FILMS

Kuishi Na Simba (Living With Lions)

Editor - Julie (Rooney) Busse

Curiosity Stream, Siima Media, Ouragan Films

2023 Pridelands Wildlife Film Festival Best of Festival Winner; 2023 Pridelands Wildlife Festival Best African Story

Rugari and his family live on the border of the Serengeti, next to a pride of lions. During the dry season hungry lions threaten their village, and Rugari is faced with a terrible decision. Livestock is his family’s only income, and he could protect them by poisoning the lions. But if he’s caught he will be sent to jail. His daughter insists that there must be another way.

ALIEN CONTACT: The other-worldly intelligence of Giant Manta Rays

Editor - Jolene van Antwerp

Wild Logic, Terra Mater Studios

A giant manta ray has figured out how to get a human to give her what she wants. Over and over, she picks him out from a crowd of other divers and hovers above. This is the interaction between fish and human which sets veteran ocean filmmaker Rick Rosenthal on a journey to uncover the intelligence of these immense flattened sharks. It turns out that they just might be the smartest fish in the sea.

PUMAS - LEGENDS OF THE ICE MOUNTAINS

Editor/Producer - Candice Odgers S.A.G.E

Terra Mater Studios and PBS Nature (See Full Credits)

2022 Emmy Nominee for Cinematography; 2022 Wildscreen Nominee for Writing; 2020 Jackson Wild Nominee for Best Animal Behavior Film - Long Form

This production was filmed over three years – a two-part journey into one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It leads through two seasons, through ice storms, over frozen lakes and melting rivers, and it follows two generations of hunting mountain lions, these pumas, these legends of the ice mountains.

JADE EYED LEOPARD

Editor/Sound Editor - Jolene Van Antwerp S.A.G.E

National Geographic (Learn More)

2021 Emmy for Outstanding Sound in a Nature Documentary
2021 Emmy for Outstanding Nature Documentary

Her name is “Toto,” Swahili for small, with the most striking, bright, aquamarine eyes.She was born under a safari camp tent in the Maasai Mara in Kenya. JADE EYED LEOPARD, narrated by Emmy-nominated and Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons (“Watchmen”), reveals the first three years of Toto’s life as she learns the fundamental skills of survival and makes her passage to adulthood. World-renowned filmmakers, National Geographic Explorers-at-Large, and big cat conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert uncover Toto’s tale with stunning perspective — shot in pristine 4K and seldom-before-seen thermal night vision views.

DIVING FOR RAYS

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor - Angel Morris

Winner, Audience Choice 2022 San Diego Environmental Film Festival

Official Selection, 2023 Thunder Bay International Film Festival

Diving for Rays follows the story of Nicole Morris, who since she was young has aspired to be a marine conservationist. Growing up in San Diego, she spent her childhood among the creatures of the sea - her favorite being rays. The ocean became her place of healing, especially when she realized she was queer. But the more she discovered who she was, the less she saw herself in the career as a queer woman. Years later, she realized that she owed it to herself to become what she couldn't see. She shares her story of taking her first steps in chasing her dreams by getting scuba certified, and along the way, we learn how the lack of LGBTQ+ in marine science can have a devastating impact on aspiring conservationists.

OKAVANGO RIVER OF DREAMS (Film)

Editor/Series Editor - Jolene Van Antwerp S.A.G.E

Terra Mater Studios and Wildlife Films and PBS Nature (Full Credits)

Partial Awards List: 2020 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Winner Best Documentary Film; 2020 Druk International Film Festival Winner Best Cinematography and Best Sound Designing; New York Cinematography Awards - Winner Best Documentary, Bes Editing, Best Sound, and Best Original Score; 2020 Jaipur International Film Festival - Winner Best Documentary Feature; European Cinematgraphy Awards - Best Documentary Cinematography; 2020 Vienna Film Awards - Winner Best Cinematographer; World Film Carnival - Winner Best Film on Nature/Environment/Wildlife, Cinematography, and Sound Designing; Docs Without Borders Film Festival - Winner Best of Festival South Africa; Jozi Film Festival - Winner Best South African Feature Length Documentary

From the wild dogs hunting along its watery edges and the lechwe splashing in its shallows to the hippos landscaping its channels and the lions that have adapted to a life aquatic – all of the stories in this series have one thing in common: they’re shaped by the life-giving ebb and flow of one of Africa’s greatest rivers.

TRIBE VERSUS PRIDE

Post Production Supervisor - Candice Odgers S.A.G.E.
Editor/Sound Editor - Jolene Van Antwerp S.A.G.E.

Wildlife Films, Terra Mater Studios (Learn More)
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2017 - Special Jury Award; IFF Ekotopfilm - Envirofilm Festival 2018 - Prize of the International Jury; Winner of the 61st CINE Golden Eagle Award for Professional Media Category of Nonfiction Content: Feature – Environment and Science; US International Film & Video Festival 2018 - Gold Camera for Environment, Ecology; SAFTA 2019 Winner: Best Achievement in Editing - Documentary Feature; Nomination Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2017 - Best Conservation Film; Nomination International Big Cats Film Festival 2018 - Issues and Solutions, People and Big Cats; Nomination IWFF - International Wildlife Film Festival 2018 - Nomination for Conservation Category; MAFF Matsalu Film Festival 2018 Nomination Category - Man & Nature; International Nature Film Festival 2018 Nomination Category - Nature Films; Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam 2018

Ancient Maasai culture meets the most iconic cats in Africa.

SOUL OF THE ELEPHANT

Editor/Sound Editor - Candice Odgers S.A.G.E

Assistant Editor/Assistant Sound Editor - Jolene Van Antwerp S.A.G.E.

Terra Mater Studios and PBS Nature (See Full Credits)

1st place at the International Film Festival Gödöllö for Documentaries on Nature protection and Conservation; Best Feature Documentary of 2016 Beijing International Film Festival Documentary; 2016 New York Wild Film Festival - Best Cinematography and Best Wildlife Film; Innsbruck Nature Film Festival, Wildlife Vaasa Film Festival Finalist - Environment & Conservation; Deauvill Green Awards - Golden Green Award for Preservation of Biodiversity; 2016 Beijing International Film Festival - Best Feature Documentary; Woodpecker International Film Festival; 2016 Emmy Awards Nominee - Outstanding Nature Programming Category; Elephant Film Festival - Finalist for African Voices; New York Wild Film Festival - Best Wildlife Film; 2017 SAFTA Golden Horn Winner - Best Television Wildlife Program; 2017 SAFTA Golden Horn Winner - Best Wildlife Cinematography; 2017 SAFTA Golden Horn Winner - Best Editing Nomination; 2017 SAFTA Golden Horn Winner - Best Television Directing

Renowned wildlife filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert take us on a journey back in time. The encounter with a dead elephant is the starting point: Who was this elephant, and what was his life like? A series of key point flashbacks help determine what this giant creature might have been, and to relive some of the stories he may have experienced.

BIG CAT ODYSSEY

Editor/Sound Editor - CANDICE ODGERS S.A.G.E

National Geographic, Wildlife Films (Learn More)

SAFTA Golden Horn (2012) - Best Television Wildlife Program; SAFTA Golden Horn (2012) - Best Wildlife Cinematography; SAFTA Golden Horn (2012) - Special Mention - Sound Editing nomination; SAFTA Golden Horn (2012) Best Editing

Dereck and Beverly Joubert, dive deeper into the issues that surround big cats, specifically African lions and leopards. What challenges do these iconic big cats face? How have these lions and leopards survived and adapted over the decades? The Jouberts lead viewers on an epic journey through the lives of big cats and their most iconic moments.