Season One of this groundbreaking seven-hour signature series showcases wildlife expert Casey Anderson and his charismatic animal companions on an innovative and action-packed odyssey through North America’s wild places — revealing a rare glimpse of the beauty and complexity of the natural world.
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Join Casey Anderson, a naturalist whose life has been defined by the grizzly bear, together with his best friend Brutus, a nine-hundred pound grizzly that Casey raised from birth, in the wildest corner of the American west for an epic story of the Yellowstone grizzly in its natural ecosystem.
America the Wild: Expedition Grizzly
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
ERIC L. BENDICK
ANNE DEVEREUX
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Presenter
CASEY ANDERSON
Co-Presenter
BRUTUS THE BEAR
Director & Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Additional Cinematography
ERIC BENDICK
LESLIE GAINES
JOHN LIVINGSTON
JUSTIN LUBKE
COLIN RUGGIERO
LOGAN SCHNEIDER
PETER SMITH
Cam-Mate Operators
TONY HAMAN
SCOTT STERLING
Writer
ERIC L. BENDICK
Editor
SARAH MARIUS
Assistant Editor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Original Musical Score
CRAIG MINOWA
CLOUD CULT
Associate Producer
CASEY ANDERSON
Production Manager
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
LESLIE GAINES
Graphics
PIXEL POETRY
SARAH MARIUS
Still Photography
ERIC L. BENDICK
NANCY REYNOLDS
RICK F.X. SMITH
LEE WILLIS, D.D.S.
Narration Recording
POINDEXTER'S AUDIO
KEVIN BUTLER
On-Line Post Production
WINK INC.
JASON WINKLER
TYLER DUKE
Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Audio Mix & Sound Design
MAGNOLIA POST
JOHN CLARKE
Research
ERIC L. BENDICK
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
AMI TESTA
JOHN PETERSON
Brutus the Bear Crew
JUDY HUTCHINS
BILL TESTA
Production Assistants
ANDY ADKINS
SHASTA GRENIER
TYLER JOHNERSON
SUHAN KUPOGLU
MORGAN SMITH
ROY THIE
LEE WILLIS, D.D.S.
Legal Advisor
JOSH SANDLER
SANDLER LAW
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Grizzly Creek Web Site Design
THOMAS HINES
Brutus breakout sets built by
BIG TIMBERWORKS, GALLATIN GATEWAY, MONTANA
MERLE ADAMS
TOM BOWLES
DAN CHAPEL
JOAKIM EIDE
Pinata Design
AMANDA HOUSE
Promotional Consideration
TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDED BY FOUR WHEEL CAMPERS, WOODLAND, CA
CAMPER AWNINGS PROVIDED BY FIAMMA AWNINGS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
EXPEDITION TENTS PROVIDED BY HILLEBERG, THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
CAMPING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY BRUNTON, RIVERTON, WYOMING
COOK SHELTER PROVIDED BY KELTY
PACKS PROVIDED BY MYSTERY RANCH PACKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BEAR SPRAY PROVIDED BY UDAP BEAR PEPPER SPRAY,
BINOCULARS PROVIDED BY SWAROVSKI OPTIK
BEAR RESISTANT COOLERS PROVIDED BY ENGEL COOLERS
BOOTS PROVIDED BY SCHNEEíS BOOTS AND SHOES, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
WADERS PROVIDED BY SIMMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BRUTUS FISHING LURES PROVIDED BY JAMES HAWORTH, TACKLE INDUSTRIES, OSKALOOSA, IOWA
CONCRETE STAIN FOR MONTANA GRIZZLY ENCOUNTERS PROVIDED BY THE L.M. SCOFIELD COMPANY
ROBERT ANNALORA, HEADWATER LINING, LLC, BELGRADE, MONTANA
DAVE FRY-OMEGA BROADCAST, AUSTIN, TEXAS
FUJINON BROADCAST LENSES
LES HAUSAUER, SCHNEE'S BOOTS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
HIGH COUNTRY RENTAL, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA
RICHARD CHILDRESS/GRIZZLY MEADOWS LODGE, EMIGRANT, MONTANA
