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Canadian biologist and film maker
Ted Oakes is a Canadian-born filmmaker and biologist who worked at the
BBC Natural History Unit for 20 years.
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[4] He founded Oak Island Films in 2017 and has been managing director since. He has collaborated with
BBC ,
TVO ,
Smithsonian Channel ,
Discovery Channel and
Merit Motion Pictures .
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Education
Oakes completed his MSc. in biology, at
Queen's University , Canada in 1989
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[3] and a PhD. in zoology at
Oxford University , UK in 1996
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Film career
Honours, Awards & Nominations
Honours
Awards and nominations
Writing career
Mentoring
Oakes has been a mentor for
Wildscreen since 2023
[57] and he has mentored Youth Ambassadors through the Ocean Pathways placement programs at
Ocean Wise since 2021.
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References
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e GlobeNewswire (Sep 13, 2022).
"Discover the world's largest freshwater ecosystem in new TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed" . Financial Post . Retrieved September 19, 2023 .
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b TVO (2022-09-13).
"Discover the world's largest freshwater ecosystem in new TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed" . GlobeNewswire News Room . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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c Saxberg, Lynn (September 24, 2022).
"BBC to TVO: Ottawa director comes home with Great Lakes doc series" . Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved September 19, 2023 .
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d Birnbaum, Elisa (2022-10-26).
"Documentary Series 'Great Lakes Untamed' is a Stunning Look at the Fragility of Nature" . SEE Change Magazine . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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Protecting the World's Largest Freshwater System | The Agenda , retrieved 2023-09-19
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"Global News Morning chats with doc film-maker Ted Oakes | Watch News Videos Online" . Global News . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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Source To Sea | Great Lakes Untamed | A TVO Original , retrieved 2023-09-19
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b Minogue, Sean (2022-09-13).
"Discover the world's largest freshwater ecosystem in new TVO Original series Great Lakes Untamed" . TVO.me . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Great Lakes Untamed - Merit Motion Pictures" . www.meritmotionpictures.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Great Lakes Untamed" . Terra Mater Studios . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Cheetah Family & Me, Series 1, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Cheetah Family and Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Snow Cats and Me, Series 1, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Snow Cats and Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me, Series 1, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Tribes, Predators & Me, Series 1 - Meet the composer" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Ted Oakes | BFI" . www2.bfi.org.uk . Archived from
the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family & Me, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Elephant Family and Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Gorilla Family & Me, Episode 2" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Gorilla Family and Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - This Wild Life, Elephant in the Bedroom" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"THIS WILD LIFE" . solutionsmedia.cbcrc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"This Wild Life - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Snow Wolf Family and Me, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Meeting a wild wolf pack" . BBC News . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Operation Snow Tiger, Episode 1" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Operation Snow Tiger - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - The Polar Bear Family and Me, Autumn" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"The Polar Bear Family & Me - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Planet Earth Live[09/05/2012] (2012)" . BFI . Archived from
the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - The Bear Family and Me, Spring" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Who, what, why: What should you do if a grizzly attacks?" . BBC News . 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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Amazon Abyss (2005) , retrieved 2023-09-19
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"BBC Two - Amazon Abyss" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Apes in Danger, Chimpanzee" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
^ Michaels, Melissa (2020-08-13).
"Smithsonian Channel Canada Investigates the Escape of Pablo Escobar's Illicit Exotic Pet Collection in The Hunt for Escobar's Hippos" . Blue Ant Media . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Smithsonian Channel embarks upon "The Hunt for Escobar's Hippos" " . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"THE HUNT FOR ESCOBAR'S HIPPOS" . www.autentic.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"The Hunt for Escobar's Hippos" . Terra Mater Studios . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC One - Life, Mammals" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"BBC Two - Natural World, 2009-2010, Bearwalker of the Northwoods" . BBC . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"AWARDS" . Oak Island Films Ltd . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Ted Oakes 2023" . All Access 2023 . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"RTS Scotland Awards 2023" . Royal Television Society . 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"RTS Scotland Awards 2021" . Royal Television Society . 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"RTS West of England Awards 2017" . Royal Television Society . 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Outstanding Cinematography For Non Fiction Programming Nominees / Winners 2010" . Television Academy . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
^ Jackson Wild (2003). "Winners 2003" (PDF). Jackson Wild Media Awards . Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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"RTS Craft and Design Winners 2001" . Royal Television Society . 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Monsters We Met: Man's Prehistoric Battle for the Planet" . www.nhbs.com . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
^ Oakes, Ted (2003).
Monsters We Met: Man's Battle with Prehistoric Animals . BBC.
ISBN
978-0-563-48815-6 .
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"Goodreads" . Goodreads . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
^ Holmes, Martha; Gunton, Michael (March 2010).
Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour . Rupert Barrington, Adam Chapman, Patrick Morris, Ted Oakes.
ISBN
978-0-520-26537-0 .
^ Gunton, Michael; Holmes, Martha (2009).
Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour . BBC.
ISBN
978-1-84607-642-8 .
^ Irons, Hazel (2023-02-06).
"Wildscreen launch BBC Internship and more as part of their WWF x Wildscreen Internship Scheme" . Wildscreen . Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Karry, Emily, Timme & David's Experience with Oak Island Films - Ocean Wise" . ocean.org . 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
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"Julia's Experience with Oak Island Films - Ocean Wise" . ocean.org . 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .