ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA
Wildling Museum of Art, 2008.
(Non-fiction)
SANCTUARY
Global Oases of Innocence
(Co-author) Foreword by the Queen of
Bhutan, Council Oak Books, San Francisco/Tulsa,
2008. Smithsonian Institution Official Launch.
(Non-fiction)
CHATEAU BEYOND TIME
Council Oak Books, San
Francisco/Tulsa, 2008. (Fiction)
BHUTAN’S BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN III
Chief Editor and Advisor (Co-writer
with BAP III Team), Serbithang, Bhutan, United
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Royal
Government of Bhutan, 2008. (Non-fiction)
DONKEY
The Mystique of Equus Asinus
(Co-author), Council Oak Books, San
Francisco/Tulsa, 2007. (Non-fiction)
KINSHIP WITH
ANIMALS
Updated
Edition, (Ed.), Council Oak Books, San
Francisco/Tulsa, 2006. First U.S. edition Beyond
Words Publishing, 1998. (Non-fiction)
Originally published in German ICH SPURTE DIE
SEELE DER TIERE (I Feel the Souls of
Animals), Frankh-Kosmos Publishing, 2003.
South Korean Edition, 2009.
THE ADVENTURES OF MR. MARIGOLD
A 1,900-page ecological epic, lavishly
illustrated, Craig Potton Publishing, New Zealand,
2005. (Fiction)
DUBAI 24 HOURS
Foreword by Sheikh Hamdan, Motivate
Publishing, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2003.
(Non-fiction)
A
PARLIAMENT OF SCIENCE
Science for the 21st Century
(Ed.), State University of New York
Press, 2003. (Non-fiction)
TWIMC
(To Whom It May Concern),
(Co-author) Verbum Inc, San Francisco, 2003.
(Fiction)
VOICES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
For the Love of Animals
New Paradigm Books, Pasadena, CA, 1999.
(Non-fiction)
A PARLIAMENT OF MINDS
Philosophy for a New Millennium
(Ed.), State University of New York
Press, 1999. (Non-fiction)
JAN & CATHARINA
An illustrated novel, Smart Art Press,
Santa Monica, 1997. (Fiction)
IN SEARCH OF REALITY
The Art of Documentary Filmmaking
(Ed.), M. Wiese Publishing, Los Angeles,
1997. Chinese edition, 2009. (Non-fiction)
NATURE'S KEEPERS
On the Frontlines of the Fight To Save Wildlife
in America
John Wiley & Sons Publishing, New
York, 1997. (Non-fiction)
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF INDA
Harper Collins, 1997. (Non-fiction)
INDIA 24 HOURS
Mapin Publishing, India, 1996. (Non-fiction)
A PARLIAMENT OF SOULS
In Search of Global Spirituality
(Ed.), KQED/Bay Books, San Francisco,
1995. (Non-fiction)
WORLD WAR III
Population and the Biosphere at
the End of the Millennium
Preface by Jane Goodall. Bear & Co., and
Continuum Books, 1994, 1998. (Non-fiction) Canadian
audio book L’Institut National Canadien Pour les
Aveugles (Canadian National Institute for the
Blind). Spanish edition EL HOMBRE LA CONTRA DE
TIERRA, Flor Del Viento, Barcelona, 1996.
THE SOUL OF NATURE
Visions of a Living Earth
(Ed.), Continuum/Penguin-Dutton/Plume,
1995 and 1996. (Non-fiction)
A VISION OF NATURE
Traces of the Original World
Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,
1995. (Non-fiction)
A NAKED MAN
Asian Humanities
Press, Berkeley, CA, 1994. (Fiction)
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDITATION
Crossing Press, California, 1993. (Non-fiction)
RAGE & REASON
Rupa & Co., and AK Press, India,
the U.K., and U.S. editions, 1993 and 1997.
(Fiction), Italian edition LA LEGGE DI
FELHAM, Nuova Etica, Turin, 2002.
Turkish edition OFKE Versus Kitap,
Istanbul, 2006.
