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Wade Fairley

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Wade Fairley is known for Great Migrations (2010), Planet Earth (2006) and Wild Pacific (2009).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Great Migrations (2010)
    Great Migrations
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Planet Earth (2006)
    Planet Earth
    9.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Wild Pacific (2009)
    Wild Pacific
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Island Life (2002)
    Island Life
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Trials of the Wild
      • cinematography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • Das Wunder der Jahreszeiten (2019)
      Das Wunder der Jahreszeiten
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Barry Humphries in Magical Land of Oz (2019)
      Magical Land of Oz
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2013–2014
    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009–2013
    • Koalas: Slow Life in the Fast Lane (2012)
      Koalas: Slow Life in the Fast Lane
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Home for Hawksbill
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Great Migrations (2010)
      Great Migrations
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean? (2010)
      Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean?
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Wonders of Australia's National Parks (2010)
      Wonders of Australia's National Parks
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematography
      • 2010
    • Wild Pacific (2009)
      Wild Pacific
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2009
    • Policing the Pacific (2007)
      Policing the Pacific
      8.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2007)
      Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Earth (2007)
      Earth
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Can We Save Planet Earth?
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
      Are We Changing Planet Earth?
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Swamp Ghost
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • photography
      • additional camera operator
      • 2012–2014
    • Snow Babies (2012)
      Snow Babies
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • photography
      • 2012
    • Frozen Planet (2011)
      Frozen Planet
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2011
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2009
    • Wild Pacific (2009)
      Wild Pacific
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • camera operator
      • 2009
    • Earth: The Power of the Planet (2007)
      Earth: The Power of the Planet
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Universum (1987)
      Universum
      8.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Planet Earth: The Future (2006)
      Planet Earth: The Future
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • natural history photographer
      • 2006
    • Planet Earth (2006)
      Planet Earth
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2006
    • Alone Across Australia (2004)
      Alone Across Australia
      8.7
      • camera operator
      • 2004
    • Wingbeats of the Amazon (1997)
      Wingbeats of the Amazon
      TV Movie
      • camera: Patagonia
      • 1997

    Producer

    • Island Life (2002)
      Island Life
      6.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2002

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