Photography and video for Zoos Victoria
At Zoos Victoria, I spent 8 years producing content for major visitor, fundraising and behaviour-change campaigns, including Don't Palm Us Off, They're Calling on You, Wipe for Wildlife and Beads for Wildlife, as well as threatened species programs and on-site exhibits and information screens.
You can see some of my Zoos Victoria graphics, brand and campaign work on a separate page >>
At Zoos Victoria, I was awarded “Fighting Extinction ZV Scholarships” (a Zoo Fellowship) to develop the "Fighting Extinction" 21 Australian threatened animal species program's wildlife video and photography library, working with subject-matter experts and content producers, and filming on location (often in regional and remote Victoria and New South Wales).
I later contributed to Zoos Victoria's (then-new) much larger online photography library.
Photos, video and media packs for 5 elephant births and other major Zoo events (such as exhibit openings, e.g. Act Wild exhibit at Melbourne Zoo).
My focus was on Alpine She-oak Skinks, Guthega Skinks, Southern Corroboree Frogs, Helmeted Honeyeaters and Leadbeater's Possum.
Promotional videos of all 3 Zoos. See below.
Video/photos for news and event stories (Channel 9, 10, 7 ABC, AAP, NYT, Guardian, The Age, Herald Sun, Reuters, SBS.)
Exhibit promotional and tourism video and photography for use at Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Zoo.
Zoos Victoria released 20 Eastern Barred Bandicoots into Woodlands Historic Park. This 300-hectare reserve is now fox-free thanks to new fences and much hard work by Conservation Volunteers and Parks Victoria staff. Thanks to Dr Marissa Parrott, Senior Conservation Biologist, Zoos Victoria.
Filmed and edited by Andrew Griffiths at Zoos Victoria.
I filmed the Leadbeater's Possum at night in 2013, over 8 weeks at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve (except for Dan footage filmed by Rick Hammond, daytime forest & logging footage, and CCTV footage from Healesville Sanctuary). The jumping night sequence was shot on my iPhone.
The Leadbeater's Possum
I filmed the Leadbeater's Possum at night in 2013, over 8 weeks at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. The jumping sequence was shot on my iPhone.
Thanks to Dr Dan Harley, Threatened Species Project Officer, Zoos Victoria.
Filmed by Rick Hammond and Andrew Griffiths at Zoos Victoria. Additional footage by David Parer & Liz Parer-Cook at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV Natural History Unit). Graphics by Andrew Griffiths.
Corroboree Frogs are Australia's most endangered amphibian. Melbourne Zoo's resident frog expert, Raelene Hobbs, explains why they are threatened, how she and others are working to save them, and what makes these little alpine frogs so amazing. First published 6 Feb 2013 by @ZoosVictoria
Originally filmed as part of the Act Wild Education series.
Thanks to Raelene Hobbs, Ectotherm Keeper and Deon Gilbert, Threatened Species Biologist, Melbourne Zoo. Special thanks to PhD Candidate Michael McFadden, Wildlife Conservation Officer, Taronga Conservation Society Australia and Dr David Hunter, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Government.
Filmed by Rick Hammond and Andrew Griffiths, Zoos Victoria. (Melbourne Zoo footage by Rick Hammond. Kosciuszko National Park helicopter and other on-location footage by Andrew Griffiths.) Edited by Rick Hammond.ABC Television "7:30 Report" program, partly used my footage of Southern Corroboree Frog at Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales. Other footage by Michael McFadden, Wildlife Conservation Officer, Taronga Conservation Society Australia and Dr David Hunter, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Government. You can also see me in the helicopter and in the background filming.
Part of this footage of Alpine She-oak Skinks and Guthega Skinks and the high country was filmed by Andrew Griffiths, with additional filming and editing by Rick Hammond.
2011 short highlight video of Zoos Victoria's 3 Zoos - Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne Zoo and Werribee Open Range Zoo.
Filmed by Rick Hammond and Andrew Griffiths at Zoos Victoria. Editing by Andrew Griffiths. Helmeted Honeyeaters fly free filmed and edited by me.
Video by Andrew Griffiths published by The New York Times, of Baby Pygmy Hippopotamus (not long after birth) at Melbourne Zoo
Healesville Sanctuary - Highlights. Additional footage by Rick Hammond.
Werribee Open Range Zoo - Highlights. Additional footage by Rick Hammond.
Christmas time in 2012. Made by and additional footage by Rick Hammond. I filmed so of it and made the graphics and animation.
. I filmed half of this the other half was by Rick Hammond.
Our VIP visitors wish Melbourne Zoo a very happy 150th birthday in 2012.Wild Nights at Werribee Zoo. I filmed and edited this.
Spirits of the Sky program at Healesville Sanctuary. I filmed and edited this.
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Saving people and wildlife in Kenya - Beads for Wildlife.
Filmed by Jacquie O'Brien in Northern Kenya.Editing and graphics by Andrew Griffiths
New "Wild Sea" exhibit at Melbourne Zoo, filmed and edited by me.
Giraffe at Werribee Zoo
Saving the Southern Corroboree Frog in the wild at Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales
Baby elephant Mali at Melbourne Zoo just after birth.
Guthega Skink at Healesville Sanctuary
Alpine She-oak Skinks at Healesville Sanctuary
More photos (GIF animated images) below…
Screen 1 - Compilation of photography and publications and (screen 2) exhibits at Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Zoo.
Screen 2 - David Attenborough meeting Lord Howe Island Stick Insect and Zoo Keeper Rohan Cleave at Melbourne Zoo.
Screen 3 - Seals at (then new) Melbourne Zoo - Wild Sea exhibit.
Screen 4 - Alpine She-oak Skinks in the wild at Bogong High Plains, Alpine National Park and Healesville Sanctuary.
Photography and video for Zoos Victoria
Photography and video for Zoos Victoria
