Clive Oppenheimer

Biography

Clive Oppenheimer is a British volcanologist who teaches as Professor of Volcanology in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Born in 1964, he read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, graduating in 1986, and took his PhD at the Open University with a thesis on remote sensing in volcanology. His research covers volcanology and geochemistry, especially in Antarctica, where he has spent 13 field seasons on Mount Erebus, and he also located two lost campsites from Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1912. In 2011 the North Korean government invited him to study Baekdu Mountain. He has appeared on several BBC Radio 4 programs and collaborated with Werner Herzog on three documentaries: Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Into the Inferno (2016), which drew on his book Eruptions that Shook the World, and Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (2020), his directorial debut, co-directed with Herzog. Honors include the Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award in 2005.

62years old

Turns 63 on May 28in 223 days

Born May 28, 1964
Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Also credited as Oppenheimer, Clive, C.M. Oppenheimer and Clive M Oppenheimer

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 13 years2007 to 2020

Every film, newest first

2020Fireball: Visitors From Darker WorldsIMDb rating 6.9
2016Into the InfernoIMDb rating 7.2
2007Encounters at the End of the WorldIMDb rating 7.7

Genres

Documentary

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Behind the camera
Oppenheimer's book Eruptions that Shook the World became the basis for the 2016 Werner Herzog film Into the Inferno, in which Oppenheimer was prominently featured.
A first
Oppenheimer has done field work on Mount Erebus in Antarctica across 13 seasons. He also discovered two previously lost campsites from Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1912.
A first
Oppenheimer was asked by North Korea's government in 2011 to look into recent volcanic activity at Baekdu Mountain, joined by his PhD student Kayla Iacovino and volcanologist James Hammond.