| Jeff is the ‘big picture and industry’ half of the instructional team. Jeff’s affiliation with National Geographic Television dates back to 1992. As a staff producer in the natural history unit, he crafted award- winning films, garnering four National Emmy awards and ten National Emmy nominations. |
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His innovative 90-minute film chronicling the violent struggle for survival between South Africa’s great carnivores, “Predators At War”, won the prestigious New York Festivals Gold Medal for Directing and the Emmy for Outstanding Nature, Science and Technology program.
Today, based out of his home on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Jeff researches, develops, produces, directs and shoots a wide range of wildlife and human subjects for National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet, The Nature Conservancy and The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A native of Southern California, Jeff earned his degree in Government & International Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Before picking up a film camera, Jeff supported himself as a factory worker, first mate on a sailing yacht, blue grass musician, field researcher and bio-technician. You can reach Jeff at: jeff{at}sciencefilm.org.
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Colin is a marine ecologist, photographer, video-grapher, musician, and polar expedition guide. Colin has studied intertidal ecology from the west coast of Vancouver Island to the Bay of Fundy since 1996. He has biology degrees from Simon Fraser University (B.Sc. 1996), the University of New Brunswick (M.Sc., 2002), |
and the University of British Columbia (Ph.D., 2007). He is now an adjunct professor in the Botany Department at UBC, and teaches at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. Colin’s photography has graced countless textbooks, newspapers, and magazines, plus the walls of thousands of happy citizens worldwide.
In 2007, Colin was hired as the head videographer for Peregrine Adventures (now Quark Expeditions), producing videos during a 3-month stint in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. He has also made films in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and during most of his 15 trips to Antarctica. As a professional musician, Colin is also proficient in the recording and editing of audio. Colin is the ‘science and technical’ half of the instructional team. You can reach Colin at colin{at}sciencefilm.org. |
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