DR GLENN SINGLEMAN

Dr. Glenn Singleman is an Australian physician, professional adventurer, wingsuit pilot and BASE jumper (he holds three official world records). He is also a documentary filmmaker, and the World’s most experienced expedition doctors. In regular practice Dr. Singleman specialises in remote and rural medicine.

His film BASEclimb, about a world record setting BASE jump from The Great Trango Towers in Pakistan, won 21 International awards.

In 2015 he led the BASEClimb High Performance Wingsuit Team in a flight across the Grand Canyon, from the North Rim to the South Rim - a world first. The team, which included Singleman's wife, Heather Swan, Roger Hugelshofer, Vicente Cajiga and Paul Tozer flew 11.6 kilometres, exiting a Cessna Grand Supervan flown by Ray Ferrell at 28,000 ft. They landed on Hualapai Indian Nation land.

In 2012 Singleman was a key member of the ‘Challenger Deep team that successfully sent James Cameron to the deepest point on the planet – The Mariana Trench – in a submarine designed and built in Australia. Dr. Singleman was a member of the management team, the Expedition Doctor, one of the life support supervisors and Second Unit Director of the National Geographic 3D Feature Film released in 2013. This was Dr. Singleman’s third project with Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, The Terminator). – the others being Cameron's Aliens of the Deep (3D IMAX) and Last Mysteries of the Titanic (Discovery Channel).

Singleman is also a motivational speaker and media commentator on extreme sport, fear and managing risk and has spoken all around the world. Dr. Singleman continues to work as a medical practitioner, working as Assistant Director for Albury Wodonga Emergency Department He is also a specialist in remote and rural medicine and a Fellow of the Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine (ACRRM) for whom he lectures.

Dr. Singleman is also a lecturer for the University of Tasmania’s Extreme Sport and Marine Medicine Program.

EDUCATION   

M.B.,B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) Sydney University 1983.
Post Graduate Diploma; Communications; University of Technology Sydney 1988
Post Graduate Diploma Underwater Medicine HMAS Penguin 1990
Parachute Systems Technology Course; University Of Minnesota 1990
Voice Diploma at Max Rowley Media Academy 1990
Producers Seminar at Australian Film, Television and Radio School 1989
Fellow Australian College Of Rural and Remote Medicine 2014
Lecturer, University of Tasmania - Extreme Sport and Marine Medicine

FILM AND VIDEO CREDITS  

2012 “James Cameron’s DeepSea Challenge”, 3D Feature Documentary National Geographic: Second Unit Director and Camera Operator
2008 “No Ceiling – the BASEclimb 3 Story” Documentary: Producer/Director
2005 “The Last Mysteries of the Titanic” Television Documentary by Earthship Productions for Discovery Channel: Camera Operator and Expedition Doctor
2003 “Aliens of the Deep”. 3D High Definition Documentary by Earthship Productions for IMAX distribution: Camera Assistant and Expedition Doctor
2002 "BASEclimb 2- Defying Gravity". Television Documentary for ABC and National Geographic Channel: Producer/Director/Cameraman and Expedition Doctor
1995 “A Glorious Way To Die”. Television Documentary for ABC. Treatment Writer
Winner 6 international awards including: Grand Prize and Peoples Choice Award Poprad International Mountain Festival 1996
1993 "Baseclimb". Television Documentary for National Geographic and ABC: Producer, Director, Writer and Expedition Doctor
Winner 21 international awards including: Grand Prize & Critics Prize St Hilaire 1993, Best Mountain Sport Film Graz 1993, Peoples Choice & Best Mountain Sport Film Banff 1993, Mountain Spirit Award New York Alpinfilm 1994, Best Adventure Film Telluride Mountainfilm 1994, Best Adventure FIlm Trento Film festival 1994, Diabler d'Or FIFAD Festival 1994., Grand Prize & Boreal Prize; Vila De Torella Mountain Festival 1994, Grand Prize  & Agfa Prize International Festival of Sport- Cuidad De Jaca 1994., Grand Prize and Peoples Choice Award Poprad International Mountain Festival 1994, Hakuba Prize-Japan International Festival of Adventure and Sport 1995
1991 "Fire On the Wind  The First Balloons to fly over Mt Everest". Television Documentary for National Geographic and ABC: Doctor/cameraman  Winner 6 International awards including Best Mountain Sport Film Trento 1993
1991 "Blue Wilderness with Val and Ron Taylor"  Turtle Episode. Television Documentary for National Geographic: Doctor/cameraman
1989 "The Social Climbers". Television Documentary for ABC, National Geographic Location director/cameraman/Doctor
1988 "The Loneliest Mountain". Television Documentary for TCN 9, National Geographic and Film Australia Producer/Director/cameraman/Doctor
Selected for competition Trento 1989. Judges Award JIFAS 1990
1988"A Spire". Television Documentary for ABC, Canal Plus Producer/Director/Editor/cameraman
Judges Award Sydney Video Festival 1988
19861989 Weekly Medical Presenter for Children’s Programming on  Ten Network including "Off The Dish", "Cameron Dado Presents", "Andrew Dado Presents", "Jarrad Robinson Presents" and  "Ridgey Didge"
1988-95: Specialist Climbing Camera work for Wide World of Sport, Hard Copy, Today and Commercials.

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Feature appearances on 60 Minutes (x3), Australian Story (x2), NBCs Eyewitness Video (USA), TBS Explorer (USA), Beyond 2000 (Discovery), Science Frontiers (Discovery), Futureworld (Discovery), New Dimensions with George Negus, Today Tonight, Sports Tonight.Guest appearances on Ray Martin at Midday, A Current Affair, The 7:30 Report, Tonight Live, Live It Up, Monday To Friday, Wide World of Sport,  Today, and more.

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING

One of Australia’s most sought after professional speakers since 1993 (over 500 presentations to audiences from 20 to 15,000). Represented by all Australian Speakers Bureaus.

OUTDOOR SKILLS:

BASEjumping:
World Record Holder; Highest altitude BASEjump and Highest Altitude Wingsuit BASEjump (2006 Mt Meru, India 6604 meters)
Parachuting/Wingsuiting:
E licence and Display D licence. Birdman Instructor.  First Wingsuit Flight across the Grand Canyon 2015
Mountaineering: 
1st Ascent West Face Mt. Meru India 2006 (6672 meters)
World Record for highest black tie diner party. Mt Huascaran 6758 meters (Peru 1989)
Ist Ascent Mt Minto (highest mountain in North Victorialand Antarctica) 1988
2nd Australian Ascent Carstenz Pyramid Irian Jaya 1988
Mt Elbrus (highest mountain in Europe) 1990
Great Trango Tower Pakistan (6258 metres) 1992
plus numerous peaks in New Zealand and South America
Rockclimbing:
Extensive throughout Australia, Russia, South America. Lead climb to 23. 2nd Place Australian National Bouldering Championships (Masters Category) 2004
Canyoning/Rappelling
20 years experience
Kayaking and River Rafting
10 years experience
Scuba
8 years experience in Australia and New Zealand plus degree in underwater medicine. Dived and filmed with Val and Ron Taylor
 

CONTACT:
Email: baseclimb@baseclimb.com