JACK DEKEYSER, RANCH MANAGER, GRIZZLY MEADOWS LODGE, EMIGRANT, MONTANA
KENNY GASCH/BISON WILLY'S HOSTEL, CODY, WYOMING
PANASONIC
Special Thanks
CHRIS ANDERSON AND LEIGH EWING FOR CASEY'S CHILDHOOD PHOTOS AND VIDEO
MISSI PYLE ANDERSON
MARK BRUSCINO, BEAR MANAGEMENT OFFICE, WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
PIXIE ELMOSE
BRETING ENGEL
BIRTHDAY PARTY LOCATION PROVIDED BY SHIRLEY LAYNE, BIG TIMBER, MONTANA
MARCI JOHNERSON
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
"PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE" FOOTAGE AND POSTER COURTESY PUP MOVIE, LLC
RONALD TOBIAS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY
MILT FUSSELMAN/USDA/FOREST SERVICE AND THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
GORDON HARDAWAY, D.V.M. AND THE HARDAWAY VETERINARY HOSPITAL STAFF
TARA HODGES, WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
MARCI JOHNERSON
MICHAEL LEACH
CHARLES PRESTON, PH.D./THE DRAPER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BOB, JULIE AND SHIRLEY MORTON, GREEN MOUNTAIN RED ANGUS RANCH, THREE FORKS, MT
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY
STACIE VALLIE/YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
THANKSGIVING PHOTO AND BABY BRUTUS FOOTAGE COURTESY OF JOHN PETERSON
HOT TUB PHOTO OF CASEY AND BRUTUS COURTESY OF JODY ROBISON
WEDDING PHOTO OF CASEY, MISSI AND BRUTUS COURTESY OF ALISON DYER
JOSH JONES AND THE STAFF OF WILDLIFE SAFARI, ROSEBURG, OREGON
For National Geographic Channel
Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELSH
Production Manager
KAREN GREENFIELD
Unit Manager
ASHLEY LORENZO
S&P Research
ANN HENDERSON
Production Assistant
MARION ASHLEY SAID
Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by Grizzly Creek Films, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS
© 2010 NGC Network US, LLC
All Rights Reserved
We set out with Casey Anderson on a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to the “bear paradise” of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Kodiak Island where he learns the remarkable techniques and mind-blowing fishing strategies that he will teach to his best friend Brutus, a nine-hundred pound grizzly bear, in his backyard in Montana.
America the Wild: Project Kodiak
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Presenter
CASEY ANDERSON
Co-Presenter
BRUTUS THE BEAR
Director & Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography/ Time Lapse Sequences
RICK F.X. SMITH
Underwater Cinematography
COLIN RUGGIERO
Cam-Mate Operator
TONY HAMAN
Additional Cinematography
ERIC BENDICK
Writers
ERIC L. BENDICK
THOMAS WINSTON
Editors
JUSTIN LUBKE
THOMAS WINSTON
Assistant Editor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Original Musical Score
CRAIG MINOWA
CLOUD CULT
Associate Producers
CASEY ANDERSON
ERIC BENDICK
Production Manager
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
MIKE KASIC
LESLIE GAINES
Production Assistant, Kodiak, Alaska
MIKE MANNELIN
Graphics
SARAH MARIUS
PIXEL POETRY
GIS Maps
JOSH GAGE
AMERICAN WILDLANDS
Still Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Narration Recording
DIGITAL SORCERY
TROY WILLIAM DUNN
HEIDI DUBOSE
On-Line Post Production Facility
DIGITAL ARTS NYC
Colorist
AXEL ERICSON
BLASE THEODORE
Online Editor
AXEL ERICSON
PAUL JACOBS
Audio Mix & Sound Design
MICHAEL DILLENBERGER
MITCH OSIAS
Producer for Digital Arts NYC
ZENNIA BARAHONA
Research
ERIC BENDICK
Kodiak Bear Biologist
LARRY VAN DAELE
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
AMI TESTA
JOHN PETERSON
Brutus the Bear Crew
JUDY HUTCHINS
BILL TESTA
Production Assistants
JOANA BEESON
