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John Downer (filmmaker)

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John Downer
Born
John Leslie Keith Downer

1952 (age 71–72)

John Downer (born 1952) is a British film producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is best known for his contributions to the nature documentary series BBC Wildlife Specials.

Education and career

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John Downer was born in 1952 in London.[1] He studied zoology at Swansea University.[2] He started his professional life in 1981 at the BBC Natural History Unit,[2] later creating his own production company John Downer Productions headquartered in Bristol.[3] Downer pioneered a number of techniques for wildlife filmmaking, in particular by putting cameras on birds, and by filming birds from the air using various airborne filming platforms.[3]

Film and television credits

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Read also

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  • Downer, John (1989) Supersense – Perception in the Animal World. Henry Holt, New York

References

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  1. ^ Jenifer Warren: John Downer: Natural Highs. Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1991.
  2. ^ a b c BBC Earth: John Downer's Biography, retrieved in October 2020
  3. ^ a b Interview with EARTHFLIGHT Filmmaker John Downer. PBS Nature, August 12, 2013.
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