Gregg McLachlan is a rarity in today’s world of conservation filmmaking and natural history cinematography. His deep experience as an award-winning journalist turned full-time conservation filmmaker for more than a decade means he brings a unique blend of storytelling and filmmaking expertise to every purpose-driven video and film project in Canada.
His speciality is filming and producing the narrative stories of conservation organizations, big and small, and of the people who do conservation work in the field.
Gregg’s portfolio is a visual chronicle of endangered species, fragile ecosystems, and the resilient communities, researchers, and wildlife biologists striving to protect them. From old growth forests of Northern, Eastern and Southern Ontario, to one of Canada’s most remote wildlife research stations on a windswept sandspit, Gregg’s work connects audiences to the universal language of nature.
His conservation documentaries, most notably the recently released A Priority Place – Hope For A Forest and The Bird House – Life On The Edge at Long Point, are not just visual feasts but calls to action, prompting viewers to engage with the urgent issues facing the natural world. Gregg is not just a filmmaker and cinematographer; he is a force of nature, an advocate for conservation, and a storyteller whose tales resonate long after the credits roll. His next feature documentary Destiny Wild | The Return will premiere in late 2025.
Born and raised in Toronto, Gregg’s childhood was weekends and whispering pines in Parry Sound and Muskoka that stirred his storytelling imagination. Oh the stories he could tell as a teenager at the supper table after long mornings and afternoons hiking, paddling and portaging a canoe in the backcountry north of the family cottage.
His original career goal was to become a wildlife technician but his college application ended up on a wait list. Restless, he swerved to attend journalism school. In 2010 he left an award-winning journalism career to again pursue his dream of working full-time for conservation.
Gregor Beck, Senior Strategist, Birds Canada
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