Jane Shirley

A little about me...
 
I was raised in the Somerset countryside and developed an interest and love of nature from an early age.  
 
I studied Biological Sciences at the University of Birmingham and following this, worked for 6 years for a number of London creative agencies. As often as was feasible during this time I would take sabbaticals, enabling me to undertake research programmes in Kenya and Madagascar.

I worked for a few years as a Production Manager at a TV and video content agency, managing shoots for a huge variety of commercial clients, from Etihad and Marriott, to X-Pole and Instax.
 
Then following a wildlife filmmaking internship with Africa Media and subsequently living on a game reserve in South Africa for 3 months, I started creating my own amateur wildlife films and got a place on the Wildlife Filmmaking MSc at UWE. 

Since then, I have been working for various production companies in Bristol and am now Assistant Producer at Brian Leith Productions working on their new environmental series 'The Future of Nature'.

Brian Leith Productions - Various VTs for The One Show (BBC1)
True to Nature - Predators (Netflix and Sky)
Wildspace Productions - Our Great National Parks (Netflix)
Brian Leith Productions - The Age of Nature (PBS and BBC Worldwide)

I have location experience in Botswana (Lions), Zimbabwe (Wild Dogs), Scotland (deer stalking), Mauritius (Accor), Vietnam (Marriott), Naussau (Accor), filming BTS, recording wild-track, offloading on Shotput Pro and directing the 2nd camera/macro teams.

I also have a wealth of experience setting up complex natural history and commercial shoots in Chile, USA, Bhutan, Egypt, UAE, Qatar and South Africa, including those involving dive, cineflex and helicopter filming.