Kennan Bio 2.pages - It`s a Wild Life Film

KENNAN WARD
OFFICE
348 FREDERICK STREET
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
PHONE
831 459 8800
FAX
831 459 8869
Kennan Ward
Filmmaker Biography
EMAIL
kward@kennanward.com
WEB
www.kennanward.com
World wide experience with filming, photography and outdoor adventure media
projects have developed a special skill and interest in capturing once in a lifetime
imagery. I’ve spent three decades associated with field research within National Parks,
State Parks and World Heritage Sites world wide. I have experience as a Park Ranger,
Consultant Biologist and a published Naturalist. I have climbed, backpacked, and scuba
dived across seven continents for most of my adult life. Using a variety of field
equipment, I believe visual artistic media is one of the most effective tools to inspire and
educate young and old on conservation and the natural world.
I have developed the skills to understand the physics of how things operate and how to
work with a diversity of people. I am goal driven, whether the aim is to climb the tallest
peaks in the world or add a rural internet satellite. I have managed projects with small
and large budgets and I accomplish on-time results within budget. I have excelled in the
publishing media for twenty-five years, producing educationally focused products
printed on recycled paper. Skills include planning, filming, photography, editing,
design, computer graphics, computer IT, printing, fundraising, sales, marketing,
promotion, accounting, supervision, personal management, and budgeting.
Since 1980 I have made a living from Photo and Film. My Wife Karen and I were
married in Tuolumne Meadows on the summer solstice in 1986. We experience a deep
connection to nature and the great outdoors. I primarily work with directing, editing
and producing; and enjoy camerawork, filming with a Red Dragon 4K to 6K camera.
Accomplishments
Published five books: Grizzlies in the Wild, Journeys with the Ice Bear, Born to be Wild,
Denali - Reflections of a Naturalist, The Last Wilderness - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Directed, Feature Film It’s A WILD Life.