Biography

Vanessa Berlowitz is currently a Series Producer in the BBC Natural History Unit, where she started as a Researcher in 1991. She has gone on to produce a number of highly acclaimed and award-winning series, that you can watch clips from on the BBC Earth website. This includes Bear Crime – Caught in the Act in 2000 and the BAFTA nominated Life of Mammals, with Sir David Attenborough in 2002. This was followed by the fascinating and moving Elephant Cave, in 2003. Vanessa followed this up as Producer/Director on Planet Earth, as well as making a 50-minute version of the Planet Earth Diaries to accompany the cinematic release of the film, Earth. Vanessa began as Series Producer of Frozen Planet in 2007, the follow up to Planet Earth, and will be produce of the first programme in the series, to be broadcast in 2011 - The Ultimate History of Polar Regions.In addition Vanessa has contributed to a number of books and magazines, and is frequently a public speaker at schools and universities about wildlife and conservation.