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Julia working as a wildlife keeper with a Sugar Glilder |
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Julia treeplanting with the
Australian Rainforest
Foundation in the
Daintree rainforest |
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Orphan Red-legged Pademelon in her pouch |
Julia Cooper
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Julia with young orphan Orangutan at Sepilok Sanctuary, Sabah, Borneo |
Julia is a young, attractive, active and adventurous woman who loves life and wildlife. She is always passionate, enthusiastic, organised and articulate about wildlife, and possesses that unique ability to explain complex biological or ecological processes in an uncomplicated way. Julia now resides in Australia with her partner, Martin Cohen, and has already developed a love affair with its wildlife. She is very likeable and people and wildlife warm to her instantly.
Background
For Julia, wildlife filmmaking and presenting wildlife information is well and truly in her blood. Born in England to BBC wildlife filmmaker parents she worked on her first wildlife film shoot when she was two! Growing up in the wildlife television industry she was completely immersed in wildlife and its portrayal to people from a very young age. Julia has travelled on numerous filming trips and wildlife expeditions to exotic locations such as East Africa. In her spare time she hand reared all types of weird and wonderful wildlife. Julia and Martin are members of FNQ Wildlife Rescue where they rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned native wildlife.
(Visit Wildlink, to see live wildlife pictures from the farm where Julia grew up)
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Looking for cassowary scats with Lana |
Skills
Julia completed an honours degree in Broadcasting Studies (audience psychology and cultural analysis) and trained as a television journalist and professional photographer. In Australia Julia has also worked within the zoological industry as an experienced wildlife keeper and presenter, and is passionate about training wildlife guides. Julia also assists with scientific research in the Wet Tropics and loves field work whether it’s chasing possums or collecting cassowary scats!
Wildlife Filming
Julia has travelled extensively and worked as a researcher on many successful and popular wildlife programs for the BBC. Since relocating to Australia she successfully worked on program development for the ABC Natural History Unit and then onto the biggest wildlife series ever undertaken in Australia – the BBC/ABC Natural History Unit’s landmark ‘Wild Down Under’/’Wild Australasia’. While working on this series Julia travelled to all parts of Australia filming wildlife.
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Julia gives a nature talk to the Girl Guides, with her orphan Brushtail Possums |
With Wild about Australia Julia has also worked on several other BBC productions including the hugely successful ‘Britain Goes Wild’, ‘Wanted Down Under’, and ‘Steve Backshall’s Deadly 60’.
Wildlife Ambassador
With her experience, knowledge and gentle nature Julia is an excellent ambassador for the natural world and this is demonstrated through all her work.
Julia currently works for the Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA) as Senior Communications Officer. WTMA manages the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area www.wettropics.gov.au.
