Cinematography: Martyn Colbeck

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Martyn Colbeck. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Africa (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Documentary · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Attenborough · Katrina Bartlam · Felicity Egerton

Cast Forest Whitaker · David Attenborough · Simon Blakeney

Plot Four years in the making, the BBC/Discovery Channel co-production bring a seven-part mini-series that shows never-before-filmed areas, animals, and their behaviors in Africa.

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8.5

2K votes

8.5

2K votes

The Trials of Life (TV Series)

1990 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Attenborough · Michael Gunton

Cast David Attenborough

Plot The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 October 1990....

8.0

277 votes

8.0

277 votes

Penguins

2019 · Documentary · 76 min. · United States

Direction Alastair Fothergill · Jeff Wilson

Plot Disneynature's all-new feature film "Penguins" is a coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to...

7.4

119 votes

7.4

119 votes

Elephant

2020 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Mark Linfield · Vanessa Berlowitz · Alastair Fothergill

Cast Meghan Markle

Plot The film follows an African elephant named Shani and her male child Jomo as they migrate with their herd and its matriarch, Gaia, across the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

7.2

147 votes

7.2

147 votes

Chimpanzee

2012 · Documentary · 78 min. · United States

Direction Alastair Fothergill · Mark Linfield

Plot A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests.

7.0

443 votes

7.0

443 votes

Earth's Greatest Spectacles (TV) (TV Miniseries)

2016 · Documentary · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Williams

Cast Domhnall Gleeson

Plot Set in three of the most seasonally changeable landscapes on earth – Svalbard, Okavango and New England – this series showcases the stunning transformations that occur each year, revealing the...

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Namibia - Flüsse aus Sand (TV)

2013 · Documentary · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Mike Birkhead

Cast Otto Clemens

Plot The landscapes of Namibia in southwest Africa , are extreme : dust and sand dunes , sun and sand. Today we know how some of the animals on our planet...

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The Nile (TV Miniseries)

2004 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gavin Maxwell · Tim Scoones · Martha Holmes

Cast Michael Gough · Simon MacCorkindale · Keith Buckley · John Colclough

Plot The longest river on the planet, the Nile flows from the heart of a continent uniting mountain, jungle, marsh and desert. But for such a huge and powerful river, the...

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Ostrich: A Life on the Run (TV)

2016 · Documentary · 50 min. · Austria

Direction Mike Birkhead · Martyn Colbeck

Plot This bird is really something special: it can not sing or fly, but it is capable of running at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour and can kill a...

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