Unique Experiences
Meet Jeff Kurr - A creative force behind Discovery Channel's Shark Week!
- Item Number
- 117
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 370 USD to kb181b73c
- Number of Bids
- 14 - Bid History
Item Description
Jeff Kurr — Wildlife Filmmaker
Meet for lunch or dinner in Thousand Oaks, California
Jeff Kurr is a creative force behind Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
He’s been the executive producer, director, underwater cinematographer, editor, writer, and on camera “shark expert” for 44 Shark Week episodes since 1991, including the ground-breaking Air Jaws programs, for which he earned an EMMY nomination in 2010. His most recent program, Air Jaws Night Stalker, was narrated by Game of Thrones star, Lena Headey, and chronicled the nighttime battles between shark and seal in False Bay, South Africa.
As a spokesman for Shark Week, Kurr has appeared live on TODAY, Good Morning America, Late Night w/Craig Ferguson, TMZ, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, EXTRA, Access Hollywood Live, The Insider, Huffington Post Live, KTLA Morning News & Good Day L.A. and he’s been featured in TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Emmy Magazine, Scientific American, N.Y. Post, Details, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washingtonian, Boston Herald, N.Y. Daily News, and many, many more.
Jeff, a single dad raising 11-year old twins, resides in Southern California.
Item Special Note
The objective of this auction is to spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively for ocean conservation, and raise funds for field research, education and conservation projects.
Being auctioned is dinner or lunch with one the world’s foremost shark experts or celebrities. This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks.
How it works:
- Bid on a celebrity, shark scientist or conservationist that lives or works in your area, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.
- The winning bidder pays for the lunch or dinner and may bring guests.
- We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity, scientist or conservationist. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.
All winning bids are deductible from US Federal 2017 income taxes as Charitable Donations.
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