Project Detail

My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Name: My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Director: David Allen
Released: 2021
Duration: 53 min

Synopsis

A veteran wildlife filmmaker is bee obsessed. Seeking refuge from the pandemic in a small city garden, he films the wild bees that live there with mind-blowing results. From giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, he has seen over 60 species of bee. But more importantly, he is developing a close relationship with an individual bee that he follows through its entire life.
Grierson Awards 2022 - Nomination - Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 53 min
Format: TV
Director: David Allen
Producer: Gaby Bastyra
Executive Producer: Sean B. Carroll, David Guy Elisco, Fred Kaufman, Laura Metzger
Editor: Steve White
Director of Photography: Martin Dohrn
Composer: Fraser Purdie
Principal cast: Narrated by: Martin Dohrn

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Passion Planet, The WNET Group, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios production in association with Ammonite Films

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c/o Passion Pictures

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Sales Company

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

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