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David Casey is an award-winning American documentary director, producer, nonfiction TV showrunner and filmmaker. He is best known for his work on I Heart Global Warming, Ice Cold Gold, Ocean Warriors, and America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston. Casey's work focuses on global travel & adventure, social justice, music, natural history, and environmentalism.

Career

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Casey's directorial debut, Motherfucker: A Movie, premiered in 2006. Inspired by the legendary "Motherfucker" parties of the early-2000s, it takes audiences on an intimate journey into New York City's underground nightlife.[1][2]

In 2008, Casey directed I Heart Global Warming, hosted by Adam Yamaguchi, a documentary focusing on Greenland and climate change, as part of the Vanguard series for Current TV.[3]

Inspired by the film, he created the series Ice Cold Gold for Animal Planet and Discovery, which ran the series from 2013-2015.[4] He continued his work in Greenland, producing a segment there in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk.[5]

Casey executive produced and showran Animal Planet's six-part series Ocean Warriors (2016) directed by Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, with Robert Redford and Paul Allen as executive producers.[6][7] It was awarded Best Limited Series - Long at the 2017 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival,[8] as well as the 2017 Genesis Award for Outstanding TV Documentary Series.[9]

In October 2018, Casey conceived and directed Intel's Above the Arctic: An Intel Drone Expedition in which he and his crew successfully tracked polar bears north of Svalbard, Norway through non-invasive drones, promoting the use of drones in future arctic conservation.[10]

Casey executive produced and directed Sampled (2022)[11] and the second season of Family Legacy (2025) on Paramount+.[12] In 2023, Casey executive produced and directed the second season of PBS's America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston. It was nominated by the Television Critics Association for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information.[13]

Filmography

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Director

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  • Motherfucker: A Movie (2006)
  • I Heart Global Warming (2008)
  • Ice Cold Gold (2013–2015)
  • Above the Arctic: An Intel Drone Expedition (2018)
  • Legend Hunter (2019)
  • Tracking Polar Bears
  • America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2023)
  • Family Legacy (2025)

Producer

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  • Underwater Universe (2011)
  • Arranged (2016)
  • Ocean Warriors (2016)
  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
  • Escobar Exposed (2017)
  • This is Climate Change (2018)
  • Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild (2020)
  • Fight Or Flight (2022)
  • Sampled (2022)
  • America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2023)
  • Family Legacy (2025)

Awards

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Year Category Series Result
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2017 Best Limited Series - Long Ocean Warriors Won
Genesis Award 2017 Outstanding TV Documentary Ocean Warriors Won
Television Critics Association 2023-2024 Outstanding Achievement in News and Information America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston Nominated
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References

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  1. ^ Fischer, Annie (2007-10-02). "Motherfucker I'd Like to Film". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  2. ^ Staff, SPIN (2006-02-09). "Legendary NYC Party Gets Documentary Treatment". SPIN. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  3. ^ Casey, David (2008-11-05), "I Heart Global Warming", Vanguard, retrieved 2025-02-24
  4. ^ Ice Cold Gold (Reality-TV), Eric Drummond, Jesse Feldman, Chad Watkins, Moxie Pictures, Lone Wolf Documentary Group, 2013-04-21, retrieved 2025-02-24{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Cohen, Bonni; Shenk, Jon (2017-08-04), An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (Documentary), Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Actual Films, Participant, retrieved 2025-02-24
  6. ^ "Ocean Warriors". Blowback Productions. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  7. ^ Chow, Andrew R. (2016-11-13). "Ocean Conservation Series Coming to Animal Planet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  8. ^ "Wildlife-film.com Feature Page - JHWFF Winners 2017". www.wildlife-film.com. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  9. ^ "The HSUS Announces 31st Annual Genesis Award Winners". Look to the Stars. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  10. ^ "Agency Inside | Above The Arctic: An Intel Drone Expedition". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  11. ^ "Paramount Press Express | PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY SERIES "SAMPLED," TO PREMIERE TUESDAY, DEC. 13". www.paramountpressexpress.com. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  12. ^ "Paramount Press Express | PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES ALL NEW EPISODES OF MTV'S FAMILY LEGACY TO PREMIERE TUESDAY, MARCH 25". www.paramountpressexpress.com. 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  13. ^ Longeretta, Emily (2024-06-10). "'Baby Reindeer,' 'Ripley' and 'Shogun' Lead 2024 TCA Awards Nominations: Full List". Variety. Retrieved 2025-02-24.