James Reed

httpsvimeocomuser18193103 Reeds credits as a director include the multiawardwinning features Jago A Life Under Water and Rise of the Warrior Apes In 2021 Reed received further accolade as the director of My Octopus Teacher the story of a South African filmmaker who forges an unexpected friendship with an octopus which became a huge critical and audience success on Netflix and went on to win the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 93rd Academy Awards Jonny Keeling Head of BBC Studios Natural History Unit said Im delighted to be embarking on a collaborative development partnership with James Reed and Matt Houghton the outstanding creative talents of Underdog Films Character and emotional storytelling are at the heart of filmmaking both at the NHU and Underdog Films so we look forward to developing a number of original ambitious and compelling natural history features for audiences across the globe Im hugely excited to welcome James and Matts input and perspectives to the NHUs creative development process and cant wait to start working with them James Reed Managing Director Underdog Films said We are very excited to get into this with the NHU Theyve been at the forefront of natural history filmmaking for decades and their further growth in the feature doc market will be a fantastic development for the industry as a whole Matt Houghton Underdog Films adds Collaboration and successful partnerships are a key part of Underdog Films approach to filmmaking and were delighted to be working with the talented storytellers of the NHU The team has exciting ambitious plans and were looking forward to contributing to stories that will be entertaining enlightening and thoughtprovoking