40 YEARS IN THE WILD
For over 40 years Richard Kirby has been at the forefront of the high end wildlife film making industry. A pioneer of technical plant time-lapses in the 1980’s and 90’s, he is an expert microscopist and macro specialist with broader experience of filming birds and mammals through the nineties and noughties. He has won over 40 awards including a clutch of Emmy’s and Baftas and is the winner of the coveted Kodak Vision Award for his work on The Private Life of Plants.
His work has taken him to over 120 countries and in recent years he has been a significant contributor to major nature documentaries and features for the world’s biggest streaming services, including 'Our Planet', 'Life on Our Planet' for Netflix, 'Perfect Planet' for the BBC and 'Tiny World' for Apple. Always pushing new technology to the limits he developed a unique system for filming a motion controlled ultra violet induced fluorescence sequence for the Emmy nominated feature, 'Kangaroo Valley'.
With assistance from Innovate UK and Innovate Edge, Richard will be bringing the only truly portable 6 axis collaborative cinema robot to Bristol, a first for the UK and the perfect partner to the companies 8K Red Raptor VV camera system with its high frame rate capabilities. A team of talented young camera operators is being trained up over the next few months to bring these exciting new additions to the film makers toolkit and will be available to hire from the last week of January 2024...
Awards
Kodak
Vision
EMMY
BAFTA
EMMY - Winner Outstanding Cinematography: Long Form -BBC- 'One Life' 2015
EMMY – Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography – Human Planet 2012
GREEN SCREEN – Best Film of Festival – ‘Sahara – Life on the Edge’ - 2012
IWFF, Missoula – Honourable Mention Photography, “Wildest Africa – Sahara” 2012
EMMY – Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Cinematography – BBC ‘How Earth Changed History’ 2011
BAFTA nomination for principle photography - BBC ‘How Earth Made Us’ 2010
WILDSCREEN PANDA for Best Children’s Series - OTF ‘The Monkey Thieves’ 2010
EMMY for Outstanding Cinematography for non-fiction programme (Team) - ‘Life’ 2010
BAFTA Best Specialist Factual Series - BBC ‘Life in Cold Blood’ 2009
WILDSCREEN GOLDEN PANDA Best of Festival - BBC ‘Life in Cold Blood’ 2008
KODAK AWARD for Cinematography (Team) - BBC ‘Planet Earth’ 2007
WILDSCREEN PANDA Best Series - BBC ‘Europe, A Natural History’ 2006
WILDSCREEN PANDA Cinematography (Team) - BBC ‘Planet Earth’ 2006
WILDSCREEN GOLDEN PANDA Best Film – BBC ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ 2006
JACKSON HOLE Best Limited Series - BBC ‘Europe, A Natural History’ 2005
RTS Nomination for Cinematography – Granada ‘The Dark Side of Elephants’ 2005
JACKSON HOLE Finalist – BBC ‘Nile’ 2005
SHANGHAI FILM FESTIVAL Best Photography - BBC ‘Nile’ 2005
BAFTA nomination photography factual (Team) - BBC ‘The Life of Mammals’ 2002
JACKSON HOLE Finalist – BBC ‘Iguanas: Living Like Dinosaurs’ 2002
BAFTA nomination photography factual – BBC ‘Wild Africa: Forests’ 2002
BAFTA nomination photography factual (Team)l – BBC ‘Blue Planet’ 2002
MISSOULA IWFF Best Photography - BBC ‘Wild Africa: Forests’ 2002
MISSOULA IWFF Best Photography - BBC ‘Iguanas: Living Like Dinosaurs’ 2003
KODAK VISION AWARD – BBC ‘Wild Africa: Jungles’ 2002
FESTIVAL DE L’OISEAU Grand Prix – BBC ‘Attenborough in Paradise’ 2001
KODAK VISION AWARD – BBC ‘Private Life of Plants’ 1995
EMMY for Outstanding Cinematography for non-fiction programme BBC ‘Private Life of Plants’ 1995
JACKSON HOLE Grand Teton Award Best Film Series – BBC ‘Realms of the Russian Bear’ 1993
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (Team) - BBC ‘The Trials of Life’ 1990