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Silverback Films

Bristol, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Silverback Films brings together a world class team of wildlife film makers to create the highest quality natural history films.

From their site

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Who works there

  • Hassan AbukarJunior Production Coordinator
  • Lisa BaldwinFinance Coordinator
  • Josh BawdenJunior VXF Editor
  • Siobhan BrookLine Producer
  • Rachel Butler ScottProducer Director
  • Matt CarrJunior Production Manager & Production Coordinator

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationBristol, United Kingdom
Websitesilverbackfilms.tv
Emailjobs@silverbackfilms.tv | info@silverbackfilms.tv
Social
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Phone+44 (0) 117 9927 220
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.9IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

20 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys5of8nominations63%
BAFTAs2of3nominations67%

38 wins from 116 nominations across all awards

Our Planet poster
Highest rated
Our Planet
2019
9.262,246 votes
Polar Bear poster
Lowest rated
Polar Bear
2022
6.9949 votes
Mostly
documentary, family, adventure
Active
2013–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Best known for
Our Planet

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 28 of 30 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1314 seasons

2013–2026

Television rating
9.1IMDb

Their films average 8.6, so the television rates 0.5 higher.

Networks
  • BBC One6
  • Netflix3
  • National Geographic1
  • Nat Geo Wild1
  • BBC iPlayer1
  • discovery+1

Across 13 series matched to TMDB, 75 episodes.

Longest runningOur Planet · 2 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 31

17 films · 13 TV titles

Titles per year30 titles · busiest 2025 with 6

30 titles across 14 years, averaging 2.1 a year. The last five years average 2.8 a year, above their long-run rate. 2 of those 14 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time20 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
6810their average 8.9200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 9.1 across 6 titles. The 18 titles since 2016 average 8.9, holding at their 8.9 overall. 4 of 20 rated titles sit above their 8.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Keith Scholey5
  • Alastair Fothergill4
  • Huw Cordey3
  • Jeff Wilson2
Writers
  • David Fowler6
  • Keith Scholey2
Notable cast
  • David Attenborough11
  • Doug Anderson3
  • Morgan Freeman2
  • Blair Underwood2
Genres
  • Documentary26 of 28
  • Family4 of 28
  • Adventure3 of 28

Names appearing on two or more of Silverback Films’s produced titles, across the 28 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Silverback Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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