Gordon Buchanan

Acting

Gordon Buchanan

Born 1972-04-10 · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

Gordon Buchanan is a Scottish wildlife film maker. He was born in Dumbarton on 10 April 1972 and brought up on the Isle of Mull. As a child, Buchanan was a fan of David Attenborough's television programmes and Survival, a nature programme.

Acting credits

Snow Dogs poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Snow Dogs

2022

Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me poster
6.0

Gordon Buchanan heads to the Rocky Mountains in search of wild horses. Finding two stallions battling over a herd, he immerses himself in their world, hoping to win their trust.

Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me

2025

Expedition Alaska poster
NR

Naturalists, scientists and filmmakers travel to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to capture footage of animals and breathtaking landscapes.

Expedition Alaska

2008

My Epic Camel Adventure With Gordon Buchanan poster
6.0

Gordon Buchanan takes an epic journey across the Gobi Desert on one of the world’s most iconic, yet least understood, animals – camels. 

My Epic Camel Adventure With Gordon Buchanan

2024

Expedition Wolf poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Expedition Wolf

2014

Eagle Island poster
6.0

Scottish cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan returns home to the Isle of Mull, after 15 years absence, to rediscover its wonderful wildlife and scenery. The Isle of Mull has the highest density of eagles in the United Kingdom, otters in every bay and even whales, sharks and dolphins in the surrounding seas. Gordon's specific mission is to find and film the Sea Eagle, the biggest bird of pray in Europe and one that has only recently returned to the Isle of Mull. Mull also has an exceptional population of Golden Eagles and truly deserves the name Eagle Island.

Eagle Island

2005

Reindeer Family & Me poster
NR

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to meet the ancient Sami people and the animals they hold so close - reindeer.

Reindeer Family & Me

2017

Super Cute Animals poster
7.7

Gordon Buchanan goes to meet the world's cutest animals to reveal their hidden biology, and find out why people have such a strong emotional response to them.

Super Cute Animals

2015

Snow Dogs: Into the Wild poster
10.0

Gordon Buchanan gets close to seven incredible huskies on a treacherous dogsled adventure through Canada's spectacular Yukon wilderness.

Snow Dogs: Into the Wild

2022

Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan poster
NR

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the town of Churchill on the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay, where packs of polar bears gather each Autumn to prepare for their winter hunt.

Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan

2016

Amba: The Russian Tiger poster
NR

Gordon Buchanan heads to Ussuriland, Russia on his most testing trip to date, in search of the Russian tiger. It has the largest unbroken area of forest with the single largest population of tigers anywhere in the world. Anatoly Petrov will be his guide; he spends a lot of time in these forests and is one of the few people who have seen a wild tiger. This beautiful and remarkable film gives a unique insight into one of the most precious animals and forests left on earth.

Amba: The Russian Tiger

2005

Life In The Snow poster
8.2

In a seasonal special, Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands. He reveals their survival secrets, from the polar bear mother who gives her cubs the best possible start in life to the owl that finds food hidden beneath a blanket of snow, plus the plucky penguins that huddle together to keep warm. Gordon also unwraps the lives of our favourite Christmas characters - those wonderful reindeer and our very own robin redbreast!

Life In The Snow

2016

Behind the camera