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Alastair Fothergill, Director

Alastair Fothergill was educated at the Universities of St Andrew's and Durham. He joined the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) in 1983. He has worked on a wide range of programmes, including the BAFTA award-winning The Really Wild Show, Wildlife on One and the innovative Reefwatch which developed live broadcasting from beneath the sea.

In 1993 he directed Life in the Freezer, a six-part series celebrating the wildlife of the Antarctic. While still working on the series he was appointed head of the NHU. In June 1998, he stepped down to concentrate on directing Deep Blue, the feature-length film about the Earth's oceans. Deep Blue achieved acclaim for its outstanding cinematography, and went on to rejuvenate worldwide interest in the documentary film genre.
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