Kevin McCarey
Known For: Writing
Biography
Kevin McCarey is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker whose films have been shown on the National Geographic Channel, PBS, NBC and the Turner Networks. He is also a published author. Raised in New York's Hudson Valley, Kevin McCarey attended SUNY Maritime College. During the Vietnam War, he served as a deck officer aboard merchant ships carrying "booze and bombs" to the war zone. These misadventures are recounted in Oceans Apart: the Wanderings of a Young Mariner. Later, McCarey took a job as boat captain of a research vessel in Puerto Rico. There he took part in the efforts to stop the bombing of Culebra, recounted in his book, Islands Under Fire: the Improbable Quest to Save the Corals of Puerto Rico. This led to work as an oceanographer on a variety of expeditions from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific.
Filmography
2015
- Beneath Paradise ... (Executive Producer)
2004
- Battle of the Arctic Giants ... (Supervising Producer)
2002
- Cheetahs: The Deadly Race ... (Supervising Producer)
1999
- Dolphins: The Wild Side ... (Writer)
- Coyotes ... (Director)
1998
- Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid ... (Director)
- National Geographic's Storm of the Century ... (Writer)
1997
- Rogues Gallery ... (Writer)
- Tigers of the Snow ... (Writer)
1996
- Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis ... (Writer)
1990
- The Bell ... (Writer)
- San Juan Story ... (Director)