Mr Fogg Welcomes James Levelle to his Residence Lifestyle

This January, Mayfair-based bar Mr Fogg’s will be teaming up with James Levelle as part of their renowned Explorer Series.

The British filmmaker will be returning home to London to grace Mr Fogg’s Residence on Monday 16 January for an evening of thought-provoking tales from his incredible Latin American adventure, as well as other exciting expeditions around the globe. Guests will be taken on a spellbinding tour to the most remote regions of the world (without them having to leave their cosy armchairs in Mr Fogg’s humble home). The event will begin with a 50-minute talk at 7:01PM followed by a 10 minute Q&A.

Levelle’s career in film kicked off in 2007 when the Environmental Justice Foundation sent him to document child labour in India’s cotton fields, and then to war-torn west Africa to capture footage of deadly pirate fishermen off the coast of Sierra Leone.

He went on to direct the acclaimed ‘Eco Crime Investigators’ series for National Geographic, going undercover in China and Tibet to expose the criminal trade in tiger skins and bone, and then taking on the lethal multi-million pound illegal logging industry in Southeast Asia. Filming undercover was a rush but it was Levelle’s time spent filming India’s last remaining wild tigers, and then endangered orang-utans in the Indonesian rainforest, that remains the most awe-inspiring experience of his life.

Since then, James has worked in some of the world’s most extreme environments directing some of Discovery Channel’s most groundbreaking and successful shows from ‘Alaska: Gold Rush’ to ‘Free Ride: South America’.

Levelle will be sharing stories from his extraordinary money-free travel adventure with environmentalist, Rob Greenfield. A daring attempt to cross the continent of South America without cash – ten weeks, six countries and over 11,000km – which James describes as the most mind-blowing journey of his life.

Times journalist, Hillary Rose, concluded, “He’s a nice bloke… however, he is mad." Whilst the Guardian credits him for his indomitable spirit, “with his refusal to be beaten down… If he had to take a cat to be put down, he would still sound like Lord Flashheart geeing up the troops for battle”.

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