Bios

cean Vista Films Ltd is headed by award-winning presenter and filmmaker Craig A. Leeson. Born in Tasmania , Australia , Craig has worked in print, radio and television media for more than 20 years.

He has conceptualized and produced many documentary series for National Geographic Channel Asia, including its biggest series for 2004, “ Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed ” (shot on film). He wrote, produced and directed the Channel's first in-house Asia production series, "GeoWatch Asia.

Among other work featured on National Geographic Channel is the Action Asia Challenge, an extreme sports documentary series held in countries throughout Asia; "Tiger Weekend", a two-day documentary fund-raising series for the Tiger Foundation; and “Behind The Pain”, a series on extreme sports athletes.

Craig's work has featured on CNN (international), CNBC, ABC ( Australia ), Channel Seven ( Australia ), CBC ( Canada ), Reuters (international), APTN (international), and BskyB ( Europe ). His films have won many awards, including the 2005 Asian TV Award for his news documentary, Rebel Impasse, on the Maoist rebels of Nepal, an Australian Society of Cinematographers gold medal for the same documentary, two 2004 Asian TV awards for Marco Polo (best cinematography and best score), a New York Festivals medal for Best International Affairs Documentary on the violence that swept Jakarta following the downfall of President Suharto, and a Foreign Correspondents' Club/Amnesty International award for a Hong Kong documentary on “Police Brutality”.

He is the fourth generation journalist in the Leeson family and has spent the past 15 years in broadcasting, winning awards in Australia for his television features made for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has held the positions of News Anchor for both the ABC ( Australia ) and ATV (Hong Kong) and Bureau Chief for News Asia ( Hong Kong ). As well as Hong Kong, Craig has been based in London , Jakarta and Miami .

craig@oceanvistafilms.com