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On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Film Competition in years past. The honorees and their films represent a select group, judged from a field of as many as 650 film entries. Please note that all credits are not listed.
2005 Winners
GRAND TETON AWARD (Best of Festival)
Sponsored
by Panasonic Broadcast
Homeland:
Four Portraits of Native Action
The Katahdin Foundation
BEST ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROGRAM
Sponsored
by World Wildlife Fund
Winner: Wildlife on One,
Series 31:Capuchins-The Monkey Puzzle
BBC Natural History
Unit, BBC Worldwide, Animal Planet, Discovery Communications
Ants--Nature's Secret
Power
Adi Mayer Films, ORF, Docstar, WDR
Meerkat
Manor: Episode 2
Oxford Scientific Films, Discovery Networks International
BEST CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
Winner: Earthling
Wolfgang
Bayer Productions, EarthNative Films
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
Animal Planet, Darlow Smithson,
Tandem Communications
Jeff Corwin
Unleashed: Man and Nature
Popular Arts Entertainment,
Spectrum Productions, Discovery Kids Channel
BEST EARTH SCIENCES PROGRAM
Sponsored
by American Geological Institute
Winner: Hot
Rocks--Geology of Civilization: Risky Rocks
The Open University,
BBC4, The Science Channel
Miracle Planet II: The Violent Past
NHK Enterprises
21, The Science Channel, Tele Images International, National
Film Board of Canada, Telepool
The Year Without
Summer
Cicada Films
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
Sponsored
by Conservation International
Winner: Homeland:
Four Portraits of Native Action
The Katahdin Foundation
The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly
Nature/WNET,
Moore & Moore
Productions
Strange
Days on Planet Earth: Troubled Waters National
Geographic Television & Film, Vulcan Productions, Sea
Studios Foundation
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Winner: Europe,
A Natural History
BBC, ORF, ZDF
NATURE: Deep
Jungle
Nature/WNET, Granada Wild, National Geographic
Channel International, France 5
Nile
BBC
Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel Productions
MARION ZUNZ NEWCOMER AWARD
Sponsored
by American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Winner:The
Last Goosekeeper Henrik Helsgaun
The
Sloth: Hardly a Deadly Sin Jeri Ledbetter
Under
Their Skin Will Clark, Melissa Pentecost
BEST NONBROADCAST PROGRAM
Winner: Eagle
Odyssey
RSPB Film Unit
Aliens
of the Deep
Earthship Productions
Roar: Lions of
the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions, National
Geographic
BEST PEOPLE & ANIMALS PROGRAM
Sponsored
by National Geographic
Winner: Strange
Days on Planet Earth: Predators
National Geographic Television and
Film, Vulcan Productions, Sea Studios Foundation
NATURE: The Good, the Bad,
and the Grizzly
Nature/WNET, Moore & Moore
Productions
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Heart
of a Lioness
ORTV, Animal Planet
BEST SHORT PROGRAM
Winner: Devil's
Teeth
Roger Teich
Bravo & Chance:
The Cheetah Coalition
42 Degrees North Films
Ride of the Mergansers
Steve
Furman
BEST THEATRICAL PROGRAM
Winner: March
of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National
Geographic Feature Films, Warner Independent Pictures
Deep Blue
BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide
Grizzly
Man
Lions Gate Films, Discovery Docs
BEST WEB PRESENTATION
Winner: NATURE:
Deep Jungle
Nature/WNET, Granada Wild, National Geographic
Channel International, France 5
British
Isles, A Natural History
BBC Science & Nature
Online for BBC Learning & Interactive
NOVA: The Wave
That Shook the World
NOVA WGBH-TV, Pioneer
Productions
Craft Categories:
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Sponsored
by Dolby Laboratories
Winner: Earthling
Wolfgang
Bayer Productions, EarthNative Films
Sound Recordist: Dustin Vandenbroeke Editing,
Mixing: DBC Sound
Massive Nature: The
Crossing
BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide,
Animal Planet
Dubbing Editor: Kate Hopkins Dubbing
Mixer: Martyn Harries
Forces
of Nature
Graphic Films, National Geographic
Sound
Recordist: Alex MacInnis Design:
Michael McDonough, MPSE Mixing: Lora Hirschberg,
Gary Rizzo
BEST CGI-ANIMATION
Winner: Bristish
Isles, A Natural History: Ice Age (Programme 3)
BBC Natural
History Unit
Alien
Planet
Evergreen Films LLC, Discovery
Channel CGI:
Meteor Studios
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
Animal
Planet, Darlow Smithson, Tandem Communications CGI:
Framestore
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored
by Eastman Kodak Company
Winner: Natural
World: Mississippi - Tales of the Last River Rat
@GB Films Ltd., BBC, Discovery
Channel
Cinematography: Neil Rettig, Additional Photography: Colin Stafford-Johnson
Roar: Lions
of the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions, National
Geographic
Cinematography: Tim Liversedge
