Michael Rosenberg

Born in South Africa, Mike moved to the UK to begin his career as an assistant Film Editor for the BBC in 1969. Three years later he produced his first natural history program as part of the World About Us series. In 1974 he founded Partridge Films which went on to become renowned for producing high quality wildlife documentaries, including Etosha – Place of Dry Water, the Channel 4 series Fragile Earth and Korup – An African Rainforest. Mike has won more Wildscreen Golden Panda Awards than any other filmmaker, as well as several awards at the JHWFF. He also won two Emmy Awards and the Queen’s Award for Export Achievement. In 1996 Mike sold his share in Partridge Films and established Peartree Films, a natural history film production company which currently has several projects in production. He is now based in South Africa and producing a series for SABC.

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