WELCOME

My name is Brandon Bourassa. I am an ecologist and independent filmmaker, currently working out of Brownsville, Texas and Wanette, Oklahoma. It is my goal to use my passion and experience working with wildlife in combination for my love of visual storytelling to create compelling documentaries, short educational videos, and promotional material for wildlife and conservation organizations. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are seeking high quality video production services from someone with both wildlife and film/video production experience.

Originally from Oklahoma, I began my wildlife career as a zookeeper in the Children’s Zoo at the Oklahoma City Zoo. I was very fortunate to enjoy a lengthy zoo career, including two years at Gatorland Orlando, prior to attending the University of New Mexico for my undergraduate degree. I completed my BS in Geography at the University of New Mexico in December 2020, just in time for peak uncertainty at the height of a global pandemic. I opted to pursue my MS through a remote program, just in case attending graduate school in person became unfeasible. It turned out to be a perfect fit, with my first semester beginning the same week that I started as a Herpetologist at the ABQ BioPark. I completed my MS in Forest Resources and Conservation, along with a graduate certificate in Care and Conservation of Aquatic Animals, from the University of Florida in December 2023. Most recently, I worked as Senior Herpetology Keeper at Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

I have also worked as an Ecological Consultant for the New Mexico Film Industry as a part of my mission to reduce human/wildlife conflict. No matter how much the film industry tries to reduce their environmental footprint, the reality is that large film productions involve large amounts of people, vehicles, and equipment invading wildlife habitat. It was my job to keep both people and wildlife safe from each other on film and television productions. You can find all of the productions I’ve worked on by visiting my IMDb page.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my website. Feel free to check back often for updates if you’re interested. If you’d like to reach out, you can reach me at nomadicgeografik@gmail.com or find me with the social links on this page.

All the best,

Brandon M. Bourassa, MS

Vipera Ecological Productions & Nomadic Geografik

News

9/29/25

Hey everyone, I’ve been diving into editing a ton of projects before I head to Australia for a month. Here’s a little teaser for what’s coming up on YouTube.

First off, coming October 1st is my collaboration with Seth Andrews of The Thinking Atheist. He and I are joined by our friends from Tulsa Oklahoma Paranormal Studies to investigate the Brown Mansion in Coffeyville, Kansas. So if you want to see two skeptics trying our best to keep a straight face while looking for ghosts, this is the video for you! Also keep an eye out for Seth’s video from the Brown Mansion coming soon to his channel.

Filling out the month of October, my interview with Bryan Hughes of Rattlesnake Solutions will be dropping on October 15th and a special bonus paranormal video will come out on Halloween, October 31st. All videos are released at 6pm central.

10/20/24

Hi, Brandon here. My last paper from my time at UF has been published through UF IFAS Extension. I hope that this guide for coexisting with venomous snakes is useful for anyone who shares space with these misunderstood, yet ecologically valuable animals. You can find it here.

3/11/23

My guide to the Venomous Snakes and Lizards of New Mexico has been published through UF/IFAS Extension and can be found at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/UW503 .