⎜Awards
Hippos - Africa’s River Giants
(BBC / PBS)
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Nominated for three awards:
Composer, Production, Cinematography
RTS West of England Awards 2020
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Mighty Rivers: the Ganges
(Animal Planet)
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Nominated for two awards:
Best Ecosystem Film and
Best Host/ Presenter Led Film
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2019
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Rise of the Warrior Apes
(Discovery)
Nominated for four awards:
Composer, Production (Natural History Programme or Series),
Director and Grading
Royal Television Society West of England 2018 Awards
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Winner of three awards:
Script Award, Films at 59 Sound Award,
and WWF Golden Panda Award
Wildscreen Festival 2016
Seeing Him
(Living Spirit Pictures)
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Winner of five Awards:
Best Score - Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2018 to 2017
Best Screenplay - Creation International Film Festival 2017
Best Actress - New Renaissance Film Festival 2017
Best Drama Short - Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2017
Award of Distinction - Canada Shorts Film Festival 2017
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Jago - a Life Underwater
(Underdog Films)
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Nominated for eight awards:
Best Composer,
Best Documentary Programme or Series,
Best Director,
Best Cinematography
Best Sound,
Best Design,
Best Editing,
Best Grading
Royal Television Society West of England 2017 Awards
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Nominated for five awards:
Music Award,
Cinematography Award (Winner),
Editing Award,
People and Nature Award,
Sound Award
Wildscreen Festival 2016
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Grand Teton Award (Winner),
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2015
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Special Jury Award (Winner),
New York Wild Film Festival 2016
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Return of the Giant Killers - Africa's Lion Kings
(BBC)
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Nominated for
Best Composer
Royal Television Society West of England 2016 Awards
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Africa's Fishing Leopards
(BBC)
Nominated for
Best Natural History Programme or Series,
Royal Television Society West of England 2016 Awards
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Africa's Giant Killers
(BBC)
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Best Natural History Programme or Series,
Royal Television Society West of England 2015 Awards
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Jungle Gremlins of Java
(BBC/ Animal Planet)
Best Natural History Programme or Series
Royal Television Society West of England 2013 Awards
Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq
(BBC) / Braving Iraq (PBS)
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Gold World Medal
Environment and Ecology category
at the New York Festival's International Film and Television Awards at Las Vegas
Best in Category Award
International Wildlife Film Festival
Best Conservation and Environmental Issue and Merit for Conservation Message
BBC version, Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq
Lobo the Wolf that Changed America
(BBC/ WNET)
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Outstanding Achievement Award
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2009
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Jury's Special Prize
Wildscreen Global Wildlife and Environmental Film Festival 2008
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Wild Russia
(Nat Geo)
Arctic:
Grand Prize winner
Festival of Birds and Nature, Abbeville, France
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Gold Omni Award
Nature category; Silver Omni Award - Cinematography/ Videography/ Photography category
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Kamchatka: Gold Omni Award - Cinematography/ Videography/ Photography category; Gold Omni Award - Nature category
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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
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