Silverback Films

Nature. It's what we do, it's what we love.

We create exceptional wildlife films for both television and cinema.

Our passion is helping people to celebrate the natural world whilst also understanding the urgent situation it now faces. By combining powerful storytelling with world-class cinematography, we tell stories that not only inspire...they challenge.

Creating content that makes a difference is at the heart of everything we do here at Silverback.

Secret Lives of Orangutans

Secret Lives of Orangutans is now streaming on Netflix (premiered 22 August 2024) From Silverback Films and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Secret Lives of Orangutans is the world’s first feature length film about wild orangutans, revealing an intimate and never-before-seen perspective of one of our closest relatives. Following the success of Our Planet, produced ... Read more

Parenthood – Coming Soon

Parenthood in the animal kingdom is a high-stakes game. In a world full of danger, some animal parents go to extreme lengths to ensure the survival of their offspring. Our new five-part natural history series for BBC One and iPlayer explores the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animals parents employ to give their young ... Read more

David Attenborough: Ocean – Coming 2025

Coming 2025 – ‘David Attenborough: Ocean’ will release in theatres before premiering globally on National Geographic and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. Announcing our new feature-length documentary special with Sir David Attenborough about the health of the world’s oceans. Presented and authored by the 98-year-old broadcaster, ‘David Attenborough: Ocean’ will share the story of how we ... Read more

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Billy and Molly visit on the shore. Credit: National Geographic / Charlie Hamilton James Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story premiered May 6 on National Geographic and is now available to stream on Disney+/Hulu, and on the Nat Geo YouTube channel in US (additional release dates coming soon). From National Geographic and Silverback Films, ... Read more

Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet is our ground-breaking new 8-part series created by Silverback Films in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television – premiering on Netflix 25 October. Narrated by Academy Award®-winner Morgan Freeman, it’s the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our ... Read more

The Earthshot Prize 2023

Studio Silverback are producing The Earthshot Prize 2023 for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize, the ambitious global initiative to protect and restore our planet. Silverback has previously produced the landmark five-part BBC and Discovery+ television series in 2021 (‘The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet) as well as the five-part video series showcasing competition finalists in 2022. This is ... Read more

Secret Life of Orangutans, Ellie and Emen, produced by Silverback Films

Secret Lives of Orangutans

Parenthood – Coming Soon

From National Geographic and Silverback and in association with All3Media International, documentary special DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: OCEAN (WT) highlights the vital, achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the climate, debuting in 2025. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)

David Attenborough: Ocean – Coming 2025

Billy and Molly visit on the shore. (credit: National Geographic/Charlie Hamilton James)

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

Life on Our Planet

The Earthshot Prize 2023

Billy & Molly wins ‘Best People and Nature Film’ at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards

9th September 2024

We’re thrilled to share that ‘Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story’ has won the ‘Best People and Nature Film’ Award at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards. Our heartwarming film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a wild otter and a man set in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland. It’s a spectacular showcase of the beauty of the natural world and the effect it can have on our lives during the … Read more

Secret Lives of Orangutans premieres today!

22nd August 2024

Our new film, Secret Lives of Orangutans narrated by Sir David Attenborough premiered today (22 August). It’s the world’s first feature length film about wild orangutans – watch it now only on Netflix. Following the success of Our Planet, also produced by Silverback Films, and Netflix’s most-watched natural history documentary series of all time, the new documentary picks up the story of two of the Sumatran orangutans from Our Planet Jungles six years later. In 2019, … Read more

Silverback receives 7 Wildscreen Panda Award nominations!

8th August 2024

We’ve thrilled to share that Silverback has received 7 nominations in the globally acclaimed Wildscreen Panda Awards 2024 for outstanding achievements across five productions. For Silverback Films: Wild Isles: Ocean for ‘Cinematography’ Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story for ‘Cinematography’, ‘Producer / Director’ and ‘Scripted Narrative’ Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey for ‘On-screen Talent’ Save Our Wild Isles for ‘Sustainability’ For Studio Silverback: The Earthshot Prize 2023 for ‘Production Management Team’ The Panda … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Secret Lives of Orangutans

26th July 2024

Meet baby Emen one of the stars of our new documentary film ‘Secret Lives of Orangutans’ narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Premiering on Netflix 22 August. Filmed over two years, we follow a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra. The story centres on new mum Ellie and Eden, who both captured the hearts of Our Planet viewers in 2019, as Eden now embarks on the most challenging period of her life. … Read more

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