Kevin McCarey

Film and television professor

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Education

• M.A., film studies, University of Oregon
• B.S., marine transportation, State University of New York Maritime College

Credentials

• Professor, film and television, 2006–present, Savannah College of Art and Design

• Writer/director, 2011, Extinction, Honey Badger Productions

• Executive producer, 2006, Arctic Tales, National Geographic Feature Film

• Supervising producer, 2000–03
  Writer/director, 1998—2001
  • Sea Monsters
  • Adventures in Time
  • Trail of the Cougar
  • Roar
  • One Man's Pride
  
  Writer, 1995–2006, National Geographic Film and Television
  • Sky Raiders
  • Castles of Clay
  • Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
  • Dolphins: the Wild Side
  • Tigers of the Snow
  • Storm of the Century
  • Adventures in Time
  • Deadly Love
  
  Producer/writer/director, 1981–1995, TBS Productions
  • Winners (series)
  • Portrait of America (series)
  • Trumpet of Conscience
  • Night of Soviet Television
  • Portrait of Japan
  • Pirate Tales (series)

Awards, recognitions, and honors

• Lifetime Achievement Award, National Marine Sanctuaries, 2017
• Best Narrative Short, Extinction, 2011
  • Treasure Coast International Film Fest
  • Eugene International Film Fest 2011
  • Official Selection: Atlanta International Film Fest
  • Manhattan Film Fest
  • NYC Film Fest
• Emmy Award, Best Documentary, Wolf Pack, 2003
• Nominee, Emmy Awards, Best Documentary, 2003–06
  • Tigers of the Snow
  • Deadly Love
  • Killer Cats of the Kalahari
• Best Feature Film, Coyotes, SCAD Savannah Film Festival,1999
• Audience Favorite Award, Coyotes, Palm Beach International Film Fest, 1999
• Academy Award Final 10, Best Narrative Short, San Juan Story, 1990
• Emmy Awards, Directing and Best Documentary, Trumpet of Conscience, 1985
• Emmy Award, Best Documentary, Portrait of America, 1985
• Peabody Award, Portrait of America, 1983

Organizations

• Writers Guild of America
• National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Advisor, Grays Reef Marine Sanctuary

Publications and presentations

• Moonglow Bay: Stories by Kevin McCarey, Glendalough Press, 2021.
• Oceans Apart: The Wanderings of a Young Mariner, Glencannon Press, 2016.
• Islands Under Fire: The Improbable Quest to Save the Corals of Puerto Rico, Ocean Publishing, 2012.