NDR nature film
| NDR nature film | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1979 (since 2010 Doclights GmbH) |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| management | Jörn Röver |
| Branch | Film and TV production |
| Website | www.doclights.de |
NDR Naturfilm is a German production company that produces animal and nature film formats for television, cinema and new media .
history
The NDR Naturfilm was built up from 1979 as a department of the NDR among others by its editor Ulrich Nebelsiek. Among other things, he produced the films in the series Expeditions ins Tierreich for NDR and ARD. Until 1991, Heinz Sielmann was the presenter who shaped the animal films produced by NDR Naturfilm.
The editorial managers were Ulrich Nebelsiek, Beatrice Nolte and later Georg von Rönn. In the mid-1990s, NDR Naturfilm was outsourced by the broadcaster and, in 1997, incorporated into the Studio Hamburg production house . Jörn Röver has been managing director of NDR Naturfilm since 2001 . In 2010, NDR Naturfilm was incorporated into the newly founded Studio Hamburg subsidiary Doclights .
The NDR Naturfilm now produces around 30 animal and nature films per year for the expeditions into the animal kingdom on the NDR and the series Erlebnis Erde on the ARD. According to his own statements, he is Germany's largest producer in this genre. Most of the productions are co-produced with other ARD broadcasters and international partners such as Arte , ORF , BBC , National Geographic , Animal Planet , Terra Mater / ServusTV , NHK Japan, SVT Sweden, WNET New York, CuriosityStream USA.
In addition to the TV business, NDR Naturfilm also produces nature documentaries for the cinema, and since 2015 it has also produced new media formats for the editorial team's own video-on-demand platform, Tierwelt Live.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: The Secret of the Salamander (Direction: Jan Haft and Christian Roth)
- 2003: Animals of the Devil (Director: Steve Nicholls)
- 2003: Andalusia (first NDR nature film production in HDTV, director: Jan Haft)
- 2004: wolves! Back in Germany (first wild shots of wolves in Germany, director: Holger Vogt)
- 2004: The Bear Man (by and with Andreas Kieling)
- 2004: The species hunter from the Amazon (first recordings of the giant pennywort, director: Lothar Frenz)
- 2004: The White Diamond (Director: Werner Herzog)
- 2005: Wilde Heimat (4 episodes, author: Jörn Röver, music: Kolja Erdmann with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR and ORF)
- 2005: Finland - Elche Bären Riesenmarder (Director: Ivo Nörenberg, Oliver Goetzl a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC, National Geographic and Animal Planet)
- 2005: The Sacred Animals of the Pharaohs (Director: Michael Sutor)
- 2005: The Ukraine (with ESC winner Ruslana, director: Rainer Bergomaz)
- 2005: In the depths of the Amazon (a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC, moderation: Florian Graner)
- 2006: Die Wiese (Director: Jan Haft, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with Arte and ORF)
- 2006: Adventure Yukon (3 episodes by and with Andreas Kieling, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with ORF, Arte, National Geographic)
- 2006: The largest waterfalls on earth - Iguaçu World Wonder (by Christian Baumeister, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with BBC and ORF)
- 2006: Adventure Ocean (3 episodes, moderation: Thomas Behrend and Birgit Peters)
- 2007: The Baltic Sea (2 episodes, director: Thomas Willers, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte)
- 2007: Adventure North Sea (3 episodes, moderation: Florian Graner and Natalie Tesche-Riccardi)
- 2007: In the Depths of the Pacific (2 episodes, moderation: Florian Graner, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC)
- 2008: Wild Turkey (2 episodes, director: Jan Haft, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte and ORF)
- 2008: Leopard, Seebär & Co (Zoo series about Hagenbeck Zoo for ARD)
- 2008: Wildes Russland (7 episodes, series author Henry Mix, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR, National Geographic, Animal Planet, S4C, Channel One Russia)
- 2008: Knut and his friends (feature film, a co-production with DOKfilm)
- 2009: Mythos Wald (2 episodes, director: Jan Haft, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte, ORF, WNET, National Geographic)
- 2009: Helgoland - Insel im Sturm (Direction: Robert Morgenstern)
- 2009: Bama, the gorilla man (first recordings of cross-river gorillas, director: Ernst Sasse)
- 2009: The Green Belt (Director: Neil Rettig, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with BBC, WDR, S4C, National Geographic, Animal Planet)
- 2009: Expedition New Guinea (2 episodes, director: Lothar Frenz, moderation: Ulla Lohmann, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC)
- 2009: Sprinter der Ozeane (Director: Rick Rosenthal, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR and National Geographic)
- 2010: The farm of the wild animals (cinema adaptation of the Looksfilm, a co-production of NDR and WDR)
- 2010: Serengeti (feature film, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm and Universum, director: Reinhard Radke, speaker: Hardy Krüger jr.)
