Doug Anderson

Doug Anderson is an underwater wildlife cinematographer and photographer. Anderson has spent the last 15 years working as a cameraman for the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, EnglandEarly life Anderson was born in Glasgow in 1970. His father Stan was a civil engineer and his mother Anne, an artist. He discovered photography and the sea at a young age. During annual trips to the family home in Lamlash, on the Scottish Island of Arran, Anderson quickly became a confident snorkeler and free diver. At the age of 11 he borrowed a Nikonas Mark 3 camera from his father, a keen scuba diver, and took his first images of a lions main jellyfish just off the "Old Pier" in Lamalsh bayCareer Anderson studied Marine Biology at St Andrews University, Scotland. After graduation he spent 5 years as a commercial scallop diver on the Scottish west coast. In order to peruse a career in wildlife photography, in 1996, age 25, Anderson moved to Bristol, home of the BBC Natural History Unit. In 1999, after 4 years of camera assisting, Anderson shot his first "Blue Chip" Wildlife sequence for a BBC's "Blue Planet" series. The sequence was of a 15m Sei Whale feeding on a small bait ball of the Pacific side of Mexico. As of 2010 Anderson has been involved in the principal photography on BBC/Discovery Channel productions Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, and Frozen Planet (Due for release Autumn 2011) as well as many other wildlife pro-grammes. Anderson is mainly an wildlife cameraman, but also does stills photography. In 2011 Anderson has embarked on an ambitions large format underwater photography project.TV and film BBC Blue Planet "Open Ocean" - Photography BBC Worldwide "Deep Blue" Theatrical Release - Photography PBS "Silent Roar - Search for the Snow leopard" - Photography BBC Planet Earth "Freshwater" - Photography BBC Planet Earth "Ocean Deep" - Photography BBC Planet Earth "Ice Worlds" - Photography BBC Planet Earth "Shallow Seas" - Photography Disney Nature "Earth" (2007) - Photography BBC Life "Challenges of Life" - Photography BBC Life "Fish" - Photography BBC Life "Creatures of the Deep" - Photography BBC Life "Reptiles" - PhotographyAnderson has also appeared in several high profile "camera diary's" including - BBC Blue Planet "Open Ocean" Making Of: Diver filming Sei Whale on bait-ball BBC Planet Earth "Ocean Deep" Making of: Expedition to the Bahamas to film Oceanic White tip sharks. BBC Life "Fish" Making of: Expedition to Tobago to film Flying FishAwards 2010 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Primetime Emmy Awards. Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming: BBC Life "Challenges of Life". Show less «