Alastair Fothergill

Alastair Fothergill

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1960-04-10 (64 years old)

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

all 41

Movies 27

Producer 20

Director 17

TV Shows 14

self 2

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

Life on Our Planet (2023)

TV
Executive Producer
Wild Isles

Wild Isles (2023)

TV
Executive Producer
A Perfect Planet

A Perfect Planet (2021)

TV
Executive Producer
Our Planet

Our Planet (2019)

TV
10
Co-Director / Producer
Dolphin Reef

Dolphin Reef (2018)

Movie
Executive Producer
The Hunt

The Hunt (2015)

TV
6.33
Executive Producer
Frozen Planet

Frozen Planet (2011)

TV
5.5
Executive Producer / Producer / Producer / Executive Producer / Writer
Planet Earth

Planet Earth (2006)

TV
5.91
Creator / Director / Producer
The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet (2001)

TV
6.22
Executive Producer
Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles

Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles

TV

Ratings

Average 7.25
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2016
2014
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1960-04-10 (64 years old)

Birth Place
London, England, UK

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
알래스테어 포더길, Alastair Fothergill, 艾雷斯泰·法瑟吉尔

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

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