- 2010 Expedition Himalaja (3 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC and National Geographic, moderation: Henry Mix)
- 2010: Wildes Japan (2 episodes, directors: Jens Westphalen, Thoralf Grospitz, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with Arte, ORF, National Geographic, Animal Planet)
- 2011: Russia - In the realm of tigers, bears and volcanoes (movie, author: Jörn Röver, speaker: Siegfried Rauch)
- 2011: Wildes Scandinavia (7 episodes, directors: Jan Haft, Oliver Goetzl, Uwe Anders, Tobias Mennle, Heiko De Groot, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with National Geographic, Animal Planet, S4C, ORF, Arte, SVT)
- 2011: Wildes Deutschland (ongoing series since 2011, also other ARD stations)
- 2012: The Green Wonder - Our Forest (feature film, director: Jan Haft, speaker: Benno Fürmann)
- 2012: Balu - the sloth bear (directors: Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with BBC, Arte, ORF, National Geographic)
- 2012: Jaguar (Director: Christian Baumeister, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with Arte, National Geographic, Terra Mater)
- 2012: The Puma - Hunters of the Andes (Director: Uwe Müller, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with Arte, National Geographic, Terra Mater)
- 2013: The North Sea - Our Sea (2014, author: Jörn Röver, speaker: Axel Prahl)
- 2013: The return of the predators (2 episodes, director: Holger Vogt, moderation: Tim Berendonk)
- 2013: Wilder Rhein (2 episodes, director: Jan Haft, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR)
- 2013: Mississippi (2 episodes, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with National Geographic)
- 2013: Geheime Welten (a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with BBC)
- 2014: Unknown depths (2 episodes, director: Florian Kopfmüller, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte and Terra Mater)
- 2014: Secrets in the Garden (2 episodes, director: Jan Haft, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte and ORF)
- 2014: Mythos Kongo (3 episodes, director: Thomas Behrend, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR, Arte, ORF, National Geographic)
- 2014: The Greater Caucasus (Director: Henry Mix, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR, Terra Mater, Channel One)
- 2015: Wildes Australien (5 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte, Terra Mater, National Geographic)
- 2015: Planet Germany (movie, a co-production of Doclights with Group 5)
- 2015: Atlantik (3 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with WDR and the BBC)
- 2015: Mythos Nil (2 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with WDR and Terra Mater)
- 2016: America's natural wonders (9 episodes, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with National Geographic US, Arte, ORF)
- 2016: Myth Amur (2 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with WDR and Terra Mater)
- 2016/2017: Auf Leben und Tod (English title "The Hunt", director: Alastair Fothergill, 7 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC, WDR, BR, BBC America)
- 2017: Wildes New Zealand (3 episodes, directed by Robert Morgenstern, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC, Arte, ORF, National Geographic)
- 2017: Wild South Africa (4 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BR, RBB, Terra Mater, National Geographic)
- 2017: Heinz Sielmann - The animal film legend turns 100 (Director: Michael Sutor)
- 2017: Ethiopia's wild wolves (Director: Yann Sochaczewski, a co-production of Altay Film with NDR Naturfilm for France 5, Terra Mater, YLE, SVT, NRK)
- 2017: Myth Galapagos (2 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with RBB, Terra Mater, Curiosity Stream)
Awards (selection)
The films of the NDR Naturfilm have received several awards since 2001, including the industry 'Oscar' at the Wildscreen Film Festival in Bristol (2008, 2010 and 2012) and at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in the USA (2009, 2011 and 2015) .
