Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

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Apr 2010 – Oct 2018 · 8 yrs 6 mos · Amsterdam and New York

• Producer/Director, Mind of a Giant (ZDF Terra X and Nat Geo Wild, for Vulcan Productions)
• Winner - United Nations International Elephant Film Festival, Elephant Science
• Finalist - Natuurfilm, Pariscience, Jackson Hole Science Media Awards
• Producer/Cameraman, Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale (Feature Documentary, for Vulcan Productions, Netflix, WNET NATURE)
• Nominee - 2018 News and Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Nature Documentary
• Winner - United Nations International Elephant Film Festival, People and Elephants
• Official Selection and Best of Fest, Seattle International Film Festival
• Finalist - Wildscreen Panda Awards, Theatrical Release
• Finalist - International Wildlife Film Festival - Best Broadcast Documentary
• Winner - International Nature Film Festival Godollo - Best Documentary on Nature and Conservation
• Executive Producer/Series Producer/Writer/Cameraman, Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise (6-part Series (PBS/Nat Geo) watch full episodes at pbs.org/gorongosa
• Executive Producer/Cameraman, Little Giant (Nat Geo Wild)
• Executive Producer/Writer, Return of the Spider Monkeys (Nat Geo Wild)
• Executive Producer/Writer/Director, Methbusters (MSNBC/Nat Geo)
• Executive Producer/Director, Mega Factories: Vestel (Nat Geo)
• Executive Producer, Mega Factories: Corona, Wargaming (Nat Geo)
• Supervising Producer/Writer, Obese and Expecting (TLC)
• Series Producer/Director, Mega Factories (Nat Geo), episodes Guinness, LEGO, Heineken, Speed Rail
• Off the Fence is a full service production and distribution company based in Amsterdam. Clients include The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC, Channel 4, Animal Planet, Discovery, WNET, and terrestrial broadcasters worldwide. With offices in New York, Amsterdam, Bristol, Cape Town, Mainz, and Singapore, Off the Fence is a global company with a local presence.

Nov 2009 – Jan 2010 · 2 mos

• History Channel
• Modern Marvels: Winter Tech
• Wrote script and managed multiple edit rooms for this inside look into the technology behind the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Sep 2009 – Nov 2009 · 2 mos

• Discovery Channel: Monsters and Mysteries of Alaska
• Produced all re-enactments for this 1-hour special, involving green screens, breakaway glass, a car chase, rain effects, a floatplane, and a live grizzly bear.

Mar 2009 – Sep 2009 · 6 mos

• Discovery ID
• Forensics: You Decide
• Series Field Producer (5 episodes)
• Conducted interviews and directed scenic camerawork and reenactments for this investigative 1-hour series on murder trials and the hotly disputed forensic evidence central to each case.

Aug 2008 – Sep 2008 · 1 mo

Jan 2008 – Sep 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Series: Geo Sessions
• Camera Operator, 11 Episodes: Taj Mahal, Blind Boys of Alabama With Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ani DiFranco, Seu Jorge, Pacha Massive, Bebel Gilberto, Zap Mama, Extra Golden, Makana, Dobet Gnahore, Los Amigos Invisibles.

Jan 2007 – Dec 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos

• An addition to the productions listed, Emre also served as a development writer on development teams for over 100 hours of programming, including Great Migrations, Untamed Americas, American Serengeti, Mystery Gorilla, Lockdown, Mysteries of the Bible, Inside..., Surviving..., and multiple episodes of the long-running series Explorer.
• SERIES: Deadly Dozen
• Producer/Writer/Director: Desert Killers
• Directed location shoots in Namibia, South Africa, and the US with snakes, spiders, elephants, black rhinos, and spotted hyenas. Also wrote script, directed re-enactments, oversaw animation, and conducted interviews.
• Field Producer: Forests
• Directed re-enactments and natural history segments on the boomslang and gaboon viper. Also conducted survivor interview and camera work with stuntman and live black bear.
• SERIES: Hunter and Hunted
• Producer/Writer/Director: Rhino Showdown
• Wrote script, directed 5-camera action scenes on location in South Africa, directed scenic aerials, captured wild natural history behavior of black and white rhinos, directed on-screen scientific experts, conducted survivor and eyewitness interviews, oversaw 3-D animation, directed composition of original score.
• Producer/Writer/Director: Ghosts of the Snow
• Wrote script, directed reenactments in Russia, designed and directed stunt scenes with live tigers and World Stunt Academy Award-winning team in California, directed on-screen scientific experts, survivor, and eyewitness interviews, oversaw 3-D animation, directed composition of original score.

Aug 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Worked on the series "Hunter and Hunted" which airs globally on the National Geographic Channel. Duties included pre-production research and pre-interviews, all field logistics and budget management, hiring of foreign and local crews, B-camera work, assistant directing re-enactments, stock footage research and negotiations, and production legal binders.
• Episodes:
• Cougar Island - (Mountain lions in Canada)
• Shark Invasion - (Sharks in Brazil)
• Shadow Stalkers - (Wolves in Canada)
• Vanished - (Saltwater crocodiles in Australia)

Oct 2003 – Aug 2005 · 1 yr 10 mos