1. Industry Inspirations
My industry inspiration:
Sir David F. Attenborough, born on 8th
May 1926 is an English broadcaster nature
historian and author. He is recognised
from writing and presenting with
collaborations with the BBC Natural
History Unit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Natural
_History_Unit
David Attenborough was a senior
manager at the BBC, served as a controller
of BBC Two and director of programming
for BBC television
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Televis
ion
In the 1960’s and 1970’s. Attenborough’s filmography as a writer, presenter and narrator
stretches up to 8 decades his career includes Zoo Quest, Natural World, Wildlife on one,
Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and its sequels. Sir David Attenborough is the
only person to win the BAFTA’s in all of the categories black and white, colour, high-
definition, 3D and 4K resolution.
Sir David Attenborough spans in various media field’s over the years of
his career but his specific field is a nature presenter and narrator for
famous BBC and netflix show’s like A life on our planet, BBC’s The
mating game, Life in colour with David Attenborough and many more
nature documentary series or movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_Quest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_World_(
TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_on_One
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Earth_(fr
anchise)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Planet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Planet_II
2. David Attenborough early life and career
David Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where he
developed a passionate interest in natural history from a young
age. He was educated in Clare College, Cambridge (M.A., 1947)
and started working in a educational publishing house in 1949. In
1952 Sir David Attenborough completed a training program at the
British Broadcasting Corporation BBC and became a television
producer for the BBC. In collaboration with the reptile curator
Jack Lester, in 1954 he created the television series Zoo Quest, in
which animal in the wild and in zoo’s were filmed. This show
proved to be a success and really popular which opened and
widened door for in the British Broadcasting Corporation.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/British-Broadcasting-Corporation
https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Attenborough
David Attenborough’s early education was based at Wyggeston
grammar school for boys in Leicester. In his young adult age he
won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge 1945 to study
geology and zoology where he acquired a degree. In 1947
Attenborough was called up for service in the Royal Navy stationed
in North Wales and the firth of forth. After leaving the navy
Attenborough took a position editing children’s science textbooks
for a publishing company.
3. Career choice reasons
I would like to potentially get into the nature documentation and narration media sections because nature/natural life
(humanity, wild life, plants, bugs/micro organisms, ocean/marine life) really fascinates me and i would like to learn and
document it and learn different cultures and diversities from around the world. I am also really passionate about media and i
have been building up my media skills in various field and I would like to combine them with my knowledge and further
research of natural history and zoology that i am and will conduct in further education and opportunities, I would like to
travel the world and gather and share my knowledge with people from different backgrounds of the world. To follow
someone into those steps Sir David Attenborough is a pacifist nature historian that has been in the media and nature
business for over 7 decades which makes him the perfect role model and inspiration for me.
By Marcel S. Stasiorowski
