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Niobe Thompson, 2017. Niobe Thompson is a Canadian anthropologist and documentary film maker. [1] The founder of Handful of Films, he produces and hosts one-off and series documentaries in partnership with CBC's science-and-nature program The Nature of Things. [2]
That bond with Canada’s landscape has proven to be everlasting; he still takes his wife and two “sassy, smart” young daughters on an annual wilderness canoe trip to the Canadian Shield. He’s also based in Edmonton, Alberta, so he can be close to family and the place he first called home.
Feb 11, 2015 · Recently married, he and his wife, Linda Rosenstrøm Chang, who also studied anthropology, considered living apart for a time. But newlyweds should be together, they figured.
Anthropologist Niobe Thompson made the jump from university research to full-time filmmaking a decade ago, and quickly established a reputation for taking his audiences on wild adventures to remote locations, while making a laboratory of his body and mind.
Feb 26, 2022 · The playful documentary, Carbon—The Unauthorized Biography by Niobe Thompson and Daniella Ortega, eventually does find its way to dire things. Along the way, though, it takes the spoonful-of-sugar approach to explaining how carbon works, the stellar nursery that produced it, the role it played in the evolution of life on earth, and how its ...
Nov 1, 2012 · PHOTO by AARON PEDERSEN. Age: 39. Job Title: Documentary filmmaker. Why He’s Top 40: Anthropologist turned Gemini-winning filmmaker, Thompson brings science to life through the art of storytelling. Key To Success: “I become personally involved in the stories we tell.
Jan 27, 2021 · Anthropologist Niobe Thompson has traveled to some remote places to meet all kinds of people while hosting The Nature of Things. Here, he reflects on his time hosting some impactful...
