Martin Belderson

Producer/Director

Credits over the last ten years include:

2003

Killer Diseases

Producer/Director (BBC1)

2002

Rough Science - New Zealand - Series III

Producer/Director (BBC2)

2001

Series Producer: 125 short popular science features for the Einstein Channel.

2000

Window Into Darkness

Producer/Director. A special on the new discoveries being made in caves. For WGBH NOVA. Director of Photography: Sid Perou. Location filming in Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Yellowstone and the UK.

1999

O'Shea's Dangerous Creatures. Series One: The Americas.

Series Producer 13x30'. Director of three episodes. Yorkshire Associated Productions for Channel Four and Animal Planet, 1999. Location filming in Brazil and Argentina.

1998

Bonington's Secret Mountain

Series Producer/Director/Camera. Devised a series about Sir Chris Bonington's expedition to an unclimbed mountain in Tibet. Northern films for The Discovery Channel and Channel Four. 1998-99.
Nominated for Best Series at the Kendal and Banff Mountain Film Festivals.

1997

Queen of the Rocks

Director. A film about leading woman climber Catherine Destivelle. For The Discovery Channel / Canal Plus / ESPN 1998. Location filming in the Orkney Islands.
A Sports Emmy winner for innovative camerawork. CableAce nominee.

Crater of Death

Producer/Director. BBC Horizon. 1996-97. A film about the extinction of the dinosaurs. Location filming in Mexico, the Rockies, Canada and the Bay of Biscay.

1996

UFO: Down to Earth

Series Producer/Director. A scientific series analysing the reality behind tales of UFOs and close encounters. For the Discovery Network 1995-96. Location filming in the USA, UK, Russia, Norway and Belgium.
A CableAce nominee

1995

Close Encounters

For BBC Horizon 1995. Location filming in North America. Producer/Director.

1994

The Big Swim

A special on the annual marathon swimming race around Manhattan Island. First Tuesday, YTV 1994. Producer/Director.

1991-94

Defenders of the Wild

Producer/Director - Devised two series profiling individuals attempts to defend rare wildlife from destruction. Yorkshire TV for Channel 4 and Discovery 1991-94. Location filming: Sicily, Spain, Finland, Brazil, Uruguay, Nepal, the North Pacific, Norway, Taiwan, Thailand and the Congo.
CableAce nominee. One film in the series, Ocean Raider, won a Best Film and four Merit Awards at
The International Wildlife Film Festival, 1994
.

1991

The Global Detective

AP/Co-Director. A special for BBC One about the links between illegal wildlife smugglers and drug traffickers. BBC Natural History Unit 1991.
Winner of the Golden Panda at Wildscreen.

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