Neil Nightingale

Wildlife Filmmaker & Creative Director, BBC Earth

Since he was a small child Neil has been fascinated by nature and, after a zoology degree at Oxford University, has travelled to the wildest corners of our planet creating wildlife ...read more

Since he was a small child Neil has been fascinated by nature and, after a zoology degree at Oxford University, has travelled to the wildest corners of our planet creating wildlife films to share this passion with millions of people around the world.

His award winning Portrait Of The Planet was one of the first documentaries ever to take a global view of our own impact on the earth. In David Attenborough’s Private Life Of Plants he developed revolutionary time-lapse techniques to reveal plants as they had never been seen before. Neil also headed the BBC’s prestigious Natural History Unit for several years, responsible for over 1000 hours of wildlife production including Planet Earth, Life, Nature’s Great Events, Springwatch, Big Cat Live and Wild China.

As Creative Director of BBC Earth, Neil now leads the development and production of 3D films, digital projects, live events, virtual reality and other immersive experiences. He co-directed BBC Earth’s 3D feature Walking With Dinosaurs and the newly released 3D giant screen film Wild Africa, which takes cinema audiences on the ultimate immersive safari. 

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Neil Nightingale, Wildlife Filmmaker & Creative Director, BBC Earth (EG10)

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30 April - 2 May 2020

Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a superb program for EG2020. However, in light of growing and legitimate concerns regarding the rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) which have gutted international events of all sizes, we have made the difficult decision to put EG on hiatus until it is once again deemed safe.


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