Today, National Geographic released the trailer for the critically acclaimed documentary special Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, directed by distinguished photographer and filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James and produced by Emmy and BAFTA Award-winner Jeff Wilson of Silverback Films.
The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature.
Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey served as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. Sam Rogers edited the film, which features cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, and Bertie Gregory and music composed by Erland Cooper.
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story will premiere on May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Photo Credit: National Geographic/Johnny Rolt
When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland,...
The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature.
Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey served as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. Sam Rogers edited the film, which features cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, and Bertie Gregory and music composed by Erland Cooper.
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story will premiere on May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Photo Credit: National Geographic/Johnny Rolt
When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Five wildlife film-makers nominate their favourite living artist in their field
Alan Root on Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone
Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone have produced an unbroken string of great wildlife films, notable for the variety of creatures depicted, the strange behaviours captured, and the stunning photography – but most of all for the quality of the storytelling. Giant crocodiles stalk their prey; hippos open their mouths to have their teeth cleaned by schools of fish; tiny wasps hatch into the extraordinary world hidden inside a fig; a fish opens her mouth to release tiny fry, not realising she has been cuckolded, and they are someone else's young. They have brought so many new, extraordinary sequences to the screen, all of them woven into deeply satisfying stories. And that, for me, is the raison d'etre for film-making.
Alan Root's 1978 film about termites, Mysterious Castles of Clay, was nominated for an Oscar.
Alan Root on Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone
Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone have produced an unbroken string of great wildlife films, notable for the variety of creatures depicted, the strange behaviours captured, and the stunning photography – but most of all for the quality of the storytelling. Giant crocodiles stalk their prey; hippos open their mouths to have their teeth cleaned by schools of fish; tiny wasps hatch into the extraordinary world hidden inside a fig; a fish opens her mouth to release tiny fry, not realising she has been cuckolded, and they are someone else's young. They have brought so many new, extraordinary sequences to the screen, all of them woven into deeply satisfying stories. And that, for me, is the raison d'etre for film-making.
Alan Root's 1978 film about termites, Mysterious Castles of Clay, was nominated for an Oscar.
- 11/24/2011
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
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