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In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.
Charlie Hamilton James
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough
Self
Emma Morgan
Executive Producer
Ants - Nature's Secret Power
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Kieslowski: Dialogue
Shine a Light
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Here and Elsewhere
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Decasia: The State of Decay
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
Tell Them Who You Are
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
The James Dean Story
Patricia Field: Fashion Visionary
The Lost Body of Alibech
The Movie That Wouldn't Die! – The 'Carnival of Souls' Story
Souvenirs d'Othello
Capturar (Las 1001 novias)
Jewels
Omnibus: François Truffaut
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Being James Bond
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Night Will Fall
Spielberg
Love, Antosha
I Am Heath Ledger
Seven Up!
The Class of ‘92
I Am Chris Farley
Lost in La Mancha
Capturing Avatar
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Full Tilt Boogie
Sherman's March
Seduced and Abandoned
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
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