James Levelle

James Levelle
Levelle in 2024
Bornc. 1980 (age 45–46)
EducationEdinburgh University
OccupationFilmmaker

James Moorland Levelle (born c. 1980) is an English filmmaker and explorer, who reported on the illegal tiger trade in Tibet, child-labour in the cotton fields of India, pirate fishing off the coast of Sierre Leone, the history of the gold rush in Alaska, and Southeast Asia's illegal logging industry.

Early life and education

James Levelle was born c. 1980, and brought up in London with his father who worked in advertising and his mother who was a health care professional in alternative medicine.[1][2] He graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in English.[2]

Career

In 2007, the Environmental Justice Foundation sent Levelle to India to explore child labour in cotton fields.[3] He was subsequently asked to film illegal pirate fishing off the coast of Sierre Leone.[3] National Geographic then asked him to direct their 'Eco Crime Investigators’ series, and sent him to China and Tibet to investigate criminal tiger skin and bone trade.[4] This was followed by reporting on Southeast Asia's illegal logging industry.[4]

In 2019, Levelle set off from London to Chile, where the COP25 climate conference was due to take place.[2][5] Almost half way to Chile when the conference was cancelled, he continued and completed the journey while reporting on the impact of climate change on young people.[2][5]

Personal

Around 2015, Levelle moved to a house boat on the River Lea in East London.[6]

Selected works

  • "Chainsaw Massacre". Green Screen Naturfilmfestival. 4 December 2024. (director)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rose, Hilary (14 August 2019). "My climate crisis adventure: from England to Chile using only non fossil-fuel transport". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kelly, Guy (3 December 2019). "Meet James Levelle, the eco warrior who 'did a Greta'... only to be told he was travelling to the wrong place". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 "James Levelle". www.polarroutes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Mr Fogg Welcomes James Levelle To His Residence". www.tntmagaine.com. TNT. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Horton, Ben Anthony; de Ferrer, Marthe (28 October 2021). "Meet the adventurer who travelled 14,000 kilometres without flying". euronews. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ↑ de Ferrer, Marthe (12 November 2021). "Meet the filmmaker who swapped a London flat for an off-grid boat". euronews. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

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