Director: Mike Birkhead
AFTER GAINING A DOCTORATE AND TWO YEARS POST-DOCTORAL WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MIKE LEFT TO JOIN LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION IN 1984.
AT LONDON WEEKEND TV HE WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS ON A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMES IN THE CURRENT AFFAIRS AND FEATURES DEPARTMENT BEFORE GOING INDEPENDENT/FREELANCE TO MAKE FILMS FOR BBC, PBS, HTV/PARTIDGE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WNET DISCOVERY AND ANIMAL PLANET.
MIKE SET UP HIS OWN COMPANY, MIKE BIRKHEAD ASSOCIATES, IN 1988. SINCE THEN HE HAS PRODUCED/DIRECTED MANY WILDLIFE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES INCLUDING HIS MOST RECENT PROGRAMMES 'RADIO GIBBON', 'AMBA THE RUSSIAN TIGER', 'CUCKOO' AND A 13 PART SERIES ' ECHO AND THE ELEPHANTS OF AMBOSELI'.
United Kingdom
2008
49
Min.
English
3
| Director: | Mike Birkhead |
|---|---|
| Script: | Mike Birkhead |
| Cinematography: | Alastair Mac Ewen, Mark Payne-Gill |
| Editing: | Nigel Buck |
| Music: | David Mitchham |
| Narrator: | David Attenborough |
| Editor: | Tim Martin, BBC Natural World (Executive Producer) |
| Nominations: |
Heinz Sielmann Film Award 2010, Best Film 2010 |
| Website URL: | www.mikebirkhead.com |