John Downer (filmmaker)

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.

John Downer
Born
John Leslie Keith Downer

1952 (age 71–72)

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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