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Gavin Garrison (born March 14, 1987) is a director and reality television show producer who produced the long-running Discovery series " Whale Wars . ^[1] " Garrison, a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts ^{[2] [3]} and UC Santa Barbara used his travels to become an author on adventure conservation. ^[4] His projects have taken him from his home in Los Angeles , CA to filming in China's remote Mongolian plains, the icy waters off the coast of Antarctica , ^[5] the Romanian highlands, and the jungles of Costa Rica .

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Garrison got his start in Hollywood working as a production assistant on the set of the Fox television show " The OC ". ^[6] " He then went on to work on other hit shows " Mad Men " and " Entourage " as a technical consultant. He has produced two seasons of the Emmy -nominated reality show " Whale Wars ", ^[7] and he set up and runs the Hollywood-based commercial production company, Red Apple Production. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2015, he shot the first-ever recorded aerial footage of a Blue whale and her calf nursing near the coast of Antarctica . ^[10] The footage went on to spark a conversation about the role of drones ^[11] in modern conservation efforts ^{[12] [13]} and has become a topic in the world of unmanned aircraft. ^[14] A new term for the movement was coined in a November 2015 interview with Garrison as "Conservation 2.0. ^[15] ". Garrison now speaks on the topic worldwide. ^[16] He produced six episodes of " Whale Wars ," which includes four major specials ^[6] and four documentary films. ^[6]

Gavin Garrison has written over a dozen articles on the use of unmanned aircraft for filmmaking ^[17] and conservation, ^[4] and has become a special contributor to drone publications like RotorDrone magazine. ^[18]

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