Awards

MIRACLE IN THE MARSHES OF IRAQ (BBC)/ BRAVING IRAQ (PBS)

Aqua Vita and WNET picked up two highly prestigious awards for Braving Iraq, shown on PBS NATURE series in the USA.

The film won the 2011 Gold World Medal in the Environment and Ecology category at the New York Festival's International Film and Television Awards at Las Vegas.

It also won Best in Category Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival - Best Conservation and Environmental Issue and Merit for Conservation Message for the BBC version, Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq.

LOBO THE WOLF THAT CHANGED AMERICA (BBC/ WNET)

Outstanding Achievement Award - Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2009.

Jury's Special Prize - Wildscreen Global Wildlife and Environmental Film Festival 2008.

WILD RUSSIA (Nat Geo)

Arctic: Grand Prize winner at the Festival of Birds and Nature, Abbeville, France; Gold Omni Award - Nature category; Silver Omni Award - Cinematography/ Videography/ Photography category.

Kamchatka: Gold Omni Award - Cinematography/ Videography/ Photography category; Gold Omni Award - Nature category.

Siberia: Gold Omni Award - Nature category. 

WILD CHINA (BBC)

As orchestrator and conductor, William Goodchild was a key contributor to the soundtrack of Wild China: Heart of the Dragon (Barnaby Taylor, composer) which was awarded an Emmy for Music and Sound in September 2009.