Mike Gunton

Mike Gunton is a British television producer and a senior executive at the BBC Natural History Unit, the world's largest production unit dedicated to wildlife film-making.[1] In November 2009 he became the Unit's first Creative Director.[2]

Mike Gunton presenting a talk about Planet Earth II at the Cambridge University Zoology Department in September 2017

He is best known as the executive producer of Life, a nature documentary series which revealed the adaptive survival strategies of animals around the world, and as the co-author (with Martha Holmes) of the accompanying book. He co-directed (with Holmes) a feature film version of Life, and was the executive producer of a major BBC One series on African wildlife, broadcast in 2013.[3]

Film and TV credits
  • Dynasties (2018) - executive producer
  • Planet Earth II (2016) - executive producer
  • Life Story (2014) - executive producer
  • Hidden Kingdoms (2014) - executive producer
  • Africa (2013) - executive producer
  • One Life (2011) - co-director
  • Madagascar (2011) - executive producer
  • The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart (2010) - executive producer
  • Life (2009) - executive producer
  • Yellowstone (2009) – executive producer
  • Galápagos (2006) – executive producer
  • Life in the Undergrowth (2005) – executive producer
  • Europe: A Natural History (2005) – executive producer
  • Journey of Life (2005) – executive producer
  • Nile (2004) – executive producer
  • British Isles: A Natural History (2004) – executive producer
  • Natural World (2001-2004) – series editor
  • Steve Leonard's Extreme Animals (2002) - executive producer
  • Steve Leonard's Ultimate Killers (1999-2001) - executive producer
  • Animal People (1997-1999) – series producer
  • Violent Planet (1999) - series producer
  • Tales from the Riverbank (1997) - series producer
  • Natural Neighbours (1994) - series producer
  • The Trials of Life (1990) – producer
Episode "Finding Food"
Episode "Home Making"
Episode "Once More into the Termite Mound: The Making of The Trials of Life"
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gollark: With some Wojbie2-style setup to attain fire aspect books it would probably be possible to get more lasers than that, and the bot could also supervise the turtles so no human input is needed.
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gollark: If I spent a lot of krist on lasers I could plausibly get 128 or so, enough to cover half a chunk at once.

References
  1. "Directory of Production Companies". The International Association of Wildlife Filmmakers. Archived from the original on 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  2. Rushton, Katherine (2009-11-19). "NHU head Jackson makes mark with key exec changes". Broadcast magazine.
  3. "BBC One explores African continent in major new commission for Bristol's Natural History Unit". BBC Press Office. 2010-04-29.
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