Sadly,
most wildlife film - makers don't have the money or the time to hang around indefinitely in the wilderness waiting for wild animals to show up.
Meet an Emmy ® Award - winning wildlife cinematographer and hear about his career
shooting wildlife films for National Geographic.
The evidence for this behavior was captured by
wildlife film maker John Downer, who, in his documentary Dolphins: Spies in the Pod, witnessed a group of young dolphins snag a puffer fish from near the ocean floor and begin to pass it around.
What might have been claimed as an educational role of zoos in the past has been superseded by
superb wildlife films such as those produced by Sir David Attenborough for the BBC.
In a career lasting almost 70 years Heinz Sielmann has become one of Germany's most
renowned wildlife film producers.
We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting
wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
Following Lin Sutherland, one of Australia's most
passionate wildlife film makers, Crater of Life takes people to the heart of one of Australia's best kept wildlife secrets as she tracks down some of Australia's most unusual, rare and magnificent animals.
«I had come to Belize to work on
a wildlife film project, but I saw that the zoo could offer with more immediacy what the films were trying to accomplish.
It's virtually impossible to make
a wildlife film without some fabrication, manipulation or audience deception.