Kevin McCarey is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning filmmaker and
author. He has worked extensively for National Geographic Television
and the Turner Networks as producer, writer and director of
documentaries. His narrative film work includes festival winners
Coyotes, San Juan Story and Extinction.McCarey was raised in the
Hudson River Valley of New York. He graduated from SUNY Maritime
College with a B.S. degree and a merchant marine deck officer's
license. From 1967â€"1970, he sailed on merchant ships as third mate.
Most were tramp freighters carrying explosive cargoes bound for
Vietnam. These early adventures at sea are recounted in his memoir
Oceans Apart: the Wanderings of a Young Mariner.In 1970, he took a job
as captain of a small research vessel in Puerto Rico. There, McCarey
became involved in the controversy over the naval bombardment of the
island of Culebra. This experience is recounted in his memoir Islands
Under Fire: The Improbable Quest to Save the Corals of Puerto Rico, a
book described as "rich with humor, misadventure and triumph" in a
starred review by Publishers Weekly.In the 1970s, McCarey worked on
environmental studies in the Hudson River, and oceanographic studies
in the North Atlantic and South Pacific.
author. He has worked extensively for National Geographic Television
and the Turner Networks as producer, writer and director of
documentaries. His narrative film work includes festival winners
Coyotes, San Juan Story and Extinction.McCarey was raised in the
Hudson River Valley of New York. He graduated from SUNY Maritime
College with a B.S. degree and a merchant marine deck officer's
license. From 1967â€"1970, he sailed on merchant ships as third mate.
Most were tramp freighters carrying explosive cargoes bound for
Vietnam. These early adventures at sea are recounted in his memoir
Oceans Apart: the Wanderings of a Young Mariner.In 1970, he took a job
as captain of a small research vessel in Puerto Rico. There, McCarey
became involved in the controversy over the naval bombardment of the
island of Culebra. This experience is recounted in his memoir Islands
Under Fire: The Improbable Quest to Save the Corals of Puerto Rico, a
book described as "rich with humor, misadventure and triumph" in a
starred review by Publishers Weekly.In the 1970s, McCarey worked on
environmental studies in the Hudson River, and oceanographic studies
in the North Atlantic and South Pacific.
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