WILD SRI LANKA - FOREST OF CLOUDS

Sri Lanka‘s forests harbour an incredible diversity of wildlife - this episode explores how that diversity came about, presenting many of Sri Lanka‘s most remarkable animals.

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'.

Director: Joe Loncraine

Austria
2015
51 Min.
German
1
Director: Mike Birkhead, Joe Loncraine
Script: Beth Jones
Cinematography: Paul D. Stewart
Editing: Nigel Buck
Music: Nicholas Hooper
Narrator: Franz Robert Wagner
Editor: Servus TV
Nominations: sh:z Audience Award 2015
Website URL: www.terramater.at