Fred Kaufman
THIRTEEN Productions
Executive Producer
For nearly thirty years, Fred Kaufman has been one of the top executives in the natural history genre. As executive producer of the acclaimed series Nature on PBS since 1991, Kaufman has won multiple Emmys and Peabody Awards. During his tenure, Nature has been honored with over 700 industry awards. In 2010, the series was presented the Outstanding Achievement Award from the prestigious Wildscreen Festival, to date the only time in the festival’s 28-year history that the award has been presented to an American or a television series. In 2012, Kaufman received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Media from the International Wildlife Film Festival.