Ocean to Sky
He’d lost his wife. Was he about to lose his life, or would he find himself again? Get to know the “real” Ed Hillary. A life-changing journey along India’s holiest river.
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.
TV Documentaries
Woking 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 two US Emmy
Shorts
Short films – charity walks including three across the Simpson Desert, three Kakoda treks, two Red Centre treks and a climb of Kilimanjaro, and promotional videos for Ganges and Irrawaddy
Articles / Photo Essays
Michael’s Heard Island photo essay & video was commissioned by Australian Geographic. Other articles and photos by Michael have been published in Wild Magazine, Great Walks and Australian Women’s Weekly.
A Life of Adventure
An intrepid adventurer, Michael was the first Australian to receive the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, was awarded the inaugural Australian Geographic Spirit of Adventure Award in 1987 1963: First
“Spending almost two years in Hillary’s company, on expeditions and while he was actively building schools for the Sherpas, has been the greatest privilege of my life.”