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Biography - notes from the life of Albert Karvonen

Filmmaking


Albert's first camera

Albert Karvonen�s filmmaking career began while he was still teaching. He had been creating class lessons with his own photographs and slides for years. But photographs only captured one dimension of wildlife; where was the sound, the movement? So when a friend was selling a movie camera, Albert bought it and began to make motion pictures. He hasn't stopped since.

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Specials

  • Peter Sawatzky: Life in Bronze � � hour special 2007
  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place � 1 hour special 2007
  • We Dare to Dream: the Finns of Canada � 1 hour special 2006
  • Joanna: Emperor�s New Clothes � � hour special 2006
  • Clay in Hand � � hour special 2006
  • Wolves of Labrador � 1 hour special 2005
  • Circumpolar Bears � 1 hour special 2005
  • Tillenius: the Art of Nature � 1 hour special 2005
  • The People of Sointula � 1 hour special 2001
  • Journey Into The Finnish Forest � 1 hour special 2001
  • Kenya: Living Mosaic � 1 hour special 1999
  • Rocky Mountain Wildlife � 1 hour special 1990
  • A Log House is Born � 1 hour special 1986
  • Loghouse Finnish Style � 1 hour special 1985
  • Drummer in the Woods � 10 minute special 1976

Discovering Wildness � Television Series (13 x 23 minutes)

  • Bears, Bears, Bears, 2002
  • Tale of the Fox, 2003
  • Owls at the Northern Edge, 2002
  • Shorebirds of the Great Plains, 2003
  • A Squirrel�s World, 2002
  • Seadogs and Toothwalkers, 2003
  • Cavity Nesters: Life in a Tree, 2002
  • Fish Hunters: Pelicans and Cormorants, 2003
  • Stalkers of the Sky, 2002
  • Heiltsuk: Search for the Wolves, 2003
  • Mountain Sheep: Life on the Edge, 2003
  • Prairie Rocket, 2003
  • A Tale of Two Swans, 2003

Wilderness Journeys � Television Series (6 x 48 minutes)

  • Nomads of Yukon, 2000
  • Wetlands: Cradle of Life, 2001
  • Of Wolves and Bison, 2002
  • Torngats: The Hidden Mountains,2000
  • The Ancient Rainforest, 2001
  • Spirit of the Forest, 2002

Wilderness Enforcers � Television Series (3 x 25 minutes)

  • Catch a Poacher, 2000
  • On Patrol, 2000
  • Bear Response, 2000

Treasures of the Wild � Television Series (13 x 25 minutes)

  • Denali: Land of the High One, 1999
  • Bamfield: Where Sea Meets Land, 1999
  • Adams River Sockeye, 1999
  • Beaverhill Lake: A Bird�s Paradise, 1999
  • Prince Albert National Park, 1999
  • Desert Springs to Life, 1997
  • Mirror of the Forest, 1997
  • Haunt of the Barred Owl, 1997
  • Journey to Baja, 1997
  • Island of the Kings, 1995
  • Valley of the Hoodoos, 1995
  • Arctic Delta, 1995
  • Polar Oasis, 1995

Co-productions

  • Stories From the Seventh Fire, Storytellers Productions Inc, 1998 (24 min)
  • Shared Visions � The Art of Storytelling, Storytellers Productions Inc, 1998 (24 min)

Co-productions with the National Film Board of Canada

  • Land of the Ice Bear, 1999 (47 min)
  • Mountain Splendour, 1997 (48 min)
  • Great Northern Forest, 1994 (48 min)
  • Prairie Grasslands: Wind Country,1992 (48 min)

Wild Encounters � Television Series (13 x 23 minutes)

  • Fish Raptors: Bald Eagle and Osprey, 1998
  • World of Weasels, 1998
  • Polar Bear: Waiting for the Ice, 1998
  • Coyote: Prairie Survivor, 1998
  • Mountain Goat: Lord of the High Country,1998
  • Cougar: Elusive Predator, 1997
  • Grizzly: Monarch of the Wilderness, 1997
  • Moose: Antlered Giant, 1997
  • Caribou: Ghost of the North, 1997
  • Wolves & Wapiti, 1996
  • Below the Jagged Peaks, 1996
  • Tale of the Beaver, 1996
  • Bison Beyond the Great River, 1996

In Wildness � Television Series (6 x 52 minutes)

  • A Flight of Deer, 1988
  • Passage of Migrants, 1989
  • The Country of the Muskox, 1989
  • The Great Bears, 1989
  • The World of the Wily Black Bear, 1987
  • A Pageant of Grouse, 1988

Wildlife in Action (Confrontations with Nature) � Television Series (13 x 25 minutes)

  • Animals in Action, 1983
  • Survivors of Shortgrass, 1984
  • Destroyers of Mountains, 1984
  • Lure of the Rockies, 1984
  • Filming the Fish Hawk, 1984
  • Call of the Loon, 1984
  • Grizzlies of the Great Divide, 1984
  • Hunters of the Sky, 1984
  • Giants of the Forest, 1983
  • High Arctic Close-up, 1983
  • Wild Dogs of Jasper, 1983
  • Bighorns of Beauty Creek, 1982
  • Double Life of the Whooping Crane, 1982

Flora and Fauna � Educational Series (25 x 15 minutes)

  • Wolves and Coyotes of the Rockies, 1983
  • Sharp Eyes, Sharp Talons, 1982
  • On Silent Wings, 1984
  • Majestic Wapiti, 1983
  • Magnificent Moose, 1983
  • Bighorns of Beauty Creek, 1982
  • Double Life of the Whooping Crane, 1982
  • Autumn with Grizzlies, 1982
  • Arctic Oasis, 1983
  • Timberline, 1981
  • Rivers of the Rockies, 1982
  • Mountain Forest, 1982
  • High Country, 1981
  • Glacier Country, 1981
  • Snakes, Scorpions and Spiders, 1980
  • Prairie Slough, 1980
  • Shortgrass Prairie � Part I, 1980
  • Shortgrass Prairie � Part II, 1980
  • Prairie Coulee, 1980
  • Osprey�s Domain, 1979
  • Loons of Amisk, 1979
  • Lakeside Habitat, 1979
  • Boreal Forest: Spring and Summer, 1979
  • Below the Ramparts, 1979
  • Boreal Forest: Fall and Winter,1979

Audubon � Lecture Series (USA, Canada and Bermuda) (3 x 75 minutes)

  • Mountain Country, 1982
  • Shortgrass Prairie, 1980
  • Wilderness Alberta, 1977

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