Alastair Fothergill

Alastair Fothergill

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1960-04-10 (63 years old)

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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.

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Filmography

all 41

Movies 27

Director 20

Producer 17

TV Shows 14

self 1

Creator 1

Executive Producer
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)

Movie
Executive Producer / Producer / Producer / Executive Producer
Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet (2023)

TV
Producer
Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey

Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey (2023)

Movie
Executive Producer
Wild Isles

Wild Isles (2023)

TV
Director
Polar Bear

Polar Bear (2022)

Movie
Director
Bear Witness

Bear Witness (2022)

Movie
Executive Producer
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021)

Movie
Executive Producer
A Perfect Planet

A Perfect Planet (2021)

TV
Director
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

Movie
Executive Producer
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation

Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation (2020)

Movie
Director
Penguins: Life on the Edge

Penguins: Life on the Edge (2020)

Movie
Director
Elephant

Elephant (2020)

Movie
Executive Producer
Dancing with the Birds

Dancing with the Birds (2019)

Movie
Director
Penguins

Penguins (2019)

Movie
Producer
Our Planet: Behind The Scenes

Our Planet: Behind The Scenes (2019)

Movie
Executive Producer
Our Planet

Our Planet (2019)

TV
10
Director
Dolphin Reef

Dolphin Reef (2018)

Movie
Director
The Hunt

The Hunt (2018)

Movie
Director
Blue Planet II

Blue Planet II (2017)

TV
4.33
Director
Planet Earth II

Planet Earth II (2016)

TV
6.64
Executive Producer
The Hunt

The Hunt (2015)

TV
6.33
Director
Monkey Kingdom

Monkey Kingdom (2015)

Movie
Director
Bears

Bears (2014)

Movie
7.33
Director
Best of Faszination Blauer Planet

Best of Faszination Blauer Planet (2014)

Movie
Executive Producer
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)

Movie
Director
Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee (2012)

Movie
Executive Producer
Frozen Planet

Frozen Planet (2011)

TV
5.5
Director
African Cats

African Cats (2011)

Movie
Director
Earth

Earth (2007)

Movie
Self - Host
Planet Earth: The Filmmaker's Story

Planet Earth: The Filmmaker's Story (2007)

Movie
Director
Planet Earth: The Future

Planet Earth: The Future (2006)

TV
Executive Producer / Producer / Producer / Executive Producer / Writer
Planet Earth

Planet Earth (2006)

TV
5.91
Director
Natural World: Desert Lions

Natural World: Desert Lions (2006)

Movie
Director
Deep Blue

Deep Blue (2003)

Movie
Presenter
Abyss Live

Abyss Live (2002)

Movie
Presenter
The Abyss

The Abyss (2002)

Movie
Creator / Director / Producer
The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet (2001)

TV
6.22
Producer / Director
Life in the Freezer

Life in the Freezer (1993)

TV
6
Producer
The Trials of Life

The Trials of Life (1990)

Movie
Director
Natural World

Natural World (1983)

TV
6
Creator
Our Planet II

Our Planet II

TV

Ratings

Average 7.19
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2007
2016
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Alastair FothergillAlastair Fothergill

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1960-04-10 (63 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
알래스테어 포더길

Awards
Patron’s Medal, Cherry Kearton Medal and Award, Officer of the Order of the British Empire


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