TYLER JOHNERSON
ROY THIE
DR. LEE WILLIS
Legal Advisor
JOSH SANDLER
SANDLER LAW
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Grizzly Creek Web Site Design
THOMAS HINES
Kodiak Island Bear Viewing Guides
PETER HAGELIS
LESLIE MARCUCELLA
SHADOW OF THE BEAR
Float Plane Charters
ANDREW AIRWAYS, KODIAK, ALASKA
DEAN ANDREW, OWNER
STAN DEVINE, OPERATIONS MANAGER
WILLY FULTON, PILOT
CONNIE BRIGGS, LEAD DISPATCHER
Grumman Widgeon Seaplane Service
HARVEY FLYING SERVICE
STEVE HARVEY, PILOT
KODIAK, ALASKA
Brutus breakout sets built by
BIG TIMBERWORKS, GALLATIN GATEWAY, MONTANA
MERLE ADAMS
TOM BOWLES
DAN CHAPEL
JOAKIM EIDE
Rainbow Trout Wrangler
CRAIG FLICK
Katmai National Park and Preserve
RALPH MOORE, SUPERINTENDENT
VERA GILLILAND, OPERATIONS SUPPORT
ROY WOOD, CHIEF OF INTERPRETATION
Equipment Sponsors
TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDED BY FOUR WHEEL CAMPERS, WOODLAND, CA
CAMPER AWNINGS PROVIDED BY FIAMMA AWNINGS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
EXPEDITION TENTS PROVIDED BY HILLEBERG, THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
CAMPING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY BRUNTON, RIVERTON, WYOMING
COOK SHELTER PROVIDED BY KELTY
PACKS PROVIDED BY MYSTERY RANCH PACKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BEAR SPRAY PROVIDED BY UDAP BEAR PEPPER SPRAY,
BINOCULARS PROVIDED BY SWAROVSKI OPTIK
BEAR RESISTANT COOLERS PROVIDED BY ENGEL COOLERS
BOOTS PROVIDED BY SCHNEES BOOTS AND SHOES, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
WADERS PROVIDED BY SIMMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BRUTUS FISHING LURES PROVIDED BY JAMES HAWORTH, TACKLE INDUSTRIES, OSKALOOSA, IOWA
Special Thanks
MISSI PYLE ANDERSON AND THE TALKING HOTDOG RANCH
CHRIS ANDERSON, CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY OF EAST HELENA, MONTANA
ROBERT ANNALORA, HEADWATER LINING, LLC, BELGRADE, MONTANA
BOEING, BOEING PHOTO COURTESY JOAN MARCUS
CITY OF EAST HELENA, MONTANA
CITY OF EAST HELENA, MONTANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
DAN DORMAN AND KIM PETERSON, KODIAK KAMPS, KODIAK, ALASKA
LARRY DURGAN, DURGAN ROCK PILE, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA
JON EDWARDS, PRESIDENT, SCHNEES BOOTS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BRETT AND JASON FOX, KODIAK REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION
DAVE FRY-OMEGA BROADCAST, AUSTIN, TEXAS
FUJINON BROADCAST LENSES
LES HAUSAUER, SCHNEES BOOTS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
HIGH COUNTRY RENTAL, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA
MARCI JOHNERSON
KODIAK ISLAND CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
KODIAK RENTAL CENTER, KODIAK, ALASKA
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
FRED NASS, MACHINIST, KODIAK, ALASKA
PANASONIC
PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE POSTER COURTESY PUP MOVIE, LLC
BRIAN GLASPELL AND TINA SHAW, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, KODIAK, ALASKA
RONALD TOBIAS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY
KELLER WATTUM, PILOT, LARSEN, ALASKA
JOHN WHIDDON, PACIFIC SEAFOOD, KODIAK, ALASKA
ELEANOR AND FRED WINSTON
Produced by Grizzly Creek Films, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
For National Geographic Channel
Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELCH
Senior Vice President, Production
MICHAEL CASCIO
or
Senior Vice President, Production
JULIET BLAKE
Production Manager
NAME
Unit Manager
NAME
S&P Research
NAME
Production Assistant
NAME
Executive in Charge of Production
STEVE BURNS
If a Co-Pro...