- 2008 Best moderation for "Yukon Adventure", Wildscreen (England)
- 2009 Best Cinematography for "Mythos Forest", Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (USA)
- 2010 Panasonic Cinematography Award for "Mythos Forest", Wildscreen (England)
- 2010 nomination for best camera nature for "Wild Russia - Kamchatka", News and Documentary Emmy Awards (USA)
- 2010 Gold World Medal for "Wild Russia (Series)", New York Film Festival (USA)
- 2011 Main Prize for "Wild Scandinavia - Finland", Animal Behavior Society Film Festival (USA)
- 2011 Best Sound for "Serengeti" and Marian Zunz Newcomer Award for "Helgoland - Insel im Sturm", Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (USA)
- 2011 Sapphire Award Ecosystem, Best TV Program (US $ 250k-500k) and Best Camera for "Wild Scandinavia - Finland", Best Film for "Russia", International Wildlife Film Festival (Missoula / USA)
- 2011 nomination for Best Documentary for “Wildes Japan”, International Emmy Awards (New York / USA)
- 2011 Grand Prix for "Scotland", 27th Festival International du Film Ornithologique (Ménigoute / France)
- 2011 Best Camera for “Serengeti”, International "Gold Panda" Awards (Sichuan / China)
- 2012 Animal Behavior Award for “Hero from the Jungle Book - The Sloth Bear” and Best Editing for “The Green Wonder - Our Forest”, Wildscreen (England)
- 2012 Wilderness Nature Prize for "Hero from the Jungle Book - The Sloth Bear" and Prize of the Children's Jury for Wild Germany - Saxon Switzerland, Darss Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2012 Best Cinematography for “Hunters of the Andes - The Puma”, Green Screen Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2012 Best Film and Jury Prize for “Mythos Forest”, Science Film Festival of the Goethe Institute Bangkok, Thailand
- 2013 Best Cinematography for “The Green Wonder - Our Forest” and Toyama Ptarmigan Audience Award for “Serengeti”, Japan Wildlife Film Festival (JWFF)
- 2013 Best Music for “The Green Wonder - Our Forest”, Wild Talk Africa ROSCAR Awards (South Africa)
- 2013 Best Film Wilderness and Nature for "Wildes Deutschland - Die Lausitz", Darsser Naturfilmfestival (Germany)
- 2014 Wildlife Film Prize for “The Greater Caucasus” and Music Prize for “The Congo Myth - River of Extreme”, NaturVision, Germany
- 2014 Best Cinematography for “Australia - In the Realm of the Giant Kangaroos” and Heinz Sielmann Film Prize for “The Return of the Predators”, Green Screen Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2014 Best Film Wilderness and Nature for Australia - In the Kingdom of the Giant Kangaroos, Darsser Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2015 Gold World Medal (Cinematography) for “The Greater Caucasus”, New York Festivals, USA
- 2015 Best Film for “Australia - In the Realm of the Giant Kangaroos”, Animal Behavior Society Film Festival, USA
- 2015 Best Wildlife Habitat Program for “The Myth of the Congo - River of Extremes” and Jury Prize for “Mysterious Garden - Spring Awakening”, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, USA
- 2015 Best Film Wilderness and Nature, Best Editing and Audience Award for “America's Natural Wonders - Saguaro”, Darsser Naturfilmfestival, Germany
- 2016 Best Documentary for “America's Natural Wonders - Yosemite”, NYLA (New York Los Angeles International Film Festival), USA
- 2016 Gold World Medal for “Mysterious Garden - Spring Awakening”, New York Film Festival, USA
- 2017 Best Director, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Nature / Travel Film for “America's Natural Wonders - Yellowstone”, European Cinematography Award, Poland
- 2017 German Wildlife Film Award for "Ethiopia - In the highlands of the wolves", NaturVision, Germany
- 2017 nomination for Outstanding Narrator for "Wild New Zealand" / Sam Neill, US Emmy Awards
- 2017 nomination for Outstanding Cinematography Documentary for “Wild New Zealand”, News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA
Web link
- Films by NDR Naturfilm in the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/company/co0151935/?ref_=fn_al_co_1#productionX20company
- The NDR Naturfilm Producer on the website of the Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom: http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendung/expedUNGEN_ins_tierreich/wir_ueber_uns/Das-NDR-Naturfilm-Team,naturfilmwirueberuns100.html
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Strehlow: Dr. Ulrich Nebelsiek (December 9, 1942– October 21, 2003). 2004, p. 280, PDF on ZOBODAT
- ↑ Biography of Heinz Sielmann: https://www.sielmann-stiftung.de/sielmann100/heinz-sielmanns-leben/
- ↑ NDR Naturfilm in Doclights GmbH: http://gruppe.studio-hamburg.de/index.php?id=86&tx_ttnews [tt_news] = 867 & cHash = 96ffc0e5cc
- ↑ http://www.doclights.de/de/auslösungen-2015/