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Patrick Morris is a British producer, director and series producer of many wildlife

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Life/Career

Morris attended King’s College, Taunton, and the

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, graduating with a first-class honours degree in

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. Morris began his career working in East

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with renowned film-maker

Hugo van Lawick Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick (10 April 1937 – 2 June 2002) was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer. Through his still photographs and films, Van Lawick helped popularize the study of chimpanzees during his wife Jane Goodall' ...

producing films for the

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, including ''Islands in the African Sky'', ''Wings over the Serengeti,'' and ''Africa's Paradise of Thorns''. In 1995, he teamed up with Hugh Miles to produce ''People of the Sea'' for the

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, about the collapse of the cod-fishing industry in Newfoundland, Canada, and its impact on people and wildlife. Morris then joined the

BBC Natural History Unit The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of BBC Studios that produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including '' ...

in 1999 to produce documentaries for the Natural World and Wildlife on One strands including ''Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods'', ''Dune'' and ''Ospreys,'' as well as series producing the BBC series ''

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'', '' Europe: A Natural History'', '' British Isles: A Natural History,'' '' Galápagos,'' ''Wild West'' and ''Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life''. Morris was also co-producer of the

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wildlife special ''Grizzly'', executive producer of the Wildlife on ''One Thunderball,'' creative consultant on the''

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'' series, and producer of the Birds and Primates episodes for the BBC1 series ''

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,'' narrated by

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, about extreme animal behaviour. Morris’ films '' Galápagos'' and ''People of the Sea'' both won the Grand Teton best of festival award at the

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. From 2010 to 2014, he co-directed ''Enchanted Kingdom,'' a 3D theatrical nature film for BBC Earth Films in partnership with Evergreen Films,

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, narrated by

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. The film won best 3D film at the Wildscreen Film Festival 2014, best theatrical film and best cinematography at International Wildlife Film Festival Missoula 2015, and best motion picture documentary at the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society Creative Arts Awards 2015. Morris also co-directed ''Wild Africa 3D'', a giant screen film narrated by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Patrick Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British television producers People educated at King's College, Taunton Alumni of the University of Leeds