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With the brutal extremes of winter looming, Casey Anderson treks deep into Yellowstone’s wild backcountry, braving severe cold, freak snowstorms, and dangerous animal encounters to witness the drama that unfolds as the seasons change and animals fight to survive.
America the Wild: Yellowstone Winter Trek
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
CASEY ANDERSON
ANNE DEVEREUX
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Presenter
CASEY ANDERSON
Co-Presenter
BRUTUS THE BEAR
Director & Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
2nd Unit Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Additional Cinematography
CASEY ANDERSON
TYLER JOHNERSON
BOB LANDIS
Writer
SHASTA GRENIER
Editor
JUSTIN LUBKE
Post Production Supervisor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Original Score
CRAIG MINOWA
CLOUD CULT
Production Manager
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
LESLIE GAINES
Graphics
CHRIS MURPHY
Production Intern
SUHAN KUPOGLU
Still Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Narration Recording
POINDEXTERS
Narration Recording
Los Angeles
STIMMUNG
On-Line Post Production Facility
WINK, INC.
JACKSON, WYOMING
Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Audio Mix & Sound Design
JOHN CLARKE
RICHARD ACHOR
Research
ERIC BENDICK
ANNE DEVEREUX
SHASTA GRENIER
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
AMI TESTA
JOHN PETERSON
Brutus the Bear Crew
JUDY HUTCHINS
BILL TESTA
Legal Advisor
JOSH SANDLER
SANDLER LAW
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Grizzly Creek Web Site Design
THOMAS HINES
Promotional Consideration
TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDED BY FOUR WHEEL CAMPERS, WOODLAND, CA
CAMPER AWNINGS PROVIDED BY FIAMMA AWNINGS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
EXPEDITION TENTS PROVIDED BY HILLEBERG, THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
DOWN SLEEPING BAGS AND JACKETS PROVIDED BY FEATHERED FRIENDS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
WINTER EXPEDITION CLOTHING AND GLOVES PROVIDED BY CANADA GOOSE, TOTONTO, ONTARIO
CAMPING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY BRUNTON, RIVERTON, WYOMING
PACKS PROVIDED BY MYSTERY RANCH PACKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BEAR SPRAY PROVIDED BY UDAP BEAR PEPPER SPRAY
BINOCULARS PROVIDED BY SWAROVSKI OPTIK
BEAR RESISTANT COOLERS PROVIDED BY ENGEL COOLERS
BOOTS PROVIDED BY SCHNEES BOOTS AND SHOES, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
WADERS PROVIDED BY SIMMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
Special Thanks
MISSI PYLE ANDERSON AND THE TALKING HOTDOG RANCH
DAVE FRY-OMEGA BROADCAST, AUSTIN, TEXAS
FUJINON BROADCAST LENSES
LES HAUSAUER, SCHNEES BOOTS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
KIMBER AMERICA
PANASONIC
JEAN SIMPSON AND SUSAN EIRICH, PH.D. AND THE WILD BUNCH RANCH, DRIGGS, IDAHO
For National Geographic Channel
Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELSH
Production Manager
KAREN GREENFIELD
Unit Manager
ASHLEY LORENZO
S&P Research
ANN HENDERSON
Production Assistant
MARION ASHLEY SAID
Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by Grizzly Creek Films, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
© 2010 NGC Networks US, LLC
All Rights Reserved
The saga of a bear becoming a star, an animal trainer following his dreams, and an entertaining educational mission to make the world a better place for all animals – both wild and tame.
