NATURAL HISTORY FILMMAKERS DIRECTORY: Wildlife, Landscape & Outdoors Specialists.

[Christian Munoz D]

As many of you know, I have great interest in Natural History filmmaking, I believe is good idea to open a niche here on Reduser to concentrate our interest on this little topic. A good starting point for us, who are looking for crew all over the world for our projects, is a directory. It is very important to know who is out there and what are our skills, experience and availability. So, I think this basic directory of professionals involved in wildlife filmmaking around the world will give us a networking tool and easy access to camera operators, field sound engineers, crane operators, etc., etc. So, guys if you are interested to put your name here, just PM me your basic info and I will update the directory as often I can. I hope it will work, thanks.
NOTE: This directory is open to anyone who is interested in wildlife and outdoors filmmaking with any level of skills and is not required to be a Red camera owner. Also I started a Natural History Cinematography thread if you like to learn some tips and experiences from other wildlife and outdoors filmmakers. Enjoy: Natural History Cinematography

NATURAL HISTORY FILMMAKERS DIRECTORY WILDLIFE, LANDSCAPE AND OUTDOORS SPECIALISTS (Alphabetical Order)
NAME	COUNTRY OF RESIDENCY	YEARS OF EXPERIENCE	SKILLS	BIO & CONTACT INFORMATION
Alberto Saiz	Spain/Kenia	9	Cameraman, producer and editor, photographer, wildlife, landscape, alternative sports, time-lapse, motion control, time study, high speed, 3D.	View Profile
Andrew Walker	United States	8	Timelapse, motion control timelapse, urban photography, astro timelapse	View Profile
Andy Brandy Casagrande IV	United States (CA,FL)	11	Animal Behavior with apex predators, sharks, lions, polar bears, Killer Whales-High Speed, Underwater & Topside-Red Epic, Phantom Flex.	View Profile
Christian Munoz-Donoso	United States & Chile	20	Animal Behavior, Time Lapse, Expeditions, Wilderness Experience.	View Profile
George & Kathy D. (Husband & wife team.)	United States	37	Directors, Producers, Writers, and Wildlife Cinematographers. Director Of Photography. Special Visual Effects. Professional careers in Wildlife Cinematography & Natural History for organizations like National Geographic, PBS, NOVA, Wild America, Columbia Pictures, etc. Special Visual Effects on many Hollywood feature films. Worldwide travel. Macro Cinematography. High speed Cinematography. Time-Lapse. Special Effects. Specializing in Macro and small animals.	View Profile
Jason Sturgis	US(NV, Hawaii) & Canada(Victoria, BC)	11	Underwater & Topside Cinematographer. Animal behavior, cetaceans, coastal ecosystems. US Coast Guard 100 ton masters license.	View Profile
Johnny Friday	Baja, Mexico	17	Rebreather diver, 3d shooter/tech; DIT and one man band experienced in outdoor and remote location shoots	View Profile
Jon Shaw	Australia	10	Underwater DOP, underwater safety and risk assessment, commercial diver, marine biologist, Producer, topside cameraman also.	View Profile
Judy Lehmberg	USA, Texas - Yellowstone	5+	M.S. in biology, over 30 years as a college biology professor and 5 years filming wildlife. Film mostly terrestrial wildlife with a RED ONE for the last 3 and 1/2 years and now with my new Epic using everything from microscope lenses to 500mm. Filmed in South Africa, a little in Botswana and Zimbabwe as well as a number of sites in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, and	View Profile
Kennan & Karen Ward	Unites States	30+	All outside photography and cinematography. Wildlife, landscapes time lapse jibs, sliders, outside sports (non-motorized), exploration, biological research, underwater, creative invention of camera field methods. Producer, cameraman, writer and post production.	View Profile
Kyle Wullschleger	USA,MA, South FL	4	Epic Owner, Steadicam Operator. Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a minor in Biology. Formerly a Zookeeper with Reptiles and Amphibians. Outdoor Enthusiast - willing and able to go anywhere, anytime and my Epic always comes with.	View Profile
Lauri Kettunen	Finland	20	Wildlife shooting in Northern Europe, wildlife documentary production.	View Profile
Mauricio Handler	United States, ME	25	Underwater photographer/ cinematographer, All aspects of marine life, All waters tropical and temperate, Aerials, Underwater housings for stills andRed Scarlet/Epic, Stock.	View Profile
Michael Dalton	Canada (Toronto)	10	Wildlife, Adventure.	View Profile
Michael Van Laanen	United States, WI	10	Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Photographer - wildlife documentaries, sports, indie films, educational docs MFA Science and Natural History Filmmaking - MSU-Bozeman.	View Profile
Pawel Achtel	Australia	15	Natural History Features above and underwater, underwater housings, highly technical, lighting and production equipment, also an experienced DOP in other genres (live performances, features, documentaries, news).	View Profile
Russ Fill	United States San Diego, CA	32	Camera and director work in extreme locations on Natural history/doco's. Underwater film and stills photography, Time lapse and motion control, Helicopter aerial, POV/mini cameras, multi camera projects, High speed/slomo camera.	View Profile
Sean D Brown	United States	6	Wildlife and Freshwater filming. From the AIR, and in the water. Also Timelapses,Astro-timelapse and shoot on DSLR and RED.	View Profile
Steve Gibby	United States	30+	Executive Producer, Field Producer, Director, DP, Cinematographer, Script Writer Natural History genres: wildlife, alternative sports, adventure travel, landscape, nature Specialties: high-mobility production, hybrid EFP setups and techniques, POV camera systems, time lapse, 3D, aerial, in-water, macro.	View Profile
Sulekh Suman	United States, LA	11	Wildlife Documentaries.	View Profile
Yusuf Thakur	Dubai	19	Our objective at VFX has always been to house the best talent armed with cutting edge equipment. We offer every aspect of video production from production through post utilizing our 4000 sq. ft. studio. In house facilities include 100KW of lighting, grip, jibs, dollies, a Redone, an Epic, besides 3 HD cameras. Post facilities include two 4K/2K/HD-edit suites, and a digital sound studio. I have been filming wildlife in the Middle East since 1993, since 2003 on HD, and from 2008 on the Redone and thus have one of the most extensive wildlife footage libraries, both topside and underwater, of the region. We would love to collaborate with all who share a passion for the Natural World.	View Profile
Zac Halberd	United States, North of NYC	5+ ?	wildlife behavior, landscape, tracking, expeditions, High Speed, 4K (Scarlet-X)	View Profile

