In 2007 AfriScreen completed 2 years of intensive sequence filming and production facilitation in Botswana for the prestigious High Definition BBC / Discovery / NHK Series PLANET EARTH which enjoyed hugely publicised worldwide broadcast in 2007.According to the international press, PLANET EARTH changed the trends in natural history viewing and was the catalyst in a rebirth of the genre.
The PLANET EARTH series went on to be the top selling DVD series on Amazon throughout 2008.In 2009 the Boxed DVD sets dominated Amazon’s top 10 chart for an unprecedented period in the natural history film genre.
PLANET EARTH has won close on 100 Awards worldwide, including:
4 Emmy Awards (4) – Photography, Music, Series Award, Sound Editing Peabody Award – Worlds’ most Prestigious International Media Award Golden Panda, Wildscreen Festival – Cinematography – Pole to Pole Saturn Award- Best TV Series British Film & TV Awards (BAFTA) – Best Photography, Best Sound, Best Music Huw Weldon Award- for Specialist Factual Jackson Hole Film Festival – Cinematography – Pole to Pole Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Best Documentary Series Missuola Wildlife Film Festival – Best Cinematography National TV Awards UK – Most Popular Factual Programme PGA Awards – TV Producer of the Year Royal Television Society – Best Photography, Best Sound TV Critics Award – Outstanding Achievement Series TRIC Awards – Best Documentary Programme
EARTH - THE MOVIE
A major US release by DISNEYNATURE on Earth Day in April 2009, “EARTH - THE MOVIE” is a full-length feature film version of this spectacular series. Earth concentrates on a few animal characters in order to take us on a rough journey from the North to the South pole over a year. There's a polar bear family, with cute fluffy cubs sliding in the snow. A herd of Kalahari elephants trudge through a drought and lions to reach water, and a humpback whale and her calf journey halfway across the world.
The film has garnered many awards and accolades.
We're very proud that Mike was one of the principal cameramen on the film.