America the Wild: Grizzly Encounters
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
ERIC L. BENDICK
ANNE DEVEREUX
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Presenter
CASEY ANDERSON
Co-Presenter
BRUTUS THE BEAR
Director & Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Additional Cinematography
ERIC BENDICK
LESLIE GAINES
JOHN LIVINGSTON
JUSTIN LUBKE
COLIN RUGGIERO
LOGAN SCHNEIDER
PETER SMITH
Cam-Mate Operators
TONY HAMAN
SCOTT STERLING
Writer
ERIC L. BENDICK
Editor
SARAH MARIUS
Assistant Editor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Original Musical Score
CRAIG MINOWA
CLOUD CULT
Associate Producer
CASEY ANDERSON
Production Manager
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
LESLIE GAINES
Graphics
PIXEL POETRY
SARAH MARIUS
Still Photography
ERIC L. BENDICK
NANCY REYNOLDS
RICK F.X. SMITH
LEE WILLIS, D.D.S.
Narration Recording
POINDEXTER'S AUDIO
KEVIN BUTLER
On-Line Post Production
WINK INC.
JASON WINKLER
TYLER DUKE
Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Audio Mix & Sound Design
MAGNOLIA POST
JOHN CLARKE
Research
ERIC L. BENDICK
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
AMI TESTA
JOHN PETERSON
Brutus the Bear Crew
JUDY HUTCHINS
BILL TESTA
Production Assistants
ANDY ADKINS
SHASTA GRENIER
TYLER JOHNERSON
SUHAN KUPOGLU
MORGAN SMITH
ROY THIE
LEE WILLIS, D.D.S.
Legal Advisor
JOSH SANDLER
SANDLER LAW
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Grizzly Creek Web Site Design
THOMAS HINES
Brutus breakout sets built by
BIG TIMBERWORKS, GALLATIN GATEWAY, MONTANA
MERLE ADAMS
TOM BOWLES
DAN CHAPEL
JOAKIM EIDE
Pinata Design
AMANDA HOUSE
Promotional Consideration
TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDED BY FOUR WHEEL CAMPERS, WOODLAND, CA
CAMPER AWNINGS PROVIDED BY FIAMMA AWNINGS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
EXPEDITION TENTS PROVIDED BY HILLEBERG, THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
CAMPING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY BRUNTON, RIVERTON, WYOMING
COOK SHELTER PROVIDED BY KELTY
PACKS PROVIDED BY MYSTERY RANCH PACKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BEAR SPRAY PROVIDED BY UDAP BEAR PEPPER SPRAY,
BINOCULARS PROVIDED BY SWAROVSKI OPTIK
BEAR RESISTANT COOLERS PROVIDED BY ENGEL COOLERS
BOOTS PROVIDED BY SCHNEEíS BOOTS AND SHOES, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
WADERS PROVIDED BY SIMMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
BRUTUS FISHING LURES PROVIDED BY JAMES HAWORTH, TACKLE INDUSTRIES, OSKALOOSA, IOWA
CONCRETE STAIN FOR MONTANA GRIZZLY ENCOUNTERS PROVIDED BY THE L.M. SCOFIELD COMPANY
ROBERT ANNALORA, HEADWATER LINING, LLC, BELGRADE, MONTANA
DAVE FRY-OMEGA BROADCAST, AUSTIN, TEXAS
FUJINON BROADCAST LENSES
LES HAUSAUER, SCHNEE'S BOOTS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
HIGH COUNTRY RENTAL, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA
RICHARD CHILDRESS/GRIZZLY MEADOWS LODGE, EMIGRANT, MONTANA
JACK DEKEYSER, RANCH MANAGER, GRIZZLY MEADOWS LODGE, EMIGRANT, MONTANA
KENNY GASCH/BISON WILLY'S HOSTEL, CODY, WYOMING
PANASONIC
Special Thanks
CHRIS ANDERSON AND LEIGH EWING FOR CASEY'S CHILDHOOD PHOTOS AND VIDEO
MISSI PYLE ANDERSON
MARK BRUSCINO, BEAR MANAGEMENT OFFICE, WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
PIXIE ELMOSE
BRETING ENGEL
BIRTHDAY PARTY LOCATION PROVIDED BY SHIRLEY LAYNE, BIG TIMBER, MONTANA
MARCI JOHNERSON
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
"PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE" FOOTAGE AND POSTER COURTESY PUP MOVIE, LLC
RONALD TOBIAS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY
MILT FUSSELMAN/USDA/FOREST SERVICE AND THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
GORDON HARDAWAY, D.V.M. AND THE HARDAWAY VETERINARY HOSPITAL STAFF
TARA HODGES, WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
MARCI JOHNERSON
MICHAEL LEACH
