John Heminway (born 1944) is a filmmaker, author, and conservationist who traveled the globe for his films, photography, and novels, many of which focus on the natural world.
[2] After six months in Africa, Heminway met a producer from ABC Sports who read his first book, The Imminent Rains, and invited him to work with a program for the network.
[4] Heminway began his film career in 1968[5] writing for the ABC program The American Sportsman, a popular sports broadcast that covered “movie stars and celebrated athletes hunting and fishing around the world.
After several years, he traveled back to the United States, joining PBS to produce a series called The Brain.
He also wrote and co-produced two award-winning films for National Geographic TV, Bones of Turkana and Battle for the Elephants.
[8] He serves as an adjunct lecturer with Montana State University’s School of Film and Photography and supports MSU’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders.