EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Studios wants to get kids into natural history.
The ITV Stuidos-owned Secret Garden producer has appointed director, producer and cinematographer Nathan Small as Creative Director, Natural History and Kids & Family.
Small has promoted after gaining credits on shows such as credits include Apple TV+’s Tiny World, National Geographic and Disney+’s A Real Bug’s Life, Netflix’s Nightmares of Nature and ITV’s World’s Wildest Cities.
In his new role, Small will work across Plimsoll’s natural history and kids and family slates, reporting into Mark Brownlow, Head of Natural History.
“Nathan is an exceptional filmmaker with a truly distinctive creative voice,” said Brownlow. “He has an extraordinary ability to make natural history feel fresh, cinematic and surprising, and his work consistently finds new ways to engage audiences.”
A Real Bug’s Life won six Emmys across the show’s two seasons, including one for Small’s cinematography. Originally an advertising photographer, he moved into filmmaking after completing an MA in Directing and Producing Science and Natural History at the National Film and Television School. A
After A Real Bug’s Life, he directed Nightmares of Nature and was nmost recently series director on ITV’s World’s Wildest Cities.
“The company has an extraordinary appetite for ambitious, innovative storytelling, and I’m looking forward to working with our talented teams to find new ways to tell stories about the natural world that captivate, entertain and connect with audiences,” he said.
The appointment comes after Plimsoll this year launched Skyscraper Live for Netflix, Secret Garden for the BBC and Pompeii: Out of Time for Disney+. Earlier this summer, we were first with the new Plimsoll had rebranded from Plimsoll Productions to Plimsoll Studio and reorganized operations around five creative divisions: natural History and adventure, live, entertainment, kids and family, and digital.