I am a film-maker, author, publisher and a recognized authority on four-wheel drive and the owner/operator of 4xforum.comBy background is TV commercials, having spent 16 years editing them for many blue-chip clients in the '80s and '90s. Working under several directors and editing many hundreds of commercials I have been awarded several international awards for editing including New York TV and Cannes. Some of my clients included SAB (Lion Lager, Castle Lager, Ohlsonn's Lager), Nedbank, Toyota, United Bank, General Tyres, Rembrant Group, (Peter Stuyvesant & Paul Revere cigarettes), In the 90's my direction changed and I spent the first year of the decade living in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It was there that I wrote my first book, on a subject which at the time was no more than a hobby, called 'The Complete Guide to Four-Wheel Drive'. The immediate success of the book, which was quickly followed by a second, lead to the creation of 'International Motoring Productions', a company dedicated to the publishing of books, DVDs and maps, aimed largely, but not solely, at the 4x4 industry and enthusiast. Also included was the intention to produce television programming with subjects ranging from 4x4s, adventure travel and aviation.I was born in England, my parents are from Australia and New Zealand and I have lived in South Africa all my adult life. I live in a small-holding not far from the town of Pietermaritzburg in the Natal Midlands , Natal Province. I am married to Gwynn and have three children, Stephanie, Erin and Kate. My home is a small bush lodge. (www.acaciabushlodge.co.za)My passions are aircraft and glider flying, making documentary films, family time and travel, especially into the wilderness in my 4x4, a passion that has been with me since my father took me to the Okavango in 1972. It was here that I sat in my first 4x4: A Series-3 LWB Land Rover. The first 4x4 motion I experienced was the Land Rover being backed hurriedly into a tree. It broke the tail light. The second ride was in a Series-2, SWB open-top Land Rover at Xaxaba Camp (Later to become a baboon research camp) on Chief's Island in the Okavango. It was here that I went off-road for the first time: I remember Lloyd Wilmot driving the Rover, chasing hyena across the runway he was building, and the vehicle hitting an anthill, shooting me high into the air. From being seated in the front, I landed inside the spare wheel lying in the back. I was hooked!