Awards
Prospero Productions and our affiliates have been widely recognised for our work – both by the film industry and those industries we have touched through our films.
Star Dreaming
2021 - Dome Under: Winner, Best Astronomy Education
2022 - Domefest West: Winner, Best Educational Film
2022 - Winner, Best Science & Education Film
Australia - Life on the Edge
2015 Prestige Film Awards: Gold, Short Documentary
2014 Astra Awards: Nominee, Most Outstanding Factual Program
Change My Race
2015 Prestige Film Awards: Gold, Short Documentary
2014 Asia/Pacific Broadcasting Union Awards: Commendation, TV Documentary
Outback Truckers
2013 Worldfest Houston Film Festival Remi Awards: Gold Award, Documentary Series
2013 Gold Prestige Awards: Winner, Documentary
The Man Who Jumped
2012 Gold Prestige Awards: Winner, Short Documentary
2013 Australian Directors Guild Awards: Nomination, Best Documentary Director (Russell Vines)
2013 Hugo Television Awards: Certificate of Merit, Documentary: Social/Political
2012 AACTA Awards: Nomination, Best Documentary Under One Hour
Ned’s Head
2012 Gold Prestige Film Awards: Winner, Short Documentary
2012 The Hugo Television Awards: Certificate of Merit, Documentary: History/Biography
Jack the Ripper - Australia’s Killer
2013 Prestige Film Awards: Gold, Documentary
Dino Stampede
2012 Silver Prestige Film Awards: Winner, Short Documentary
Every Family’s Nightmare
2010 Houston Worldfest Remi Awards : Gold Award, TV & Cable Productions: Documentary
2010 Houston Worldfest Remi Awards: Gold Award, TV & Cable Productions: TV Series Documentary
SAS - the Search for Warriors
2011 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards: Winner, Best Documentary Series
2012 Gold Prestige Film Awards: Winner, Short Documentary
Death of the Megabeasts
2010 Houston Worldfest Remi Awards: Gold Award, Best Documentary & TV & Cable Productions: Craft – use of HD
2010 Archaeology Channel Film & Video Festival Awards: Winner, Best Special Effects
2010 Archaeology Channel Film & Video Festival Awards: Honorable Mention, Best Narration
2010 Archaeology Channel Film & Video Festival Awards: Honorable Mention, Best Animation
2010 Gold Panda Awards: Nomination, Best Director, Documentary
2010 Banff World Television Festival, Rockie Awards: Nomination, Best Wildlife & Natural History
2010 AFI Awards: Nomination, Best Visual Effects, Feature
2010 ATOM Awards: Finalist, Best Documentary: Science, Technology and the Environment
2009 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC): Nomination, Best Music for Documentary
2009 14th Asian Television Awards: Highly Commended, Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme or Docu-drama
2009 SCTVF International Awards: Gold Panda Award, Documentary
Pirate Patrol
2011 ASTRA Awards: Nomination, Most Outstanding Documentary
Navy Divers
2008 Australian Cinematographers Society Awards: Documentary, Cinema and TV (Awarded to Director of Photography, Malcolm Ludgate)
2008 Houston International Film Festival Remi Awards: Gold Award, TV Series: Documentary
2008 Sydney Morning Herald Awards: Winner, Best Observational Reality Series