When Richard answered a call to shoot a unique documentary series...

The resulting series Stranger Among Bears is a moving and beautifully filmed tale of Charlie, an extraordinary and charismatic man, living out his exhilarating, controversial and potentially lethal existence in Alaska - a State known for its tolerance towards people's sometimes obscure ways of life. However Charlie's notoriety was becoming far too much for the State's authorities to ignore.

The film stands testament to the filmmaker's ability to quickly adapt to the unknown and unexpected, and to tell the most astonishing story of one man's unusual and wondrous relationship with the bears.

In 2010 Alone Among Grizzlies With Richard Terry a 2 x 1 hour series produced, directed, filmed, presented & narrated by Richard premiered on Animal Planet later to be shown on Discovery Channel.

To find out about Richard's future adventures and filming assignments check out his website www.richardterrry.eu

...about a man who had lived with Grizzly & Black bears in Alaska for over 20 years, he knew that it would be a dangerous, and life changing assignment, but not to such an extent as the opportunity presented.

Two weeks after being chosen for the job, Richard had to come to terms with leaving his wife and two young sons for 6 months, to live in a remote and wild part of the U.S. in a hand built wooden cabin with Charlie, a 70 year old retired school teacher and ex wrestling coach. Richard understood that once again he literally had to work face to face with wild animals that he knew very little about. He had previously filmed 'Wolfman' Shaun Ellis and his wolf pack for the National Geographic film A Man Amongst Wolves. For this Richard had to submit to the wolves, under the guidance of Shaun, to obtain remarkably intimate scenes, such as the pack and Shaun sharing a feast of fresh deer carcass, shot hand-held from a distance of only inches.

The Animal Planet series would be as tough an assignment as Richard, a BBC trained cameraman from England, would ever accept, however the challenges far outweighed the dramatic subject and location. He would have to make, and also appear in, the 6 part series completely on his own.

A documentary crew would typically be made up of 5 people, a Director/Producer, Production assistant, Cameraman, Sound Recordist and Camera Assistant, not including its presenter. Richard was told that circumstances dictated that he would be flying out alone, and that no one would be joining him there.

In May 2008, Richard flew to Alaska with a camera he had never used, to live with a man he had never met or even talked to, to be fast tracked into moving stealthily and working comfortably around wild animals he had never seen before.