HARRY & ARTHUR
Directed by William Shatner, 1992 and 2003. (Stage
play)
BELIEVE
(With William Shatner), Berkley/Putnam, New York,
1992. (Fiction)
LIFE FORCES
The World of Jainism
Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley, CA,
1991 and 2000. (Non-fiction)
FATAL EXPOSURE
Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, New
York, 1991. (Fiction)
Hungarian edition VEGZETAS SUGARAK,
Plantan, Budapest, 1991.
VOICE OF THE PLANET
Bantam Books, New York, 1990. (Fiction)
MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
(Ed.), University of Oklahoma Press,
1986. (Non-fiction)
AFTER EDEN
History, Ecology &
Conscience
Slawson Communications,
San Diego, 1984. (Non-fiction)
DEEP
ECOLOGY
(Ed.), Avant Books, San Diego, 1983
and 1986. (Non-fiction)
DEVA
Preface by Kimon Friar, Avant Books,
San Diego, 1982. (Fiction)
THE MOUNTAIN SPIRIT
(Ed.), Overlook/Viking/Penguin/Gollancz, 1979,
1980. (Non-fiction)
A BIOGRAPHY OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
Ann Arbor Dissertation Archives, 1977.
(Non-fiction)
TSA International Mountaineering Arts,
Berkeley, CA., Limited Edition Book. 1974.
(Fiction)
DHAULAGIRIDEON
IMAJ Publishers, Agni Review, Antioch College,
Yellow Springs, Ohio, Limited Edition Book, 1973.
(Fiction)
Over 300 articles and
essays published in numerous books, and in such
magazines and journals as: The Kenyon Review, The
Athenian, Discovery Magazine, Population &
Environment, Bloomsbury Review, The San Francisco
Review of Books, Parabola, Sciences, Greenpeace,
Animal Law, The New Scientist, Psychology Today,
Population Coalition, Terra Nova, Trilogy
Magazine,
The National New Zealand Planning Institute,
and Lapis.
Over 100 interviews of Tobias published and/or
broadcast including Mother Earth
News,
the Washington Post, San
Francisco Chronicle and Calcutta
Statesman, Psychology Today, the
Baltimore Sun, PBS, Good Morning America,
New Zealand National Radio, CNN International, Star
Plus, and
cable specials about Tobias.
HOTSPOTS
A Dancing Star
Foundation feature documentary (Writer, Director,
Producer, Executive Producer, Co-Director of
Photography) – Saving the most endangered species
and habitats on Earth; 2008.
NO VACANCY
A Dancing Star Foundation feature documentary, with
Population Communication (Writer, Director,
Producer, Executive Producer, Director of
Photography) – The human population explosion and
its impact on the environment, Hosted by Bob
Gillespie, 2006.
MAD COWBOY
A Dancing Star Foundation feature documentary, with
Voice for a Viable Future (Writer, Director,
Executive Producer) – The tragedy of industrial
agriculture and animal rights, Hosted by Howard
Lyman, Based upon Lyman’s book by the same title,
Produced by Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald, 2005.
THE HYDROGEN AGE
A World Watch Special, one hour, (Co-Writer) – The
alternative energy revolution, focusing on hydrogen
and fuel cells, Produced and Directed by Geoff
Holland and Marc Griffith, Narrated by Leonard
Nimoy, 2004.
Y.M.I.
Dramatic feature film, Temple 4 Films
(Co-Executive Producer), 2003.
DUBAI 24 HOURS
Feature documentary, Alarabiya, Dubai Committee and
the International Monetary Fund (Writer, Director),
2002.
THE COST OF COOL
Thirty-minute documentary, Population
International, (Director) – Consumption among
teenagers in the United States, 2001.
IMAGES OF ARIZONA
One-hour documentary, KAET/PBS, (Senior Director,
Producer) – The Art of Landscape Photography, 2000.
THE SKY'S ON FIRE
Two-hour Movie-of-the-Week, ABC, (Executive
Producer, and based upon Tobias’ novel Fatal
Exposure) – Regarding ozone depletion in the
Antarctic and Arctic, 2000.
