1. Brian Skerry is an American photojournalist and film producer specializing in marine life and ocean environments.
18 Facts About Brian Skerry
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In 2021 Skerry won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as producer in the miniseries, Secrets of the Whales.
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Brian Skerry was born in Milford, Massachusetts in 1961, and grew up in Uxbridge.
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Brian Skerry began SCUBA diving in 1977, at 15 years old and received his first SCUBA certification in 1978.
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Brian Skerry has stated that he was drawn to the water from a very young age and was always fascinated by ocean documentaries, along with the movies Jaws and The Deep.
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Brian Skerry's first published photograph was in 1984 in The Boston Globe newspaper, an image of a shipwreck in Boston Harbor.
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In 2015 Brian Skerry was named a Nikon Ambassador.
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In 1998 Brian Skerry received his first assignment for National Geographic.
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Brian Skerry had his photos published in the May 1999 edition of National Geographic.
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Brian Skerry has been credited with more than 30 stories for National Geographic, including seven on the front cover of the magazine.
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Secrets of the Whales was a multi-platform project Brian Skerry created for National Geographic in 2017 about the science of whale culture.
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Brian Skerry proposed the project to National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Television and National Geographic Books and each division approved their respective project.
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Brian Skerry produced and starred in the miniseries, as well as providing underwater cinematography.
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At the Jackson Wild 2021 Media Awards Secrets of the Whales was awarded Winner: Limited Series and at the 2021 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Brian Skerry was awarded the Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy.
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In 2012 Brian Skerry partnered with the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston to create The New England Ocean Odyssey.
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Brian Skerry is a Founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, and the Explorer-In-Residence at the New England Aquarium.
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Awards for the miniseries, Secrets of the Whales for which Brian Skerry was a Producer.
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Brian Skerry has seven published photographs on the cover of National Geographic.