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Ernie Kovacs(II)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Ernie Kovacs is known for Untamed Americas (2012), Man v. Animal (2017) and Big Pacific (2017).
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    Known for

    Untamed Americas (2012)
    Untamed Americas
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Man v. Animal
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Big Pacific (2017)
    Big Pacific
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Jeff Corwin in Corwin's Quest (2005)
    Corwin's Quest
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Trials of the Wild
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • 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
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 2006–2019
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • director of photography: Guadalupe Crew
      • 2016–2018
    • Man v. Animal
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Big Pacific (2017)
      Big Pacific
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Deep Sea Killers (2017)
      Deep Sea Killers
      6.8
      • Cinematographer (segments "Deadly Dozen: Season 3", "Secret Life of Predators")
      • 2017
    • Valley of the Sharks (2016)
      Valley of the Sharks
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Mapping the Blue
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Untamed Americas (2012)
      Untamed Americas
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Expedition Week (2011)
      Expedition Week
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007–2010
    • Shipwreck: Captain Kidd
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Planet Carnivore (2007)
      Planet Carnivore
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 2007
    • Thrill Zone (2005)
      Thrill Zone
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 2006
    • The Shape of Life (2001)
      The Shape of Life
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • America the Beautiful (2022)
      America the Beautiful
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2022
    • Man v. Animal
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2017
    • Cooper's Treasure (2017)
      Cooper's Treasure
      6.5
      TV Series
      • underwater operator
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2017
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2011–2016
    • 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
      • additional photography
      • 2013
    • Otter 501 (2012)
      Otter 501
      7.6
      • camera operator
      • 2012
    • Inside (2007)
      Inside
      7.1
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2009
    • The Pursuit of Excellence
      7.8
      TV Series
      • underwater camera operator
      • 2007
    • Man-Made (2007)
      Man-Made
      7.2
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 2007
    • Jeff Corwin in Corwin's Quest (2005)
      Corwin's Quest
      8.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Expedition Journal (1999)
      Expedition Journal
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 1999

    Producer

    • Man v. Animal
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-producer (as Ernie Kovaks)
      • 2007

    Personal details

    • Official site
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    • Alternative name
      • Ernie Kovaks

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