Silverback Films
Natural history production susbdiary of Banijay
Silverback Films is a Bristol-based British natural history film and television production company owned by Banijay UK.
01History
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
02Description
Silverback Films is a film production company owned by Banijay UK. Based in Bristol, England, it produces natural history documentary films.
03Filmography
| 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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