
Person
Clive Oppenheimer
Acting · Born 1964-05-28
Biography
Clive Oppenheimer is a professor of volcanology at the University of Cambridge, with wide interests spanning volcanic processes, hazards and impacts, geoarchaeology, and cultural heritage. He has participated in over 30 film and TV productions in assorted roles, including as narrator, presenter, cinematographer, and director. He made 13 research trips to Antarctica. He received the Leif Erikson Award for a lifetime achievement in exploration in 2018, and the Royal Geographical Society’s Murchison Award for publications enhancing the understanding of volcanic processes and impacts in 2005. He is the author of 'Eruptions That Shook the World', which inspired 'Into the Inferno' (2016), his prior film with Werner Herzog.
Known for

Living with Volcanoes
Self

Encounters at the End of the World
Self - Volcanologist

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Self

Into the Inferno
Self - Volcanologist
Oppenheimer Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Volcano
Self
Filmography
- 2023Oppenheimer Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The VolcanoSelf
- 2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker WorldsSelf
- 2019Living with VolcanoesSelf
- 2016Into the InfernoSelf - Volcanologist
- 2007Encounters at the End of the WorldSelf - Volcanologist
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