12 Facts About Nicolas Noxon

Nicolas Lane Noxon was an American documentary filmmaker.

Nicolas Noxon specialized in television programs dealing with history, science, and the natural world.

Nicolas Noxon was born in 1936 in London, England, to a Canadian father, the writer and filmmaker Gerald Forbes Nicolas Noxon, and an American mother, the painter Betty Lane.

Nicolas Noxon emigrated to the United States when he was less than a year and a half.

Nicolas Noxon graduated from the private boarding school The Putney School.

Nicolas Noxon began his work on the National Geographic Specials in the mid-60s, producing and writing three of the first programs when they premiered on CBS.

In 1978 Nicolas Noxon returned to Geographic where he wrote and produced the Emmy Award winning documentary "The Great Whales" and "The Sharks", one of the highest rated programs ever aired on PBS.

Nicolas Noxon wrote and produced "Last Stand in Eden" about the conflict between wildlife and humans in Kenya, which aired in 1979.

In 1991 Nicolas Noxon became Executive Producer of the National Geographic Specials and head of Geographic's West Coast production facility.

Nicolas Noxon has long been associated with the National Geographic Specials, a series which has aired on the major television networks and which have been considered among the most popular group of programs aired on PBS.

Nicolas Noxon's productions won many awards in television including several Emmys and numerous international honors.

In 1974, Nicolas Noxon divorced Mary Straley, with whom he had had four children.