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Film Competition Finalists 2009

Best Animal Behavior
Sponsored by: Natural History New Zealand

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Disneynature Presents Crimson Wing: The Mystery of the Flamingos
Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures
Entry #9043

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WINNER
Nature: The Gorilla King
Tigress Productions, Ltd, Nature/THIRTEEN, BBC
Entry #9339

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Nature: What Males Will Do
Pangolin Pictures, Nature/THIRTEEN
Entry #9273

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Best Wildlife Habitat
Sponsored by: Sierra Club Productions

49
Disneynature Presents Crimson Wing: The Mystery of the Flamingos

Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures
Entry #9043

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Fight for Light - The Forest
nautilusfilm GmbH for Studio Hamburg Documentaries, NDR Naturfilm, Arte, ORF
Entry #9032

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WINNER
Winter - Yellowstone

BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Entry #9371

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Best Conservation
Sponsored by: National Geographic

49
Coal Country
Evening Star Productions, Norman Star Media
Entry #9206

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Division Street
Eric Bendick, filmmaker Frogpondia Films
Entry #9151

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WINNER & BEST OF FESTIVAL
Green

Tawak Pictures
Entry #9242

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Best People & Nature Program
Sponsored by: Feodor Pitcairn Productions

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gorilla Murders - National Geographic Explorer

National Geographic Television
Entry #9236

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There's A Rhino in My House
Oxford Scientific Films, Animal Planet
Entry #9155

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WINNER
The Legend of Pale Male

Birdjail Productions
Entry #9203


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Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth - Natural World

BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Entry #9103

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Best Limited Series
Sponsored by: Wyoming Business Council

49Nature's Great Events
BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery, Wanda Vision
Entry #9119

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49The Secret Life of Elephants
BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Entry #9108

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WINNER
Yellowstone

BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Entry #9117

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Best Children's Program
Sponsored by: Disneynature

49Arctic Tale
National Geographic, Paramount Vantage, Visionbox Films
Entry #9214

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49Frog, Chemical, Water, You
The Smithsonian Women's Committee, Jennifer Grace, MSU
Entry #9091

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WINNER
Once Upon A Tide

Center for Health and the Global Environment/Harvard Medical School, Sea Studios Foundation, Laika/house, Funjacket Enterprises
Entry #9041

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Best Presenter-led
Sponsored by: Amphibico

49WINNER
Charles Darwin & the Tree of Life

Presented by: Sir David Attenborough BBC Natural History Unit, Open University
Entry #9125

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49The Human Spark
Presented by: Alan Alda THIRTEEN, Chedd-Angier-Lewis Productions
Entry #9384

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49The Real Gremlin - Nick Baker's Weird Creatures Series 2
Presented by: Nick Baker Icon Films, Animal Planet International, Five, ITV Global Entertainment
Entry #9205

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Best Short Program
Sponsored by: Arete Media Group

49The Coral Gardener
BBC Natural History Unit
Entry #9112

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49Rethink
Save Our Seas Foundation, Saatchi & Saatchi
Entry #9259

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49WINNER
Small Talk Diaries: Changelings
Ammonite, Off the Fence, CBBC, Big Squid New Media
Entry #9361

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Marion Zunz Newcomer Award
Sponsored by: The Discovery Channel

49Division Street
Eric Bendick, Frogpondia Films
Entry #9151

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49WINNER
Swamp Troop

Robyn Keene-Young and Adrian Bailey, Road Media National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International
Entry #9300

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49The White Wood
Lou Astbury
Entry #9187

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Best Theatrical Program
Sponsored by: Sony Electronics

49Disneynature Presents Crimson Wing: The Mystery of the Flamingos
Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures
Entry #9043

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49WINNER & OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Disneynature Presents EARTH

Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel
Entry #9044

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49Wild Opera
Tele Images Studios, Studio Saint Antoine, Inc., Animal Planet, Marathon International
Entry #9033

