Sharon Matola (born June 3, 1954) is a biologist and environmentalist originally from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is the founding director of the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, a zoo which was started in 1983 to protect native animals that had been used in a documentary film in Belize.
Not everybody can have such an impact. I always feel good that I live here. I like being out in a jungle better than anything else. I didn't plan to become a citizen and stay here for the rest of my life, but I consider myself a conservationist in the most basic sense. If I were in Montana or Peru, I would be doing the same thing. I've loved animals since I was a child. So here I get to do what I love. It's a satisfying life for me. I've created a zoo.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales from Belize: Paradise on the Edge
2000
TV Movie documentary consultant
Tropical Kingdom of Belize
1986
TV Movie documentary animal handler
The Mosquito Coast
1986
animal consultant: Belize
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales from Belize: Paradise on the Edge
2000
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Known for movies
The Mosquito Coast (1986) as Miscellaneous Crew
Tales from Belize: Paradise on the Edge (2000) as Miscellaneous Crew
Tropical Kingdom of Belize (1986) as Miscellaneous Crew
$13 Million
