James Honeyborne
Encyclopedia
James Honeyborne is the director of The Meerkats
feature film and the producer and director of many award-winning BBC
wildlife documentaries
.
Honeyborne attended Ampleforth College
and studied biology
at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He joined the BBC Natural History Unit
in 1992, working first for the commercial wing Wildvision and then on a number of live TV outside broadcasts from around the world.
He spent five years on attachment to John Downer Productions, co-directing the series Supernatural and Weird Nature
(co-produced by Discovery Channel
), before returning to the BBC to make Wildlife on One
documentaries with David Attenborough
and to work on the strand Natural World (co-produced by Animal Planet
and National Geographic).
A keen scuba diver and photographer, he has also made a series of documentaries with world champion freediver, Tanya Streeter
.
In 2009, he co-presented the BBC television series Wildest Dreams with Nick Knowles
. In this reality TV series based around filming wild animals, Honeyborne acted as mentor and judge to the candidates as they took on a series of filming challenges to compete for a placement at the BBC Natural History Unit.
The Meerkats
The Meerkats is a feature-length 2008 British wildlife fiction film which anthropomorphises the daily struggles of a clan of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. It was produced by BBC Films and The Weinstein Company, and filmed by the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit...
feature film and the producer and director of many award-winning BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
wildlife documentaries
Nature documentary
A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat...
.
Honeyborne attended Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest Roman Catholic co-educational boarding independent school in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1802, as a boys' school, and is run by the Benedictine monks and lay staff of Ampleforth Abbey...
and studied biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He joined the BBC Natural History Unit
BBC Natural History Unit
The BBC Natural History Unit is a department of the BBC dedicated to making television and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries...
in 1992, working first for the commercial wing Wildvision and then on a number of live TV outside broadcasts from around the world.
He spent five years on attachment to John Downer Productions, co-directing the series Supernatural and Weird Nature
Weird Nature
Weird Nature is a 2002 documentary television series produced by John Downer Productions for the BBC and Discovery Channel. The series features strange behavior in nature--specifically, the animal world. The series now airs on the Science Channel...
(co-produced by Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
), before returning to the BBC to make Wildlife on One
Wildlife on One
Wildlife on One was the BBC's flagship natural history programme, first broadcast in 1977. Each programme ran for half an hour. The narrator was Sir David Attenborough. When repeated on BBC2, the programmes were retitled Wildlife on Two. The programme was terminated in 2005.The 2003 season...
documentaries with David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years...
and to work on the strand Natural World (co-produced by Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
and National Geographic).
A keen scuba diver and photographer, he has also made a series of documentaries with world champion freediver, Tanya Streeter
Tanya Streeter
Tanya Streeter is a British/Caymanian world champion free-diver, inducted into the Women Diver's Hall of Fame in March 2000...
.
In 2009, he co-presented the BBC television series Wildest Dreams with Nick Knowles
Nick Knowles
Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles is an English television presenter. He is best known for presenting DIY SOS on the BBC. He has also presented Mission Africa, UK's Worst, City Hospital, Coast to Coast, Five's Company, Departure Lounge and Real Rescues.-Early years:Knowles was born in Southall,...
. In this reality TV series based around filming wild animals, Honeyborne acted as mentor and judge to the candidates as they took on a series of filming challenges to compete for a placement at the BBC Natural History Unit.
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1435800/James Honeyborne at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
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