Wild is a specialist production company with strong ties to both the ocean and the environments of the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. With in house production facilities capable of dealing all formats up to and including HD production Wild is able to offer a complete program production facility as well and field crews and equipment. It carries 5 underwater units including specialist pole cameras and pencil cameras.



Wild's Programming Portfolio

Documentary Filmaking

Title: Hope In Hell
Role: Concept through to Delivery
Genre: Documentary Series.
Duration: 9 x half hour shows.
Broadcaster: TVNZ.
Time Frame: January 2005 – January 2006.

When war or natural disaster strikes it’s volunteers who respond. For twelve months our cameras had exclusive access to Red Cross delegates at work in some of the world’s major trouble spots. These are their stories.

Title: Death Zone
Role: Concept through to Delivery
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One-hour.
Broadcaster: Discovery Europe.
Time Frame: January 2004 – August 2005.

A one-hour documentary looking at startling new information about the movements of Great White Sharks. Set in South Australia a team from Melbourne Aquarium and CSIRO catch two gigantic Great White Sharks and attach satellite transmitters to their backs to see where they travel to.

Title: OceanZOO
Role: Concept through to Delivery
Genre: Natural History reality show.
Duration: 13 x half hour shows.
Broadcaster: TVNZ and Channel 7, Australia.
Time Frame: January 2004 – August 2004.

A thirteen part half-hour reality style show that follows the exploits of staff at three aquariums – two in Australia and one in New Zealand. More than 50% of the show is research and rescue work outside the walls of the aquariums and features all forms of marine life from Whales and Dolphins to Great White Sharks, from seahorses to turtles.

Title: Tuna Cowboys
Role: Concept through to Delivery
Genre: Natural History documentary.
Duration: One-hour.
Broadcaster: National Geographic.
Time Frame: July 2002 – July 2003.

A one-hour documentary that looks at the highly successful South Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Farming Industry. It follows the dangerous jobs the fishermen and divers undertake as they head to sea to collect juvenile Southern Bluefin and then transport them live back to the farms in the Spencer Gulf.

Title: Shark Gordon – Most Dangerous Moments
Role: Supply of Producer/Director.
Genre: Presenter driven Natural History one-hour special on sharks.
Duration: One-hour.
Broadcaster: Animal Planet US and International.
Time Frame: March 2002 – May 2002

A one-hour special based on the highly successful series “Shark Gordon” looking at some of the most dangerous moments intercut with behind the scenes sequences of how they were filmed.

Title: Turning Back Time
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Cultural Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: Explore International.
Time Frame: May 1993 – December 2001

Insight into the fragile Oral Cultures of South Pacific Island Group – Vanuatu, including sequences from inside some of the most primitive villages in the Pacific; rarely seen rituals and dances including the Nagol Festival - the origin of the modern-day Bungy Jump.

Title: Shark Gordon
Role: Creator through to Delivery.
Genre: Presenter driven Natural History Series on Sharks.
Duration: 13 x Half Hour Programs.
Broadcaster: Animal Planet US and International.
Time Frame: Nov 1999 – February 2001

A series of programs that look at issues relating to sharks and people presented by Australian shark expert Ian Gordon. The series looked at 13 different species of sharks from locations in New Zealand and Australia to the Philippines, Hawaii, California, Mexico to Florida and the Caribbean.

  • White Shark – a look at current research in South Australia into pack behaviour.
  • Mako – Friend or Foe – Mako Sharks in New Zealand.
  • A Whale of A Shark – Attaching satellite tracking tags to Whale Sharks in Western Australia
  • Call for a Nurse – Air transport of Grey Nurse Sharks inter-aquaria, Australia.
  • Battle for Midway – Galapagos Sharks at Midway Atoll.
  • Tiger by the Tail – Tiger Shark research in Ohau, Hawaii and at Midway Atoll.
  • The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Oceanic Whitetip Sharks and pilot Whales of the Kona Coast of Hawaii.
  • Demons of the Deep – Prickly Sharks in the Monterey Canyon, California.
  • Port Jacksons – Port Jackson Sharks in Jervis Bay, Australia.
  • The Gathering – Scalloped Hammerheads – Mexico.
  • White Tips of Osprey – White Tip Reef Sharks, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea.
  • Patterns of Attack – Bull Sharks, Caribbean Reef and Blacktip Reef Sharks, Caribbean.
  • The Search for the Thresher – Pelagic Thresher Sharks, Philippine Islands.

Title: White Shark – The Nature of the Beast.
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel.
Time Frame: May 1997 – February 2000

A new perspective on the Great White Shark looking at group interactions including pack hunting and prey targeting.

Title: Riddle of the Rays.
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel.
Time Frame: May 1997 – October 1999

A year in the life of Dasyatis brevicaudata – the Short-tailed Stingray.

Title: Mako – Swift Smart and Deadly.
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel.
Time Frame: May 1995 – July 1997

The first documentary ever produced on the Mako Shark.

Title: Whales and Dolphins of Aotearoa.
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: TV3 – New Zealand.
Time Frame: May 1994 – June 1995

A look at the vibrant and diverse range of Cetaceans found in New Zealand Waters and their relationships with New Zealanders through tourism and conservation.

Title: Just When You Thought It Was Safe….
Role: Concept through to Delivery.
Genre: Natural History Documentary.
Duration: One Hour.
Broadcaster: TV3 – New Zealand.
Time Frame: May 1993 – July 1994

A look at sharks in New Zealand and their relationships with New Zealanders.