Tigers
of the Emerald Forest
Mike Birkhead Associates,
BBC, Animal Planet
Cinematography: Gordon Buchanan
BEST EDITING
Sponsored
by LaserPacific Media Corporation
Winner: Roar:
Lions of the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions, National
Geographic Editors:
Lori Petersen Waite, Mark Fletcher
Deadly
Love
National Geographic Television & Film Editor:
Emmanuel Mairesse
When
Animals Attract
National Geographic Television & Film Editors:
Bonnie Cutler-Shear, Mickey Green
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: March
of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National Geographic Feature
Films,Warner Independent Pictures Composer: Alex Wurman
Deep
Blue
BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide Composer:
George Fenton
Natural World: Mississippi - Tales
of the Last River Rat
@GB Films Ltd., BBC, Discovery
Channel Music: A Compilation of Various Artists from
the 1940s
BEST WRITING
Sponsored
by Non-Fiction Exchange
Winner: March
of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National Geographic Feature Films,
Warner Independent Pictures Based on the screenplay by Luc Jacquet & Michel
Fessler Narration by Jordan Roberts
Earthling
Wolfgang
Bayer Productions,
EarthNative
Films Writers: Tristan
Bayer, Kenneth Courtney
NATURE:
Holy Cow
Nature/WNET, Icon Films, Nature/WNET Writer:
Harry Marshall
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
Aliens of the Deep (IMAX) Earthship
Productions
Defying categorization, this film uniquely conveys an understanding
of the interrelations between geosystem and biosystem. Combining
excellent scientific inquiry with remarkable technology innovation,
the program inspires discovery and exploration to viewers of
all ages.
Special Jury Prizes
Ants - Nature's Secret Power
Adi Mayer Films, ORF, Docstar, WDR
NATURE: The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly
Nature/WNET, Moore & Moore Productions
2003 Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Nature / WNET
Dr. George Schaller was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gala Awards Ceremony Thursday, September 25.
As vice president for science and exploration of the Wildlife Conservation Society, his four decades of field research has shaped wildlife protection around the world. Focusing on a particular species’ role within its environment, encompassing indigenous people, vegetation and other animals, Schaller created the paradigm of conservation biology. Apart from his landmark studies of mountain gorillas (initiating Dian Fossey’s crusade), tigers, lions, jaguars, cheetahs and leopards, he has also researched wild sheep and goats, snow leopards, giant pandas, rhinos and flamingos.
Conservation Action Awards
For the first time ever, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival presented Conservation Action Awards at the 2003 Wildlife Festival.
The Congo Basin Forest Partnership received a Conservation Action Award for their efforts to conserve and sustainably manage the biodiversity rich forests of Central Africa. President El Hadj Omar Bongo received a Conservation Action Award for his precedent-setting decision to set aside over 10,000 square miles to create a system of 13 National Parks in Gabon.
Corporate Achievement Award sponsored by NHNZ, Ltd.
The Festival also gave its first Corporate Achievement Award to the Japanese broadcaster NHK, in recognition of its 50th anniversary of TV broadcasting.
After 26 years of radio broadcasting, NHK started its first TV broadcasting in 1953. With a firm belief that broadcasting is an expression of culture founded on technology, it has strived to take in the newest technological developments into broadcasting. NHK is a well-known pioneer in the research and development of HDTV technology, and has actively promoted HDTV acquisition, editing and broadcasting. NHK has not only been a leader in the development of the technology, but is one of the world’s major producers of natural history films.
Grand Teton Award—Best of Festival
(sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems)
The Cultured Ape, Scorer Associates
Best Animal Behavior
(sponsored by World Wildlife Fund)
Snake Killers of the Kalahari, National Geographic
Best Children’s
(sponsored by National Wildlife Federation)
China Bear Special: Really Wild Show, BBC
Best Earth Sciences
(sponsored by American Geological Institute)
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Green Umbrella, Limited and Discovery Channel
Best Cinematography
(sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company)
Wild Africa: Mountains, Discovery Channel and BBC
Cinematographers: Martyn Colbeck, Trevor de Kock, Justin Maguire
Best Editing
(sponsored by LaserPacific Media Corporation)
My Halcyon River, BBC
Nigel Buck, Editor
Best Environmental
(sponsored by Conservation International)
Ape Hunters, BBC
Best Limited Series
(sponsored by Quantel, Inc.)
