Gary W. Griffen produced the award-winning TV special, America’s Wild Turkey, for the Discovery Channel. The program won Best Independent Documentary at the International Wildlife Film Festival and first place from the Outdoor Writer’s Association. He has also won international and national awards for his films on deer, elk, moose and ring-necked pheasants. Based in Milan, NY, he has specialized in filming wildlife in North America for more than 30 years. Griffen has published wildlife and nature photographs in hundreds of books, magazines and calendars, including more than 50 magazine covers. His photos have appeared in Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Smithsonian, Natural History and BBC. He recently published the award-winning book, Whitetails In America, on the natural history and behavior of the white-tailed deer. He also was the principle photographer of the book, Wild Turkey Country. Griffen graduated magna cum laude with an M.A. from Syracuse University, Newhouse School of Communications.