Brad Orsted is an award-winning wildlife and conservation filmmaker/photographer, author, speaker and wilderness therapy instructor. Brad’s work has appeared on Nat Geo Wild, The BBC, PBS, Nature, The Washington Post and Smithsonian Channel. Brad’s most recent film, “The Beast of Our Time: Grizzly Bears and Climate Change” is narrated by none other than The Dude, Jeff Bridges. The film recently won Best Environmental Film Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Brad’s first memoir, Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild, is due out with St. Martin’s Press on 6/27/23.
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Film Credits
Co-Director, co-Producer and on camera talent
Producer, cameraman, on-camera talent
America: The Beautiful. (TV Series 2015– )
Talent and cameraman
Featured Film
The Beast of Our Time
The Beast of Our Time: Climate Change and Grizzly Bears explores the relationship between climate change and grizzly bears. The short documentary is narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges and scored by pianist Bill Payne of Little Feat.
Fifty-years-in-the-making, The Beast of Our Time interviews top scientists, advocates, authors, ranchers, and indigenous poets to investigate the catastrophic effects of climate change on grizzlies and their habitat. The film is both a dire warning and a compelling call to action to advocate for habitat, connectivity, tolerance, wildlife crossings, and room to roam.
In the Media
Featured Article
Mountain Journal
After suffering the devasting loss of his young daughter, Brad Orsted fell into bleak darkness-then the grizzly-inhabited wild country of greater Yellowstone led him back into the light.
Brad and Louisa Wilcox discuss how grizzly bears showed him how to live again after tragedy and the importance of wilderness in the healing process.
Brad teams up with Doug Smith, Project Leader for Yellowstone Wolf Project, to tell the incredible survival story of wolf 911M.
Urge to view bruins collides with growing population of bears, tourists
Brad volunteers his time teaching wildlife photography and donates dozens of images every year to science and conservation non-profits.
Save the Yellowstone Grizzly
Will's Hope
Erik's Ranch
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Wolf Watcher Coalition
Grizzly Times
Defenders of Wildlife
ALS Association
Yellowstone Association
Yellowstone Park Foundation
Yellowstone Forever
Yaak Valley Council
Yellowstone Wolf Project
Yellowstone Capstone
University of Montana
Speaking Engagements
Brad's passion for story-telling and first hand accounts of healing in the wild are both riveting and inspiring. To request Brad to speak about his miraculous journey and the healing powers of nature at your next event, please contact Brad for rates and available dates. To make sure you don't miss Brad in your area, please sign up for the newsletter to receive upcoming dates and locations.