An internationally acclaimed festival of natural world storytelling
Celebrating outstanding natural world storytelling has been at the heart of Wildscreen Festival since the beginning.
The Evolution of Wildscreen Festival
The Festival was established in 1982, in Bristol UK, the global hub of the natural history film and TV industry, by Sir Peter Scott, founder of WWF, and Christopher Parsons OBE, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit.
Now the world’s leading wildlife film and TV industry gathering, our biennial event, has grown significantly since those early years and evolved with the changing industry landscape and community.
In 2020 we hosted a fully virtual edition of the Festival with over 2,000 delegates from 40 countries joining us online. Not only did this remove barriers to access and support a more sustainable event, but the new format created a blueprint for a new hybrid format, providing the best of both worlds: an in-person and online experiences for our global audience.
Advisory Board
The Wildscreen Festival Advisory Board (FAB) 2022 provided unrivalled industry-led vision, ensuring the Wildscreen Festival 2022 was as impactful as possible in this pivotal time for our planet.
The Board helped the team to increase the Festival’s reach, impact and diversity, and shape the Festival content all with the aim of creating an absolute showstopper of a Wildscreen Festival in 2022!
We are so grateful to the Board for their vision and commitment. Meet the 2022 Festival Advisory Board.
Alastair Fothergill
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director, Silverback Films
Alison Barrat
SVP Production and Development, Love Nature
Allison Bean
Executive Producer & Development Executive
Andrew Zikking
Managing Director, Off The Fence Productions
Anwar Mamon
Executive Producer, Wildstar Films
Caroline Cox
Production Executive, BBC Studios
Colin Butfield
Executive Director, Silverback Films
Fiona Tande
Founder, Director, Pridelands Films
Gabriel Wetz
Managing Director, Evolutions
Hana Canter
Chief Operating Officer, Wild Space Productions
Janet Han Vissering
SVP of Development and Production, National Geographic
Jeff Wilson
Series Producer and Director, Silverback Films
Kristina Turner
Assistant Producer, Co-founder of Filmmakers for Future: Wildlife (FF:W)
Lawrence Wahba
Wildlife Filmmaker, Wahba Filmes
Lizzie Daly
Wildlife Biologist and Presenter
Maria Norman
Head of Production, BBC Studios
Martha Holmes
Chief Creative Officer, Natural History and Science, Plimsoll Productions
Masa Hayakawa
Executive Producer, NHK Enterprises
Sandesh Kadur
Wildlife Filmmaker
Sara Edelson
Director, Documentary Series, Netflix
Steve Cole
Series Producer, BBC Studios
Tom Synnatzschke
Executive Producer, Doclights
Sophie Morgan
Producer/Director, Sound Off Films
Festival Team
Meet the team working behind the scenes to deliver the Wildscreen Festival
Lucie Muir
Chief Executive
Sue Martineau
Head of Events
Amelia Watts
Festival & Events Manager
Thomasina Gibson
Festival Content Producer
Gabriella Carr
Awards & Film Programme Coordinator
Olive Tonkin
Festival Production Assistant
Jacob Burley
Festival Volunteer Coordinator
Georgia Torres
Outreach & Sustainability Coordinator
Katerina Ellis
Comms & Admin Assistant
Lara Paxton
Network Manager
Ali Forbes
Grant Consultant
Our volunteers
Our Festival wouldn’t be possible without our amazing Volunteers!
The Board help the team to increase the Festival’s reach, impact and diversity, and shape the Festival content all with the aim of creating an absolute showstopper of a Wildscreen Festival in 2022!
We are so grateful to the Board for their vision and commitment. Meet the 2022 Festival Advisory Board.
Our volunteers
Find out more about the volunteering opportunities available at Wildscreen Festival 2022 here.