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