Justine Evans Explained

Justine Evans is a British wildlife filmmaker featured in many BBC Natural History Unit productions such as Planet Earth, Life, and Frozen Planet.[1] [2] She is a canopy specialist and an expert on filming nocturnal animals.[3]

Justine Evans
Birth Place:Richmond, London, UK
Occupation:Wildlife filmmaker
Years Active:1991–present

Career

Evans graduated from film school at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design in 1991.[4] Shortly thereafter, she started filming short campaigns for the RSPB about lowland heathland bird habitats in her spare time[5] and ended up working closely with the BBC Natural History Unit as a camerawoman and presenter of several nature films and series.

As a camerawoman

In 1997, Evans first appeared as an additional cinematographer in "Wild Wolves", a BBC-produced episode for the American popular science television series Nova.[6] In 1998, she travelled to Venezuela as part of the filming team of The Life of Birds, which was produced by Mike Salisbury and presented by David Attenborough. In one of the episodes, she filmed oilbirds in a cave using low light cameras, with Attenborough providing commentary in the dark.[7] [8]

On episode seven, "Great Plains", of the series Planet Earth, Evans and her colleagues were able to film a pride of 30 lions hunt an elephant in the dark. Evans used infrared night vision equipment to film the hunt after following the animals for several days in harsh conditions.[9] Until then, the ambush techniques used by a pride of lions had never been filmed before.[10]

In 2009, and as part of the episode "Primates" of the BBC documentary series Life, Evans went to Guinea to film chimpanzees. The chimpanzeest had created an entire tool kit to dip for ants, pound and soften palm hearts using leaf stalks, and to hammer nuts with precision.[11] [12]

In 2013, using starlight cameras, Evans filmed the social nocturnal behaviour of black rhinos in the Kalahari as part of the BBC documentary series Africa. This was the first time that the behaviour was filmed.[13] [14]

As a presenter

In more recent productions, Evans has moved in front of the camera to appear on screen in several natural history expeditions.

In the Lost Land of the Tiger series, Evans is in Bhutan with Gordon Buchanan, Steve Backshall, George McGavin, and big-cat biologist Alan Rabinowitz to determine whether there are tigers in this area of the Himalayas.[15] [16] In the first episode, Evans appears at the top of a tree looking for tigers and other nocturnal animals with night vision equipment when a tropical lightning storm hits.

In 2013, Evans travelled to the forests of Myanmar with wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan and zoologist Ross Piper for the BBC documentary series . Their mission was to establish whether Burma's forests were indeed a crucial stronghold for iconic animals rapidly disappearing from the rest of the world, such as Asian elephants, tigers, pangolins, and a host of rare jungle cats, as well as to demonstrate the incredible diversity of all species in the area.[17] [18] [19]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. Web site: Justine Evans. Why the Planet Earth camerawoman is one of the most inspirational travellers of our time . Condé Nast Traveller . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000936/https://www.cntraveller.com/article/justine-evans . 2018-11-16 . live .
  2. Web site: Justine Evans Filmography . IMDb . 12 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170219180141/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2462576/ . 2017-02-19 . live .
  3. Web site: Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom. Justine's Profile . BBC Two . 12 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161929/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/rSGjBhlnm443FQ0wHxhrHH/justine-evans . 2018-11-18 . live .
  4. Web site: World of Justine Evans, camerawoman . The Telegraph . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085359/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8323090/World-of-Justine-Evans-camerawoman.html . 2018-11-16 . live .
  5. Web site: Just another day at the office: The world's most intrepid women . You Magazine . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001014/https://www.you.co.uk/just-another-day-office-worlds-intrepid-women/ . 2018-11-16 . live .
  6. Web site: Nova, Transcripts of Wild Wolves . PBS . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116043347/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2415wolves.html . 2018-11-16 . live .
  7. Web site: The Life of Birds - Making the Series . PBS . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405100309/http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/making/index.html . 2018-04-05 . live .
  8. Web site: On the wings of love; SINCE THE DEATH OF HIS BELOVED WIFE JANE LAST YEAR, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH HAS THROWN HIMSELF BACK INTO WHAT HE DOES BEST - CHASING ELUSIVE WILDLIFE. HE TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO NIGEL BLUNDELL. Sunday Mirror. October 18, 1998 . The Free Library . 14 August 2018.
  9. Web site: Great Plains - Planet Earth Dairy . BBC Press Office . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161913/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/10_october/12/planet_two.shtml . 2018-11-18 . live .
  10. Web site: Lions hunt elephants . BBC One . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161910/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00382c5 . 2018-11-18 . live .
  11. Web site: Life Press Pack: Primates . BBC Press Office . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161907/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/09_september/18/life12.shtml . 2018-11-18 . live .
  12. Web site: Life. Episode 10 of 10: Primates . BBC One . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180120142825/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pcm3h . 2018-01-20 . live .
  13. Web site: Filming rhinos at night . BBC One . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160824012738/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03phj8w . 2016-08-24 . live .
  14. Web site: Africa: David Attenborough's new BBC1 series – in pictures . The Guardian . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001306/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2013/jan/02/africa-david-attenborough-bbc1-series-pictures#img-3#img-3 . 2018-11-16 . live .
  15. Web site: Lost Land of the Tiger . BBC One . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180727132524/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ty6b0 . 2018-07-27 . live .
  16. Web site: Lost Land of the Tiger . Daily Mirror . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001217/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/lost-land-of-the-tiger---9pm-248691 . 2018-11-16 . live .
  17. Web site: BBC Two announces captivating new wildlife and adventure series Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom . BBC Media Centre . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119202828/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/wild-burma.html . 2018-11-19 . live .
  18. Web site: Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom . BBC Two . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084451/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hsbr2 . 2018-07-27 . live .
  19. Web site: Who will replace Attenborough as the alpha animal of wildlife TV? . The Guardian . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116043309/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/nov/29/who-will-replace-attenborough-on-wildlife-tv . 2018-11-16 . live .
  20. Web site: 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards Winners . The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001014/http://emmyonline.com/news_32nd_winners-2 . 2018-11-16 . live .
  21. Web site: Justin Evans Bio . Emmys - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116092411/http://www.emmys.com/bios/justine-evans . 2018-11-16 . live .

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