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Jon Bowermaster

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Jon Bowermaster
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Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society's 'Ocean Heroes,' his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled.

Jon has written eleven books and produced/directed more than thirty documentary films. His feature documentaries include 'Dear President Obama,' 'Antarctica, on the Edge,' 'After the Spill' and 'Ghost Fleet.' (oceans8films.com)

His National Geographic-sponsored Oceans 8 project took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak over the course of ten years (1999-2008), bringing back stories from the Aleutian Islands to French Polynesia, Gabon to Tasmania, and more, reporting on how the planet's one ocean and its various coastlines are faring in today's busy world.

Jon lives in New York's Hudson Valley. He is the President of the One Ocean Media Foundation and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation.

For the past several years, Jon and his One Ocean Media Foundation / Oceans 8 Films team have focused on a series of short films about the environmental risks to, and hopes for the Hudson River Valley, the birthplace of the American environmental movement. (hudsonriverstories.com)

Jon is a Visiting Lecturer at Bard College, in the Environment and Urban Studies Department; tune into his weekly radio show/podcast, 'The Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster,' at radiokingston.org.
BornJune 29, 1954
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Ghost Fleet (2018)
    Ghost Fleet
    7.4
    • Producer
    • 2018
    Dear President Obama (2016)
    Dear President Obama
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2016
    The Keeper (2025)
    The Keeper
    • Producer
    • 2025
    Paradise Is There (2015)
    Paradise Is There
    7.8
    • Producer
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Producer



    • The Keeper (2025)
      The Keeper
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Dear President Biden (2023)
      Dear President Biden
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • WindShipped (2022)
      WindShipped
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Hudson River Stories: Hope on the Hudson (2017)
      Hudson River Stories: Hope on the Hudson
      TV Series
      • producer
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2020
    • Ghost Fleet VR (2019)
      Ghost Fleet VR
      6.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Ghost Fleet (2018)
      Ghost Fleet
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Hope on the Hudson, Restoring the 'Clearwater'
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Hudson River Stories: Hudson River at Risk (2016)
      Hudson River Stories: Hudson River at Risk
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Dear President Obama (2016)
      Dear President Obama
      6.6
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Dear Governor Brown (2016)
      Dear Governor Brown
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2016
    • After the Spill (2015)
      After the Spill
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Paradise Is There (2015)
      Paradise Is There
      7.8
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives (2015)
      Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Antarctica 3D: On the Edge (2014)
      Antarctica 3D: On the Edge
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Dear Governor Cuomo (2012)
      Dear Governor Cuomo
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2012

    Director



    • The Keeper (2025)
      The Keeper
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Dear President Biden (2023)
      Dear President Biden
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • WindShipped (2022)
      WindShipped
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Hudson River Stories: Hope on the Hudson (2017)
      Hudson River Stories: Hope on the Hudson
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2020
    • Hudson River Stories: Hudson River at Risk (2016)
      Hudson River Stories: Hudson River at Risk
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dear President Obama (2016)
      Dear President Obama
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dear Governor Brown (2016)
      Dear Governor Brown
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • After the Spill (2015)
      After the Spill
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives (2015)
      Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Antarctica 3D: On the Edge (2014)
      Antarctica 3D: On the Edge
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Dear Governor Cuomo (2012)
      Dear Governor Cuomo
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2012
    • SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories (2010)
      SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2010
    • What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos (2009)
      What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent (2009)
      Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Around Tasmania
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006

    Writer



    • The Keeper (2025)
      The Keeper
      • written by
      • 2025
    • Dear President Biden (2023)
      Dear President Biden
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Dear President Obama (2016)
      Dear President Obama
      6.6
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Dear Governor Brown (2016)
      Dear Governor Brown
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2016
    • After the Spill (2015)
      After the Spill
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives (2015)
      Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Antarctica 3D: On the Edge (2014)
      Antarctica 3D: On the Edge
      6.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Dear Governor Cuomo (2012)
      Dear Governor Cuomo
      5.7
      • writer
      • 2012
    • SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories (2010)
      SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
      7.6
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos (2009)
      What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos
      Short
      • writer
      • 2009
    • Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent (2009)
      Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent
      6.6
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Birthplace of the Winds: Sea Kayaking Alaska
      Short
      • writer
      • 2006
    • Oceans 8 (2004)
      Oceans 8
      6.2
      TV Series
      • story
      • 2004–2006
    • A Slow Boat to Somewhere
      Short
      • writer
      • 2004

    Videos3

    Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives
    Trailer 2:04
    Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives
    What Would Darwin Think?  Man v. Nature in Galapagos
    Trailer 3:05
    What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos
    What Would Darwin Think?  Man v. Nature in Galapagos
    Trailer 3:05
    What Would Darwin Think? Man v. Nature in Galapagos
    TERRA ANTARCTICA, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent
    Trailer 6:05
    TERRA ANTARCTICA, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent

    Personal details

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      • OCEANS 8 FILMS
      • ONE OCEAN MEDIA FOUNDATION
    • Born
      • June 29, 1954
      • Normal, Illinois, USA

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