SYLVANIA – Lourdes University and S.A.V.E. (Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment) will offer a lecture from Alex Goetz, a wildlife filmmaker and photographer, and co-founder of Running Wild Media.
The lecture will take place on Sept. 10 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Franciscan Center Board Room, located at 6832 Convent Blvd.
Goetz will discuss how he came to find himself in this profession, and he will show clips from different television shows and films he has worked on and talk about how he filmed them.
For more information about the lecture and S.A.V.E., contact Sr. Rosine Sobczak, OSF, S.A.V.E. President at 419-824-3691.
Goetz is an Ohio native. Some of his extensive travels have taken him from the countryside of Tasmania filming Tasmanian devils, to boating throughout the vibrant Marshall Islands, and road-tripping around four amazing African countries filming wildlife and conservation efforts.
He has contributed to outlets such as National Geographic, BBC, PBS, CNN, CBS and was a winner of the National Geographic WILD “Wild to Inspire” film competition. He is a 2019 Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leader, 2019 NAAEE 30 under 30, TEDxToledo 2017 speaker, and a 2013 graduate from Bowling Green State University, with a degree in Film Production and Environmental Science.
