Brian Wilson
Editing
Biography
Brian Wilson is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who got his start in the ‘90s, editing for Lifetime Television’s INTIMATE PORTRAITS. The 2019 feature documentary he co-wrote and co-edited, THE STORY OF PLASTIC, addressing the global plastic crisis, aired on Discovery and received numerous honors, including the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Writing. Brian also co-directed and co-edited 2014 feature documentary A WILL FOR THE WOODS, the story of a man with terminal lymphoma who is determined to receive a natural burial and help save a tract of North Carolina woods from being clear-cut. It aired nationally on PBS's AMERICA REFRAMED, won multiple festival awards, and continues to be a key document of the conservation burial movement. Brian graduated from Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature and History. www.brianwilsonfilm.com
Known For
The Story of Plastic is a seething expose uncovering the ugly truth behind the current global plastic pollution crisis. Striking footage shot over three continents illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash; rivers and seas clogged with waste; and skies choked with the poisonous runoff from plastic production and recycling processes with no end in sight. Original animations, interviews with experts and activists, and never-before-filmed scenes reveal the disastrous consequences of the flood of plastic smothering ecosystems and poisoning communities around the world – and the global movement rising up in response.
The Story of Plastic
A research team races to understand mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (m.ovi), an infectious disease tearing through bighorn sheep populations.
Wild & Wool
A man pursues his dying wish while battling lymphoma, joining pioneers of the green burial movement in conserving habitat and revolutionizing the funeral industry.