THE VIEW FROM MALABAR
One-hour Ohio PBS special, (Director) – Regarding
sustainable agriculture and the legacy of Louis
Bromfield in Ohio, Produced by Geoffrey Holland,
2000.
A PARLIAMENT OF MINDS
Fifteen-part series, PBS/Wisdom Network, (Director,
Producer, based upon Tobias’s co-edited book by
same title, with Dr. Pat Fitzgerald, Hosted by Mike
Malone) – A look at philosophical challenges of the
21st century, 1999 .
WHALE SHARK HUNTERS OF THE PHILIPPINES
KETA films, one-hour special for National
Geographic Channel (Executive Producer) – An
examination of the biology, majesty and threats to
the largest, gentlest fish in the oceans, Directed
by Erin Calme, 1999 .
RIVER OF LOVE
Feature film, Dharmic Productions, (Writer,
Director) – About a living environmental saint in
India, 1999 .
KIDS & ANIMALS
Animal Planet, (Director, Co-Writer) –
Detailing new therapies that have resulted from the
intermingling of special needs animals and
children, 1999.
REIGNING CATS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Animal Planet, (Director, Writer), one-hour special
on our love of cats and their magnificent
diversity, 1998.
LEGENDS & DREAMERS
One-hour special PBS-Phoenix, (Co-Director,
Producer) – The ecology and history of Arizona,
Executive Produced by Jillian Robinson, 1998.
A PARLIAMENT OF SCIENCE
Sixty half-hour interviews in Budapest, sponsored
by UNESCO, with Vision TV-London, (Writer,
Director), 1998.
AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE
The World of William Shatner
One-hour special, Canadian Broadcasting Channel
(CBC) & Bravo, (Writer, Director) – A biography
of William Shatner, Produced by Harvey McKinnon,
1997.
SEAN CONNERY
An Intimate Portrait
Lifetime Television Network, One-hour special,
(Writer, Director), 1996.
THE LAST STAND
The Battle to Save the Ballona
Wetlands
PBS, 1999 (Co-Writer, Co-Executive Producer)
–Detailing the struggle to protect one of the last
wetlands in southern California, A Sheila Laffey
Film, Hosted by Ed Asner, 1999.
AMERICA'S GREAT PARKS
Two hour special, Discovery Channel, (Writer) – A
visual odyssey, directed by Gino Tanasescu,
focusing on Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand
Canyon and the biology, genetics, geology, Native
American history, and ecological points of profound
and enduring fascination, 1998.
RENEWABLE POWER
Various Public Broadcasting Stations, (Executive
Producer) – Focused upon the alternative energy
revolution, for the U.S. Department of Energy, A
Geoffrey Holland Film, 1998.
THE WETLANDS OF JAPAN
Goldman Foundation, (Director, Producer) – The
legacy of Isahaya Bay, the once largest wetland in
Japan, 1998.
CLIMB FOR TIBET
One-hour special, Wisdom Network,
(Director) – A mountaineering ascent of Chimborazo
in Ecuador, in order to spotlight a free Tibet,
1997.
THE ORIGINALS
Three-part series, Doordarshan,
(Executive Producer, Director) – The ecological
anthropology of Arunachal Pradesh in India, 1997.
JAM PACKED
PBS, one hour, 1997 (Director, Co-Executive
Producer) – A rousing study of teenagers and
college-aged students and their views on ecology,
overpopulation, extinction, and consumption, Hosted
by Alexandra Paul, Produced by Geoffrey Holland,
1997.
ELEMENT ONE
PBS, one hour, (Writer, Director) –
The first major special for the U.S., Canadian,
German and Japanese departments of Energy on
hydrogen and fuel cells, produced by Geoffrey
Holland and William Hoagland, 1997.
MOSCOW 24 HOURS
JMT Productions, pilot (Writer,
Director, Executive Producer), 1996.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF INDIA
PBS/Doordarshan/NHK/StarPlus, two hours (Writer,
Director, Producer, based upon Tobias’s book by
same title) – A feature film celebrating India on
her 50th
anniversary, 1996.
