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.

Please click here to preorder your copy: Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild

 

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.

Grizzly Times Podcast

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.

Washington Post

Brad teams up with Doug Smith, Project Leader for Yellowstone Wolf Project, to tell the incredible survival story of wolf 911M.

Idaho Press

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.