Mike Salisbury
John Michael Salisbury, is an English documentary filmmaker specialising in natural history programmes for television. In a career spanning four decades, he spent over 30 years working for the BBC Natural History Unit where he produced a string of award-winning series, many in collaboration with David Attenborough. He retired from the Unit in 2006 but continues to work as a freelance producer. In 2007, he was made an OBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to broadcasting.
Film & TV credits
- Natural World strand:
- "Gorillas Revisited" - on-screen participant
- Life in the Undergrowth - series producer
- The Way We Went Wild - on-screen participant
- The Life of Mammals - series producer
- They Said It Couldn't Be Done - on-screen participant
- The Life of Birds - executive producer
- BBC Wildlife Specials strand:
- The Private Life of Plants - executive producer
- Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives - executive producer
- Wildlife on One strand:
- The Discovery of Animal Behaviour - producer
- Animal Olympians - assistant producer
- Life on Earth - assistant producer
- Animal Magic - director
- The World About Us - assistant producer