{"id":18085,"date":"2022-05-13T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:15:03","slug":"bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Natural History Unit Hires for New CGI Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAFTA-winning Mike Davis has been hired by BBC Studios Natural History Unit for the newly created role of CGI executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Davis specializes in natural history and science and has been an executive producer within the Science Unit for the last two years. Prior to that, he was a creative director at Atlantic Productions, where he produced Sky\u2019s <em>David Attenborough\u2019s Natural History Museum Alive<\/em> and series directed BBC One\u2019s <em>Great Barrier Reef<\/em> and <em>Galapagos<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Davis also worked across Atlantic\u2019s film slate and helped pioneer virtual-reality storytelling with <em>David Attenborough\u2019s Great Barrier Reef Dive<\/em> for London\u2019s Natural History Museum and <em>Space Descent VR with Tim Peake<\/em> for the Science Museum. Other TV credits include <em>Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell<\/em>, <em>Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking<\/em>, <em>March of the Dinosaurs<\/em>, <em>David Attenborough Meets President Obama<\/em> and <em>Belsen: Our Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started my career at Framestore working on the <em>Walking with Dinosaurs<\/em> series, and the use of CGI has always been my true passion and frequently at the heart of the projects I\u2019ve been involved in,\u201d Davis said. \u201cTo be joining the Natural History Unit just as they launch the Apple TV+ series <em>Prehistoric Planet<\/em> is a thrill. Mike Gunton and his team have set a new bar for the nonfiction blockbuster. I can\u2019t wait to start working on developing different formats, forming new partnerships and discovering new technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Keeling, head of BBC Studios Natural History Unit, said, \u201cThe Natural History Unit is passionate about telling ambitious, original stories in creative new ways. I\u2019m delighted to welcome Mike Davis; he has unparalleled clout in the world of CGI and natural history and that will only take our future output to even greater heights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAFTA-winning Mike Davis has been hired by BBC Studios Natural History Unit for the newly created role of CGI executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3900],"class_list":["post-18085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios-natural-history-unit","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Natural History Unit Hires for New CGI Post - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Natural History Unit Hires for New CGI Post - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BAFTA-winning Mike Davis has been hired by BBC Studios Natural History Unit for the newly created role of CGI executive producer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-13T13:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-13T13:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/BBCStudiosNaturalHistoryUnit-MikeDavis-0522.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios Natural History Unit Hires for New CGI Post - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-13T13:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-13T13:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-hires-for-new-cgi-post\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios Natural History Unit Hires for New CGI Post\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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