Mark Wild

Director

Creative Engineer

Mark Wild is a multi-award winning producer and director of global television programmes with 20 years of experience in the UK film and television industry. He cut his teeth in advertising and architectural photography around the world before receiving a scholarship to the Joint Board of Film Industry Training, where he attended the NFTS and gained practical experience on 3 feature films and 4 television series.

Mark recently served as Development Lead for the BBC in Bristol and London, prior to this as Director of International Development for National Geographic Television in Washington DC and as Head of Production and Development for Animal Planet International with the Discovery Channel. To date, he has garnered 121 awards, 2 Goya’s, a Golden Egret and 3 prime time Emmy nominations for the programmes and films he has helped to develop and create including “Ocean Voyagers” (Japanese Film Festival 2009); “Meerkat Manor” (Wildscreen 2008); and “Crime Scene Wild” (Jackson Hole 2007). He was awarded a fellowship to the Royal Geographical Society for his services to exploration and film and has worked with the Kings Fund in England for a decade in their Leadership Programmes.