John Downer

Personal Info

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Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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John Downer

Biography

A passionate zoologist, John has been making nature documentaries for the BBC for over 30 years. He made his name by abandoning the traditional style of nature documentaries and pioneering a highly inventive subjective approach using new technology and dramatic story-telling techniques His innovative approach to filmmaking has brought him numerous international awards for series such as Supersense, Weird Nature, Earthflight and Penguins – Spy in the Huddle. Never afraid to experiment, his first music video, for Peter Gabriel, even won a Grammy

Production

2018

Spy in the Snow

as Director

2018

Spy in the Snow

as Producer

2013

Earthflight

as Director

1985

2004

Pride

as Director

1985

2014

Wings 3D

as Producer

2014

Wings 3D

as Writer

2014

Wings 3D

as Director

2004

Pride

as Producer

1985

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