I am a highly experienced executive producer, producer/director and writer of wildlife and environmental films. My work has won the highest accolades in the industry including a Peabody award from the University of Georgia, two Best of Festival and three Best Series awards at Jackson Wild, three Best of Festivals at IWFF Missoula, four Wildscreen pandas, a Lumiere award for Outstanding Achievement from the International 3D Society and a wide range of Emmy, BAFTA and RTS awards and nominations.

I am currently a series director and producer/director on the ZED landmark series China’s Wild Empire II and co-writer and consultant producer on Le cinquième rêve’s feature documentary War of the Flowers.

Prior to this I was a script consultant on the Silverback Films Disneynature feature Sea Lions of the Galapagos, currently showing on Disney+, and an executive producer on the Brian Leith Productions global environmental series The Future of Nature for PBS, BBC Studios and Arte. My company Impala Pictures also co-produced Canada: Surviving the Wild North with Brian Leith Productions for PBS and Terra Mater Factual Studios and seven films for the BBC One Show.

My career spans more than thirty five years and includes directing the BBC Earth theatrical movie Enchanted Kingdom and giant screen Wild Africa 3D and executive producing, series producing and producing/directing the landmark series The Age of Nature, China’s Wild Empire, Kalahari: Land of Secret Alliances, The Hidden Kingdoms of China, Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise, Mexico: Earth’s Festival of Life, Wild West, Life, Galapagos, British Isles: A Natural History, Wild Europe and Wild Africa for broadcasters including the BBC, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, France Televisions, Arte, LoveNature, ORF and ZDF. I also produced, directed and wrote many highly acclaimed specials including Islands in the African Sky, Wings over the Serengeti, The Lions Share, Cheetah’s: The Winning Streak, Africa’s Paradise of Thorns, People of the Sea, Grizzly, Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, Ospreys: The Fish Hawks and Dune.  

I have been a final judge at Jackson Wild, the Grierson awards, the Shanghai International TV festival and the China Wildlife Video Competition of the Year, and have given numerous talks about the nature of my work.

I graduated from Leeds University with a first class honours in zoology and am an ambassador for Just a Drop, a member of BAFTA and a Vice President of Hospiscare in Devon.