Martin Luther Stouffer Jr. (born September 5, 1948), is the narrator and producer of the wildlife and nature documentary television program Wild America that originally aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the 1980s.
Along with his brother, Mark, he also produced the TV series of John Denver specials for ABC in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
To that audience he first aired an unsophisticated movie of his adventure in the North, paid for his summer vacation many times over, and easily made an early decision to spend his life creating many more such productions.
The series almost immediately became one of the most popular aired by PBS, renowned for its unflinching portrayal of nature, as well as its extensive use of unique film techniques such as extreme slow motion, close-ups, and time-lapses through the seasons of the year.
Stouffer's stories, incorporating dramatic "facts of life," and told simply in his home-spun style, won the hearts of a loyal audience.
[3] The lives of Marty Stouffer and his brothers, Mark and Marshall, in their hometown of Fort Smith, Arkansas, were later adapted for the film Wild America in 1997.
Headlined by Home Improvement child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas and directed by William Dear, the film dramatized how the three boys became intrigued with the production of their wildlife documentaries.
In 1993, Stouffer was fined $3,000 in a Federal court in Grand Junction, Colorado for building a camp on public land.