
A Dog’s Life – Director, Producer, Cinematographer. Earthtouch Productions
Safari Sisters – Director, Executive Producer. Animal Planet
Hyaena Queen – Director, Producer, Cinematographer. National Geographic Channel
Predators at War – Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Talent. National Geographic Channel
Stalking Leopards – Director, Producer, Cinematographer. National Geographic Explorer
Living with Leopards – Producer. National Geographic Explorer
Africa’s Deadly Dozen – Cinematographer. Tigress Productions
Impala – Basic Instincts – (a/k/a/ Fast Food, Discovery, USA broadcast) Director/cinematographer. Survival Anglia production, UK
Giraffe Special – Cinematographer. BBC production
Fleeting Shadows and Flying Hooves (antelope) – Cinematographer. Zebra Film Productions, UK
Black-Jack, High Stakes (black-backed jackal) – Director, Cinematographer. Survival Anglia production, UK. 1996 Holly Hunter and Cheetah – Natural history cinematographer. Tigress Productions, UK
Crocodile Special – Cameraman. BBC production
Manyeleti, Place of Stars (Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa) Cameraman. Nature Conservation Films, Netherlands
Dawn to Dusk (Series with presenter Jonathan Scott) Natural history cameraman. BBC production
Boy Shaman (feature film) – Cameraman (35mm shoot). John Downer Productions, UK
Beauty and the Beasts (leopard and warthog) – Cameraman. National Geographic production. Emmy Nomination
Wild Horses of the Namib – Cameraman. National Geographic production
Strandwolf, Survivors of the Skeleton Coast (brown hyaenas). Cameraman. BBC and National Geographic co-production
Trials of Life – The Series – Assistant cameraman. BBC production
The Sisterhood (spotted hyaenas) – Assistant cameraman. BBC production
Photographic Publications
National Geographic Magazine – Tracking the Leopard. 14-page cover story
World Magazine – published by National Geographic Society. 4-page highlight of Stalking Leopards production
Awards
MAN CHEETAH WILD – nominated for “Best Presenter-led film”. 2014 Wildscreen Panda Awards
Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards. Winner of the Gerald Durell Award for Endangered Species
Hyenas at War – nominated for an Emmy Award.
Hyena Queen – The Chris Statuette Award, 54th Annual Columbus International Film and Video Festival
Predators at War – Winner of 2 Emmy Awards. Most Outstanding Science and Natural History Progam Animation
South African Society of Cinematographers: Visible Spectrum Award for Cinematography in the Wildlife Category (Stalking Leopards). Gold Certificate for Cinematography in the Wildlife Category (Impala – Basic Instincts)
Stalking Leopards was nominated at the 2003 Japan Wildlife Festival
AGFA Wildlife & Environment Photographic Awards: 1st Place, Portrait Category; one in Top 50; another Highly Commended
Stalking Leopards – Winner of an Emmy Award and a second Emmy nomination
Finalist Award: Best TV Program Category, International Wildlife Film Festival, USA (Stalking Leopards)
Merit Award: Cinematography, International Wildlife Film Festival, USA (Stalking Leopards)
AGFA Wildlife & Environment Photographic Awards: 3rd Place, Mammals Category; 2 Photographs in the Top 50; another Highly Commended
Chris Awards: Silver Chris Award (Stalking Leopards) for scientific content
Toyama Ptarmigan Award, Japan Wildlife Festival (Beauty and the Beasts)
Emmy Nomination (Beauty and the Beasts)
BG plc/BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition: Highly Commended Photograph; 1st Place, Dusk to Dawn Category
AGFA Wildlife & Environment Photographic Awards: 2nd Place, Mammals Category: Top 50
AGFA Wildlife & Environment Photographic Awards: Overall Winner – AGFA Wildlife Photographer of the Year
BG plc/BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition: Highly Commended Photograph
South African Society of Cinematographers: Visible Spectrum Award for Cinematography in the Wildlife Category (Beauty and the Beasts)