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Best Non-broadcast Program
Sponsored by: Buffalo Bill Historical Center

49Amur River Basin
Craig Miller Productions, Inc., World Wildlife Fund
Entry #9247

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49WINNER
Frog, Chemical, Water, You

Jennifer Grace, Filmmaker The Smithsonian Women's Committee, MSU
Entry #9091

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49Santa Cruz Island: Restoring Balance
The Ocean Channel
Entry #9248

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Best Earth Sciences Program
Sponsored by: Marco Polo Film

49Are We Alone?
Optomen Productions, Discovery Channel
Entry #9365

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49How the Earth was Made: Iceland
Pioneer Productions, The History Channel
Entry #9199

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49Landslide Detectives
KQED-QUEST
Entry #9293

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49WINNER
O2: The Molecule that Made Our World

ORF Universum / NHU, Burning Gold Productions, AV Dokumenta, BMUKK, BBC
Entry #9071

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Best 360 Campaign
Sponsored by: Animal Planet

49WINNER
Think Beyond Plastics: Dirty Secrets

National Geographic Television & Daniella Russo, Sea Studios Foundation
Entry #9382

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49WINNER
Rethink the Shark

Save Our Seas Foundation
Entry #9259

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49
WINNER
Springwatch

BBC Natural History Unit
Entry #9376

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Best Web Presence
Sponsored by: ARKive

49
WINNER
Big Cat Live

BBC Natural History Unit
Entry #9124

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49Expedition: Blue Planet
Blue Legacy International
Entry #9385

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49Save Our Seas
The Save Our Seas Foundation
Entry #9269

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Best Use of Web 2.0/New Media
Sponsored by: Fusionspark

49Expedition: Blue Planet
Blue Legacy International
Entry #9385

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WINNER
Quest: A KQED Multimedia Series
KQED-Quest
Entry #9334

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49Save Our Seas
The Save Our Seas Foundation
Entry #9269

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49WildEarth
WildEarth Media
Entry #9222

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Outstanding Achievement Award Winners

49Disneynature Presents EARTH
Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel
Entry #9044

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49Gorilla Murders - National Geographic Explorer
National Geographic Television
Entry #9236

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49Whale Wars
Animal Planet
Entry #9334

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Special Consideration Finalist

49The Wolf That Changed America - NATURE
Brian Leith Productions, Nature/THIRTEEN
Entry #9348

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Best Writing
Sponsored by: The Nature Conservancy

49The Meerkats
James Honeyborne Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company
Entry #9013

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49WINNER
The Legend of Pale Male

Birdjail Productions
Entry #9203


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49Clever Monkeys - Natural World
Written by: Jennie Muskett BBC Natural History Unit, Nature/THIRTEEN
Entry #9129

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Best Original Musical Score
Sponsored by: Off the Fence

49
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Laurent Ferlet
Oxford Scientific Films, Discovery Films, Animal Planet International
Entry #9226


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49WINNER
Disneynature Presents Crimson Wing: The Mystery of the Flamingos

Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures
Entry #9043

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49Clever Monkeys - Natural World
Written by: Jennie Muskett BBC Natural History Unit, Nature/THIRTEEN
Entry #9129

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Best Cinematography
Sponsored by: Fujinon

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WINNER
Realm of Shadows - The Forest

Cinematographers: Jan Haft & Kay Ziesenhenne nautilusfilm GmbH for Studio Hamburg Documentaries, NDR Naturfilm, Arte, ORF
Entry #9035

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Winter - Yellowstone
BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet
Entry #9075

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49The Crayfish in the Jam Jar
Cinematographers: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne & Rolf Steinmann
Entry #9003

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49Disneynature Presents Crimson Wing: The Mystery of the Flamingos
Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures
Entry #9043

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Best Editing
Sponsored by: ORF Universum

49
Clever Monkeys - Natural World
Mark Fletcher, BBC Natural History Unit, Nature/THIRTEEN
Entry #9129

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WINNER & SILVER TETON AWARD
The Meerkats

