John Stainton is a motion picture film artist (director and producer). He was close friends with Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

 Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin

Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin , nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted...

 prior to his death in September 2006. Stainton directed many of Irwin's documentaries as well as his television program, The Crocodile Hunter

The Crocodile Hunter

The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife...

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Recently he has been adamant in preventing the footage of Irwin's death, which depicts him being impaled by a stingray barb in his chest and pulling it out before dying, from being released, stating that "it should be destroyed".http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/06/1157222173992.html This footage is believed to be the only one that depicts someone's death by a stingray, an exceedingly rare cause of death. There were rumors that the footage had been leaked onto the internet, but all were revealed to be fake.

In the memorial service held on September 20 for Steve Irwin, Stainton made an appearance to pay tribute to his old friend.

Director - Filmography

• Confessions of the Crocodile Hunter
• Tigers of Shark Bay
• Crocs in the City
• Search for a Super Croc
• Ice Breaker
• Island of Snakes
• Ocean's Deadliest
  Ocean's Deadliest
  Ocean's Deadliest is a nature documentary hosted by Philippe Cousteau Jr. and Steve Irwin. It was the final documentary made by Irwin by the time of his death, which occurred during filming.-Documentary:...
  
  
• Bindi the Jungle Girl
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
  The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
  The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian comedy-adventure film based on the nature documentary series The Crocodile Hunter, starring Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The Irwins play themselves filming an episode of The Crocodile Hunter while trying to protect a crocodile....
  
  
• The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
• The Crocodile Hunter's Croc Files
  Croc Files
  Croc Files is a wildlife documentary television series focusing on crocodiles first aired on cable TV channel Animal Planet. It was created as a spin-off to the original Crocodile Hunter and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries series hosted by Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin...
  
  
• The Crocodile Hunter
  The Crocodile Hunter
  The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife...
  
  
• "Ghosts of War"
• "New Breed Vets"
• "Your Worst Animal Nightmares
  Your Worst Animal Nightmares
  Your Worst Animal Nightmares is a 2009 television show made by John Stainton broadcast by Animal Planet for The Discovery Channel. It is a docudrama with real events re-enacted by actors, along with actual news footage of the events and some interviews. Most of the episodes are set in Australia,...
  
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• "Crikey! What an Adventure"
• "In Steve's Footsteps"
• "My Daddy - The Crocodile Hunter"

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