Experts by Specialty: Filmmaker
Birgit Buhleier
Filmmaker, producer, and scientist Birgit Buhleier played an integral role in the evolution of National Geographic’s Crittercam, a video camera system that has provided fascinating insights into the daily lives of hundreds of species. Through her work with Crittercam, she has sidled up to seals, sea lions and whales; studied the secret lives of great white and tiger sharks; and dived with hawksbill sea turtles... More »
Greg Marshall
Greg Marshall is a marine biologist, a filmmaker, and an executive producer for National Geographic Television. Greg invented and continues to lead development of Crittercam, a system of animal-borne cameras that capture video showing the world through animals' eyes... More »
Boyd Matson
As longtime host of the Emmy award-winning National Geographic Explorer TV series and of National Geographic's Wild Chronicles on PBS, Boyd Matson had the envious job of traveling to exotic locations and joining thrilling expeditions. Matson has rappelled into sinkholes, climbed mountains, and been bitten by more snakes than he cares to count... More »
David Wright
Filmmaker David Wright shot exclusively in Svalbard for more than two years to make the National Geographic film Realm of the Great White Bear, which follows a family of polar bears during a long Arctic odyssey. The project won an Emmy for Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking and an Emmy nomination for Cinematography... More »
