Find out all you want to know about the crew members who followed Mark and Olly on their adventure to live with the Machigenga in Peru.
Matt Currington, Location Producer Matt began his career in television at the age of 24, when he first worked with African tribes for Discovery Channel. Over the last 13 years, he's continued to pursue his passion for world culture -- and been involved as writer, producer and director in numerous international documentaries covering travel, adventure, indigenous peoples, science and history. From African deserts to the Amazon jungle to Antarctica, Matt has brought diverse and culturally valuable stories to the screen. He's also a published photographer, lecturer and organizer of multimedia environmental events. In 2004 Matt was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Lucy Wallace, Assistant Producer Lucy is an experienced Assistant Producer/DV Director, who has had the opportunity to film and experience a wide range of remote areas on various different projects throughout the world. She has lived with tribes, climbed mountains and journeyed across continents in pursuit of interesting characters and stories.
Alastair Kenneil, Soundman
Alastair is a soundman for documentary films, specializing in remote locations, mostly in Ethiopia, West Papua and South America. The focus of most of the films he works on is the culture, language and social organization of isolated communities that retain their traditional lifestyles. In his previous life he was a sheep farmer in Scotland, so Alastair he feels quite comfortable in a smoky mud hut, sharing a bed with chickens and goats, and since he comes from a large family, he is good at making sure he gets enough to eat from the communal food bowl. The difficult part of these wonderful journeys is the question he's always asked when he leaves: "When are you coming back?"
Guillermo Knell, Fixer Guillermo grew up in Lima, Peru, where he received his B.S. in Biology at Ricardo Palma University in Lima and his M.S. in Ecotourism at Agraria University. Early on he worked as a naturalist, guiding people through the forests and soon became a tour guide and expedition leader for several notable film projects in the Amazon region. In addition to this work, Guillermo plays an active role with several NGOs organizing and coordinating projects in the Amazon, developing ecotourism and nature conservation and assisting native communities. He has participated in naturalist expeditions to the High Arctic, Antarctica, the west cost of South America and the Amazon basin.
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