Wild Africa, Discovery Channel, BBC
Marion Zunz Newcomer
(sponsored by Granada Visual)
Flip Flotsam, Etienne Oliff & Lucy Bateman
Best Nonbroadcast
(sponsored by Lobo Media Productions)
Laboratory Rat: A Natural History, Oxford University
Best People and Animals
(sponsored by National Geographic Channels International)
Pale Male, Frederic Lilien, FL Productions
Best Short
(sponsored by Lobo Media Productions)
Deadly Sounds in the Silent World, The Whaleman Foundation
Best Music
(sponsored by Nature/WNET)
Danger in Tiger Paradise, BBC, Animal Planet, and Mike Birkhead Associates
David Mitcham, Composer
Best Achievement in Sound
(sponsored by Dolby Laboratories, Inc.)
Shark Battlefield, BBC and Discovery Channel
Kate Hopkins, Sound Editor; Martyn Harries, Dubbing Mixer
Best CGI/Animation
(sponsored by Marco Polo Archive)
Monsters We Met: The Eternal Frontier, BBC and Animal Planet
Best Theatrical
(sponsored by Fletcher Chicago)
Winged Migration, Sony Pictures Classics
Best Web Presentation
(sponsored by Sony Electronics)
Florida’s Springs: Protecting Nature’s Gem, Fusionspark Media, Inc.
http://www.floridasprings.org
Best Writing
(sponsored by Writers Guild of America, west)
Temple of the Tigers: India's Bandhavgarh Wilderness, Icon Films
Writer, Harry Marshall
Take Your Best Shot Competition
Martin Dohrn, for Terminal Velocity
Special Jury Award for tackling a notoriously tough subject in a courageous and compelling way
The State of the Planet with David Attenborough, BBC and Discovery Channel
Special Jury Award to an individual with the passion to explore a complex, controversial, and important issue
Cost of Freedom, Vanessa Schulz, 21st Paradigm
Michael Brinkman Emerging Filmmaker Award Recipients
(sponsored in association with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival by: Apple, Abel Cine Tech, Anton Bauer, Crawford Communications, Discovery, Dolby Laboratories, Fujinon, Granada Wild, LaserPacific Media, Panasonic, Pace Technology, Quantel, and Sony Electronics)
Brad Markel—project (working title): Western Fires and Yellowstone’s Amazing Rebirth
John Shier—project (working title): Mazaalai, Ghost of the Gobi
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2001 Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
For his astonishing work as a pioneer in underwater photography and diving, Prof. Hans Hass received the Dieter Plagge "Lifetime Achievement" Award. In 1942, Hass was the first person to combine the use of swim fins (invented in 1937) with self-contained diving equipment in a water environment, initiating the change from helmeted "walk-diving" to the new era of swim diving. From 1937 to 1962 he made over 100 underwater films, most of them with his wife and partner, Lotte Hass. Today, at 82 years of age, he is still a fervent advocate of marine and environmental protection. Six decades of significant achievements and advances have made him a pioneer for both scuba divers and marine environmentalists. His many books and films have influenced most of the underwater filmmakers and photographers of today. For more information about Hans Hass, refer to the Historical Diving Website at www.hds.org/hass.html
Grand Teton Award
Mzima: Haunt of the Riverhorse
Survival Anglia Ltd/National Geographic Television
Producers: Mark Deeble/Victoria Stone
Best Animal Behavior
Mzima: Haunt of the Riverhorse
Survival Anglia Ltd/National Geographic Television
Producers: Mark Deeble/Victoria Stone
Best Children’s
Zoboomafoo: Can You Feel It?
Cinar Corporation/PBS/Earth Creatures Co./MPRm Public Relations
Producers: Chris Kratt/Martin Kratt/Leo Eaton/Peter Moss/Cheryl Knapp
Best Cinematography
Living Edens: Yellowstone, America's Secret Eden
ABC/Kane Productions
Producers: Hugh Miles/Shane Moore
Executive Producer: Alex Gregory
Cinematographers: Shane Moore/Bob Landis/Hugh Miles
Best Editing
The Great Dance
Off the Fence/Aardvark/Liquid Pictures/Earthrise
Producer: Ellen Windemuth
Executive Producer: James Hersov
Editor: Damon Foster
Best Environmental
The Curse of the Methuselah Tree
Windfall Films/Channel 4
Producers: Ian Duncan/Nikki Arend
Best Limited Series
Blue Planet
BBC Natural History Unit/Discovery Channel
Series Producer:Alastair Fothergill
Marion Zunz Newcomer
Secrets of the Turtle Tomb
HIT Entertainment
Producers: Michael Wong/Michael Rosenberg
Best Nonbroadcast
Spirit of Yosemite
Greystone Films
Producer: David Vassar
Best People and Animals
The Great Dance
Off the Fence/Aardvark/Liquid Pictures/Earthrise
Producer: Ellen Windemuth
Executive Producer: James Hersov
Best Short
Living with Hippos
National Geographic Television
Producer: Stella Cha
Executive Producer: David Royle
Best Achievement in Sound
The Great Dance
Off the Fence/Aardvark/Liquid Pictures/Earthrise
Producer: Ellen Windemuth
Executive Producer: James Hersov
Sound Recordist: Barry Donnelly
Best Theatrical
Ocean Oasis
Summerhays Films, Inc.
Producers: Soames Summerhays/Don Steele
Best Web Presentation
Congo Trek
National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com/congotrek
Best Writing
The Burning Sands: Raging Sands
Brando Quilici Productions/Discovery/RAI/Teleimages
Producers: Brando Quilici/Executive: Steven Manuel
Writer: Robert Goldberg
Best Shot Competition
Wayne Hinde, Panthera Productions
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1999 Winners
Grand Teton Award
Vision Man
Aby-Long Productions
Producer: Lars Aby
Best Animal Behavior (Double Winner)
The Dragons of Galapagos
National Geographic Television
Producers: David Parer/Elizabeth Parer-Cook
Executive Producers: Nicolas Noxon/Dione Gilmour
Dolphins: The Wild Side
National Geographic Television
Executive Producers: Nicolas Noxon/Keenan Smart
Producer: Paul Atkins
Best Childrens
Possum’s Rest
ABC Natural History Unit
Producer: Nick Hilligoss
Best Cinematography
Madagascar: A World Apart
ABC/Kane Productions, Inc.
Cinematographer: Andrew Young
Producers: Andrew Young/Susan Todd
Best Conservation/Environmental
National Geographic Explorer: The Secret Life of Cats
National Geographic Television
Executive Producer: Michael Rosenfeld
Senior Producer: David Royle
Producer: Allison Argo
Head NHU – Keenan Smart
Award for Innovation
The Wildlife Specials: Leopard
BBC – Natural History Unit
Producers: Owen Newman/Amanda Barrett
Series Producer: Keith Scholey
Best Investigative
Wildlife for Sale Dead or Alive
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Executive Producer: Michael Allder
Producers: Italo Costa
Best Limited Series
The Life of Birds: To Fly or Not to Fly Episode 1
Signals and Songs Episode 6
The Limits of Endurance Episode 10
BBC – Natural History Unit
Producer To Fly or Not to Fly: Mike Salisbury
Producer Signals and Songs: Peter Bassett
Executive Producer Signals and Songs: Mike Salisbury
Producer Limits of Endurance: Miles Barton
Executive Producer Limits of Endurance: Mike Salisbury
Newcomer
Atacama: The Flowering Desert
Equilibrio Producciones
Producers: Graham Lewis/Christian Munoz Donoso
Newcomers: Graham Lewis/Christian Munuz Donoso
Best Nonbroadcast
Africa’s Elephant Kingdom
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Executive Producer: Tim Cowling
Producer: Michael Caulfield
Best People and Animals
Rat
National Geographic Television
Producer: Mark Lewis
Co-Production Companies: Canal+/Channel 4/NH New Zealand, Ltd/Beyond Productions
PSA/VNR’s
Guyana’s Natural Heritage
Conservation International
Producer: Flavia Castro
Best Short
Wildlife on One: Spiders from Mars
BBC – Natural History Unit
Producer: Vanessa Berlowitz
Series Producer: Robin Hellier
Best Writing Award
Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La
ABC/Kane Productions, Inc.
Producer: Harry Marshall
Writer: Harry Marshall
Special Jury Award Of Merit
The Wildlife Specials: Tiger
BBC - Natural History Unit
Producers: Hugh Miles/Mike Birkhead
Island of the Sharks
Howard Hall Productions
Producer: Michele Hall
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1997 Winners
Grand Teton Award
People of the Sea
International Wildlife Films
Producer: Patrick Morris
Best Animal Behavior
Mountain Gorilla: A Shattered Kingdom
Survival Anglia Ltd.
