Nature film’s equivalent to the Oscars®
Media Awards
Celebrating excellence & innovation in science and nature storytelling
Media today deepens understanding of the world around us, inspires commitment to protect and restore the natural systems upon which all life depends and empowers the radical changes that will be required to do so. Nature film’s equivalent to the Oscars®, the Jackson Wild Media Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in nature, science and conservation storytelling.
2024 Media Awards
2024 Media Awards Winners have been announced!
Winners were announced on Thursday, September 5 during the Jackson Wild Media Awards Gala at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Grand Teton Award Winners
2024
Turtle Walker
Tiger Baby, Ceres, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Emaho Films
2023
Silverback
An Off the Fence Production for BBC In co production with France Télévision in association with Featuristic Films
2022
The Territory
National Geographic Documentary Films, Protozoa Pictures, Passion Pictures, Real Lava, Documist and Associação Jupaú. In association with Time Studios, XTR Doc Society Climate Story Fund
2021
YOUTH v GOV
Barrelmaker Productions and Vulcan Productions
2020
My Octopus Teacher
Sea Change Project & Off the Fence - A ZDFE company, A Netflix Original Production
2019
The Biggest Little Farm
NEON and LD Entertainment present a FarmLore Films production in association with Diamond Docs and Impact Partners & Artemis Rising
2018 (Science Media Awards)
Laws of the Lizard
Day's Edge Productions for Smithsonian Channel
Producers: Neil Losin, Nate Dappen
2017
The Ivory Game
A Netflix Documentary, Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions in association with Malaika Pictures in association with Appian Way
Producers: Walter Köhler, Kief Davidson, Wolfgang Knöpfler, Leonardo DiCaprio
2016 (Science Media Awards)
David Attenborough's Light on Earth
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Ammonite Films, CuriosityStream, with: BBC, UKTV, ABC Australia
Producers: Martin Dohrn, Joe Loncraine
2015
Jago: A Life Underwater
Underdog Films
Producer: James Reed
2014 (Science Media Awards)
Particle Fever
PF Productions, LLC & Anthos Media, LLC
Producer: David Kaplan
2013
On a River in Ireland
Crossing the Line Films
Producer: Cepa Giblin
2011
Broken Tail
Crossing the Line Films
Producer: John Murray
2009
Green
Tawak Productions
Producer: Patrick Rouxel
2007
Galapagos: Born on Fire
BBC Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide
Producer: Patrick Morris
2005
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
The Katadhin Foundation
Producer: Roberta Grossman
2003
The Cultured Ape
Scorer Associates
Producer: Brian Leith
2001
Mzima: Haunt of the Riverhorse
Survival Anglia Ltd/National Geographic Television
Producers: Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone
1999
Vision Man
Aby Long Productions
Producer: Lars Aby
1997
People of the Sea
International Wildlife Films
Producer: Patrick Morris
1995
Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze
BBC/National Geographic Television
Producers: Martha Holmes, Ned Kelly, Peter Bassett, Alastair Fothergill
1993
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
National Geographic
Producers: Dereck and Beverly Joubert
1991
Here Be Dragons
Survival Anglia
Producers: Alan Root, Mark Deeble, Victoria Stone