WILD SRI LANKA - COAST OF GIANTS

A journey from the deep ocean to the shore, exploring how natural forces have shaped Sri Lanka itself, and the species that live along the coast and in the seas that surround this island.

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: Joe Loncraine, Mike Birkhead
Cinematography: Roger Munns, Simon De Glanville, Paul D. Stewart, Richard Kirby
Editing: Matt Meech
Music: Nicholas Hooper
Narrator: Franz Robert Wagner
Editor: Servus TV
Website URL: www.terramater.at