Silverback Films is a Bristol-based British natural history film and television production company owned by Banijay UK.
History Silverback Films was founded in 2012 by wildlife filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who are known for producing wildlife documentaries and series in partnership with major broadcasters like Netflix, the BBC, and Disney.
In December 2020, Silverback Films launched its feature film production division, Studio Silverback, to focus solely on films that tackle the world’s pressing environmental challenges. This would be led by co-founders Fothergill and Scholey, along with Jonnie Hughes and Colin Butfield.
At the start of November 2022, Silverback Films formed a partnership with Steven Spielberg's American entertainment company Amblin Partners via its television production division of Amblin Television, and later under its documentary arm Amblin Documentaries, to produce a series of natural history docuseries for Netflix. The series started with the nature documentary miniseries Life on Our Planet, produced by Silverback Films and Amblin Television and released in 2023.
Description Silverback Films is a film production company owned by Banijay UK. Based in Bristol, England, it produces natural history documentary films.
Filmography Title Years Network Notes North America 2013 Discovery Channel co-production with Discovery Channel Bears 2014 Cinema release co-production with Disneynature The Hunt 2015 BBC One co-production with BBC, Open University, CCTV-9 and NDR Naturfilm Monkey Kingdom 2015 Cinema release co-production with Disneynature and Crazy Ape Productions Dolphin Reef 2018 Cinema release co-production with Disneynature Our Planet 2019-2023 Netflix co-production with World Wildlife Fund Dancing with the Birds 2019 Netflix Penguins 2019 Cinema release co-production with Disneynature David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020 Netflix co-production with Altitude Film Entertainment and Netflix Elephant 2020 Disney+ co-production with Disneynature and Wildstar Films A Perfect Planet 2021 BBC One Breaking Boundaries 2021 Netflix co-production with Indikate Productions Polar Bear 2022 Disney+ co-production with Disneynature Life on Our Planet 2023 Netflix co-production with Amblin Television Wild Isles 2023 BBC One co-production with RSPB, World Wide Fund for Nature and Open University Ocean with David Attenborough 2025 Cinema release co-production with Open Planet Studios, Altitude Film Entertainment, and Minderoo Productions Parenthood 2025 BBC One co-production with All3Media International Sea Lions of the Galapagos 2025 Disney+ co-production with Disneynature The Dinosaurs 2026 Netflix co-production with Amblin Documentaries Secret of the Bees 2026 National Geographic co-production with National Geographic Studios and Lightstorm Earth
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