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Alastair Fothergill

Directing

Alastair Fothergill

Alastair Fothergill is a director born on April 10, 1960 in London, England, UK. He is known for Planet Earth, Planet Earth II and Our Planet. GloboWatch shows where to watch 2 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Directing
Born
April 10, 1960
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
알래스테어 포더길 · 艾雷斯泰·法瑟吉尔

Biography

Alastair Fothergill (born 10 April 1960 in London the United Kingdom) is a producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the executive producer of the multi-award winning series The Blue Planet (2001) and Planet Earth (2006) and the co-director of the associated feature films Deep Blue and Earth. Fothergill attended Harrow. He studied zoology at St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham and made his first film, On the Okavango, while still a student. Fothergill joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983, working on The Really Wild Show, Wildlife on One and David Attenborough's The Trials of Life. He was appointed head of the Unit in 1992, and during his tenure he produced Attenborough's award-winning series Life in the Freezer. In June 1998, he stood down as head of the Unit to concentrate on his work on The Blue Planet. He has also presented several television programmes, including The Abyss and is the author of three books. He was awarded the "Clean Energy Award" by BMW during the Cinema for Peace award ceremony on 11 February 2008. In 2008, he signed a multi-picture deal with newly formed Disneynature, and now spends six months each year on sabbatical from the BBC developing feature documentaries as an independent producer. The first two titles under the Disneynature deal will be Big Cats and Chimpanzee, which he is co-directing with Keith Scholey and Mark Linfield respectively. He is also producing a new seven-part natural history series for the BBC called Frozen Planet, due for completion in 2011. The series will feature the struggles of charismatic animals during a time of rapid climate change in the polar regions. David Attenborough will again narrate. Fothergill currently lives in Bristol with his wife Melinda and his two sons, Hamish and William.

Filmography

  1. 2026A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughProducer
  2. 2026Secrets of the BeesProducer
  3. 2026The DinosaursExecutive producer
  4. 2025Hamza's Hidden Wild IslesExecutive producer
  5. 2024Billy & Molly: An Otter Love StoryExecutive producer
  6. 2023Life on Our PlanetExecutive producer · Producer
  7. 2023Hamza: Strictly Birds of PreyProducer
  8. 2023Wild IslesExecutive producer
  9. 2022Polar BearDirector · Producer
  10. 2022Bear WitnessDirector
  11. 2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetExecutive producer
  12. 2021A Perfect PlanetExecutive producer
  13. 2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetDirector · Executive producer
  14. 2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationExecutive producer
  15. 2020Penguins: Life on the Edgeas Self · Director
  16. 2019Dancing with the BirdsExecutive producer
  17. 2019PenguinsProducer · Director
  18. 2019Our Planet: Behind the ScenesProducer
  19. 2019Our PlanetExecutive producer
  20. 2018Dolphin ReefProducer
  21. 2017Blue Planet IIDirector
  22. 2016Planet Earth IIDirector
  23. 2015The HuntExecutive producer
  24. 2015Monkey KingdomDirector · Producer
  25. 2014BearsDirector
  26. 2014Best of Faszination Blauer PlanetDirector
  27. 2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildExecutive producer
  28. 2012ChimpanzeeDirector · Producer
  29. 2011Frozen PlanetExecutive producer
  30. 2011African CatsDirector
  31. 2007EarthScreenplay · Director
  32. 2007Planet Earth: The Filmmaker's Storyas Self · Director
  33. 2006Planet Earth: The FutureDirector
  34. 2006Planet EarthProducer · Director · Executive producer · Writer
  35. 2003Deep BlueDirector
  36. 2002The Abyssas Self - Presenter
  37. 2001The Blue PlanetProducer · Director · Creator
  38. 1993Life in the FreezerProducer · Director
  39. 1990The Trials of LifeProducer
  40. 1983Natural WorldDirector