Festival 2007 Award Winners

Animal Behavior

Sponsored by NHK Japanese Broadcasting Corporation
The Queen of Trees
Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET
Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Children's

Sponsored by Lunchbox Lessons
Extreme Animals: Sports Stars
BBC-Natural History Unit

Best Achievement in Sound

Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories
Raptor Force
NATURE/Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television
Sound Design: Geof Thurber and Raul Rosa

Rerecording Engineer: Greg McCleary

Sound Editor: Jim Ohm

Earth Sciences

Sponsored by Marco Polo Films
Crude
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

New Media

Sponsored by Footage Bank HD
Our Oceans, Ourselves
American Museum of Natural History
Podcast and Website

Limited Series

Sponsored by Conservation International
Nature Tech
MR-Film Production for ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

CGI/Animation

Sponsored by Nature/WNET
Ocean Odyssey: Secrets of the Deep
Impossible Pictures, BBC, Discovery Channel
Visual Effects Producers: Lorna Paterson and Joanna Nodwell
Lead Animators: Adam Burnett, Richard Smith, Nigel Rafter, Angela King, Peter Clayton, and Theo Facey

Newcomer

Sponsored by Discovery Channel
Wolverines - Hyenas of the North
Oliver Goetzl
Studio Hamburg Pruduktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment

Nonbroadcast

Sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation
How to Save the World
Cloud South Films

Cinematography

Sponsored by Film/Video Equipment Service Company
Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole
BBC-Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel, JVP, NHK, BBC-Worldwide
Cinematography by the Planet Earth Camera Team

People and Animals

Sponsored by National Geographic
Saving Luna
Mountainside Films

Original Musical Score

Sponsored by Sony Electronics
Christmas in Yellowstone
NATURE/Thirteen/WNET
Composed by Lenny Williams

Short

Sponsored by National Geographic
Showdown at Elk Town
BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

Theatrical

Sponsored by Sony Electronics
Deep Sea 3D
Howard Hall Productions

Editing

Sponsored by Apple
Paranormal Pigeons
Icon Films, Animal Planet, Channel Five
Edited by Matt Meech

Environmental

Sponsored by Environmental Defense
Crime Scene Wild: Sharks
Cicada Films, Animal Planet International

Writing

Sponsored by Animal Planet
The Queen of Trees
Thirteen/WNET
Granada International, BBC, ZDF
Written by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone

Presenter Led

Sponsored by Amphibico
True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter
Granada Wild, Thirteen/WNET
Presented by Martin Nicholas

Interactive

Sponsored by Apple
Water's Journey: Everglades
Design by Jade Carter
Internet Video by Jack Penland

Special Jury Award

In the Valley of the Wolves
Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television
Bob Landis

Special Jury Recognition Award

Crude
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Grand Teton Award

Sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast
Galapagos: Born of Fire
BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Sylvia Earle

Legacy Award

Roy Disney