Mike Salisbury

This article is about the British documentary filmmaker. For the Canadian advocate of natural burial, see Natural burial.

John Michael Salisbury, OBE (born March 1942^[1]) is an English documentary filmmaker specialising in natural history programmes for television. In a career spanning four decades, he spent over 30 years working for the BBC Natural History Unit where he produced a string of award-winning series, many in collaboration with David Attenborough. He retired from the Unit in 2006 but continues to work as a freelance producer.^[2] In 2007, he was made an OBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to broadcasting.^[3]

Mike Salisbury
Born	John Michael Salisbury March 1942 (age 82) England
Occupation	Filmmaker

Film & TV credits

• Natural World strand:

Episode "Cork: Forest in a Bottle" (2008) - producer

Episode "Transylvania, Living with Predators" (2001) - producer

Episode "Wolves and Buffalo: An Ancient Alliance" (1997) - producer

Episode "Snowdonia: Realm of the Ravens" (1994) - producer

Series editor (1989-1993)

Miniseries New Guinea: An Island Apart (1992) - executive producer

Episode "Haida Gwaii: Islands of the People" (1990) - producer

Miniseries Kingdom of the Ice Bear (1985) - writer & producer

Episode "Through Animal Eyes" (1985) - writer & producer

• "Gorillas Revisited" (2006) - on-screen participant
• Life in the Undergrowth (2005) - series producer
• The Way We Went Wild (2004) - on-screen participant
• The Life of Mammals (2002) - series producer
• They Said It Couldn't Be Done (1999) - on-screen participant
• The Life of Birds (1998) - executive producer
• BBC Wildlife Specials strand:

Episode "Wolf" (1997) - producer

• The Private Life of Plants (1995) - executive producer
• Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989) - executive producer
• Wildlife on One strand:

Episode "Unearthing the Mole" (1989) - producer

Episode "Shipwreck" (1980) - producer

• The Discovery of Animal Behaviour (1982) - producer
• Animal Olympians (1980) - assistant producer
• Life on Earth (1979) - assistant producer
• Animal Magic (1975) - director
• The World About Us (1974) - assistant producer

See also

• Nature documentary
• BBC Natural History Unit
• NHU Filmography
• David Attenborough
• Green Screen film festival International Wildlife Filmfestival Eckernfoerde

References

1. "The Grierson Trustees' Award 2006". The Grierson Trust. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
2. "Mike Salisbury profile". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
3. "ss Great Britain director is MBE". BBC News. 30 December 2006.

External links

• Mike Salisbury at IMDb
• Profile at WildFilmHistory
• Oral history at WildFilmHistory
• Filmography at the British Film Institute