Quinn Kanaly began her career in filmmaking at in San Francisco, producing environmental advocacy videos for local and national environmental organizations, like The Sierra Club. She soon moved into broadcast documentary television, as a writer, field producer, and production manager, on programs for the Travel Channel and Discovery Channel, including episodes for Discovery’s popular ‘Shark Week’ series. Kanaly went on to co-produce and write films for the National Geographic Channel, with Far West Films partner, Noel Dockstader, on topics as diverse as the science of roller coasters to the crime story of the Boston Strangler. Her recent work includes episodes on National Geographic’s Explorer series, such as ‘Mammoth Mystery’, ‘Death of the Iceman’, and most recently, “Chachapoya Mystery” (tentative title), airing in 2009. Currently, Kanaly is co-producing ‘Extreme Ice’ with Dockstader for PBS’s NOVA series.