Expedition 50° - On the Latitude of the Extreme - Central Asia

Director: Jens-Uwe Heins

Jens-Uwe Heins, born 1961, has been a great nature lover ever since childhood. Being a passionate ornithologist, he studied ecology and then worked in conservation biology and as a consultant for planning Turkish national parks. In 1988, he switched to television. Numerous filming expeditions led him to North America, Africa, Asia and to almost every corner of Europe. Jens-Uwe Heins works as a free-lance writer and cameraman for the wildlife and nature editorial department at "Bayrischer Rundfunk".