WORLD WAR III
PBS, one hour, (Writer, Director, Producer,
Executive Producer, and Host, based upon Tobias’s
book by same title) – A global look at the
population explosion and its impact on human
rights, infrastructure, and biodiversity, 1995.
A PARLIAMENT OF SOULS
PBS/Vision TV-Canada, 28 half-hour series, (Writer,
Director, Producer, based upon the book by the same
title) – Conservations with such luminaries as H.H.
the Dalai Lama about the fate of the earth, Hosted
by Bettina Gray, 1993.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENESIS AWARDS
Discovery Channel, one hour,
(Director, Producer) – The animal rights awards,
1992.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IRELAND
PBS-WNET/RTL-Dublin, one hour, (Writer, Director) –
Landscape and cultural aesthetics across Ireland,
1992.
THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENESIS AWARDS
Discovery Channel, one hour, (Director, Producer) –
The animal rights awards, 1991.
VOICE OF THE PLANET
TBS, ten-hour dramatic miniseries, (Writer,
Director, Producer, Executive Producer, based upon
Tobias’s novel by same title) – A biography of life
on Earth, starring William Shatner and Faye
Dunaway, Senior Producer, Jane Gray Morrison, 1990.
THE MAKING OF THE VOICE OF THE PLANET
TBS, one hour, (Writer, Director, Producer,
Executive Producer), 1990.
BLACK TIDE
Discovery Channel, one hour, (Writer, Director,
Producer) – A Post-Mortem on the Exxon Valdez
Disaster in Alaska and its lasting biological
impact, 1989.
THE POWER GAME
Corporation for Public Broadcasting special
(CPB/PBS), four-hour series, (Executive Producer) –
An examination of the Reagan Administration, based
upon the Hedrick Smith book by the same title, A
Phillip Burton Production, with Maryland Public
Broadcasting, 1989.
MOUNTAIN PEOPLE | SEA POWER | MINI-DRAGONS
Three multi-part TV series pilots for Maryland
Public Broadcasting (Writer/Executive Producer),
1987.
ANTARCTICA
A Greenpeace Special
PBS, one hour, (Executive Producer), 1988.
AHIMSA
Non-Violence
PBS, one hour, (Writer, Director, Executive
Producer) – The first film to chronicle the
non-violent world of the Jains of India and their
ancient legacy of environmentalism –shot at 100
locations across India, 1987.
ANTARCTICA
The Last Continent
PBS, one hour, (Writer, Director, Producer, Host,
Editor) – An examination of the world-park
initiative for Antarctica, and the many threats to
this continent’s future, 1987.
SCIENCE NOTES
PBS, thirty-two part series, (Writer, Director,
Producer, Editor, Host) – A nationally-syndicated
series on topical scientific and ecological themes,
1985-1987.
ANIMAL RIGHTS
One of three MacNeil/Lehrer PBS specials, (Writer,
Director, Producer, Editor, Host), 1986-87.
THE GIFT
PBS, thirty minutes, (Writer, Director, Producer,
Editor, Host) – Special education in America, 1986.
PLAYING GOD
PBS, one hour, (Narrator) – An examination of the
relatively new arena of genetically modified
organisms, 1986.
SPACE FUTURES
PBS, thirty minutes, (Writer, Director, Producer,
Editor, Host) -– The future of the space programs
following the Challenger tragedy, 1986.
SAND AND LIGHTING
PBS, thirty minutes, (Writer, Director, Producer,
Editor, Host) – The Japanese super-computer
revolution and its possible origins in Buddhist
landscape aesthetics, 1986.
CLOUDWALKER
Channel 4/London, Royal Geographic
Society Premiere, A&E, PBS, one hour (Writer,
Director, Producer) – A psychological profile of
mountaineering at its most severe and dangerous,
1984.
HOUSE FOR ALL SEASON
PBS, two thirty-minute specials (Writer) –
Eco-sustainability starts at home, 1984.
KAZANTZAKIS
PBS, thirty minutes, (Writer,
Director, Producer, Composer) – An intimate profile
of the great Greek philosopher/writer/environmental
thinker, 1984.