Gavin Garrison (born March 14, 1987) is a director and reality television show producer who produced the long-running

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series "

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." Garrison, a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and

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used his travels to become an author on adventure conservation. His projects have taken him from his home in

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, CA to filming in China's remote Mongolian plains, the icy waters off the coast of

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, the Romanian highlands, and the jungles of Costa Rica.

Career

Garrison got his start in

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working as a

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on the set of the Fox television show "

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"." He then went on to work on other hit shows "

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" and "

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" as a technical consultant. He has produced two seasons of the Emmy-nominated reality show "

", and he set up and runs the Hollywood-based commercial production company, Red Apple Production. In 2015, he shot the first-ever recorded aerial footage of a

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and her calf nursing near the coast of

. The footage went on to spark a conversation about the role of

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in modern conservation efforts and has become a topic in the world of unmanned aircraft. A new term for the movement was coined in a November 2015 interview with Garrison as "Conservation 2.0.". Garrison now speaks on the topic worldwide. He produced six episodes of "

," which includes four major specials and four documentary films. Gavin Garrison has written over a dozen articles on the use of

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for filmmaking and conservation, and has become a special contributor to drone publications like RotorDrone magazine.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrison, Gavin 1987 births Living people American television producers USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni