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