In addition to filming, Sophie is actively and passionately involved in mentoring, public speaking & increasing diversity in wildlife filmmaking.

• Queens. Six part series for Wildstar Films & National Geographic/D+ looking at female power in nature. Released 2023

• Mentoring in East & Central Africa and Alaska 2020-2022

• Wildstar Academy. 2021 onwards

• London Screen Academy; Mentoring & Masterclasses 2020 & 2021

• Speakers for Schools since 2018, mentoring students alongside.

• University of the West of England; Masterclasses 2019 & 2021

• Leading Authorities Speaker since 2018

• BAFTA member since 2016, Jury duty, publicity and Masterclass

• WFTV

• GTC

• BSC

• ARRI - part of ARRI 100 & Alexa 10 year celebrations

• Canon - featured by Canon 2020

• RED - ongoing with Queens 2020 - 2022

• RTS masterclass 2017

• Nature through her eyes - contributor & speaker

• EG10 - speaker

• Natural History Network - speaker

• Springpod learn lounge - online learning resource, speaker.

• Wanderlust Behind the camera with Perfect Planet camerawoman Sophie Darlington 2021 & 2020

• Huffington Post Our Planet: 600 Crew, 50 Countries And Failed Shoots – This Is What It Took To Make David Attenborough's New Series 2019

• Variety Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ Roars to Life With Work by Top Wildlife Cinematographers 2019

• The Guardian 2021

• The Telegraph Meet the woman behind Attenborough’s The Hunt lens 2015

• WorldNomads - The Essential Masterclass to Filming Wildlife 2018

• Stable of Ireland 2021 In Conversation With Sophie Darlington, Filmmaker and

  Cinematographer

• Master Wildlife Filming Podcast Sophie Darlington Wildlife Cinematographer & BAFTA

  winner 2020

• Canon’s - Shutter Stories. In conversation with wildlife cinematographer Sophie

  Darlington 2020 & 2021

• Plodcast Sophie Darlington. I think we have an emotional connection to beauty. 2020

• Earth Live Lesson with Lizzie Daly 2020

• The Adventure Podcast - Terra Incognita, Sophie Darlington - An unconventional Life.

  2019

• Towpath recipes and stories On the canal with Wildlife Cinematographer Sophie

  Darlington 2019

Filmography Feature Films include:

• Penguin, Disneynature & Silverback (2019) Directors: Jeff Wilson & Alastair Fothergill

• Incredible Predators, BBC Earth Giant Screen 3D film (2017) Director: Alastair Fothergill

• Bears, Disneynature & Silverback (2014) Winner Environmental Media Association (EMA)

  Award for Best Feature Film. Alaska & Canada. Directors: Directors: Keith Scholey &

  Alastair Fothergill. Co-Director: Adam Chapman

• Enchanted Kingdom, BBC Earth (2014) Winner Best 3D Wildscreen. Directors: Patrick

  Morris, Neil Nightingale

• African Cats, Disneynature & Silverback Films (2011) Winner: RTS West ‘Photography’,

  Best Theatrical Award. Winner Special Jury Prize. Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

  2011. Directors: Keith Scholey & Alastair Fothergill

• Serengeti Symphony, The Discovery Channel/C.B.S. Special, Disney & NCF (1997)

  Television credits include:

  • Queens, 6 x 60′episodes for National Geographic/Disney+ & Wildstar (2023) Wildstar • Our Planet on the Move for Netflix (2023) Silverback
  • Planet Earth III for BBC (2023) BBC Studios
  • Great Migrations for Disney+ (2023) Plimsoll

  • The Mating Game, BBC & Silverback Films (2021)
  • Welcome to Earth (sequence not shown) National Geographic & Nutopia (2021)

• Dynasties II, BBC (2022)

• Our Planet, Netflix & Silverback Films (2019) Winner Emmy Outstanding Documentary or

  Nonfiction series - 2019, Dolby Cinematography Award Wildscreen 2020.

• Seven Worlds, BBC Studios (2019)

• Perfect Planet, BBC Studios & Silverback Films (2020)

• Winterwatch, BBC Studios (2017)

• Dynasties, Lion BBC (2018)

• Wild lives, Disneynature/ABC Special & Silverback Films (2017)

• Growing Up, Disneynature & Silverback Films (2016) Directors: Keith Scholey & Mark Linfield

• WinterWatch, BBC NHU (2016)

• The Hunt, BBC & Silverback Films (2015) Winner: Photography Factual, BAFTA Craft 2016.

  Best Cinematography, Wildscreen 2016 & GTC Award for Excellence 2016

• AutumnWatch, BBC (2014)

• Planet Earth II, BBC (2016)

• SpringWatch, BBC (2014)

• WinterWatch, BBC(2013)

• Life Stories, BBC (2013) Winner, Best Series, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2015.

  Winner 2015 Televisual Award for Cinematography.

• A Lion’s Tale, BBC (2012)

• Planet Earth Live, BBC (2012)

• The Dark; Nature’s Nighttime World, BBC (2012)

• North America. 7 x 60′episodes for Discovery Channel (2013) Nominated Best Series

  Wildscreen 2014

• Africa. BBC (2010)

• Cheetah, Against All Odds. Animal Planet (2008)

• Serengeti shall not die, Gest Productions Tanzania Ltd. 2004-2006.

• Intimate Enemies Lion & Buffalo. P.B.S & Tigress Productions Ltd (2000) Winner US

  international film & video ‘gold camera’ award. 2001.

• Africa, Savannah Homecoming, Tigress Productions (2000)

• Africa, Voices of the Forest. Tigress Productions (2000)

• The Arid Heart. The Discovery Channel, N.H.N.Z & N.H.K (1999) Winner: Asia/Oceana

  Award, Japan Wildlife Festival Wildlife Prize. 2001.

• Cheetah in a hot spot, BBC/PBS & Tigress Productions (1998)

• The Cheetah Family. National Geographic & NCF (1997)

• The Lion’s Pride. The Discovery Channel/C.B.S Special (1996)

• The Lion’s Share. The Discovery Channel & NCF (1995)

• Born to run. Partridge Films, W.N.E.T/Canal + (1994)

• Lions, Pride of Africa. ABC Kane & Partridge Films (1993)