CHARLES PRESTON, PH.D./THE DRAPER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BOB, JULIE AND SHIRLEY MORTON, GREEN MOUNTAIN RED ANGUS RANCH, THREE FORKS, MT
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY
STACIE VALLIE/YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
THANKSGIVING PHOTO AND BABY BRUTUS FOOTAGE COURTESY OF JOHN PETERSON
HOT TUB PHOTO OF CASEY AND BRUTUS COURTESY OF JODY ROBISON
WEDDING PHOTO OF CASEY, MISSI AND BRUTUS COURTESY OF ALISON DYER
JOSH JONES AND THE STAFF OF WILDLIFE SAFARI, ROSEBURG, OREGON
For National Geographic Channel
Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELSH
Production Manager
KAREN GREENFIELD
Unit Manager
ASHLEY LORENZO
S&P Research
ANN HENDERSON
Production Assistant
MARION ASHLEY SAID
Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by Grizzly Creek Films, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS
© 2010 NGC Network US, LLC
All Rights Reserved
Prepared to endure the unpredictable extremes of the season, naturalist Casey Anderson introduces the many faces of spring in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
America the Wild: Yellowstone Spring
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
CASEY ANDERSON
ANNE DEVEREUX
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Writer
SHASTA GRENIER
Editors
SHASTA GRENIER
JUSTIN LUBKE
Director & Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Original Music
CRAIG MINOWA
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
BRIAN WHITLOCK
Additional Cinematography
ERIC L. BENDICK
DAWSON DUNNING
JUSTIN LUBKE
DANNY SCHMIDT
Production Manager
BECKER MAILANDE HOLLAND
Post Production Supervisor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Research
SHASTA GRENIER
Online Editor & Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Post Production Sound Design
JOHN CLARKE
RIRICHARD ACHOR
Graphics
ANNE DEVEREUX
Assistant Editor
SUHAN KUPOGLU
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
JUDY HUTCHINS
AMI OTTEN
JOHN PETERSON
BILL TESTA
Stock Footage
GRIZZLY CREEK FILMS
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ARCHIVAL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Special Thanks
ROB DAVIES
TODD STILES
HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT, WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA
GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
MERLE ADAMS, BIG TIMBERWORKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
MONTANA RAPTOR CENTER
DRAPER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHARLES PRESTON, PhD
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, VISITOR SERVICES OFFICE: TAMMY WERT & KAREN McENEANEY
PANASONIC
FUJINON BROADCAST LENSES
BAJA DESIGNS, SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA
ENGEL-USA, JUPITER, FLORIDA
HELLWIG LOAD AND SWAY CONTROL PRODUCTS, VISILIA, CALIFORNIA
HILLEBERG THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
RENEGADE OFFROAD AND CUSTOMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
ELEANOR AND FRED WINSTON
MISSI PYLE and the TALKING HOT DOG RANCH
SCHNEES BOOT AND SHOES
Promotional consideration provided by
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FOUR-WHEEL POP-UP CAMPERS, WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA*
RANCHO SUSPENSIONS, MONROE, MICHIGAN*
SWAROVSKI OPTIK*
For National Geographic Channels
Executive Producer
NAME
Senior Vice President, Production
MICHAEL CASCIO
or
Senior Vice President, Production
JULIET BLAKE
Production Manager
NAME
Unit Manager
NAME
S&P Research
NAME
Production Coordinator
NAME
Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by GRIZZLY CREEK FILMS, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS
© 2010 NGC Networks US, LLC
On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone, naturalist Casey Anderson goes “inside the pack” with a stunning profile of Yellowstone’s apex predator, the gray wolf, at the height of its power during the brutal grip of winter.
