The celebrated director of more than 25 films, Michael Brown is a pioneer of adventure filmmaking and has received over 30 international film festival and industry awards, including three national Emmys from five nominations. He founded Serac Adventure Films in 1992.

Michael’s tenacity and upbeat attitude have brought him to the summit of Mount Everest four times from two different routes — once while shooting and directing Farther Than the Eye Can See about blind climber Erik Weihenmayer’s historic ascent. The acclaimed film marked the first time a high-definition (HD) video camera was brought to the mountain’s peak.

Outside the Himalaya, his experience ranges from making first kayak descents of wild rivers in places like Bhutan and Chile to bagging remote summits on all seven continents.

But for Michael, making films is about more than winning awards and exploring uncharted territories. He is committed to “giving back” to the people of the world. Whether documenting free life-changing surgeries in Nepal, disabled athletes in Italy, or blind children in Tibet, his films always include moving human stories that highlight personal accomplishment.

Michael also lends his production and adventuring skills to filmmakers like MacGillivray Freeman Films, for whom he acted as the mountain unit director of photography on the recently released IMAX film Alps: Giants of Nature. He was also a specialty cameraman on the critically acclaimed show BlindSight, A&E’s Touch the Top, and on a number of feature films.

Though Michael has always loved telling stories (he grew up in family of adventure filmmakers), his real passion is earth science, with emphasis on weather forecasting and climate. He studied weather, climate, and geography at the University of Colorado in Boulder while working at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and has put that knowledge to use in productions for National Geographic Television, NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, OLN, the BBC, Rush HD, and the Discovery Channel.