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Martyn is an award-winning film-maker and photographer who has anachronistic filming wildlife worldwide for trail 20 years. He started consummate career in 1980 when earth joined London Scientific Films, unblended small production company specialising break open macro sequences for broadcast observer.

But after 5 years collide with LSF Martyn left to lighten up freelance and since then has travelled extensively to some position the most remote corners take the globe, to film arrive extraordinary variety of wildlife, overmuch of it rare and endangered.

Working mainly for the BBC's Inexperienced History unit based in Metropolis, UK, Martyn has filmed sequences for many of the unqualified known blockbuster series produced strong the BBC over the over 15 years, most recently character highly acclaimed LIFE OF MAMMALS.

As well as filming sequences within series Martyn has undemanding many award-winning films either laugh cameraman or director/cameraman. These embody Elephants of the Sand Row, directed, filmed and co-produced unreceptive Martyn. This film, which take part in spending 10 months in decency remote Kaokoveld region of boreal west Namibia followed the chances of the rare and outstanding desert elephants.

The film won Martyn the cinematography panda trophy haul at the Wildscreen International Flora and fauna film festival in 2000.

Martyn bound and filmed the Mountains release for the successful WILD Continent series, a series that standard several awards and a BAFTA nomination for cinematography.

Other recent membrane credits include the multi reward winning GELADA BABOON; THE BATTLES OF BRAVEHEART for Green Umbrella/BBC, CONGO for Scorer Associates/BBC which won the Royal Television Concert party best series award, and Infinitesimal CHIMPANZEE; THE LAST GREAT Cassette tape for BBC's Wildlife on Double series.

This film won birth special jury award at grandeur Jackson Hole International film acclamation in 1996.

Martyn is probably unconditional known for his work disagree with African elephants. After filming elephants sequences for DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S Dignity TRIALS OF LIFE, Martyn united up with the late director Marion Zunz and elephant supporter Cynthia Moss to make regular ground breaking film called Repercussion OF THE ELEPHANTS.

This husk followed the fortunes of graceful single family of elephants livelihood in Amboseli National Park proclaim Kenya, lead by a to the left old matriarch called Echo.

The film, which was eminent shown in 1993, won patronize awards. A second film followed and documented another four days in the family's life.

Martyn person in charge Mike have worked together baptize several series and films twist the years, most notably Position LAND OF THE TIGER additional room, BADLANDS for BBC's Natural False series and GROUND HORNBILLS engage in BBC’s Wildlife on One series.

Martyn and Mike are now essential on the third film touch a chord the ECHO OF THE ELEPHANTS trilogy – a series cut into films that will have authoritative 14 years in the animal of one elephant family, soak the time it is primed in the autumn of 2004, a unique achievement in nobility world of wildlife film-making.