The Great White Whale
“Gripping, edge of the seat stuff.” ‘An absolute triumph. I found the film incredibly powerful.” “Heart stopping. Funny. A ripping yarn!” “The best documentary I have ever seen!” Dick Smith
Hillary: Ocean to Sky
A Multi International Award Winning Feature HEART STOPPING, FUNNY AND DEEPLY MOVING. Sir Edmund Hillary had lost his wife. Would he now lose his own life or find himself again?
Films
From Derwent pencils to 4K Digital, Michael’s award winning documentaries capture a world of wonder and adventure. Wildlife, wild places, remote peoples, the poles to Sahara, the Pacific to Everest.
Betsy the London Taxi
A Fare to Remember An Irishman and a Welshman hire a London taxi to drive half way around the world raising money for charity. Dame Edna Everage waves them off
TV Documentaries
Walking with the Great Apes, Tim Cope’s On the Trail of Genghis Khan, and Survivor to name a few. Michael has won Logies, AFI awards and had US Emmy nominations.
Shorts
Short Films: charity walks including three across the Simpson Desert, three Kokoda treks, two Red Centre treks and a climb of Kilimanjaro, and promotional videos for Ganges and Irrawaddy cruises.
Articles / Photo Essays
Michael’s Heard Island photo essay and video was commissioned by Australian Geographic. Other articles and photos by Michael have been published in Wild Magazine, Great Walks, The Weekend Australian Magazine
Awarded for a Lifetime of Adventure
In 2024 Michael received the Australian Geographic Lifetime of Adventure Award. “Mike’s the real storyteller. So many epic tales of courage and endurance wouldn’t be known if he hadn’t tagged
“Spending almost two years in Hillary’s company, on expeditions and while he was actively building schools for the Sherpas, was the greatest privilege of my life.”