America the Wild: Inside the Wolf Pack
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
ERIC L. BENDICK
ANNE DEVEREUX
Presenter
CASEY ANDERSON
Writers
ERIC L. BENDICK
SHASTA GRENIER
Editor
JUSTIN LUBKE
Director
THOMAS WINSTON
Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
Original Music
CRAIG MINOWA
Sound Recordist
RICK F.X. SMITH
Production Manager
BECKER MAILANDE HOLLAND
Research
SHASTA GRENIER
Online Editor & Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Graphics
ZACH JOHNERSON
CHRIS MURPHY
HELIO COLLECTIVE
SARAH MARIUS
Special Thanks
MEXICAN WOLF PROJECT
SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
JERRY JOHNSON
BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES
WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA
CURT MORGAN
BRAIN FARM MEDIA
PIXIE ELMOSE
HELIO COLLECTIVE
JEAN SIMPSON
WILD BUNCH RANCH, DRIGGS, IDAHO
SUSAN EIRICH
EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE, DRIGGS, IDAHO
FEATHERED FRIENDS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Stock Footage
RON ARMSTRONG
JUDY LEHMBERG
JOHN PETERSON
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL, ARCHIVE
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For National Geographic Channels
Executive Producer
NAME
Senior Vice President, Production
MICHAEL CASCIO
or
Senior Vice President, Production
JULIET BLAKE
Production Manager
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S&P Research
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Production Coordinator
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Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by GRIZZLY CREEK FILMS, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS
© 2010 NGC Networks US, LLC
Casey profiles a trio of legendary Yellowstone grizzly bear attack stories and offers up a playful “crash course” on everyday life living with bears at the edge of wilderness.
America the Wild: Inside a Grizzly Attack
Executive Producers
LESLIE M. GAINES
MAILANDE BECKER HOLLAND
THOMAS WINSTON
Producers
CASEY ANDERSON
ERIC L. BENDICK
ANNE DEVEREUX
LESLIE M. GAINES
THOMAS WINSTON
Writer
ERIC L. BENDICK
Editor
STEFANIE WATKINS
Director
THOMAS WINSTON
Director of Photography
THOMAS WINSTON
Second Unit Director of Photography
RICK F.X. SMITH
LOGAN SCHNEIDER
Original Music
CRAIG MINOWA
Sound Recordists
RICK F.X. SMITH
BRIAN WHITLOCK
Additional Cinematography
ERIC L. BENDICK
DAWSON DUNNING
JUSTIN LUBKE
Production Manager
BECKER MAILANDE HOLLAND
Post Production Supervisor
ANNE DEVEREUX
Research
ERIC L. BENDICK
Online Editor & Colorist
SCOTT STERLING
Post Production Sound Design
JOHN CLARKE
RICHARD ANCHOR
Graphics
STEFANIE WATKINS
Assistant Editor
SUHAN KUPOGLU
Brutus provided by Montana Grizzly Encounter
CASEY ANDERSON
JUDY HUTCHINS
AMI OTTEN
JOHN PETERSON
BILL TESTA
Reenactors
ANNE DEVEREUX
ERIC L. BENDICK
RICK F.X. SMITH
AIMEE JOHNSON
JACK CHAMBERS
Stock Footage
GRIZZLY CREEK FILMS
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ARCHIVAL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
JOHN SCHERER
KBZK-TV, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
JIM COLE STILL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ST. MARTINS PRESS
Special Thanks
JIM COLE
MARK MATHENY, UDAP BEAR PEPPER SPRAY
SARAH MULLER
SARAH HARVEY
KITCHEN SET BUILT BY MERLE ADAMS, BIG TIMBERWORKS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
BARES STOVE AND SPA, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
HELLS A ROARIN OUTFITTERS, JARDINE, MONTANA
DRAPER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHARLES PRESTON, PhD
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, VISITOR SERVICES OFFICE: TAMMY WERT & KAREN MCENEANEY
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HILLEBERG THE TENTMAKER, REDMOND, WASHINGTON
RENEGADE OFFROAD AND CUSTOMS, BOZEMAN, MONTANA
ELEANOR AND FRED WINSTON
MISSI PYLE and the TALKING HOT DOG RANCH
SCHNEES BOOT AND SHOES
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ARB 4x4 ACCESSORIES, RENTON, WASHINGTON*
