Alastair Fothergill

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Alastair Fothergill (left) with Mark Linfield at the premiere of Earth , April 2009

Alastair David William Fothergill OBE (born April 10, 1960 in London ) is a British director and television producer of nature film documentaries, who is known for high quality and spectacular recordings.

Life

Fothergill attended the traditional private school Harrow School in London. He then studied zoology at St Cuthbert's Society at the University of Durham and made his first film On the Okavango while still a student . Fothergill began his professional life in 1983 at the BBC Natural History Unit , where he worked on nature documentaries such as The Really Wild Show , Wildlife on One and David Attenborough's award-winning 12-part documentary Games of Life ( The Trials of Life ). At the age of 32, he was appointed head of the department in November 1992 and produced, among other things, Attenborough's series Life in the Freezer (1992), which has received BAFTA awards. At Reefwatch , he developed underwater live broadcasts. He became internationally known with the nature film series Our blue planet ( The blue planet ).

In June 1995 he resigned as head of department in order to concentrate on his role as producer of the series Our Blue Planet until 2001 . The eight-part series about the fauna of the world's oceans showed spectacular underwater shots with a quality never seen before and received numerous awards for it. In 2003, the movie Deep Blue followed , which was composed of the best scenes from the series and other film material.

This was followed by his work as a director and producer of the film Our Earth and the TV series Planet Earth . Our earth was filmed in more than 200 locations in 26 countries around the world. 40 camera teams produced 1,000 hours of film material and took aerial photos on 250 days alone.

Fothergill was named President of the South Georgia Heritage Trust in 2006.

The television documentary he produced, Nature's great events , was broadcast in 2009.

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SURNAME Fothergill, Alastair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fothergill, Alastair David William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British documentary producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH London