PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Andrew Ucles is a passionate, unique and eccentric 34 year old Australian Wildlife and Survival Expert whose insatiable curiosity for interacting and engaging with some of the world’s most dangerous and venomous animals have reached an audience of millions across the globe.
He has dedicated his life to learning about animals and has developed a skill set that identifies his abilities as one of the best animal trackers in the world amongst industry professionals.
Having ventured into all corners of the globe from Africa, North America, Asia, South America and Australia, Ucles has developed an encyclopaedic archive of his natural experiences, his content is highly recognizable and sought after by international networks and production companies.
Academically he has acquired a Bachelor of Environmental Science; he not only understands the idiosyncrasies of nature but also how fragile our ecosystem can be.
Andrew is also part of NORFORCE (the North West Mobile Force), a specialist Australian Army unit that focuses on Reconnaissance and Surveillance over a 1.8 million square kilometre region in Australia’s North.
This role relies heavily on local and local Indigenous soldiers knowledge and traditional bushcraft skills in order to achieve being the ‘eyes and ears’ of Australia’s north.
Andrew has completed the Australian Army’s Environmental Survival course and is working on relevant experience and training with an intention on one day becoming a Survival Instructor for the ADF.
His compelling understanding of survival truly is testament to his credibility often marvelling at how similar our human survival instincts are to those of the animal kingdom, its Andrew’s personal exploration of the human spirit and survival instinct, along with his endless nature fascination that drives his heart-stopping adventures.
He has partaken in multiple production filming ventures from hosting Discovery and History Channel shows to regular hosting on Australian, Japanese and German television programs.
Currently he has comprised a selection of documentaries for international sale from his previous ventures including; Africa, Amazon and Arnhem Land but he is always looking for his next big adventure.
Andrew’s purpose is not complicated-he strives to understand how to interact and engage with animals and bring them to the camera, talking about their behaviour, ecology and status in their respective habitats teaching the viewer with each experience. The fascination of submerging himself into the wild to learn more about the unknown whilst challenging his instincts for survival is his motivation.
Naturally there is a conservation and environmental element to his passion, his respect for nature and the animal kingdom drives his thirst for knowledge and his ambitions to connect the world with nature has become contagious.
