Documentary
Geoffrey McKell, co founder of PT Pelangi Tirtabayu Productions has
been actively involved in filming Documentaries for twenty five years
starting out with Australia’s ABC Tv network. He established the
company in Jakarta in 1994. Geoff has won international recognitions
for his work on documentaries such as Before It’s Too Late, Komodo
Dragons and Shark Bay all of which have been seen around the world.
The
way business is conducted these days, I am often contacted via email,
after the person has seen our presence on the web or heard about us.
From there the storyline is explained and details of the shoot worked
out. Many a time I have never actually met the person who has hired
our services, yet it all gets done the way it is supposed to, and
on time.
Examples
of this are - A Dragon's tale [Discovery USA], Rosylnne Carter [A&E
Network] and Aceh Tsunami [Channel 10 Israel].
The full documentary list includes -
Tsunami
- Channel 10 Israel – Tv 1 hour
"Komodo
Blood" - 30 min TV Discovery Magazine. Discovery Channel USA
"Roslynn
and Jimmy Carter" 1hr TV A& E Network USA.
"Komodo
Dragon" 1hr TV Wild Discovery series Discovery Channel USA
"Gamelan
Culture" 25 min BBC Tv (Open Uni)
"Before
It's Too Late II " 1hr TV 7 Network Australia. Endangered Wildlife
filmed in Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles Is.
Bronze Award - Inaugural U.N.E.S.C.O Environmental & Ecology Film
Festival. 1995. (From 3,200 entrants and 550 Broadcasters w.wide.)
Silver Award - Charleston F. Festival 1995. Merit Award Chicago Int.
Documentary Festival 1994. New York F.F. Finalist.
"Below
The Wind" 1hr TV ABC Tv Aust.(2nd unit Cameraman) Bugis fishing
community Sulawesi, Indonesia, who traditionally fish N. Australia
waters. Highest Commendation Australian Cinematographers Society [Documentary
section] 1994. Super16 Producer - Electric Pictures.
"Shark
Bay" 1h TVr Network 10 Aust./ National Geographic USA. Marine
Ecology -Underwater film- dolphins, dugong, sharks. Second prize Australian
Cinematographers Society Award 1990 . First Australian natural history
film selected for the prestigious BBC "Wildlife Showcase"
series. Achieved highest ratings of the series 1991 . 16mm Producer
- Australian Screen Associates
"Genocide"
1hr TV ABC Tv Aust. - Aboriginal - Police Relations Outback W. Australia.
First Australian documentary selected for screening at the San Sabastian
Int. Documentary Film Festival, Spain (1991). Special screening to
the World Council of Churches Int. conference, Sydney .
"Fauna
of Australia" 13x 30 TV Discovery Channel. Australian wildlife
series. "Reptiles" episode won the Meilleurs Images prize-
at the 3rd Int. Festival of Wildlife Filmmakers St. Malo, France 16mm
Producer - Screen Associates
"Bali
Cremation" 20 min Royal Hindu Cremation, Indonesia (2nd Unit)
"Johnson
Brothers." 1hr TV Aboriginal cattle station owners, N.W. Australia.
- 1 of 6 worldwide programs for Channel 4. UK / ABC Aust. Co production
"Royal
Geographical Society in Australia" 20 min Education.Dept. of
W.Australian Govt. Joint year long UK-Aust. scientific expedition
N.W. Australia 1988.
"Australia
Revisited" 30 min TV BBC - Character studies revisited 20 years
on. 1987 Brain Sirakowski [footballer], SP Betacam
