War for the Wild.
1 x 52 min documentary. A story about 2 of the earth’s rarest refugees and the work to restore the wilderness and send them home.
BENEATH NEW ZEALAND 2, Creation and Distruction
In 2018 we worked with Making Movies on the platinum funded Prime TV show Beneath New Zealand 2. The series looks at NZ’s volcanic past, present and future. For the series, we visited many of NZ’s lesser-known volcanic spots as well as the more familiar ones. The work included 3 weeks at sea with a US/NZ survey team working on Brothers Volcano in the South Pacific and a shoot to see if we could find the PInk and White terraces. The series first screened on Prime TV and is now available on Neon.
3 part mini series for Prime TV looking at New Zealands volcanic landscape.
BIG PACIFIC
5 X 1 HOUR SERIES
CO-PRODUCED BY NHNZ, PBS AND CCTV9 WITH ZDF ENTERPRISES, ZDF, DISCOVERY INTERNATIONAL, CHANNEL 9 AND ARTE
The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth’s surface, holds half of our world’s water, and hides the deepest place on our planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live – and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, BIG PACIFIC breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in way never seen before.
I was the DP for the Yellow-eyed Penguins and spent 5 weeks on and off, watching their antics around the nest.
How and why New Zealand became a storehouse for discontinued zoological species.
DP - Scott Mouat
3 x 1 hours on New Zealand for BBC / Nat Geo.
This critically acclaimed documentary tells a story about a family living with a terrible curse. Adults are plagued by infertility and the young are vulnerable to disease. But this family is no stranger to adversity; they are a family of kakapo. Once thought extinct, they’re now the world’s rarest and strangest wild parrot.
Today there’s only one breeding population left in the entire world and the normally guarded conservation project that protects it has opened its doors and given a documentary maker unprecedented access to the Kakapo Recovery Program. The timing is perfect, modern science thinks they’ve uncovered the reason behind the curse and the recovery team think they’ve found a way to lift it.
With the help of a Spanish avian artificial insemination expert, some old men and a team of dedicated conservationists and rangers, a cure is almost within reach. But the battle to save the kakapo is far from over and the kakapo themselves still have a hand to play.
A full version of the feature length documentary is available online for $4.99 USD. Visit vimeo.com/ondemand/kakapo for more information.
AWARDS
Merit Award, Human Wildlife Interaction, IWFF 2010, USA
Best Newcomer, CMS Vatavaran 2011, India
Best NZ Cinematography, Reel Earth Film Festival 2010
Winner, Best Ornithological Film, Menigoute Festival.
Best Feature Documentary, Documentary Edge Festival 2010
Finalist, Best Feature Documentary, Qantas Film and TV Awards
Best NZ Filmmaker,Reel Earth Film Festival 2010
Best Sound, Documentary Edge Festival 2010
Best Director, Documentary Edge Festival 2010
Best Cinematography, Documentary Edge Festival 2010
This short documentary is part of the Google Voyager series. Its made from a collection of material shot over the past 7 years.
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Writer | Director - Scott Mouat.
1 x 46 mins. 2006 - A story about the wildlife that lives on Ulva Island, New Zealand’s southernmost bird sanctuary.
Some Short Documentaries.
A short film telling the story of the work being done to restore the landscape around Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
A short film about the kakapo, created for google explorer and narrated by Sir David Attenbrough
A short film about the farmers of the Pomahaka Valley and their work to improve their rivers.
A short film created for ecosanctuaries around New Zealand to help people better understand the work that’s gone into saving takahē.
A short film created for the IFAD highlighting the threat climate change poses to the people of Tonga.
Corporate Video