Patrick Dykstra

Emmy nominated and BAFTA award winning cameraman Patrick Dykstra was born in Denver, Colorado, USA. He studied at Florida State University and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in communications. He then attended law school at New York University, where he graduated with a juris doctorate degree after serving on the school's prestigious law review publication. After working at one of the leading corporate law firms in America, representing Walmart, Bank of America and other Fortune 500 corporations, Patrick left the law to pursue his passion of wildlife filmmaking. Known for his willingness to take his camera into areas where others would prefer not to go, Patrick has captured fascinating imagery in Yemeni tribal areas, the heart of the Congo, Somaliland, and underneath Antarctic icebergs to name a few. His first major wildlife film project was working on four episodes of the BBC's Blue Planet 2. Patrick's accolades include capturing the world's first footage of both a blue whale nursing and a blue whale heat run as well as the world's first aerial footage of a manta ray "tornado" feeding event. Patrick was at the forefront of the exploration and documentation of the blue whale population off of Sri Lanka and the killer whale migration to Iceland and Norway. He is an avid skydiver, scuba diver, hang glider pilot, paraglider pilot and caver. Patrick possesses an enthusiastic willingness to explore and document any location. He has lived in Cairns, Australia; London, England; Florence, Italy; Dubai, UAE and several states across America.