Matt Senior(I)

Matt has been involved in photography from a very young age, and throughout the years his passion for photography and film have continued to evolve. He has travelled to over forty countries around the world, immersing himself in new cultures, new experiences and nature, whilst documenting his travels through a lens along the way. Through these journeys, he discovered a strong passion for the natural world and everything living within it. Matt had always dreamed of becoming a wildlife filmmaker, but always saw it as an unreachable dream. That all changed during a trip to the Galapagos in 2016, when Matt found himself immersed in a unique environment rich in wildlife, and through conversations with the local people, it inspired him to conquer that dream. Later that year Matt applied for a new course at the National Film and Television School (NFTS), where he studied Directing and Producing Science and Natural History. During his final year at the NFTS he produced, shot, and directed a conservation film (Now Or Never) on a new species of orangutan called the Tapanuli Orangutan, which happened to be the world's first documentary on this newly identified great ape species. The overall purpose of this film was to raise awareness about this vulnerable species in an effort to help save them from extinction. On completion of the course, Matt pursued his goal of becoming a natural history filmmaker with a primary focus on conservation and raising awareness through film in the hope of making a difference towards saving the natural world and its wildlife.