The Team
We are a two passionate filmmakers from South Africa and Germany. Together we look back upon more than half a century of experience in producing high end nature documentaries.
THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR.
In 2017 Phillip Hattingh and Klaus Sparwasser founded Southern Cross Films Ltd. as a joint venture to produce critical nature /eco documentaries with an investigative approach, to spread some inconvenient truths about conservation and the true status of biodiversity into the public.
Phil
South African filmmaker, started producing documentary films in the mid 80’s after a career in feature film and television drama series. Produced several feature length documentaries and series on wildlife crime spending a lot of time in South East Asia filming the drivers of the illicit trade.
Klaus
Biologist, cameraman and producer with twenty years of experience on expeditions on all continents and an insatiable hunger for new angles and impressive subjects. Comprehensive education in zoology and ecology, good sense for authenticity, idealism, understanding of natural processes, spirit of adventure, unconventional thinking.
