Biography - notes from the life of Albert Karvonen
Filmmaking
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.
KARVONEN FILMS LTD. TELEVISION & FILM PRODUCTION CREDITS
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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