19 Facts About Gordon Buchanan

Gordon John Buchanan was born on 10 April 1972 and is a Scottish wildlife cameraman, filmmaker and presenter.

Gordon Buchanan's career began when Survival cameraman Nick Gordon, whose wife owned the restaurant Buchanan was working in, invited Buchanan to become his camera assistant for a project he was completing in Sierra Leone.

Gordon Buchanan was there for almost a year before the project had to be abandoned due to the danger presented by the civil unrest in the country.

Gordon Buchanan left school to join Nick Gordon on this trip and continued to work with him on his next projects in Venezuela and Brazil.

Gordon Buchanan began to work independently in 1995, and in time became known for his films of big cats and worked on Big Cat Diary.

Gordon Buchanan returned to his home on the Isle of Mull to film white tailed eagles.

Gordon Buchanan has filmed foxes for Springwatch and Autumnwatch in Glasgow, where he currently lives.

Gordon Buchanan then returned for Springwatch 2008 completing a series on people with amazing wildlife stories including a one-off Springwatch special.

In early 2009 Gordon Buchanan worked with the BBC, filming the Lost Land of the Volcano.

Gordon Buchanan filmed the Lost Land of the Tiger and Lost Land of the Jaguar, which followed a similar format.

In 2013 Gordon Buchanan became a patron of Trees for Life, a conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland.

Gordon Buchanan became an ambassador for the Scottish Wildlife Trust the following year.

Gordon Buchanan narrated a one-off programme called Life in the Snow, before again working with Polar Bears, this time looking at how they interact with the local human population in 'Life in Polar Bear Town'.

Gordon Buchanan continued the series with 'The Reindeer Family and Me' which saw him follow a herd of Reindeer as they journeyed on their migration.

Gordon Buchanan travelled around the equator to present the series 'Equator from the Air.

Gordon Buchanan filmed and presented 'Snow Cats and Me' in which he helped rehabilitate Lynx so that they could return to the wild.

In June 2013 Gordon Buchanan was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Stirling.

Gordon Buchanan won the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland award in the environment category in the same year, cementing his position as one of Scotland's finest cameramen and reputation as a renowned film maker.

Gordon Buchanan was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to conservation and wildlife film-making.