Max Quin is one of the world’s most experienced polar filmmakers. Over a 50-year career in television, he has filmed in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, creating documentaries for the likes of National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and The Smithsonian Channel. In 1991, Max wintered over in Antarctica for 11 months to film and direct documentaries on the Emperor Penguin and winter life at New Zealand’s Scott Base. Max went on to film, direct and produce many natural history documentaries including more than 10 based around the Polar Regions as well as the Pacific, China, Australia and North and South America, such as Ice Pilots (2005), Expedition Antarctica (2010), Hunting the Ice Whale (2013) and South America’s Weirdest (2019). In recent years, Max has been working extensively in Mexico, the USA, Taiwan and China (including Tibet), for a series of nature documentaries for National Geographic Wild. Although officially "retired," Max still works as a freelance producer, director and cameraman, specialising in polar climates, natural history, wildlife and the global environment. He has just completed filming for a major three-part wildlife series in Brazil. Max lives with his wife in Dunedin, New Zealand, and shows no signs of slowing down.
