Nicolas Noxon

Who is Nicolas Noxon?

Nicolas Noxon is an American documentary filmmaker. He has specialized in television programs dealing with history, science and the natural world. Noxon has produced television specials and series in association with ABC, David Wolper, Columbia Pictures Television, Metromedia, MGM, Survival Anglia, Time-Life and National Geographic Television. His productions have won many awards in television including several Emmys and numerous international honors. In 2009 he received the International Documentary Association Pioneer Award, which is presented annually to an individual who has made an indelible impression on the evolving art and craft of nonfiction filmmaking.

Noxon has long been associated with the National Geographic Specials, a series which has aired on the major television networks and which have been considered among the most popular group of programs aired on PBS. Over the years the specials have won more than 400 awards including 58 Emmy Awards, four George Foster Peabody awards and two Dupont Columbia awards for Broadcast Journalism.

Noxon began his work on the National Geographic Specials in the mid-60s, producing and writing three of the first programs when they premiered on CBS.