Justine Krish, Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company
Entry #9013

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49Amba, The Russian Tiger
Matt Meech, Mike Birkhead Associates, Animal Planet International
Entry #9020

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49Wild Ocean
Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas, Giant Screen Films, Yes/No Productions Entry #9172

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Best Sound
Sponsored by: Dolby

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Disneynature Presents EARTH
Kate Hopkins & Tim Owen (Sound Design Team), Andrew Wilson & Matt Gough (Mixing Team)
Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel
Entry #9044

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49Wild Ocean
Mike Roberts (Location Sound Supervisor & Re-recording Mixer), Brian Eimer (Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer)
Giant Screen Films and Yes/No Productions
Entry #9172

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49WINNER
Swamp Troop

Robyn Keene-Young (Sound Recordist and Sound Design), Adrian Bailey (Sound Design), Mark Phillips ( Sound Editor and Mixer)
Road Media
National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International
Entry #9300

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Best Special Venue
Sponsored by: nWave

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wild Ocean

Giant Screen Films, Yes/No Productions
Entry #9172

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Frozen
NASA Television, Goddard Television, The Scientific Visualization Studio
Entry #9326

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49Ocean Odyssey
Feodor Pitcairn Productions, Ltd
Entry #9282

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49WINNER
BUGS! 3D

Principal Large Format, SK Films
Entry #9318

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Film Competition Finalists 2007

Best Animal Behavior

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Buddha, Bees, and the Giant Hornet Queen
BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7358
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NATURE: In the Valley of the Wolves
Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television
Entry #7198
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The Queen of Trees
WINNER!
Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET
Granada International, BBC, ZDF
Entry #7368
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Best Earth Sciences Program

Sponsored by Marco Polo Films

45
Crude

WINNER!
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Entry #7340
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56
Faces of Earth: Building the Planet
The Science Channel, American Geological Institute
Entry #7404
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43Galapagos: Born of Fire
BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7331
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Best Environmental Program

23
Climate Chaos Season, Episode 2: Can We Save Planet Earth?
BBC-Natural History Unit / Science, Discovery Channel and Open University
Entry #7156
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53
Crime Scene Wild, Episode 4: Sharks
WINNER!
Cicada Films, Animal Planet International
Entry #7388
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The Curse of Copper
True Nature Films
Entry #7148
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Best People & Animals Program

Sponsored by National Geographic

19
Jaglavak, Prince of Insects

ZED, Equator TV, France 3
Entry #7108
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Red Velvet

Compass Films
Entry #7015
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24
Saving Luna

WINNER!
Mountainside Films
Entry #7161
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Best Limited Series

26Climate Chaos Season
BBC-Natural History Unit / Science, Discovery Channel and Open University
Entry #7181
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21Nature Tech
WINNER!
MR-Film Production for ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Entry #7142
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Planet Earth
BBC-Natural History Unit, JVP, NHK, Discovery, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7119
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Best Theatrical Program

Sponsored by Sony Electronics

55The Alps
MacGillivray Freeman Films
Entry #7401
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6Deep Sea
WINNER!
Howard Hall Productions
Entry #7020
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51Ocean Voyagers
Feodor Pitcairn Productions, Off the Fence
Entry #7363
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Best Children’s Program

Sponsored by Lunchbox Lessons

33A Year on Earth
Bahati Productions, Discovery Kids, Animal Planet
Entry #7217
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48Extreme Animals: Sports Stars
WINNER!
BBC-Natural History Unit
Entry #7348
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47Loose at the Zoo: Golden Lion Tamarins
Smithsonian Networks
Entry #7344
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Best Nonbroadcast Program

32Discover Hetch Hetchy
Backcountry Pictures, Environmental Defense
Entry #7212
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18How to Save the World
WINNER!
Cloud South Films
Entry #7101
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7Ribbon of Sand
Harpers Ferry Center
Entry #7023
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Best Presenter-led Program

2Bird Quest with Vern and Bob
Shriber Productions
Entry #7213
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3Life in the Undergrowth: Invasion of the Land
BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7396
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1True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter
WINNER!
Granada Wild, Thirteen/WNET
Entry #7105
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Best Short Program

17Safari
Catherine Chalmers
Entry #7093
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41Saving Grace the Otter
Halcyon Media, Animal Planet International
Entry #7329
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54Showdown at Elk Town
WINNER!

