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Tom Opre
A film director, cinematographer, television producer, wildlife conservationist, and human rights advocate, Tom Opre has made educating the public on wildlife conservation and stewardships issues his main priority. As the past president of the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), he has worked to help other outdoor communicators and industry leaders understand and present a unified message regarding the top issues facing wildlife conservation today.
Since 1990, Opre has produced and/or directed national television commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, feature films and episodic television including wildlife projects for Discovery Channel and PBS. In 2015, he wrapped a seven year prime-time run on NBC Sports producing the highest rated, award-winning, television show in the outdoor fieldsports genre, Eye of the Hunter. His latest project, Killing the Shepherd, is a documentary feature film telling the story of a rural indigenous community in Zambia and their struggle to survive, attempting to break the bonds of poverty by waging a war against wildlife poaching. The film was selected by 41 film festivals world-wide, winning 21 major awards including: best feature documentary; best indigenous film; best human rights film; and best humans & nature film. Opre’s vision is to give a voice to rural indigenous communities around the world and their relationships with wildlife.
Today, he serves on the non-profit boards of African Children’s Schools and Shepherds of Wildlife Society™. He is the founder of the Shepherds of Wildlife Society, a 501,(c)(3), a non-profit with a mission to educate the broader public about the critical importance of modern day wildlife conservation and habitat stewardship and how they are intertwined with the human rights of rural communities.
Opre lives in the Flathead Valley of Montana with is wife Olivia; a travel specialists and wildlife advocate, and their children.
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