[ANDY BRANDY CASAGRANDE IV]

EPIC IDEA!! THANKS CHRISTIAN - I'M SIGNING UP!!! CHEERS - ABC4

[Steve Sherrick]

Great idea Christian! I've always been envious of natural history filmmakers because I really wish i had the skill to do it. I would imagine that capturing rare wildlife images must be an amazing experience. This is also a great list to have for future projects that may have a need for this kind of imagery.

[Christian Munoz D]

Great idea Christian! I've always been envious of natural history filmmakers because I really wish i had the skill to do it. I would imagine that capturing rare wildlife images must be an amazing experience. This is also a great list to have for future projects that may have a need for this kind of imagery.

Steve, in general capturing images of wildlife, plants, landscapes or nature in general is an amazing experience. Other times can be a traumatic one. I have a couple of colleagues who have died doing this work and a few others that were very close to cross the line, including me after a mountain lion attack.

I agree with you. This list can be a great source for anyone who is looking for 4WD crews for filming in the wild. Although I think there are not many of us on this forum… we will see if the list grows.

[Russ Fill]

Just a quick shot out to Christian for doing this.
Thank you.

[Steve Gibby]

Yes, excellent idea Christian...

[Christian Munoz D]

Just a quick shot out to Christian for doing this.
Thank you.

Yes, excellent idea Christian...

Thanks guys! It is a pleasure.

[Jason Sturgis]

Hi Christian,
Fantastic idea and thanks for making this happen. It was also great to meet you at Jackson last year.
PM sent.

[Christian Munoz D]

Hi Christian,
Fantastic idea and thanks for making this happen. It was also great to meet you at Jackson last year.
PM sent.

Thanks Jason.

Great meeting you at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival too. Hope to see you at Wildscreen this year.

Your info is posted!

[Kennan Ward]

Christian,

Thank you for starting this Natural History index! Great idea and super reference guide for the trade!
Karen and I are just back from field work as I received the call for my Epic.
Biologist by education, Naturalist by definition, Explorer by trade, and as a profession, I am a writer,photographer-cinematographer, and publisher-producer. I guess since I have a degree in Natural History as well, maybe I should ask to be accepted into the club, please.
I watched your Bobcat work, very nice!
I am shy to show you what we just shot. Please forgive Karen and I as our studio was shut down after a fire in the summer and will not be up and running until March. So this was lap top edited clip, and off the grid. It is very low rez.

http://kennanward.com/2012/Bobcat&Gu...GullLowRez.mov

Best,

Kennan