Speakers

Discover the natural history industry-leading commissioners, masterclass and headline speakers who will be attending Wildscreen Festival 2020. Our exciting list of speakers will continue to grow, so follow us on social media for the latest announcements.

Presenters

Lizzie Daly

Wildlife biologist, broadcaster, filmmaker and conservationist

Patrick Aryee

Wildlife TV Presenter

Keynote Speakers & Headliners

Sir David Attenborough

Naturalist and Broadcaster

Greta Thunberg

Climate Activist

Dr. Jane Goodall

Founder - The Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

Jeremy Darroch

Group Chief Executive of Sky

Johan Rockström

Leading Climate Scientist

Cristina Mittermeier

Managing Director & Co-Founder of SeaLegacy

James Cameron

Chairman & CEO at Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc.

Thomas Mangelsen

Photographer, Mangelsen - Images of Nature

Sandesh Kadur

Wildlife Filmmaker at Felis Creations

Orla Doherty

Series Producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Steve Backshall

Presenter

Commissioners

Alison Barrat

Vice President, Love Nature

Gernot Lercher

Head of Natural History, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

Howard Swartz

Senior Vice President of Production and Development, Documentaries and Special at Discovery Channel

Hélène Ganichaud

Deputy Head of Commissioning - Specialist Factual, ARTE France

Jörn Röver

CEO Doclights / Head of NDR Natural History Unit

Masa Hayakawa

Executive Producer, Natural History & Science Programs, NHK Enterprises, Inc.

Meghan Cassin

VP Development, National Geographic Channels

Sue Dando

Head of The Nature of Things, CBC's science and nature strand at CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Masterclass Speakers

Alastair Fothergill

Co-CEO & Co-Founder Silverback Films

Bertie Gregory

Filmaker, Photographer and Presenter

Dan O'Neill

Producer/Filmmaker at Wilderland

Gillian Burke

Presenter

Joan de la Malla

Photographer

Jody Jenkins

Composer at Audio Network/Jody Jenkins Music

John Harrington

Photographer and Filmmaker

Lee Bacon

Head of Digital at BBC Studios

Malaika Vaz

Wildlife Presenter/Filmmaker

Sylvia Mukasa

Production Manager at BBC Studios

Session & Panel Speakers

Alice Keens-Soper

Executive Producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Anthony Layser

Vice-President, Partnerships and Programming at XUMO

Anwar Mamon

Series Producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Ashwika Kapur

Producer/Director

Bill Markham

Series Producer at Plimsoll Productions

Buffy Redsecker

President at SunLight Time Foundation

Cheli Sinclair

Director at Conservation Optimism

Chloë Mnatzaganian

Researcher at BBC

Chrissie Goldbrick

Editor-in-Chief at Australian Geographic

Dennis Wells

Executive Producer at Taglicht Media

Dominique Gonçalves

Manager of Elephant Ecology Project at Gorongosa National Park

Ed Harrison

Designer & Illustrator

Esther Hovarth

Photographer

Gavin Boyland

Head of Development at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Gavin Strange

Director & Designer at Aardman Animations

Gautam Pandey

Director/Camera Person at Riverbank Studios

George McKenzie Jr.

Wildlife Conservation Photographer

George Panayiotou

Business Development Director at Films at 59 Ltd

Hannah Stitfall

Zoologist/Wildlife Filmaker at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Jack Bootle

Head of Commissioning, Science & Natural History at BBC

Jaime Rojo

Photographer at iLCP

James Manfull

Executive Producer at Love Nature

Jared Lipworth

Executive Producer and Head of Outreach and Impact at HHMI Tangled Bank Studios

Jason Houston

Photographer

Jasper Doest

Photographer

Jeff Pope

Writer

Jeff Wilson

Series Producer/Director at Silverback Films

Jeffrey Peter

Public Speaker

Jen Guyton

Photographer

Jessica Sweidan

Jo Shinner

Executive Producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Joanna Natasegara

Producer at Violet Films

Julia Migné

Programme Coordinator at Conservation Optimism

Julian Braatvedt

Wildlife Filmmaker

Kathy Moran

Deputy Director of Photography at National Geographic

Katie Schuler

Director at Coral & Oak Studios

Lara Bickerton

Freelance Series Producer (currently at BBC NHU)

Larissa Sousa

Girls Education Program Manager at Gorongosa National Park

Mason Cummings

Digital Content Producer, Photo/Video at The Wilderness Society

Mark Brownlow

Executive Producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Mark Flowers

Series Producer

Mike Gunton

Creative Director at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Natalie Cash

Executive Producer at Wildlife Conservation Society

Pamela Aguilar

Senior Director of Programming and Development

Paul Deane

Digital Development Lead at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Peter Lord

Creative Director at Aardman Animations

Peter Mather

Photographer at iLCP

Richard Addis

Staff Content Services Engineer at Dolby

Robert Glenn Ketchum

Owner of RGK Photography

Rohini Nilekani

Chairperson at Arghyam

Sabine Meyer

Photography Director at National Audubon Society

Sabrina Scollan

Development Producer at Humble Bee Films

Sarah Leen

Founder / Editor, Visual Thinking Collective

Shari Sant Plummer

President at Code Blue Foundation

Sharmila Choudhury

Producer at Humble Bee Films

Stephanie Atlas

Vp, Digital at Love Nature

Tai Inoue

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Tom Clynes

Journalist

Tom Gilks

Picture Editor at BBC Wildlife Magazine

Session & Panel Moderators

Ashley Hoppinn

Vice President, Production at National Geographic Channels

Donna Gomes

Head of Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs at BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Matt Cole

Creative Director at Key West

Tara Kilachand

Communications & Media Manager, Africa, WildAid

Tom Mustill

Director at Gripping Film

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