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7394
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Best Use of New Media

Sponsored by Footage Bank HD

16Ecogeeks
The Wild Classroom
Science Video Podcast and Website
Entry #7090
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39Science Bulletins: Our Oceans, Ourselves
WINNER!
American Museum of Natural History
Podcast and Website
Entry #7280
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38TERRA: The Nature of our World
Montana State University
Video Podcast and Website
Entry #7278
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Marion Zunz Newcomer Award

40Fish and Cow
Rick Smith
Entry #7296
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15Longfin
Lindsey Davidson/Melissa Salpietra
Entry #7078
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34Wolverines: Hyenas of the North
WINNER!
Oliver Goetzl
Studio Hamburg Pruduktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment
Entry #7223
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Best Original Music Score

50Equator: Challenge of Change
Composer: Trevor Coleman
NHK, NHNZ
Entry #7362
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52Meerkat Manor: Cold Comfort
Composer: Brollyman Productions
Oxford Scientific Films, Animal Planet International
Entry #7381
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9NATURE: Christmas in Yellowstone
WINNER!
Composer: Lenny Williams
Thirteen/WNET
Entry #7050
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Best CGI/Animation

25
In the Womb: Animals
Pioneer Productions, Fox TV Studios, National Geographic
Entry #7174
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30Prehistoric Park, Episode 1: T-Rex
Impossible Pictures, ITV, ProSieben, M6, Animal Planet
Entry #7210
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37Ocean Odyssey: Secrets of the Deep
WINNER!
Impossible Pictures, BBC, Discovery Channel
Entry #7258
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Best Cinematography

Sponsored by Film and Video Equipment Service Company

42Galapagos: Born of Fire
Cinematography: Paul Stewart, Barrie Britton, Richard Wollocombe
Additional Photography: Richard Burton, Peter Scoones
BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide
Entry #7331
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35The Meadow
Cinematography: Jan Haft, Robert Morgenstern, Markus Rüth, Kay Ziesenhenne
Studio Hamburg Produktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment
ORF Universum, Arte
Entry #7227
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44Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole
WINNER!
BBC-Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel, JVP, NHK, BBC-Worldwide
Entry #7336
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Best Editing

10Nature: Chimpanzees - An Unnatural History
Editors: Cob Carlson, Allison Argo
Argo Films and Thirteen/WNET,
National Geographic Channels International, Granada International
Entry #7051
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27The Nature of Mothers
Editor: Florent Mangeot
Saint Thomas Productions, France 3
Entry #7189
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36Paranormal Pigeons
WINNER!
Editor: Matt Meech
Icon Films, Animal Planet, Channel Five
Entry #7252
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Best Interactive Presentation

31Discover Hetch Hetchy
Entry #7212
backcountrypictures.com
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8Seafood Watch Training Program
Entry #7027
seafoodwatch.org
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Water’s Journey
WINNER!

Entry #7218
theevergladesstory.org
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Best Writing

46Crude
Writer: Richard Smith
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Entry #7340
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4Eye of the Leopard
Writer: Dereck Joubert
Wildlife Films Botswana, National Geographic Channel
Entry #7011
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14The Queen of Trees
WINNER!
Writers: Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone
Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET
Granada International, BBC, ZDF
Entry #7368
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Best Sound

Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories

29
NATURE: In the Valley of the Wolves
Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television
Entry #7198
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11NATURE: Raptor Force
WINNER!
Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television
Entry #7053
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12The Queen of Trees
Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET
Granada International, BBC, ZDF
Entry #7368
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