Michael Becker Email & Phone Number

I help inspire actions to protect our planet.

Canada

I direct and produce on wildlife documentaries for Apple TV, Netflix, BBC.

Geneva, Switzerland

I led global communication storytelling to promote sustainability actions.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

I led the comms strategy for 76 scientific journals on earned media in top-tier news outlets.

Bristol, United Kingdom

I directed on the underwater and Arctic episodes of Netflix's Night on Earth, filming underwater at night.

Bristol, United Kingdom

I directed the Emmy-winning program’s most complex Antarctic underwater shoots, secured over £1 million in grants, and represented the BBC at international conferences.

I worked with European researchers to better understand pan-Arctic responses to climate change.

Montreal, Canada Area

I studied the ecological and geophysical impacts of polar deserts becoming wetlands in the Canadian High Arctic, focusing on climate change and industrial disturbances.

Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

I assisted in High Arctic research, collecting data on Mars-analogue hypersaline springs.

Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

I was a cameraman and scientific advisor on wildlife, logistics, and safety for a film on Arctic wolves.

Lake Untersee, Antarctica

I was a scientific diver and emergency medic on an expedition to Lake Untersee, Antarctica. I wrote a 9-part series about the expedition for The New York Times.

Dry Valleys, Antarctica

I managed remote camp logistics, collected glacial stream data, and surveyed permafrost subsidence in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Prince Edward Island, Canada

I captained a boat, led SCUBA divers, and managed data on invasive species research in PEI aquaculture.

Ph.D., Climate Change, Polar Ecology, Geomorphology

B.Sc., Biology, Psychology