About this episode
Mike Birkhead discusses his work as a producer-director of wildlife documentaries and his background in zoology.
Mike Birkhead–longtime producer-director of wildlife documentaries (grounded by no less than a doctorate in zoology from Oxford), who served as co-director, co-producer, and co-writer of “Legendary Tigers Of India,” an episode of Nature that premiered on Earth Day—seems disinclined to highlight the credentials populating his long résumé. Rather, he spends much of this interview enthusiastically […] The post Mike Birkhead, producer-director first appeared on Talking Animals .
People in this episode
Host: Duncan Strauss
Guest: Mike Birkhead
Topics covered
- wildlife documentaries
- zoology
- interview
- tigers
- nature
Keywords
- wildlife
- documentary
- zoology
- tigers
- Nature
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oxford, Nature
Books & works: Legendary Tigers Of India
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