The company Humble Bee Films is a new and exciting independent production company based in the heart of Bristol. It was established in 2009 by Stephen Dunleavy, a former BBC Natural History Unit producer, whose credits include David Attenborough’s Life in the Undergrowth, Saving Planet Earth, Natural World and more recently Little Prairie Dogs for Cbeebies channel. |
Stephen Dunleavy ... ... is the Company Director of Humble Bee Films. After a successful career within the BBC Natural History Unit, Stephen went freelance in 2006 and since then has worked on a variety of projects for BBC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic. He has filmed all sorts of creatures great and small, from bears to butterflies; great white sharks to baboons; and rattlesnakes to tiny fairy wasps. He set up Humble Bee films in 2009 with the express aim of producing fresh, funny and imaginative specialist factual programmes. Lisa Walters ... ... is Humble Bee’s Production Manager. Lisa has more than 18 years experience in the television industry. She has worked for BBC, Granada, Tigress Productions and Icon films. Lisa has production managed logistically complex, big-budget series such as Discovery Channel’s Everest and has also worked on one of Harry Hill’s favourites – Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures. Co-incidentally Stephen and Lisa share the same birthday – 18th June in case you want to send a card. |
Current projects Humble Bee Films has been commissioned to produce a five-part series for UKTV's Eden channel. The series reunites Humble Bee Films founder Stephen Dunleavy with Sir David Attenborough as he explores a range of curious animals that have baffled and intrigued science for hundreds of years. David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities will air on Eden channel in autumn 2012. Humble Bee Films previously produced Komodo: Secrets of the Dragon for BBC Two's Natural World strand. The programme explored the discovery of venom in the largest lizard in the world. It aired on BBC Two in August 2011. |
Humble Bee Films 32 Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2LG
Tel:0117 906 4358 Email: stephen@humblebeefilms.com |