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Michael J. Sanderson

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Pyrenees Mountain is a film produced, filmed and edited by Michael J. Sanderson about the Lammergeier, A bone eating vulture that resides in the Pyrenees. The film was broadcast in 2017 on NHK in Japan.
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Michael J. Sanderson is one of the Netherlands' top wildlife filmmakers. Starting his career in Bristol on the award-winning BBC series "Smalltalk Diaries", he went on to produce a film about Wolves in Chernobyl for ORF/NDR/PBS/BBC. Here, he pioneered using Red One cameras for EFP/wildlife productions as well as being one the first to build and use multi rotor drones for new aerial perspectives. In 2013, "De Nieuwe Wildernis", which Michael filmed, was number one in the Dutch box office and is still the biggest Dutch nature film for cinema. Michael has filmed extensively in Central America for BBC Planet Earth, BBC Natural World and for his own production "Return of the Spider Monkeys". For NHK, in 2014-2015, Michael produced, filmed and edited "Atlas Mountain" which is about the endangered Barbary Macaque in Africa and in 2016-2017, he produced, filmed and edited "Pyrenees Mountains" which is about the endangered Lammergeier in Spain. For the follow-up of "De Nieuwe Wildernis", "Holland Natuur in de Delta" was released in cinema in 2015, and "De Wilde Stad" will be release in 2017. Michael J. Sanderson is also a strong advocate against exotic pets and the cuteness curse. His passion and determination for conservation makes him want to show the world what happens to stolen wildlife, destined to become a pet, even when saved.
BornMarch 20, 1983
BornMarch 20, 1983
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Spider Monkey for Sale (2020)
Spider Monkey for Sale
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  • Cinematographer
  • 2020
All the Wild Horses (2017)
All the Wild Horses
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  • Cinematographer
  • 2017
Wolves of Lusatia (2005)
Wolves of Lusatia
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Short
  • Cinematographer
  • 2005
The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques (2015)
The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques
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  • Cinematographer
  • 2015

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Cinematographer

  • Hidden Nature of Holland - Fox and Rabbit: Battle of the Sandy Land (2021)
    Hidden Nature of Holland - Fox and Rabbit: Battle of the Sandy Land
  • Terra Mater (2011)
    Terra Mater
  • Spider Monkey for Sale (2020)
    Spider Monkey for Sale
  • A Wild Fox Life (2019)
    A Wild Fox Life
  • Wild Amsterdam (2018)
    Wild Amsterdam
  • Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird (2017)
    Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird
  • All the Wild Horses (2017)
    All the Wild Horses
  • Mosquito (2017)
    Mosquito
  • Planet Earth II (2016)
    Planet Earth II
    • (as Michael Sanderson)
  • Return of the Spider Monkeys (2016)
    Return of the Spider Monkeys
  • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Allison Argo, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
    Nature
  • Natural World (1983)
    Natural World
  • The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques (2015)
    The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques
  • Living on the Edge: A Life in the Sahel (2013)
    Living on the Edge: A Life in the Sahel
  • Wolves of Lusatia (2005)
    Wolves of Lusatia

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Primates (2020)
    Primates
  • Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird (2017)
    Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird
  • All the Wild Horses (2017)
    All the Wild Horses
  • Return of the Spider Monkeys (2016)
    Return of the Spider Monkeys
  • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Allison Argo, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
    Nature
  • Natural World (1983)
    Natural World
  • Mind of a Giant (2016)
    Mind of a Giant
  • Holland: Natuur in de Delta (2015)
    Holland: Natuur in de Delta
  • The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques (2015)
    The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques
  • De nieuwe wildernis (2013)
    De nieuwe wildernis
  • Smalltalk Diaries

Producer

  • Hidden Nature of Holland - Fox and Rabbit: Battle of the Sandy Land (2021)
    Hidden Nature of Holland - Fox and Rabbit: Battle of the Sandy Land
  • Terra Mater (2011)
    Terra Mater
  • Spider Monkey for Sale (2020)
    Spider Monkey for Sale
  • A Wild Fox Life (2019)
    A Wild Fox Life
  • Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird (2017)
    Pyrenees Mountain: Bearded Vulture - The Rare Bone Breaking Bird
  • All the Wild Horses (2017)
    All the Wild Horses
  • Return of the Spider Monkeys (2016)
    Return of the Spider Monkeys
  • The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques (2015)
    The Paternal Bond: Barbary Macaques
  • Wolves of Lusatia (2005)
    Wolves of Lusatia

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Pyrenees Mountain: Lammergeier - Demo Reel
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Pyrenees Mountain: Lammergeier - Demo Reel
An Extract from Return of the Spider Monkeys
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An Extract from Return of the Spider Monkeys
De Nieuwe Wildernis - Showreel
Demo Reel 2:39
De Nieuwe Wildernis - Showreel

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    • March 20, 1983
    • Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  • Other works
    The Drone Camera Handbook. UK: Aurum Press Lta. ISBN-10: 1781316066
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    • 31 Interviews
    • 18 Articles
    • 10 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Speaks English, Dutch and conversational German and Spanish.
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    We saw five. And they had no idea.

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