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Icon Films
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Zinc Media taps Humble Bee creative chief to lead new Bristol-based factual label
UK factual outfit Zinc Media Group has poached Humble Bee Films’ creative director to helm…
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Love Nature expands originals with Big Wave & WildBear commissions
Blue Ant Media’s global wildlife and nature brand Love Nature has unveiled a slate of…
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UK’s Icon Films appoints Atlantic & Lightbox alum to head factual development
UK-based factual indie Icon Films has appointed Luke Davis as head of factual development. In…
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Love Nature orders duo from Icon & NHNZ, unveils conservation support scheme
Streaming and broadcast brand Love Nature has ordered two wildlife series as part of an…
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TBI Weekly: Why cheaper tech will surface new voices in natural history
As 2022 gets into its stride, natural history is again making an impact on screen…
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UK indie Icon Films hires Red Rock alum Belinda Cherrington as creative director
UK factual indie Icon Films has appointed Belinda Cherrington as creative director. Based in the…
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News round-up: ITV orders ‘The Masked Dancer’; Humble Bee hires Stephen McQuillan; Rocket welcomes ‘Cops’
ITV orders The Masked Dancer UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a seven-part remake of…
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Five takeaways from World Congress of Science and Factual Producers 2020
Gemma Greene, head of development at British factual indie Icon Films, shares with TBI what…
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TBI Special Report Part One: Adapting production during lock down and beyond
Screen production has been among the hardest hit sectors from the Covid-19 pandemic, with freelance…
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Fremantle takes global rights to Icon’s Okavango doc
UK indie Icon Films’ documentary Okavango – A Flood Of Life has been picked up…
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TBI Factual: Why streamers might affect the climate change message
As Covid-19 continues to impact on producers globally, Stephen McQuillan, creative director at UK-based Icon…
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Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet for ‘Dark Waters’
Beloved biologist and River Monsters star Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet after two years…
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Japan’s NHK orders feature doc from Icon Films
UK prodco Icon Films and Botswana’s Natural History Film Unit are set to deliver a…
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Icon Films readies Malawi Wildlife Rescue for Love Nature
Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian’s Love Nature platform has commissioned Icon Films for a six-part…
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Icon Films to make Judy Garland film For Sky Arts
UK indie producer Icon Films has been commissioned by Sky Arts to produce a 60-minute…
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River Monsters gets YouTube channel
The producers of the popular Animal Planet series River Monsters are launching a dedicated YouTube…
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Icon Films staffs up, hires Jonathan Jackson
UK indie Icon Films has hired former DRG boss Jonathan Jackson (left) as its new…
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Nat Geo orders tribe survival series
National Geographic has ordered Survive the Tribe, a six part series for its US and…
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Channel 5 uncovers Nazi death camp doc
The UK’s Channel 5 is working on a documentary about a Nazi death camp deniers…
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Nat Geo coproducing Jesus miniseries with Sky Vision
National Geographic Channels International and Sky Vision are joining forces to make a miniseries about…