- Doug Anderson (photographer)
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Doug Anderson
Doug AndersonBorn Glasgow, Scotland Nationality Scottish Occupation Wildlife photography Website http://www.doug-anderson.com/ Doug Anderson (born 1970) is a Scottish wildlife photographer.
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Early life
Anderson was born in Glasgow. His father Stan was a civil engineer and his mother Anne, an artist. He discovered photography and the sea at a young age. During annual trips to the family home in Lamlash, on the Isle of Arran, Anderson quickly became a confident snorkeler and free diver. At the age of 11 he borrowed a Nikonas Mark 3 camera from his father and took his first images of a lion's mane jellyfish just off the “Old Pier” in Lamlash bay.
Career
Anderson studied Marine Biology at St Andrews University, Scotland. After graduation he spent five years as a commercial scallop diver on the Scottish west coast. To pursue a career in wildlife photography, in 1996, Anderson moved to Bristol, home of the BBC Natural History Unit. In 1999, after four years of camera assisting, Anderson shot his first “Blue Chip” Wildlife sequence for a BBC’s The Blue Planet series. The sequence was of a 15m Sei Whale feeding on a small bait ball of the Pacific side of Mexico. As of 2010[update] Anderson has been involved in the principal photography on BBC/Discovery Channel productions The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, and Frozen Planet (due for release Autumn 2011) as well as many other wildlife programmes. Anderson is also a stills photographer and in 2011 embarked on a large format underwater photography project.
TV and film (select credits)
- BBC The Blue Planet “Open Ocean” – Photography]
- BBC Worldwide “Deep Blue” Theatrical Release - Photography[1]
- PBS “Silent Roar – Search for the Snow leopard” - Photography[2]
- BBC Planet Earth “Freshwater” – Photography
- BBC Planet Earth “Ocean Deep” – Photography
- BBC Planet Earth “Ice Worlds” – Photography
- BBC Planet Earth “Shallow Seas” – Photography
- Disney Nature “Earth” (2007) - Photography[3]
- BBC Life “Challenges of Life” – Photography
- BBC Life “Fish” – Photography
- BBC Life “Creatures of the Deep” – Photography
- BBC Life “Reptiles” – Photography
Anderson has also appeared in several “camera diaries” including:
- BBC The Blue Planet “Open Ocean” Making Of: Diver filming Sei Whale on baitball[4]
- BBC Planet Earth “Ocean Deep” Making of: Expedition to the Bahamas to film Oceanic White tip sharks][5]
- BBC Life “Fish” Making of: Expedition to Tobago to film Flying Fish[6]
Awards
- 2010 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Primetime Emmy Awards. Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming: BBC Life “Challenges of Life”.
References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/06/02/deep_blue_2004_review.shtml
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/snowleopard/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393597/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJfVETBr4o
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbrgwRKqDkM
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Im9pEaQgTk
- Polar Bear Diaries
- "Ghostly Dance of the Sea-dragon" BBC Article
- Fourth Element Dive Team Bio
- Blue Planet "Open Ocean" BBC Article
- BBC Planet Earth "Shallow Seas" Souther Sealions video
- BBC Life "Fish" Whale Sharks video
- BBC "Life" Giant Octopus video
- BBC "Life" Giant Cuttlefish video
- BBC "Life Weedy Seadragon video
- BBC "Life Sarcastic Fringehead video
- BBC "Life Flyingfish video
- BBC "Blue Planet" Sei Whale video
- BBC "Life" Sea Kraits video
External links
Categories:- Scottish photographers
- Nature photographers
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Glasgow
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