More About Team Blue Hare
Both of us have made successful careers working on some of the most specialist programmes in the world for broadcasters like BBC, ITV, National Geographic, Disney + and Apple TV to name a few. Some of the programmes even won awards like Emmy’s and BAFTA’s! However, as incredible as this was, we wanted to take control of what we made and tell stories that meant something to us.
The ethos behind our company is sustainability but also personality. We want our work environment to be approachable, friendly and fun to work with.
Our field and studio experience really enables us to be versatile in how we tell a story, we are a creative team who strive to be different.
Ferne Corrigan
Growing up beside the sea in Dublin, I have always had a fascination with the natural world . I loved watching wildlife series on TV but it was a career that was so beyond reach and out of my radar I never imagined being able to work in it. I knew I wanted to work with wildlife, but I had no idea in what field so I went on to study zoology at University College Dublin. After graduating, I came upon a new Masters course in Salford University in Manchester so I applied and got into the Wildlife Film Production MA course. After doing my final project on the wildlife that can be found on the DART line (dolphins, seals, puffins we really are lucky in Dublin!) I moved to Bristol work with the BBC.
Through the years I have worked on a range of genres, from pure wildlife series to presenter lead live broadcasts and everything in between. My passion however lies in stories with heart, with conservation and the environment at the forefront.
Through Blue Hare Films I hope to build long lasting relationships with clients, producing top class content in a sustainable way.
My CV can be found here
Mark McClean
I grew up near Belfast and always had a love of the ocean, after watching Blue Planet I wanted to be an underwater camera operator but I had no idea how to possibly get into that field. After a few years working jobs that just didn’t suit me, I found the Masters course in Salford (where I met Ferne) and I felt like finally I was in a career that I loved and had success in.
I still enjoyed camera work but after different jobs at the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol I found that I also loved the editorial side, the side that finds and sets up stories, works with people around the world and allows you to really embed yourself into a project.
I still dabbled with cameras both on land and underwater (and in the air thanks to drones) but I also got to gain a foothold in field directing and producing. I love that in this career you can be a bit of an all rounder and experience every element of production. This is even more the case by running our own company. While Ferne still does the majority of the writing and I am more the technical side we both still get to work in varied aspects of filmmaking.
My CV can be found here
Our careers took us all over from the Arctic Circle to the Central African Republic and lots of places in between. (Some of the photos below.)
While we have been very lucky to do this, throughout both of our careers we were always trying to get stories closer to home- from deep sea shark nurseries to brand new marine Hope Spots and big wave surfing. Ireland has so much to offer but we never seemed to crack whatever it is that is needed to sell it- and we thought…why not just do it ourselves!
So that is EXACTLY what we’re doing!
