John Stainton Biography

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John Stainton is a motion picture film artist (director and producer). He was close friends with Australian naturalist Steve Irwin prior to Irwin's death in September 2006. Stainton directed many of Irwin's documentaries as well as his television program, The Crocodile Hunter.

Recently he has been adamant in preventing the footage of Irwin's death, which depicts him being impaled by a stingray barb in his chest and pulling it out before dying, from being released, stating that "it should be destroyed".[1] This footage is believed to be the only one that depicts someone's death by a stingray, an exceedingly rare cause of death. However, there are rumors of the footage being leaked but most turned out to be jokes.

In the memorial service held on September 20 for Steve Irwin, Stainton made an appearance to pay tribute to his old friend.

Director - Filmography

• Confessions of the Crocodile Hunter
  
• Tigers of Shark Bay
  
• Crocs in the City
  
• Search for a Super Croc
  
• Ice Breaker
  
• Island of Snakes
  
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
  
• The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
  
• The Crocodile Hunter's Croc Files
  
• The Crocodile Hunter
  

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