About
— The Details —
Nature is our passion and we use art to craft awe-inspiring, meaningful stories.
3 Bears Media is Art. Naturally.
Our Story. Many moons ago an emerging natural history cinematographer was invited to coffee by a science communicator interested in learning more about film and how to utilize it to promote the positive change-makers in the world. They fell in love, got married (awww) and continued supporting each other in their respective creative, media-making ventures. A few EMMY awards and a suite of projects bolstering the efforts of the do-gooder later, they combined their industry know-how, ever-growing talents and passions and re-launched 3 Bears Media as a team.
The Team.
Dawson Dunning
Dawson specializes in cinematography in blue-chip natural history sequences and films. He has recently contributed content to high profile wildlife programs such as Planet Earth II, Wild West and Life Story for the BBC Natural History Unit, Wild Yellowstone for National Geographic, Touching the Wild for PBS, Epic Yellowstone for Smithsonian Channel and many more. He has won 3 national EMMY awards for Cinematography, and been nominated for a 4th since 2012. Dawson is a long lens cameraman, Shotover operator/technician, FAA licensed drone operator and loves utilizing the most recent tech and gear to showcase the natural world in new ways. He received his MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University and his BS in Wildlife Biology from The University of Montana.
Kathryn Dunning
Kathryn is a professional science communicator who has been telling the stories of innovative scientific solutions to the world’s most pressing problems for over a decade. Most recently, she worked as the Director of Communications for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Climate Adaptation Fund, a grant-making program made possible with the support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Here, she has shared the actions conservation practitioners are taking to help species and habitats adapt to the uncertainties of climate change. In addition to sharpening her creative skills, she has been writing successful grant proposals for nearly 20 years and has a knack for strategy planning, stretching limited-budgets and getting the most out of every action taken.
