Judith Curran
Birth Name:
Judith Curran
Profession
Producer, Writer, Director
Fast Facts
- Orangutan Outreach director Richard Zimmerman credited her series "Orangutan Island" with driving unprecedented donations to the animal rehabilitation program, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
- Quote: "[on orangutans] "What's so incredible is they are solitary by nature and don't live in structured societies like chimps and gorillas, but in these circumstances, they are forming amazing societies and transferring maternal bonds to each other․""
- Quote: "[on "Orangutan Island"] "It's like 'Coronation St․' and 'Lord of the Flies' but on Orangutan Island․ The group of young ones in our story are the equivalent of human 10 to 12-year-old kids, so there's triumphs and tragedy as they grow up․""
- Known for producing science and nature based series and television documentaries