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David Parer

  • Cinematographer
  • Producer
  • Director
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David Parer is known for Douglas Mawson: The Survivor (1983), The Dragons of Galapagos (1998) and Terrors of Tasmania (2004).
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    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Douglas Mawson: The Survivor (1983)
    Douglas Mawson: The Survivor
    • Cinematographer
    • 1983
    The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
    The Dragons of Galapagos
    8.5
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1998
    Terrors of Tasmania (2004)
    Terrors of Tasmania
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 2004
    Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
    National Geographic Explorer
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Ningaloo Nyinggulu (2023)
      Ningaloo Nyinggulu
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
      Seven Worlds One Planet
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • 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
      • photography
      • 1988–2015
    • Acid Ocean (2014)
      Acid Ocean
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Devil Island (2013)
      Devil Island
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • director of photography
      • 2013
    • Possum Wars (2013)
      Possum Wars
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Out of the Ashes (2011)
      Out of the Ashes
      • director of photography
      • 2011
    • Penguin Island (2010)
      Penguin Island
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Cassowaries
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Amazing Moments (2009)
      Amazing Moments
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Australia: Land of Parrots (2008)
      Australia: Land of Parrots
      8.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Terrors of Tasmania (2004)
      Terrors of Tasmania
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • Built for the Kill (2001)
      Built for the Kill
      7.7
      TV Series
      • stock footage
      • 2004
    • Platypus: World's Strangest Animal (2003)
      Platypus: World's Strangest Animal
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • Island Life (2002)
      Island Life
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002

    Producer

    • Mawson: Science and Survival (2012)
      Mawson: Science and Survival
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2012
    • 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
      • producer
      • series producer
      • 1988–2008
    • Surviving Extremes (2006)
      Surviving Extremes
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Terrors of Tasmania (2004)
      Terrors of Tasmania
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Platypus: World's Strangest Animal (2003)
      Platypus: World's Strangest Animal
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Island of the Vampire Birds (1999)
      Island of the Vampire Birds
      8.6
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1999
    • The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
      The Dragons of Galapagos
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1998
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1993
    • Nature of Australia
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 1988
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1984
    • Douglas Mawson: The Survivor (1983)
      Douglas Mawson: The Survivor
      • producer
      • 1983
    • The World About Us (1967)
      The World About Us
      8.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1978–1981

    Director

    • Terrors of Tasmania (2004)
      Terrors of Tasmania
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Platypus, the Strangest Animal in the World
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
      The Dragons of Galapagos
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Nature of Australia
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Douglas Mawson: The Survivor (1983)
      Douglas Mawson: The Survivor
      • Director
      • 1983

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