Brian Leith Productions is a truly independent producer making award-winning documentaries about nature and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

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Now in our twentieth year we have produced major international television series and single films as well as two theatric feature films.  Our landmark series include The Age of Nature, The Future of Nature, The Hidden Kingdoms of China, Wild Canada and are a regular supplier of specialist factual shorts for BBC’s The One Show.  

Our broadcast partners include: PBS, BBC Studios, Terra Mater, Discovery, National Geographic, BBC Studios, Netflix, Disney and Arte.

Other recent projects include The Fire Within, Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft, written, narrated and directed by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Our sequel to The Age of Nature, The Future of Nature, was broadcast on PBS and Arte in Spring 2025. 

In recent years our projects have won awards at festivals worldwide including Jackson Wild, LA Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and most recently Best Documentary at the Shanghai Film Festival for The Fire Within

Brian was awarded the prestigious lifetime achievement ‘Legacy Award’ at the Jackson Wild Film Summit in September 2022.  In the same year Mandy won LA Documentary best Producer award for Werner Herzog’s The Fire Within. 

Our company is committed to diversity and inclusion whether it be race, gender, age, religion and identity.  We provide a supportive and democratic working environment where our team can feel safe and able to express their creativity to tell the stories they believe in. 

We are well aware that our industry has not been good to under-represented communities and we are working to improve upon this, with a view to positive change. 

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