James Glancy

03/06/2024

California pacific sunset with balance. A great week filming 🦈 🐋 with and an investigation for a new broadcaster 🎥

31/05/2024

SHARKWRECKED’ was awarded a Gold Medal on Shark Week for the most dangerous show ever made. 🦈 🦈 🦈
See our award at 12 mins in.

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30/05/2024

Blue Whale Tale Fluke 🐋 I was lucky enough to see some epic displays from feeding blue whales off the California coast. They’re the largest animal ever to exist on planet earth that we know of. The blues we saw mainly took a few breaths then disappeared for 7-12 mins to dive for krill. This one put on more of a display, raising its tail out the water to dive. The current global population of whales is estimated around 15,000. Prior to the whaling industry, it was estimated there were over 250,000.
📷 Sony A1 + 200-600mm

25/05/2024

Looking forward to getting back out into wild places this week. I’ll be California LA around California this week, and spending some time on the water searching for big marine mammals & predators. 🐋 🦈
📷 .eu have lent me the A1 again, an absolute beast of a camera, so looking forward to seeing what I can capture. Bring on the sharks & whales!!!

17/05/2024

WORLD EXTINCTION DAY 🦈
These are some of the rarest creatures on planet earth…. Mediterranean GREAT WHITE SHARKS. I found these two juveniles (175cm long, male / female, probably brother and sister) in a freezer in a North African port. They were killed deliberately by fisherman and sold at a market. I’ve personally seen 8 Great Whites from the Med sold for food, whilst their fins get shipped to China. I’ve been investigating their decline for over 3 years now alongside a team of international scientists. The findings are terrifying. Every Great White seen by fisherman off North Africa is targeted and killed, then sold for their meat. All other shark species are killed, regardless of age.
Great Whites in the Mediterranean are Critically Endangered, believed to be only a couple of hundred left, yet they’ve lived there for over 2 millions years. Human activity (fishing), mainly from the last 50 years, is pushing them to the brink of extinction.
Some of you may think - good…why would I want Great Whites in the Med when I’m trying to swim off a hangover after a massive tear up ibiza. The reality is the Mediterranean is the most overfished sea in the world. It was once a haven of Maine biodiversity, like the Sea of Cortez. Now it’s been emptied by industrial fishing fleets of all the 22 nations that border the Mediterranean. The GW and other shark species such as the Mako, are apex keystone predators, their existence is crucial for the marine ecosystem and they are irreplaceable.
Fortunately these two sharks will contribute towards science, their DNA is being used to help us better understand the genetics of these amazing predators.
We live in a world full of many animals, insects, plants, and creatures that are approaching risk of extinction. When a species is defined as endangered, its numbers are unusually low - in the last few thousands, hundreds, or tens. When the last of the species is gone, they are gone for ever.
Photo 2: A couple have collected a jaw from a large adult GW, and hundreds of jaws of other shark species.
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13/05/2024

Did anyone else miss the Northern Lights in London at the weekend? I slept straight through the whole bloody thing 😫Gutted! Then went on on Saturday, yomped up a massive hill and sat there alongside a load of drunk people and saw nothing!
Anyway, I did get to see them in Finland 🇫🇮 this in January and they were epic. 2024 is predicted to be the peak year in an 11 year cycle of magnetic storms, so if you haven’t seen them yet, try and get to the Arctic or Antarctic (obviously not in the summer…).
The colours that appear depend on the mixture of gases in the atmosphere. Green aurorae result from interactions of solar particles with oxygen; however, at higher altitudes oxygen produces red aurorae. Blue and purple shades are caused by nitrogen. These shots were taken at -30° which killed my camera batteries.
📷 Exposures 3/5seconds.
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12/05/2024

Morning walk in full spring bloom & a Night time Aurora Borealis stakeout alongside hundreds of people who gathered at the Boer War Memorial at Coombe Hill.

12/05/2024

Crowds gather at the Boer Memorial waiting for

04/05/2024

London this evening 🔥

03/05/2024

My first Golden Eagle. Spotted at 3,500m in the Himalayas. This is young Eagle, which had been attracted to by a group of cultures devouring a carcass from a snow leopard kill. An Epic Predator and very hard to track and film.
📷 Sony A1 + Sony 200-600mm .eu
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01/05/2024

A big mistake led to an epic dive with Manta Rays. Watch until the end…. 🤿🎥

17/04/2024

1st Spring track training.. .Not great but a good marker. 5km 20:35 nowhere near my more recent cross-country PB of 18:05 in 2018, which is way slower than my twenties running pace. Day 12 of no booze is helping. Managed 10 /12 training sessions;l of 🥊 🏋️‍♂️ 🏃 🚲 If I stay injury free I might crack a triathlon this summer. Running aim is sub 19min 5km. We’ll see!

08/04/2024

Sickening. Some humans attitude towards wildlife is psychopathic. This man belongs in prison. Wolves need protection not persecution.
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Cody Roberts, 42, was cited and fined for being in possession of the live wolf in Daniel, Wyoming, on February 29, but it was not illegal to kill it, as he did after the bizarre scene at Green River Bar,

06/04/2024

In the armoury for Round 3 of the - with the ‘s version of Joe Rogan! Literally no idea how long we talked for, but we gave it both barrels. There aren’t many podcasts that start with being handed a pump action shot gun & and M4! Brilliant studio for it - I might need to borrow some kit for my next film …. 🎧 Episode out soon.

