It’s great to be able to finally share a trailer for The Dinosaurs, a project that I edited with a fantastic team for many, many months. More details to follow soon!
Secret Lives of Orangutans Nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards
I’m very pleased to share the news that Secret Lives of Orangutans has been nominated for no fewer than eight awards for the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmys, including ‘Single Camera Editing’. It’s a real pleasure to see the feature length documentary garner the attention that it deserves after so much work from a small but fantastic team.
Secret Lives of Orangutans is available to watch on Netflix.
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Silverback Films for Netflix – 2024
My role: Co-Editor
Follow a multi-generational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in this immersive documentary narrated by David Attenborough. – Netflix
Secret Lives of Orangutans is a feature-length documentary directed by Huw Cordey. The film follows the same orangutans that appeared briefly in the Jungles episode of Our Planet, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in the jungle. It was edited in Avid Media Composer.
In July 2025, the feature was nominated for eight Daytime Emmy awards;
- Best Science and Nature Program
- Best Daytime Personality – Non-Daily
- Best Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Best Directing Team for a Single Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
- Best Cinematography
- Sound Mixing and Sound Editing and
- Single Camera Editing
…the latter nomination of which I share with co-editor Khara Stibbons.
A Perfect Planet – Behind the Scenes
Silverback Films for BBC – 2015
My role: Behind the Scenes Editor
I have always been fascinated by the behind-the-scenes segments that accompany TV and film production, so it was a real pleasure to get the opportunity to edit them for A Perfect Planet.
Featuring such extraordinary adventures as descending into a volcano to film iguanas, chasing wolves across frozen tundras, and piloting hovercraft across the acrid salt pans of Lake Natron to film flamingoes, I was spoilt-for-choice when it came to engaging footage and incredible tales. It was particularly rewarding to see my work get a mention in reviews.
Despite yet another glorious, enthralling, bloody and awesome – in the vital and literal senses – series from Attenborough and team, the chief draws in A Perfect Planet are to many becoming the behind-the-scenes end sections – Euan Ferguson, Guardian, 17/01/2021
A Perfect Planet was first broadcast on UK screens on Sunday, January 3rd at 8pm on BBC One.
The behind-the-scenes segments were edited entirely in Avid Media Composer.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet now on Netflix
Following a week of great reviews and press coverage, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is now available to stream on Netflix.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80216393
Some of the reviews so far (sourced from Rotten Tomatoes)…
‘Environmental catastrophe can be hard to convey in emotional ways. The scale of it can be deadening. Hearing it from Attenborough, however, gives the message stirring intimacy as well as authority.’
– Times (UK)
‘Attenborough’s stark documentary is essential viewing.’
– Common Sense Media
‘This incredibly important documentary pulls no punches – and will have you reaching for a reusable cup or joining the Greta Thunberg fan club the moment the credits roll.’
– The Sun
‘An incredibly important and moving document, and a warning to us all.’
– HeyUGuys
Our Planet nominations at 2019 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Now in its twenty-eighth year, the world-famous Jackson Wild Film Festival (previously known as the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival) kicks off on Saturday 21st September 2019, with seven days of sessions, screenings, workshops and exhibitions to entertain and inspire. On the final day, creatives from all over the world will gather for the Grand Teton Awards Gala in the hopes of winning one of the festivals prestigious awards.
This year Our Planet, along with the accompanying online video content that I edited as part of a small team, battled through a list of 1,000 entries to receive no less than eight nominations.
From the Our Planet Series, for which I was edit-assistant…
- Our Planet: Jungles – Nominated for Best Animal Behaviour (Long Form)
- Our Planet: High Seas – Nominated for Best Ecosystem Film
- Our Planet: Frozen Worlds – Nominated for Best Changing Planet Film (Long Form)
- Our Planet series – Nominated for Best Limited Series Film (Long Form)
- Our Planet: One Planet – Nominated for Best Visualisation Film
From the web-based video content to accompany the series, for which I was an editor…
- How to Save Our Planet – Nominated for Best Changing Planet Film (Short Form)
- How to Save Our Planet series – Nominated for Best Limited Series Film (Short Form)
- What is Biodiversity? – Nominated for Best Micro-Movie Film
The Grand Teton Awards Gala will take place at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, Wyoming at 6pm on Thursday, 26th September. For more information on the festival and other finalists, please visit the official website.
Our Planet Series 1 – ‘Halo’ Web Content
Silverback Films for Netflix – 2019
My role: Editor for additional online content and Edit Assistant for the main series and
In addition to working on the main series as an edit assistant, I edited (and graded) a large collection of online content which accompanied the series. These were published on the official website of Our Planet (ourplanet.com), as well as the social media channels of WWF and Netflix.
The online material that I edited went on to win a number of awards, including…
- Best Biodiversity Short under 15 minutes, World Wildlife Day Film Showcase 2020.
- Best Limited Series Film – Short Form, Jackson Wild Film Festival 2019
- Best Changing Planet Film – Short Form, Jackson Wild Film Festival 2019
The website, ourplanet.com, also won the People’s Voice award at the 2020 Webby Awards.
For more about Our Planet, please visit ourplanet.com, or view the relevant entries in my blog.
Charles Dyer 