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John Shier(I)

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  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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From pristine roadless areas to concrete jungles, follow filmmaker Eric Bendick as he tours North America, dodging Yellowstone's grizzlies and Miami's taxicabs, and highlighting sustainable road projects and wildlife corridors for the 21st century.
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Division Street (2009)
John Shier is known for Untamed Americas (2012), Planet Earth II (2016) and Wild Yellowstone (2015).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations total

    Known for

    Untamed Americas (2012)
    Untamed Americas
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Planet Earth II (2016)
    Planet Earth II
    9.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Wild Yellowstone (2015)
    Wild Yellowstone
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
    Earth at Night in Color (2020)
    Earth at Night in Color
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Trials of the Wild
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • Kingdom (2025)
      Kingdom
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematography
      • 2025
    • The Americas (2025)
      The Americas
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Planet Earth III (2023)
      Planet Earth III
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Bertie Gregory in Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (2022)
      Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • America the Beautiful (2022)
      America the Beautiful
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Dynasties II (2022)
      Dynasties II
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Wilder Yellowstone: Alphaweibchen (2021)
      Wilder Yellowstone: Alphaweibchen
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • A Perfect Planet (2021)
      A Perfect Planet
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • America's Deadliest Sharks
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer (segment "Urban Jungle Outposts")
      • 2020
    • 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
      • 2019
    • Earth from Space (2019)
      Earth from Space
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Hostile Planet (2019)
      Hostile Planet
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • David Attenborough in Our Planet (2019)
      Our Planet
      9.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Oceans: Our Blue Planet (2018)
      Oceans: Our Blue Planet
      7.5
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Wild
      • additional cinematographer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2006
    • Nature Untamed
      • additional camera operator
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2008
    • Kingdom (2025)
      Kingdom
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2025
    • America the Beautiful (2022)
      America the Beautiful
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2022
    • Earth at Night in Color (2020)
      Earth at Night in Color
      8.2
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2021
    • The Beast of Our Time (2021)
      The Beast of Our Time
      Short
      • additional footage
      • 2021
    • David Attenborough in Our Planet (2019)
      Our Planet
      9.2
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2019
    • Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017)
      Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • additional camera & lighting
      • 2017
    • Yellowstone: Wildest Winter to Blazing Summer (2017)
      Yellowstone: Wildest Winter to Blazing Summer
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • wildlife photography
      • 2017
    • Life in the Snow (2016)
      Life in the Snow
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • Animal Babies (2016)
      Animal Babies
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • Wild Yellowstone (2015)
      Wild Yellowstone
      7.4
      TV Series
      • cinematography
      • 2015
    • The Growing Up Pets in Films (2015)
      The Growing Up Pets in Films
      7.1
      • additional photography
      • 2015
    • Bears (2014)
      Bears
      7.3
      • principal photography
      • 2014
    • Wild Canada (2014)
      Wild Canada
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • additional footage
      • 2014
    • Deadly Islands (2014)
      Deadly Islands
      7.1
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2014
    • Wild Brazil (2014)
      Wild Brazil
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2014

    Director

    • Grizzly
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009

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    Division Street
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    Division Street

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