Alastair Fothergill

About

Alastair Fothergill (born 10 April 1960 in London the United Kingdom) is a producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the executive producer of the multi-award winning series The Blue Planet (2001) and Planet Earth (2006) and the co-director of the associated feature films Deep Blue and Earth. Fothergill attended Harrow. He studied zoology at St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham and made his first film, On the Okavango, while still a student. Fothergill joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983, working on The Really Wild Show, Wildlife on One and David Attenborough's The Trials of Life. He was appointed head of the Unit in 1992, and during his tenure he produced Attenborough's award-winning series Life in the Freezer. In June 1998, he stood down as head of the Unit to concentrate on his work on The Blue Planet. He has also presented several...

Known for

Natural WorldSeries • 1983Planet EarthSeries • 2006Planet Earth IISeries • 2016The DinosaursSeries • 2026Our PlanetSeries • 2019Life on Our PlanetSeries • 2023The Blue PlanetSeries • 2001Blue Planet IISeries • 2017Wild IslesSeries • 2023Frozen PlanetSeries • 2011David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetMovie • 2020A Perfect PlanetSeries • 2021A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughMovie • 2026The HuntSeries • 2015Polar BearMovie • 2022Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetMovie • 2021African CatsMovie • 2011EarthMovie • 2007PenguinsMovie • 2019Deep BlueMovie • 2003Dolphin ReefMovie • 2018ElephantMovie • 2020BearsMovie • 2014ChimpanzeeMovie • 2012