Gordon Buchanan(I)

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Actor

Gordon Buchanan and Jason Roberts in The Polar Bear Family & Me (2013)

Follow a group of African big cats, day and night, for six months, Big Cats 24/7 will give viewers an unprecedented insight into the lives of the lions, leopards and cheetahs of Botswana's awe-inspiring Okavango Delta.

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Big Cats 24/7 (2024– )

Gordon Buchanan was born on 10 April 1972 in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Beth (2025), The Nature of Britain (2007) and Big Cat Diary (1996).

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Known for

Beth

6.0

TV Mini Series

Gordon

The Nature of Britain

7.6

TV Mini Series

Cinematographer

Big Cat Diary

8.7

TV Series

Cinematographer

1996

Lost Land of the Jaguar

8.3

TV Series

Cinematographer

Credits

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Cinematographer

Big Cats 24/7
8.3
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2024
Our Great National Parks
8.1
TV Mini Series
- photography
- 2022
Universum
8.3
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2021
Planet Earth II
9.4
TV Mini Series
- Cinematographer
- 2016
Snow Wolf Family and Me
8.1
TV Mini Series
- Cinematographer
- 2014
Natural World
8.6
TV Series
- photography
- Cinematographer
- 2001–2014
Springwatch
8.2
TV Series
- photography
- photography: wildlife
- 2009–2014
Winterwatch
8.0
TV Series
- photography
- 2014
The Polar Bear Family & Me
8.0
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2013
Planet Earth Live
7.7
TV Series
- photography
- 2012
Maneater Manhunt
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2012
Nature
8.9
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2003–2011
Autumnwatch
7.7
TV Series
- photography
- 2009–2010
Snow Watch
TV Movie
- photography
- 2010
Lost Land of the Volcano
8.2
TV Mini Series
- photography
- 2009

Camera and Electrical Department

Gorilla Family & Me
8.2
TV Mini Series
- camera operator
- 2015
Backshall's Deadly Adventures
TV Series
- camera
- 2015
Snow Wolf Family and Me
8.1
TV Mini Series
- camera operator
- 2014
Lee Evans: Monsters
7.5
Video
- camera operator
- 2014
Nature
8.9
TV Series
- photography
- camera operator
- 2004–2014
The Polar Bear Family & Me
8.0
TV Series
- camera operator
- 2013
The Nature of Britain
7.6
TV Mini Series
- camera operator: additional photography
- 2007
Natural World
8.6
TV Series
- photography
- 2007
Vanessa's Real Lives
TV Series
- assistant camera (as Gordon Buchannan)
- 2006
Planet Earth
9.4
TV Mini Series
- camera operator
- 2006
Autumnwatch
7.7
TV Series
- camera operator
- 2006
Big Cats with Nigel Marven
TV Special
- additional photography
- 2001
Raging Planet
7.6
TV Series
- camera operator
- 1997
Savage Skies
7.6
TV Movie
- camera operator (segments "Monsters of the Deep", "Winter's Tale, The")
- 1996

Actor

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Personal details

Alternative name
- Gordon Buchannan
Born
- April 10, 1972
- Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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Trivia
He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to conservation and wildlife film-making. He is the cinematographer and presenter in Bristol, England.

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