Peter Crawford

Peter Crawford is a British, award-winning, freelance film-maker, author, photographer and lecturer.

He has been making films for more than 30 years, but Crawford is perhaps best known for his natural history documentary films and TV series in the UK and US including, in 1990, the first television series to attempt to comprehensively document North America's wildlife, "Land of the Eagle" (WNET New York) and in 1999; "Living Britain" (BBC 2), a series of ten 30 minute films which portrayed the natural history of Britain and Ireland. "Living Britain" was accompanied by a book authored by Crawford which became a Number 1 Best Seller for BBC Books.

Career

Although Crawford is now freelance and specialises in lecturing on his work as a film-maker and author whilst covering the people and the natural history of the Pacific ocean; he 'served' most of his career working in the world-renowned BBC Natural History Unit. Whilst there he was instrumental in bringing, via the television screen, a new-found interest in environmentalism and natural history to the living rooms of the UK.

Crawford studied Zoology and Marine Biology at the University of Exeter in England and made further studies in Anthropology at the University of Mainz in Germany. He joined the BBC in 1966.

elected film and television works

Natural history

*"Living Isles" (1986)
*"Land of the Eagle" (1990 BBC/WNET New York) [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D7173FF931A15752C1A967958260 |title=Repainting the Indian in the Name of Natural History |accessdate=2008-02-01 |author=Walter Goodman |date=1991-11-22 |work=column |publisher=The New York Times]
*"Global Sunrise: Around the world in 80 minutes" (1997, BBC 2)
*"Living Britain" (1999, BBC 2)
*"Great Natural Wonders of the World" (2002, BBC 2)
*"Moonpower" (2003, BBC 2)

Dramatised history

*"Nomads of the Wind" (1994, BBC 2) [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE0D81130F93AA25752C1A962958260 |title=From Totems to Taboos, The Glories of Polynesia |accessdate=2008-02-01 |author=Walter Goodman |date=1994-11-19 |work=column |publisher=The New York Times]
*"The Forgotten Voyage" (BBC 2)
*"The Garden of Inheritance" (BBC 2)

Written works

*"In The Country" (edited and compiled by Peter Crawford) (1980) ISBN 0333293258
*"The Curious Cat" (with Michael Allaby) (1982) ISBN 0718120655
*"The Living Isles" (1985) ISBN 0563203692 (BBC Books) (winner of the 2001 BP Natural World book prize)
*"Nomads of the Wind: A Natural History of Polynesia" (1993) ISBN 0563367075 (BBC Books)
*"Living Britain" (1999) ISBN 056338476X (BBC Books)

ee also

*BBC Natural History Unit
*NHU Filmography
*Vaipo Waterfall

References

External links

* [http://www.petercrawford.co.uk/ Peter Crawford official website]
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/55785?view=credit British Film Institute Film & TV Database: Peter Crawford]

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