Edwardian Insects on Film

Synopsis

In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.

Main Cast

Charlie Hamilton James

Self - Presenter

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David Attenborough

Self

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Dr Tim Boon

Self - Science Museum, London

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David Cleveland

Self - Film Archivist

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Tim Cockerill

Self - Entomologist

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Bryony Dixon

Self - Curator, Silent Film, BFI

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Jenny Hammerton

Self - Film Archivist

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Michael Harvey

Self - National Media Museum

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Holdsworth
Production	Producer	John Holdsworth
	Executive Producer	Emma Morgan
	Production Director	Naomi Carter
	Production Manager	Lucy Muldoon
Editing	Editor	Rich Wheat
Sound	Sound Mixer	Tim Gillett
	Sound	Kuz Randhawa
Camera	Director of Photography	John Holdsworth
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