John Downer (born 1952) is a British film producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema.
He is best known for his contributions to the nature documentary series BBC Wildlife Specials.
[1] He studied zoology at Swansea University.
[2] He started his professional life in 1981 at the BBC Natural History Unit,[2] later creating his own production company John Downer Productions headquartered in Bristol.
[3] Downer pioneered a number of techniques for wildlife filmmaking, in particular by putting cameras on birds, and by filming birds from the air using various airborne filming platforms.