The KFC wins Best NZ Made Film
The KFC wins ‘Best NZ Made Film’ The KFC has won the Hiddleston-MacQueen Award for the best New Zealand film at the 2020 NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival. The …
On assignment
Silent Filmmaking in the Age of Lockdown
Silent Filmmaking in the age of LockdownAn interview with Lynn Freeman on Standing Room OnlyAired 31 May, 2020 on RNZ National Wanaka filmmaker Richard Sidey’ is offering us the chance to reconnect with the …
Wānaka filmmaker to feature at first major online film festival
Wānaka filmmaker to feature at first major online film festival A short piece in today’s Wānaka Sun about Elementa and the 2020 Doc Edge Festival. Links: The Wānaka Sun | …
The Ice Fjord
A new ambient drone video, flying over the enormous Ilulissat Icefjord. This video is part of my new Wilderness Escapes YouTube Series
The Last Turtle – an exciting conservation assignment in Dominica
Dominica has five species of turtle, three of which nest on the island’s beaches – the Leatherback, Hawksbill and the Green Sea Turtle. Local turtle populations are in rapid decline due to a number of reasons including habitat loss, plastic pollution and climate change, but the main contributing factor is the illegal poaching of sea turtles when they’re up on the beach nesting. …
Niue Humpback Whale Research
Niue Humpback Whale Research In September 2018 I travelled to Niue, a small Pacific Island nation, as part of a Conservation International assignment with a group of select Whale Research scientists …
Published in The Guardian
A pretty picture for a not-so-pretty picture: My aerial image of Orona Island in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area of Kiribati was published in the Guardian today. Read the full …
Above Antarctica
Above Antarctica A cinematic aerial exploration of the Antarctic Peninsula, soaring over mountains and their glaciers, enormous icebergs, bubble-net feeding humpback whales and into the alluring blues of a deep …
Speechless | Great Bear Rainforest
Speechless | Great Bear Rainforest A new Speechless episode from Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest featuring encounters with Spirit Bears, known to the local Gitga’at First Nation at Moksgm’ol (the Ghost …
National Geographic feature Wild Antarctica
National Geographic feature Wild Antarctica National Geographic Magazine have included Wild Antarctica in their Short Film Showcase. The magazine also released a revised edit for social media: Wild Antarctica was filmed by Richard …