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Martyn Colbeck

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Martyn Colbeck is known for Planet Earth (2006), One Life (2011) and Wild Namibia (2014).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Planet Earth (2006)
    Planet Earth
    9.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    One Life (2011)
    One Life
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Martin Colbeck)
    • 2011
    Wild Namibia (2014)
    Wild Namibia
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2014
    The Living Edens (1997)
    The Living Edens
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2018–2023
    • Earth at Night in Color (2020)
      Earth at Night in Color
      8.2
      TV Series
      • principal photography
      • 2021
    • Niobe Thompson and Sarika Suzuki in The Nature of Things (1960)
      The Nature of Things
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2017
    • The Wild Canadian Year (2017)
      The Wild Canadian Year
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2017
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • Earth's Greatest Spectacles (2016)
      Earth's Greatest Spectacles
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • The Growing Up Pets in Films (2015)
      The Growing Up Pets in Films
      7.1
      • photographer
      • 2015
    • Wild Namibia (2014)
      Wild Namibia
      7.9
      • cameramen
      • 2014
    • North America (2013)
      North America
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2013
    • Africa (2013)
      Africa
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • photographer
      • 2013
    • Frozen Planet (2011)
      Frozen Planet
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2011
    • One Life (2011)
      One Life
      7.9
      • photography (as Martin Colbeck)
      • 2011
    • Chimpanzee (2011)
      Chimpanzee
      7.1
      • principal photography: Ivory Coast
      • 2011
    • Life (2009)
      Life
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2009
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007

    Cinematographer

    • The Americas (2025)
      The Americas
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Tiger (2024)
      Tiger
      7.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Allison Argo, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1987–2022
    • The Mating Game (2021)
      The Mating Game
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2021
    • Elephant (2020)
      Elephant
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • In the Footsteps of Elephant (2020)
      In the Footsteps of Elephant
      7.1
      • principal photography
      • 2020
    • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
      Seven Worlds One Planet
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013–2017
    • Planet Earth II (2016)
      Planet Earth II
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Monkey Kingdom (2015)
      Monkey Kingdom
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • photography
      • 1997–2013
    • Nature's Microworlds (2012)
      Nature's Microworlds
      8.1
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2012–2013
    • Unnatural Histories
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Chimpanzee (2011)
      Chimpanzee
      7.1
      • co-cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Nature's Great Events (2009)
      Nature's Great Events
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2009

    Director

    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2016
    • Wild Namibia (2014)
      Wild Namibia
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Echo of the Elephants (2005)
      Echo of the Elephants
      8.3
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Wild Africa (2001)
      Wild Africa
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2001

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