Vanessa Berlowitz
Vanessa has produced and directed over 20 films for series including 'Planet Earth', 'Frozen Planet', 'Life of Mammals', 'Land of the Tiger' and the 'Human Animal', as well as strands such as The Natural World and Wildlife on One.
One of her career highlights was retracing Scott’s expedition to the South Pole from the air – another was accompanying Sir David Attenborough to the South and North Poles over his 90th birthday. As SP on 'Frozen Planet', Vanessa spent 5 months in Antarctica directing the series aerial filming and overseeing a range of extraordinary shoots.
Among multiple awards for her work, Vanessa won an Emmy for 'Frozen Planet'. She then went on to create a range of innovation-led series and specials for BBC1 culminating with the launch of 'Planet Earth 2', which she originated and spent 2 years working with her team to develop the new immersive style of the series.
After leaving the BBC, Vanessa accompanied her film-making husband, Mark Linfield, and their 9-year-old son on a 2-year sabbatical to Southern Africa where they have been making a feature length documentary on elephants for Disneynature.
