Kenney Salwey, the 'last river rat,' weaves his adventures and stories of the Mississippi river through this film, showing the river's subtle and intimate beauty.

Neil travels to Panama to get the latest scoop on eyelash pit vipers. For the first time ever, the vipers are filmed using their tails to grasp a branch, prehensile-like, while striking their prey. With lightning speed the vipers spot prey and strike lizards & frogs from the forest limbs.

This movie explores the world of transexuals, men and women who seek surgery to transform themselves into the opposite sex.

An intimate look at the life of Ben Kilham, a wildlife rehabilitator from New Hampshire, who has redefined black bear management, biology and intelligence. Kilham's work has helped biologists to understand the black bear mind.

An inside look at Alaska Fishing Guides, the new versus the old.

A 'how-to' film that teaches viewers the proper techniques to catch and release salmon.

Neil travels to remote study sites of WCS scientists in Gabon, Congo and Central African Republic for research updates and the latest discoveries.

A heart-wrenching documentary about the rare disease Progeria, which causes one child in six million to age rapidly and usually die by the age of 14 years old.

This film is particularly notable for its stunning footage of wild jaguars, filmed in the Pantanal, Brazil. Neil mixed conventional filming techniques with night vision cameras and remote control units to capture a glimpse into the world of this secretive forest cat.

In-depth 90 minute special that outlines human-gorilla interaction from first contact through the present day. Includes numerous interviews and re-creations.

Wild alligators feeding, mating, and displaying.

Cuban crocodiles moving on land, attacking prey, basking in the sun, and leaping from water. Neil's footage included seldom-filmed behaviors such as land locomotion and crocodile breeching.

Great Grey owls use their incredible hearing to plunge into deep snow and capture meadow voles. Includes vole set work for close-ups.

Filmed the Japanese Honey Buzzard sequence. Includes scenes of nesting, adults feeding chicks, adults taking hornet brood cells for food, and scenics.

A tale of how Magdalena Bermejos became the first person to study & habituate Western Lowland Gorillas in the wild.

An alligator sequence for a six-part series that looks at primordial North America.

The sequel to Mother Bear Man, the story of Ben Kilham and his revolutionary methods of rehabilitating orphan black bears.

9x30 minute shows. A blend of natural history, myths, and legend re-creations.

A look at how the salmon touches the lives of people in Alaska.

A look into the life of Wolfgang Beyer as he passes the filmmaking baton on to his children.

9x30 minute shows. A blend of natural history, myths, and legend re-creations.

Birds of Paradise in PNG, the Reggiana

This Emmy Award-winning documentary follows scientists into the rainforest canopy in French Guiana, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Neil's distinctive 'flying shots' gave the film its crucial sense of height and space, lending excitement to and understanding of the sheer heights at which canopy animals and plants live.

Traces the life history of the salmon.

Sage Grouse in California

Tides, tide pools and life at the edge of the sea in British Columbia.

Follows a naturalist that raises and releases three orphaned bears.

A Master Falconer, Neil has extensive experience filming, working, and living with birds of prey. This film traces the evolution of birds of prey.

Filmed pilot for new magazine show to air on Animal Planet.

Traces the history of saber-toothed cats.

Traces the history of head butting dinosaurs.

Filmed ravens, prairie dogs, golden eagles, and burrowing owls.

Follows Rosemary & Peter Grant's work in the Galapagos. Parallels the book The Beak of the Finch.

Traces the problems neotropical songbirds face during migration and nesting.

Filmed golden eagles, moose, grizzly bears, caribou, ground squirrels, ducks, and scenics.

Neil spent a summer above the arctic circle capturing remarkable footage of polar bears, beluga whales, arctic foxes, and other animals. His astonishing images capture the beauty and drama of this seldom-seen world.

Highlights scientific research and traces the existence of culture in chimpanzee society.

5 x 60 minutes. Traces the migration of the Polynesians from west to east across the Pacific.

Return to the Katmai National Park after the early 1990's volcano eruption.

A look at the importance of play through human and animal eyes.

Mountain Gorilla was the first natural history film produced by Imax Systems Corporation. Neil co-designed the cable tracking system pioneered in this film. It remains the only cable tracking system which can be used with the Imax technology.

The Harpy Eagle remains a particular love for Neil. In addition to his groundbreaking film work, Neil has published papers on the natural history and breeding biology of the Harpy and continues to work for their protection and preservation. Flight of the Harpy Eagle documents Neil's work filming and protecting this rare forest eagle.

Protecting the scrub habitat in Florida.

African sequences & aerials.

Traces the "Hamburger Connection." Cable tracking work in the rain forest canopy: natural history work.

Atlantic coastal forest and its primates.

Life history of the Mt. Gorilla

Director of Photography for the following episodes:

• Natural History and dramatic sequences
• The Great Encounter
• Confronting the Wilderness
• Across a Sea of Grass

A film created for a lawsuit between U.S. Fish & Wildlife and the Shell Chemical Company.

Director of Photography of Guyana and U.S. sequences.

Ornate hawk Eagles of Belize and jungle scenics. Cable tracking work.

Life history of the Bald Eagle

Turtles in England, France, U.S., Kenya, South Africa, the Seychelles, Aldabra Island, Australia.

Life history of the American Woodcock

Proves the research of Ken Norris & Randy Brill, that dolphins hear through their lower jaw bone.

Animals that use the color white.

Documentary about Maria Reiche's and Phyllis Pitluga's research into the lines in the desert.

Commercial for a video game, Balance of Power.

Aerials and scenics of Niagara Falls.

Principal Director of Photography of all U.S. sequences for the series. Traces the geological history of North America.

Peruvian Andes and U.S. locations. Traces the work of John Fitzpatrick.

Ridley sea turtles of Costa Rica.

Extensive work in the rain forest, cable tracking through the upper canopy.

Following the connection all desert life has with the saguaro cactus.

Sequences in Costa Rica, Monte Verde Cloud Forest. Extensive use of cable tracking system.

We take a look at the real roadrunner behind the cartoon character.

Traces the life history of a Red-tail Hawk.

3 x 30 min. bird watching in New Guinea

Principal Director of Photography of all U.S. sequences

Neil provided footage for the well-known BBC series narrated by David Attenborough. His work is included in:

• Rivers, Lakes and Northern Forests
• Savannahs
• Tropical Rain Forests
• Shores
• Oceanic Islands
• Snow and Ice
• Northern Forests
• New Worlds
• Cities - Philippines
• The Jungle
• Deserts

Filmed in the Philippines

3 x 60 min. condors in the Andes

Life of the Cabybara on the Llanos

Documentary on the work of F.R.E.E. Ltd. to conserve the Philippine Eagle.

Sequence in the Philippines with Bill Walton in conservation with F.R.E.E. Ltd.

Field research, still photography and filming of the Philippine Eagle.

Field research, still photography and filming of the Harpy Eagle in the forests of Guyana. Footage assembled and sold to Survival Anglia as "Fury of the Forest"

Filmed bluebird section.