Adam Ravetch, Director/Producer

Arctic Bear Productions

Marine naturalist, scuba diver, and award-winning wildlife filmmaker, Adam Ravetch has been involved in a myriad of projects that has taken him to the far corners of the earth. Dedicated to creative filmmaking, he strives to bring to the screen the unforgettable details of animals' lives and their relationship to mankind.

Starting out with a BS in marine zoology from San Diego State University, Adam pursued all things underwater. Winning the Our World Underwater Scholarship enabled him to learn from the greatest minds working in marine science. However, impatient with science, Ravetch became interested in the more physical job of underwater photography and wildlife filmmaking. Working in television, Ravetch has helped film more than 90 programs for the small screen, including a recent arctic sequence for the renowned BBC’s Planet Earth series. In his pursuit of the ultimate photographic challenge, Ravetch has become one of a handful of filmmakers to shoot beneath the Arctic ice cap. Even more unusual is his perseverance in the north with more than 15 years of experience working in the brutal, polar environment. The unforgiving Arctic has rewarded Ravetch with some of his most fantastic cinematic images.

Working with his wife, director/writer Sarah Robertson, Ravetch has produced six Arctic films, for National Geographic and other international broadcasters -- rare gems dramatizing the beauty and terror of the north. They have all collected awards from around the globe including an Emmy. Recently, Ravetch co-directed his first theatrical film for National Geographic Films and Paramount Vantage, ARCTIC TALE, released in theaters world-wide.

Ravetch likens filming in the north to guerrilla warfare. You have to be ready for anything, change plans on a dime, willing to live on the land for months at a time, sometimes totally alone and be willing to eat just about anything. It’s been an unusual evolution for Ravetch, considering his origins as a California surfer and diver. With a view at helping to preserve the Arctic, and Ravetch and Robertson founded The Arctic Exploration Fund, an organization that seeks to discover and film the responses of Arctic wildlife reacting to the rapid environmental changes taking place in the North.

He lives on Vancouver Island with his wife, three children and his boat.

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