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.
A Gorilla Story
The Dinosaurs
Secrets of the Bees
Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles
Parenthood
Ocean with David Attenborough
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This June, Silverback Films is marking Pride Month with a series of activities celebrating LGBTQ+ communities and raising money for Trans Aid Bristol. Pride Month is an important moment for visibility, awareness and belonging. It offers an opportunity to celebrate LGBTQ+ identity, recognise the resilience of queer communities, and reaffirm the importance of respect, acceptance and safety for all. At a time when LGBTQ+ people around the world continue to face discrimination and hostility, Pride … Read more
A new behind-the-scenes film from Silverback Films explores the extraordinary science and research that helped bring The Dinosaurs to life. In the film, showrunner Dan Tapster is joined by paleontology expert Dr. Tom Fletcher to discuss how the team approached the challenge of recreating a world no human has ever seen – from the anatomy, movement and behaviour of individual creatures to the wider geological events that shaped life on Earth. Across the series, every … Read more
Silverback Films has released a new behind-the-scenes film revealing how the team captured the world’s first cinematic footage of bottom trawling in action for Ocean with David Attenborough. To expose one of the ocean’s most destructive hidden practices, filmmakers developed entirely new camera systems – deploying cameras inside fishing nets and across the seabed itself to document the devastation unfolding beneath the surface. The sequence became one of the most talked-about moments in the film, … Read more
Silverback Films’ A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough has been featured by BAFTA Albert as a sustainability case study, recognising the production’s collaborative approach to filmmaking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Produced over several years, our team worked closely with local filmmakers and communities throughout production, supporting in-country training and skills development as part of the filmmaking process. The case study highlights how the production team approached filming within one of the world’s most … Read more