Michael Sanderson

Michael Sanderson
Michael Sanderson in Guatemala 2013.
Born (1983-03-20)March 20, 1983
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Other names Michael J. Sanderson
Occupation Wildlife Filmmaker and Cameraman
Website www.ateles.org

Michael Sanderson (born 20 March 1983) is a British-Dutch wildlife filmmaker. Starting his career in Bristol on the award-winning BBC series Smalltalk Diaries (2008), he went on to produce a film about Wolves in Chernobyl for ORF/NDR/PBS/BBC. Here, he pioneered using The Red One (camera), for EFP/wildlife productions as well as being one the first to build and use multi rotor video drones for new aerial perspectives.[1] Michael’s cinematography can be found in, De Nieuwe Wildernis, which was number one in the Dutch box office and is still the biggest Dutch nature film for cinema ever.[2] Michael has filmed extensively in Latin America for Planet Earth II,[3] BBC Natural World and Nat Geo WILD. Michael produced, filmed and edited an NHK Japan wildlife film called The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques,[4] which was about the Barbary Macaque in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.[5] For the follow-up of De Nieuwe Wildernis, "Holland: Natuur in de Delta",[6] Michael filmed the closing sequences and the specialist macro using lenses he built himself. Over the last 13 years, Michael has consistently returned to Guatemala to develop and film Return of the Spider Monkeys (2016) broadcast on Nat Geo WILD and Arte and narrated by Hayley Atwell,[7] which follows the life of an orphaned spider monkey called Infinity after she is released back into the jungle of Guatemala. For this film, Michael learned how to climb into the canopy alongside the spider monkeys of the Mayan jungle to film their intimate lives from a perspective never seen before.[8]

Education

He studied Broadcast Systems Engineering (1st class BSc) at Solent University in Southampton and an MA in Documentary Filmmaking at Royal Holloway, University of London

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Format
2005 Wolves of Lusatia cinematographer Documentary
2008 Smalltalk Diaries cameraman TV Series
2013 De Nieuwe Wildernis cinematographer Cinema Film
2013 Living on the Edge[9] cinematographer TV Series
2015 The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques cinematographer TV Documentary
2015 Holland: Natuur in de Delta cinematographer Cinema Film
2016 Mind of a Giant[10] cameraman TV Documentary
2016 Jungle Animal Hospital cameraman TV Series
2016 Planet Earth II cinematographer TV Series
2016 Return of the Spider Monkeys cinematographer TV Documentary
2017 All the Wild Horses[11] cinematographer Feature Documentary
2017 Mosquito cameraman TV Documentary
2017 Pyrenees Mountain, Lammergeier, the bone Crashers, Soar up High above the Mountains cinematographer TV Documentary
2017 Darwin's amazing animals: Barbary Macaque[12] cinematographer TV Series
2018 De Wilde Stad[13] cinematographer Cinema Film

Awards

Year Festival Category Nominated Work Result
2017 Baikal International Festival of Documentary and Popular-Science Films (Russia) Special Mention Award Return of the Spider Monkeys Winner
2017 Finisterra VI Arrabida Fil Art & Tourism Festival (Portugal) Best Cinematography Return of the Spider Monkeys Winner
2017 Finisterra VI Arrabida Fil Art & Tourism Festival (Portugal) Best Documentary Return of the Spider Monkeys Runner up
2017 Finisterra VI Arrabida Fil Art & Tourism Festival (Portugal) Best Wildlife & Nature tourism Return of the Spider Monkeys 2nd Runner up
2014 Rembrandt Award (Netherlands)[14] Best Film De Nieuwe Wildernis Winner
2014 Gouden Kalf (Netherlands)[15] Public Prize De Nieuwe Wildernis Winner
2009 Green Screen Naturfilmfestival: International Wildlife Film Festival (Germany) Children’s Audience Award Smalltalk Diaries Winner
2008 Wildscreen Panda (United Kingdom) Best Series & Best Innovation Smalltalk Diaries Winner
2008 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (United States) Best Live Action Award Smalltalk Diaries Winner

Lectures

Michael Sanderson has been invited as a guest lecture to several events: 2013 for CineMec at “Master Class De Nieuwe Wildernis”; 2014 for Institute Beeld & Geluid at “Inspiration Day – Leren met Natuurbeelden”; 2015 for University of Porto for “Seminar – Open Class“;[16] 2017 for Stenden University for the event “Guest lecture by: Michael Sanderson“;[17] for "Nederlandse Filmacademie Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten" for “BA Cinematography" and also during the Drone World Expo on the panel "Aerial Artistry: Exceptional Film and Television” in Silicon Valley.[18]

Books

The Drone Camera Handbook, Aurum Press Lta, 2017. ISBN 1781316066

References

  1. ↑ "'Drones in Planet Earth II: Interview With Wildlife Filmmaker Michael Sanderson'",Skytango, 2017. 2 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "'The New Wilderness (De nieuwe wildernis): Film Review'",HollywoodReporter, 2013. Retrieved on 25 October 2013.
  3. ↑ (in Dutch) "'Nederlandse cameraman Planet Earth 2: enorme eer'",MetroNieuws, 2017. Retrieved on 17 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques (2015)". NHKInterprises.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Macaque de barbarie: La force du lien (2017)". FranceTV.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Holland: the living delta (2015)". dutchnaturefilms.com. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Hayley Atwell". HamiltonHodellUniversalSoundHouse.com/. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Return of the Spider Monkeys". Nat Geo Wild. Nat Geo Wild ZA. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. ↑ (in Dutch) "'Documentaire "Living on the edge"'",Sovon, 2017. Retrieved on 31 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Mind of a giant (2017)". channel.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "All the wild horses (2017)". allthewildhorsesmovie.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. ↑ (in Japanese) "'「モロッコに和風ザル!? オスの子守大作戦」'",MetroNieuws, 2017. Retrieved on 27 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "De Wilde Stad (2018)". dewildestad.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "De winnaars van de Rembrandt Awards 2014". hollandsefilm.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2014, de Grote Prijzen van de Nederlandse Film". filmfestival.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  16. ↑ (in Portuguese) "'Aula Aberta com Michael Sanderson'",U.Porto Noticias, 2015. Retrieved on 22 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "'Inspirational guest lecture held by the best wildlife film maker Michael Sanderson'",Steden Nieuwsbericht, 2017. Retrieved on 05 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "Drone World Expo (2017)". DroneWorldExpo.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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