The Vanishing Edge — an immersive journey to the Arctic.
A groundbreaking, 180° 3D immersive journey to the very edge of the Arctic ice pack, which retreated to its lowest extent on record earlier this year. The documentary is an experience unlike anything currently made for the format, and his most ambitious and boundary-pushing production to date.
Available December 3, 2026 · Apple TV
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CNN · Emmy-Winning Documentary Series
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
He is a prolific contributor to CNN’s flagship Emmy-winning documentary series. Most of these works involve deep dives into America’s reckoning with climate change. From the early battles of denial and misinformation to disasters, our food systems, music, solutions and, finally, adaptation — collectively a profile of a society remade by the climate crisis.
- Adaptation Nation (2025)A tour of the country as it goes through a monumental shift in the way we build, work and live — a new world defined by resilience and extremes.
- Change Amplified (2025)How genre-defining voices such as Billie Eilish, Jack Johnson and Bonnie Raitt are using their platforms to decarbonize touring and the music industry.
- What Whales Tell Us (2024)A journey following humpback whales, and a bold group of innovative researchers studying them, on their epic migration from Antarctica to Colombia.
- The Road to Change (2020)A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive tour of almost every corner of the country, grappling with disaster and the impacts of climate change.
CNN · Field Coverage
Climate News
A decade of dispatches from the front lines of a warming and ever more volatile planet. From floods to wildfires to hurricanes — capturing stories of people as they face down some of the deadliest disasters of our time in every corner of the country, and their fight to preserve and rebuild the places they love.
- Los Angeles Wildfires (2025)Breaking-news coverage of the devastating wildfires that tore through the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Malibu.
- Hurricane Ian (2022)Reporting from the eye of the storm in Punta Gorda, Florida, and a search for survivors on the Gulf Coast’s barrier islands.
- Paradise Camp Fire (2018)On the ground after one of the deadliest wildfires in US history, and a follow-up on how the town began to rebuild five years later.
- Alaska’s Tongass (2019)The old-growth forests at the center of the fight to preserve America’s largest remaining national forest.
CNN · Field Coverage
Breaking News
A series of deployments throughout his career with CNN as part of the network’s breaking-news team, navigating elections, protests, disasters and pandemics, and contributing firsthand reporting to some of the biggest stories of our time.
- The Migrant Caravan (2018)Following one mother’s perilous journey with her young children as she attempts to cross the Suchiate Bridge into Mexico, among thousands of migrants from across Central America.
- U.S. Presidential Election (2020)Day-to-day reporting as results came in from a historic election held in the midst of a global pandemic — first from Wisconsin, then from Arizona’s Maricopa County.
- Covid Response, Brazil (2020)An in-depth look at the country’s pandemic response — from the mass-grave exhumations at São Paulo’s Vila Formosa cemetery as it was overwhelmed, to the small Amazon hospitals struggling to keep up.
CNN Original Series · 4 Seasons
The Wonder List with Bill Weir
A CNN original he helped develop, shoot and produce with an unprecedentedly small team and production style. The result: a body of work spanning four seasons and 24 episodes across 30 countries — a lasting time capsule of the most fragile and extraordinary corners of our world, on the precipice of change.
- Alaska (2017)The conflict between a proposed copper-and-gold mine and the fishermen of Bristol Bay — the world’s largest remaining wild salmon fishery, and the bears and creatures that depend on it.
- Venice (2015)The monumental efforts a sinking city is taking to save itself from rising seas, and an uncertain future.
- Patagonia (2017)Doug and Kris Tompkins, the couple who gave up the corporate world and headed south to protect some of the last wild places in South America.
- Montana (2022)The remarkable rebound of wild buffalo, pushed forward by the American Prairie Reserve, as relentless development encroaches on big-sky country.
Profile Series
CNN Special Series
He’s contributed to a handful of CNN’s marquee, vignette-style short-documentary franchises — most focused on human portraits of inspiring leaders struggling against old systems and working to create meaningful change.
- Visionaries (2024)Joining legendary conservationist Kris Tompkins to transport one of the last wild jaguars across northern Argentina, in an effort to save the species.
- Champions for Change (2025)One woman’s mission to revolutionize America’s largest transportation sector — the electric school bus.
- Call to Earth (2023)A special organization’s crowd-sourced approach to saving Colombia’s endangered cotton-top tamarins, and the rainforest they call home.
CBS · Short Documentary Series
On Assignment
He developed, produced and filmed a network short-documentary series covering some of the biggest news events across the world, in a visceral and immersive style of reporting.
- Kiribati Climate Refugees (2017)A Pacific nation grapples with being overcome by a rising ocean, and looks to its regional neighbors for a first-of-its-kind refugee status.
- North Korea Nightmare Scenario (2017)The wide-ranging potential US military response in the Pacific theater, during a period of escalating nuclear threats from North Korea.
- Iceland Down Syndrome Disappearing (2017)The unintended domino effects that prenatal screening and choice have had in reshaping a nation into one nearly without Down syndrome.
ABC · Hidden-Camera Series
What Would You Do?
He produced and directed five seasons of the long-running, primetime reality series where everyday bystanders are faced with an ethical dilemma, and hidden cameras capture the often-inspiring ways we truly respond.
- Hungry and Homeless (2012)A kind woman brings a homeless man in from the street for a meal, but faces pushback from a bartender who believes that, no matter the money, he belongs outside.
- Barbershop: Interracial Couple (2013)An unforgettable look at who is welcome in one of Harlem’s community staples — a piece that drew hundreds of millions of views and fostered discussion in schools across the country.
- Shopping While Black (2014)Shark Tank’s Daymond John joins the team to watch how people respond when a man is racially profiled shopping at a high-end store on Wall Street.
Independent · Narrative · Documentary
Independent Films and Documentaries
He produced a series of independent narrative and documentary films with his brother Nicco, shot on a variety of formats and in locations ranging from an active New Jersey prison to the stone monuments of Arches National Park.
- “Homeward.” (2014)Three siblings return to their childhood home in Utah to clean up and reassess their lives — and each other — after a death in the family.
- “Breaking” (2011)A dark-comedy short following a young man’s struggle with meaning and addiction in the New Jersey suburbs.
- “Going… Somewhere” (2010)A town undone by the withdrawal of a General Electric plant, and the people, jobs and purpose that left with it.
150+ productions since 2010. Complete filmography — every story for CNN, CBS, ABC, HBO Max, Apple TV, Starz, Discovery Channel and more.
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