27/03/2024

Ocean hanging 🦈 It’s nice to hang out with healthy populations of sharks. A lot of what we have been doing over the last 3 years has involved investigating the illegal wildlife trade in the Med & Atlantic & following conflicts across the globe, witnessing a lot destruction of the natural world. Good news stories can be hard to come, but important to show and tell… 🌍

28/02/2024

The Jellyfish Zone. Ongeim’l Tketau the ‘fifth lake’ in Palau’s southern lagoon. Millions of golden jellyfish migrate horizontally across the lake daily. In this stunning clear lake, lives a subspecies of moon jellyfish that don’t sting, enabling you to free dive amongst them. A mesmerising experience! Palau has some of the best diving in the world and created the world’s first shark sanctuary. & I are the first ever people to skydive into it, but the that’s another story.. 🦈

29/01/2024

Amazing!!! 🦈 GREAT WHITE SHARKS 🦈

17/01/2024

How I make short cinematic films, and use them as training for shooting in the world’s most dangerous places…🎥

Behind the scenes using the Sony FX6 and A7siii paired with the new Sony 24-70mm GM2. When filming documentaries in dangerous and challenging places as a Dir...

10/01/2024

Photobombed by Rudolph! 🦌 Sunset in Lapland is at 12:45pm and it’s stunning in the frozen Boreal forests! The strangest thing has been the daytime weather range. From below -31 to +3 and raining. The Fins say it’s unusual to be so warm or rain in January. The climate is warming up and has become unpredictable. The arctic has warmed up four times faster than the rest of the world in the last 45 years. 🇫🇮

06/01/2024

I am buzzing! Ridiculously fun snowmobile ride in Lapland through snow covered boreal forests in search of the Northern Lights. No luck for a few hours, then they emerged, green streaks dancing in the freezing night. So good! Loving the Arctic circle! I’ve been waiting to see the Northern Lights and then listen to my mate’s epic tune - ‘Northern Lights’ by Hemstock & Jennings.

02/01/2024

2024 Ready! Looking forward to the Northern Lights & deep snow in Finland, some 🦈 🎥 - obviously. Lots of physical training planned, a business venture, conservation projects & some conflict zone productions. Nothing comes easy, just got to keep grafting!

31/12/2023

2023. Lots happened. Ready for a big 2024. Happy New Year! 🥂

30/12/2023

South Africa's shark spotters back in action as great whites return

The measures being taken to keep holiday-makers apart from great white sharks in Cape Town.

14/12/2023

14/12/2023

Thank you to everyone that came and supported our London Premiere of AFGHANIsTAN 📽️at the Curzon. With over 300 people there, it was an incredible night, with some people even flying in from Canada to see it. It was great to have so many of our Afghan friends & veterans from the Royal Marines, Household Div, Paras, Navy & Airforce. The feedback has been overwhelming, and we have full inboxes to respond to. I look forward to its release next year. Big thanks from the team; Marty Stalker 🇦🇫

09/12/2023

‘I ask, was it worth it?’: the Royal Marine who fought the Taliban

Former Marine officer James Glancy won a medal for bravery in Afghanistan. But filming a documentary about the country makes him ask whether the campaign really achieved anything

22/11/2023

Sony professional ambassador James Glancy, filming a snow leopard conservation project in Annapurna National Park, Nepal. He has been filming with the Sony A1, A7siii & using the 27-70mm GMII, 70-200mm GMII and 200-600mm.🐆📽

13/11/2023

Long range shoot! 📷
It’s been an amazing & exhausting m time in the mountains of Annapurna National Park (Annapurna III in the background). Conservation filmmaking in remote places has become a calling to me, so the chance to Direct a film about co-existence between snow leopards and rural mountain farmers has been a real privilege. Working at altitude with heavy camera kit is hard work, but absolutely worth it when you see Golden Eagles soar past, and track a snow leopard mother with her cub. Ive learnt so much from talking to local cattle hearders, and wildlife and conservation guides. Nepal is probably one of the best wild places I’ve ever been - I’ll be back soon! 🏔️ Great to be supported by and on this trip.
🎥 Sony A1 with Sony 200-600mm lens

09/11/2023

NEPAL. The most of stunning places. I’m feel so lucky to be out in the mountain wilderness, led by learning about Snow Leopards & filming a wildlife. After two flights and 15 hours off road driving, we got to Manang. At 0630 we trekked up from 3,500m to 3,900 on a 20km circuit (with kit), and within an hour we were watching a golden eagle. From here we can see Annapurna II, Annapurna III & some other massive mountain. Annapurna I is the most dangerous mountain in the world, killing the more mountaineers than any other. I am exhausted. Back at it tomorrow.
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07/11/2023

We are very happy to finally be able to share the official poster for our feature documentary AFGHANISTAN by James Glancy, Marty Stalker and Khyber Khaan

The London Premiere will be held at Curzon Mayfair on the 11th December and supported by Sony

Tickets on sale now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afghanistan-london-premiere-tickets-739313966977