Electric Adventures is the latest initiative of Claudio von Planta and his Von Planta Productions team of collaborators.

You may recognise Claudio if you have watched Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Long Way Round and Long Way Down. As the third motorcyclist and cameraman/director for the trips, Claudio is most famous for tackling a round the world motorcycle journey and failing his motorcycle test the day before! This is a fine example of what Claudio is capable of!

Sudan 06-06-07: Claudio's Crash from Claudio von Planta on Vimeo.

What you might NOT know is that Claudio has 20 years of journalistic documentary filmmaking experience in some of the world's most dangerous places. You can see a list of his work at vonplantaproductions.com. He has an formidable reputation for getting the footage in the most miserable of conditions.

With Electric Adventures, we at Von Planta Productions, want to broadcast important and exciting documentary ideas, direct to interested viewers. Crucially, using the power of the Twittersphere, you the viewer have an opportunity to interact with the adventure and become part of the documentary experience - physically.

Jonathan Richards

Freelance Cameraman/Director/Editor and Motion Graphic Artist

Jonathan has been working freelance since 1994 and originally hired Claudio to shoot a charity project of his called 'Hull Freedom Trail' in 2007, an anti-slavery expedition across the Sahara desert to Sierra Leone. Since then, Jonathan and Claudio have collaborated on several projects most recently, Racing Green Endurance.

Jonathan's role has been to co-ordinate fundraising and to seek television opportunities for this documentary. Additional to this, he has spent a month on the road with the RGE team, shooting and editing through North America and Mexico.

Jonathan has a wife (Anne) and two children, Emma and Sam. When he does get some spare time, he enjoying playing drums and percussion.

Paul Jackson

Freelance Editor/DV Director

Paul has been involved in documentary making for just about all of his working life, with experience in every genre. He started at the BBC, moved on to Central Television, and has now been freelance for nearly twenty years. Telling the best story possible with the footage shot is a challenge, but it means that Paul's job is always interesting.

He first worked with Claudio about six years ago when working on Unreported World. The two hit it off, and worked with his great footage again Long Way Down and By Any Means. Recently, Paul worked with Claudio on a promotional European tour, and he says that it's great to be going out on the road with him again on this project.

When at home, Paul's hobbies are motorcycling, backpacking and photography.

Kevin Augello

Cameraman

As a teenager, Kevin studied film, media and television, specialising in camera work and producing at the National Film and Television School in the UK. He runs an adventure television production company called New Earth Films in the Netherlands. Being an experienced geologist, open water diver and mountain leader, complements his eye as a keen photographer and passionate environmentalist.

Kevin spent two weeks on the road with the RGE team. During that time the weather was at it's worse with constant storms in the rainy season of Central America - not the easiest gig!

Kevin is a member of the Guild of Television Cameramen and enjoys lecturing his courses on Hostile Environment Film Training.