Profile
Diego Andres Garcia, 34, is a Canadian documentary director / writer / producer based in Southeast Asia. With experience working in Asia, North and South America, Diego continues to pursue rare wilderness imagery, rich cultural themes, and underwater marvels. He has produced a variety of programs for broadcast in Asia, and has developed a specialty in travel, adventure and wildlife programming.
Diego has filmed witch doctors in Africa, interviewed pimps in Mongolia, filmed palstic surgery in China, dived with whale sharks off Mozambique, filmed humpback whales in Philippines, and dived under salmon farms in Canada -- among many other adventures.
In recent years, Diego has focussed on directing and writing documentary series for broadcast television. In 2010, he filmed in India, Dubai and Indonesia as director/writer for "Culture X" (OKTO Channel, and later aired on international Discovery Channel networks). In 2011-12, Diego has focussed his attention on the series "Asia's Underworld" for the international broadcaster Crime & Investigation Channel – a project that took him to China, Hong Kong and Mongolia. Other projects in 2011-2012 include "Asia Exposed" for Channel News Asia, as well as various corporate projects for clients such as Barclays.
Diego has worked for broadcast television in the following countries: Canada, USA, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, China (and Hong Kong), Macau, Mongolia, Indonesia, India, United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah), Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). In addition, he has travel experience in: Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Chile, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Nepal.
2009-10 Projects:
Current in process (Mar-Oct 2010): "Culture X Silk Routes" Season 3 with Third Floor Pictures, Singapore.
Editor/Underwater Photographer - Scuba Diver AustralAsia Magazine, Singapore.
Director/Writer - "Asia Exposed" - Episode 4, Jakarta's Garbage Dwellers, Third Floor Pictures/Channel News Asia.
Director - "Asian Poker Showdown" Status Productions, Pokerstars.net.
Director/Writer - "Culture X" - Episodes featuring Africa and Philippines stories, Third Floor Pictures/Mediacorp Channel 12/Indigo.
2008 Projects:
Writer/Producer - "Adventure Girls" - Eps.6-10, Adventure Learning Channel/International Channel Shanghai.
Underwater Videographer - "Culture X" - Ep.Sports, 3rd Floor Pictures/OKTO, Singapore.
Producer/Writer - "Whale Chasers"- Independent.
Underwater Photography Unit - Animal Planet Australia.
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