Richard is regarded as one of Europe’s most experienced remote location film makers. Wild Climbs, made for the BBC in Britain, has won a total of 11 awards worldwide. It built upon the success of previous BBC 2 series The Face: Six Great Climbing Adventures, Wilderness Walks and The Edge. An episode from the latter was described by the Daily Mail as a “perfect documentary” and received a Scottish BAFTA. It was later described by then culture minister Chris Smith as one of the 10 most important programs made for television. These films also won prizes at film festivals in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Richard created and continues as series producer of BBC Scotland’s monthly primetime television series The Adventure Show that, in its first series, was short-listed for a Royal Television Society award. He is currently the executive in charge of BBC Scotland’s most ambitious climbing outside broadcast in four decades and the world’s first of its type in high definition / surround sound. Other key films include an exclusive portrait of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa for BBC 2’s Correspondent.

Richard Else has filmed in many of the world’s least hospitable places including Baffin Island in winter, the Himalaya, the Canadian Rockies, the Yukon, and the European Alps. He is co-author of four books on climbing and wilderness travel, and a keen outdoors person who lives in the shadow of Scotland’s Cairngorm mountains.