Brad Bestelink

Birthplace:
Botswana

Botswana born Artist and Filmmaker. A life intrinsically linked to the Okavango Delta. Creative Director of the Natural History Film Unit in Botswana

Additional information:

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Associate Producer:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles

Camera Operator:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles
2015  Electric Amazon

Co-Director:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles
2015  Electric Amazon
2024  Living with Leopards

Director:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles
2014  Africa's Giant Killers
2015  Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015  Electric Amazon
2015  Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings
2018  The Flood
2019  Hippos: Africa's River Giants
2021  Okavango: A Flood of Life
2024  Living with Leopards

Director of Photography:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles
2010  Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010  Pride in Battle
2012  Underwater Okavango
2013  Lion Brotherhood
2014  Africa's Giant Killers
2014  Blood Rivals: Lion vs Buffalo
2015  Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015  Electric Amazon
2015  Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings
2017  Battle for the Pride
2018  The Flood
2019  Hippos: Africa's River Giants
2019  Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
2021  Lions: The Hunt for Survival
2021  Okavango: A Flood of Life
2022  Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale
2024  Living with Leopards

Producer:
2010  Diving with Crocodiles
2010  Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010  Pride in Battle
2012  Underwater Okavango
2013  Lion Brotherhood
2014  Africa's Giant Killers
2014  Blood Rivals: Lion vs Buffalo
2015  Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015  Electric Amazon
2015  Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings
2017  Battle for the Pride
2018  The Flood
2019  Hippos: Africa's River Giants
2019  Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
2021  Lions: The Hunt for Survival
2021  Okavango: A Flood of Life
2022  Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale
2024  Living with Leopards

Aerial Director of Photography:
2022  Our Universe

Director:
1982  Nature
1983  Natural World
2022  Our Universe

Director of Photography:
1982  Nature
1983  Natural World
2016  Planet Earth II
2017  Botswana
2022  Our Universe

Producer:
1982  Nature
1983  Natural World
2016  Planet Earth II
2017  Botswana
2022  Our Universe

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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:

  • I added "runners up" to Top 10 lists, treating them as ties where applicable and numbering them accordingly at the bottom of each list.
  • Regarding those polls wherein "franchise" movies were submitted as one project until BFI's policy changed to regard them separately, I treated them as ties and renumbered the affected lists accordingly (e.g. the Godfather films).

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