Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer is a professor of volcanology at the University of Cambridge, with wide interests spanning volcanic processes, hazards and impacts, geoarchaeology, and cultural heritage. He has participated in over 30 film and TV productions in assorted roles, including as narrator, presenter, cinematographer, and director. He made 13 research trips to Antarctica. He received the Leif Erikson Award for a lifetime achievement in exploration in 2018, and the Royal Geographical Society’s Murchison Award for publications enhancing the understanding of volcanic processes and impacts in 2005. He is the author of 'Eruptions That Shook the World', which inspired 'Into the Inferno' (2016), his prior film with Werner Herzog.
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
as SelfThis remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars,...
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Into the Inferno
as Self - VolcanologistWith stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of...
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Encounters at the End of the World
as Self - VolcanologistHerzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work...
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Living With Volcanoes
as Dr. Clive OppenheimerA fascinating and colorful look at the ways more than 500 million people adjust to life in the...
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