Producer: Bruce Davidson
Best Children's
Krattsí Creatures: Big Five, Little Five
Paragon Entertainment Corporation
Producer: Leo Eaton/Jon Slan/Wilson Coneybeare/Richard Borchiver
Best Cinematography
The Living Eden: Denali: Alaska's Great Wilderness
ABC/Kane Productions
Executive Producers: Alex Gregory/Dennis Kane
Producer: Bruce Reitherman; Camera: Bruce Reitherman
Best Conservation/Environmental
People of the Sea
International Wildlife Films
Producer: Patrick Morris
Award for Innovation
The Ultimate Guide to Elephants
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Producer: Ian Duncan/David Hickman/Steve Burns
Best Investigative
Tiger: Lord of the Wild
ABC/Kane Productions
Producer: Elizabeth Green/James McQuillan
Best Limited Series
Living Edens: Denali: Alaska's Great Wilderness
Living Edens: Manu: Peru's Hidden Rainforest
ABC/Kane Productions
Executive Producers: Alex Gregory/Dennis B. Kane
Producer Denali: Bruce Reitherman
Manu: Kim MacQuarrie/Drew Hunt/Neal Williams
Newcomer
Toothwalker's, Giants of Arctic Ice
Toothwalkers & Canal+
Producer: Sarah Robertson/Adam Ravetch
Best Short
The Last Frog
National Geographic Televsion
Producer: Allison Argo
Special Consideration
Puma: Lion of the Andes
National Geographic Television
Producer: Hugh Miles
Special Jury Award of Merit
Pygmy Chimpanzee: The Last Great Ape
BBC: Natural History Unit
Producer: Karen Bass
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1995 Winners
Grand Teton Award
Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze
Producer: Martha Holmes/Ned Kelly/Peter Bassett/Alastair Fothergill
British Broadcasting Corporation/National Geographic Television
Best Animal Behavior/Ecology
The New Chimpanzees
Producer: Catherine McConnell
National Geographic Television
Best Children’s
Once Upon Australia
Producer: Nick Hilligoss
Australian Broadcasting Corporation-NHU
Best Craft (for Cinematography)
Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
Producer: Lisa Truitt
National Geographic Television
Best Conservation/Environmental
Survival of the Apes
Producer: Frances Berrigan
Cicada Films
Award for Innovation
The Private Life of Plants: Growing
Producer: Mike Salisbury
British Broadcasting Corporation-NHU
Best Investigative
National Geographic EXPLORER: Last of the Dancing Bears
Producer: Sarah Cunliffe
National Geographic Television
Best Limited Series
Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze
The Bountiful Sea
The Door Closes
Producer: Martha Holmes/Ned Kelly/Peter Bassett/Alastair Fothergill
British Broadcasting Corporation-NHU/National Geographic Television
Newcomer
National Geographic Explorer: Ndoki Adventure
Producer: Bryan Harvey/Michael Nicols
National Geographic Television
The Call of Kakadu
Producer: David Curl
David Curl Productions/Nature/WNET/BBC
Best Nonbroadcast
Dinosaurs on Earth: Then & Now
Producer: Yves Gerard Issembert
National Geographic Society
Most Resourceful
Fanamby: Ny Nosy Mena Ho Nosy Maitso (The Bet)
Producer: Haroldo Castro/Flavia Castro
Conservation International
Special Consideration
Secrets of the Wild Panda
Producer: Mark Stouffer/Adrian Warren
National Geographic Society
Best Short Film
Lake of the Flies
Producer: Richard Matthews
Zebra Film Productions Ltd./BBC/National Geographic Television
Best Multimedia
CD ROM: How Animals Move
Producer: Discovery Channel Multimedia
Discovery Channel Multimedia
CD ROM: Nile-Passage to Egypt
Producer: Margaret Buckley
Discovery Channel Multimedia
Special Jury Award Of Merit
Recognition of two films for the way the producers protrayed exceptional human commitment to increasing our understanding of the Natural World:
Limited Series
Lords of the Animals: He Dances for His Cormorants
Gatherers from the Sky
The Tsaatan, The Reindeer Riders
Producer: Frederic Fougea
Boreales/Canal+
Conservation
In Good Hands: Culture and Agriculture in the Lacandon Rainforest
Producer: Jaime Kibben/Steve Bartz
Independent
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