Feb 18 2011
Oliver Steeds
21st Century Indiana Jones, Award-winning International Investigative Reporter & Broadcaster
Oliver Steeds is an explorer and investigative journalist. He’s presented critically acclaimed series in the US, UK and worldwide for Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, BBC World and Channel 4. He’s the youngest of the world’s 50 Most Extraordinary Pioneers alongside living legends like Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Buzz Aldrin. His news reports feature on Channel 4, ABC & al Jazeera. He is regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering explorers of his generation.
“Part Indiana Jones, part Jason Bourne, part Woodward & Bernstein” Discovery Channel
Oliver Steeds’ adventures have seen him live with tribes of cannibals, walk 1250 kilometers across the Gobi Desert for his survival, go in search of the Ark of the Covenant, Atlantis and the Lost City of Gold ‘El Dorado’, escape from the People’s Liberation Army after being chased across the Shangtu Grassland, run six consecutive marathons across the Sahara to raise money for Lupus, get jailed on trumped up charges of espionage in a number of different countries, escape from Devil’s Island, try to hunt down the Amber Room (the most valuable piece of missing art in the world), have horses stolen by rustlers, hunt with stoned Mbuti Pygmies in the lawless Congolese Ituri, retrieve video tapes from a kidnapped family in Nicaragua, and even lead a Royal Geographical Society Expedition to research the Grass Silk Road.[/expand]
Described by the Radio Times as delivering “Hardest hitting reportage” and formerly a producer at ABC News, Olly presents adventure, historical, tribal and scientific programming worldwide. For him, there’s no story that’s off-limits. Regarded highly in his industry, he has chaired numerous conferences and seminars on investigative reporting, broadcast journalism and filming in hostile environments. Having travelled to over 100 countries, he shares his experiences of living with over 15 different tribes, highly charged and full of incredible anecdotes.[/expand]
The founder of iNOMAD, Oliver Steeds specializes in investigating the under-reported. He is a representative of the new generation modern, media savvy, high tech, digital adventurer. With With humility, openness and humour, Oliver combines his unique life experience with his award winning communication skills to wake up and shake audiences around the world, ensuring they can empathise whilst being both entertained and inspired.[/expand]
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Topics
Nine Lives: Surviving the Frontlines
We’re all Explorers: We’ve All Got Something to Learn
Tribal Intelligence: The Wisdom of the Past, Solutions for the Future
Risky Business: A Life of Adventure
Focused Motivation
Teamwork
Awards & Recognition
Oliver’s work has been nominated and short-listed for Best Current Affairs Program 2008 (Asian TV Awards), US Livingstone Award for Young Journalists, and nominated for Emmy’s and Overseas Press Awards.
As of 2010, he is the host of the Discovery Channel’s series Solving History with Olly Steeds.
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