Summary
Gavin Garrison (born March 14, 1987) is a director and reality television show producer who produced the long-running Discovery series "Whale Wars.[1]" Garrison, a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts[2][3] and UC Santa Barbara used his travels to become an author on adventure conservation.[4] His projects have taken him from his home in Los Angeles, CA to filming in China's remote Mongolian plains, the icy waters off the coast of Antarctica,[5] the Romanian highlands, and the jungles of Costa Rica.
Career edit
Garrison got his start in Hollywood working as a production assistant on the set of the Fox television show "The OC".[6]" He then went on to work on other hit shows "Mad Men" and "Entourage" as a technical consultant. He has produced two seasons of the Emmy-nominated reality show "Whale Wars",[7] and he set up and runs the Hollywood-based commercial production company, Red Apple Production.[8][9]
In 2015, he shot the first-ever recorded aerial footage of a Blue whale and her calf nursing near the coast of Antarctica.[10] The footage went on to spark a conversation about the role of drones[11] in modern conservation efforts[12][13] and has become a topic in the world of unmanned aircraft.[14] A new term for the movement was coined in a November 2015 interview with Garrison as "Conservation 2.0.[15]". Garrison now speaks on the topic worldwide.[16] He produced six episodes of "Whale Wars," which includes four major specials[6] and four documentary films.[6]
Gavin Garrison has written over a dozen articles on the use of unmanned aircraft for filmmaking[17] and conservation,[4] and has become a special contributor to drone publications like RotorDrone magazine.[18]
References edit
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- ^ "Cinematic arts alum navigates Antarctica's dangerous waters". usc.edu.
- ^ Trevenon, Stacy (14 October 2015). "Former HMB resident makes waves on TV". hmbreview.com.
- ^ a b "Search for "gavin garrison"". pond5.com.
- ^ ""Whale Wars" producer sacrifices for work he believes in". vcstar.com.
- ^ a b c Gavin Garrison at IMDb
- ^ "Hunting for Driftnets with UCSB Film Grads". independent.com. 6 May 2016.
- ^ "About Us". redappleproduction.com.
- ^ "home". gavingarrison.com.
- ^ "Drone Spies Majestic Blue Whales in Antarctica". discovery.com. 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Why Drones have an Important Role to Play in Marine Conservation". airnest.com.
- ^ "Dramatic drone video from Sea Shepherd shows blue whale mother, calf in open ocean". geekwire.com. 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Dos ballenas azules a vista de pájaro". elmundo.es. 5 February 2016.
- ^ Hoffer, Steven (4 February 2016). "Drone Captures Rare Glimpse Of Blue Whale Mother And Her Calf". huffingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Conservation 2.0". ebscohost.com.[dead link]
- ^ "Conference Speaker". droneworldexpo.com.
- ^ "Mountainsmith Blog - Gavin Garrison". mountainsmith.com.
- ^ "Rotor Drone – Drones and multirotor aircraft news, videos, aerial photography, intel". rotordronemag.com.