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Erik Hardesty

  • Cinematographer
  • Editor
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Erik Hardesty is known for Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2007), Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue (2006) and Jack Hanna's Passport (2024).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Jack Hanna in Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2007)
    Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue (2006)
    Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Producer
    • 2006
    Jack Hanna's Passport (2024)
    Jack Hanna's Passport
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown (2011)
    Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Plane Xtreme
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Renovation Wild
      • Cinematographer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2023
    • Jack Hanna's Passport (2024)
      Jack Hanna's Passport
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024–2026
    • Grant Cumings and Lynsey Cumings in Renovation Wild (2023)
      Renovation Wild
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa (2020)
      Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022–2023
    • Jack Hanna in Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2007)
      Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009–2020
    • Babies of the Zoo (2020)
      Babies of the Zoo
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown (2011)
      Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
      8.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2018–2020
    • The Heart of Gathering (2019)
      The Heart of Gathering
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Secrets of the Zoo (2018)
      Secrets of the Zoo
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018–2019
    • World's Biggest Great White Shark (2019)
      World's Biggest Great White Shark
      6.7
      TV Special
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Jon Stewart in Warrior Games: Race for the Torch (2019)
      Warrior Games: Race for the Torch
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Dr K's Exotic Animal ER (2014)
      Dr K's Exotic Animal ER
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • director of photography
      • 2014–2019
    • Street Science (2017)
      Street Science
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • director of photography (as Erik 'Horse' Hardesty)
      • 2017–2018
    • Universal Orlando: Behind the Scenes
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Swamp Men (2010)
      Swamp Men
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010–2011

    Editor

    • Plane Xtreme
      • Editor
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Jack Hanna's Passport (2024)
      Jack Hanna's Passport
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • editing
      • 2024–2026
    • Grant Cumings and Lynsey Cumings in Renovation Wild (2023)
      Renovation Wild
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Dr K's Exotic Animal ER (2014)
      Dr K's Exotic Animal ER
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2014–2021
    • Jack Hanna in Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2007)
      Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2007–2020
    • World's Biggest Great White Shark (2019)
      World's Biggest Great White Shark
      6.7
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown (2011)
      Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2011–2018
    • Street Science (2017)
      Street Science
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2017–2018
    • 1954 (2016)
      1954
      Short
      • Editor (as Eric 'Horse' Hardesty)
      • 2016
    • Universal Orlando: Behind the Scenes
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Swamp Men (2010)
      Swamp Men
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2010–2011

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Babies of the Zoo (2020)
      Babies of the Zoo
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa (2020)
      Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Secrets of the Zoo (2018)
      Secrets of the Zoo
      8.4
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Jack Hanna in Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2007)
      Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • camera operator
      • 2007–2015
    • Plane Xtreme
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown (2011)
      Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
      8.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Eric 'Horse' Hardesty

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