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RANCHO SUSPENSIONS, MONROE, MICHIGAN*
SWAROVSKI OPTIK*
For National Geographic Channels
Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELSH
Production Manager
KAREN GREENFIELD
Unit Manager
ASHLEY LORENZO
S&P Research
ANN HENDERSON
Production Coordinator
MARION ASHLEY SAID
Executive in Charge of Production
GEOFF DANIELS
Produced by GRIZZLY CREEK FILMS, LLC for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS
© 2010 NGC Network US, LLC
Season Two of America the Wild will feature award-winning presenter Casey Anderson on a series of breathtakingly wild adventures: he’ll paddle the Grand Canyon, ski with Wolverines in British Columbia, stalk Mountain Lions in Montana, stake out the scavengers of Yellowstone, rappel into a raven's nest, share the beach with a Polar Bear on Alaska's northern slope, and climb to rugged extremes in pursuit of Northern Maine's Black Bears – bringing audiences up-close and personal with rare and endangered species, some deadly, others dashing, in the stunning natural ecosystems that they call home.
View Season 1
Premiered during BIG CAT WEEK December 11, 2011 on Nat Geo Wild.
Returns to broadcast April 2, 2012. Naturalist Casey Anderson sets out to track one of North America’s most elusive ghosts: the mountain lion.
Show Times:
9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT.
Premieres March 11th, 2012 in primetime on Nat Geo Wild.
Bracing himself against the fierce elements of the frozen wilds of Alaska and British Columbia, Casey Anderson finds himself on his own “mission impossible” – a quest to find and film an elusive animal whose legend is almost larger than life, the Wolverine.
Show Times:
8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT.
Premieres March 12th, 2012 in primetime on Nat Geo Wild.
Casey Anderson heads to the legendary Grand Canyon for an adventure of truly epic proportions – a trek through this vast wilderness that will take him from the California Condor to the Grand Canyon Rattlesnake and back again – to profiling the rare and endangered wildlife living on the edge of the abyss.
Show Times:
9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT.
Premieres March 19th, 2012 in primetime on Nat Geo Wild.
Casey plunges headlong into a covert-ops wildlife stakeout to determine the ultimate scavenger in a gladiator-style contest surrounding a fresh deer kill in Yellowstone – activity reaches a fever pitch as Wolves, Mountain Lions, Skunks, Ravens, Eagles, and Maggots come “out of the woodwork” for a piece of the action.
Show Times:
9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT.
Premieres March 26th, 2012 in primetime on Nat Geo Wild.
Casey’s newest protégé, “Casey-Junior,” is a six-week old ambassador Black Bear cub who will learn to walk, swim, climb, and forage, all for the first time under Casey’s careful tutelage; but what starts out small doesn’t stay that way as Casey embarks on an all-out quest to find Black Bears.
Show Times:
9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT.
Premieres April 9th, 2012 in primetime on Nat Geo Wild.
A strange and puzzling story is swirling through the land of the midnight sun: Polar Bears and Brown Bears, isolated from one another for millennia by geography, climate, and behavior, are suddenly appearing side-by-side – prompting Casey Anderson to embark on a fact-finding mission in the hopes of solving one of the natural world’s most intriguing new mysteries.
Show Times:
9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT, 7 p.m. MT.
Casey is the host of the National Geographic Channel series “America the Wild” for which he received the 2010 Panda Award for Best Presenter-Led show at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol, UK. Casey is the trainer and best friend of Brutus the Bear and the co-owner and director of the Montana Grizzly Encounter in Bozeman, Montana.
