Russ Malkin
Russ Malkin
 Russ Malkin and David Beckham during filming on Antarctica, November 2015 | |
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| Born |
Russell Malkin Greater London |
| Website | http://www.bigearth.tv |
Russ Malkin is a British film producer and creative director, and the founder of television production company Big Earth.
Works
Russ Malkin is currently producing and directing a new documentary featuring Prince Harry, which is due to be broadcast in 2016.
In 2015, Malkin produced and directed David Beckham For The Love Of The Game[1] a BBC1 and Worldwide production which saw David Beckham play a football match on all seven continents in under nine days, for his UNICEF 7 Fund.
Malkin has produced and directed popular travel adventure documentaries including the series Long Way Round (2004) and Long Way Down (2007)[2] featuring Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor; and Race to Dakar (2006) and By Any Means (2008) featuring Boorman.[3] The format of these programmes meant that Malkin also made frequent on-screen appearances. Each series has combined social media, books, DVDs and commercial partnerships.
In 2011, Malkin produced and directed a third collaboration with Boorman for the Channel 5 adventure travel series, Charley Boorman's Extreme Frontiers which spawned a follow-up book and DVD, Extreme Frontiers: Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies. In the same year his book Big Earth's 101 Amazing Adventures that drew on his experiences was published by Transworld,.
He has also worked on other television productions including Murder Or Mutiny, the World Wakeboarding Championships and Clothes Show Live for ITV , along with World's Fittest Woman (2003), a series featuring ten world-class extreme sports champions in a multi-challenge competition, sponsored by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and aired on Sky Sports, ESPN and Fox.
Malkin is also credited for his long standing relationship with the charity Sentebale, funded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. The charity's aim is to help the most vulnerable children of the region.
References
- ↑ How David Beckham played a football match on every continent: the director's story The Telegraph, 30 December 2015
- ↑ Cape Town's a long way down by bike The Scotsman, 5 August 2007
- ↑ Charley Boorman: the star trekker The Telegraph, 14 September 2008