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Filmmaker Bryan Smith is known for taking his cameras to outrageous places to record people doing outrageous things—from downhill kayaking, to tight-rope walking over deep valleys, to free-climbing sheer rock cliffs. 


Smith works with National Geographic on documentaries and TV series and he is credited for his ability to set up seemingly impossible camera shots of extreme sports.


 
Smith was in Minnesota for a "National Geographic LIVE" event at The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. 

Filmmaking: Adventure Vision | National Geographic

Smith is based out of Squamish, British Columbia and his work as appeared all over the world in film festivals. 


His most recent production, "The Man Who Can Fly," is a 60 minute special for the National Geographic "Explorer" series. 

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Mike Mulcahy

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This adventurous filmmaker took to the stage at the Fitzgerald Theater Thursday evening to talk about all the crazy places he and his camera have been, but first joined host Mike Mulcahy in the studio.

This adventurous filmmaker is taking to stage at the Fitzgerald Theater Thursday evening to talk about all the crazy places he and his camera have been, but first joined host Mike Mulcahy in the studio.

Extreme filmmaking: How

Pablo Durana | National Geographic

Bryan Smith and camera platform suspended from trees. 

Extreme filmmaking: How 'adventure filmmaker' Bryan Smith gets seemingly impossible shots

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