This is where our most ambitious storytelling lives. From giant-screen IMAX 3D to immersive VR and worldwide broadcast and streaming releases, we create powerful, transportive experiences that bring audiences face-to-face with the living planet—powered by state-of-the-art production technology and cinematic innovation. Our projects have reached billions of viewers worldwide and rank among the most watched environmental films and series in history.
Developed by Mission Partners Entertainment Group in collaboration with multiple foundations and partners, Tandem is directing and producing its third IMAX® 3D feature film highlighting the ecological and cultural importance of America’s Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River Delta. The project spans full production through digital mastering, 12.0 and 5.0 sound mixes, and 3D conversion, with a global giant-screen release planned for 2027.
America’s Gulf Coast wetlands form one of the most dynamic and productive ecosystems on Earth, where the Mississippi River meets the sea and life unfolds across vast marshes, bayous, and barrier islands. Into the Bayou is a cinematic natural history journey through this living landscape, revealing the extraordinary wildlife, cultural traditions, and hidden forces that shape the Delta—from ancient fish and migratory birds to farmers, scientists, and storm-forged coastlines. Through spectacle and story, the film explores how water, time, and people are intertwined in a place that is both fragile and essential to the future of the planet.
Written and Directed by
Ian Shive
Executive Producers
Mission Partners Entertainment Group, Ian Shive
Distributed by
Mission Partners Entertainment Group
Produced by
Tandem Stills Motion, Inc.
Director of Photography
Felix Tonio Stintzing
Edited by
Ian Maliniak
Production Manager
Katie Meloy
Released in Summer 2026 and continuing its expansion into the global giant screen marketplace, the film explores the often overlooked work of wildlife rehabilitation. Produced over the course of more than two years, the film brought to life intimiate moments of wildlife found in nearly any backyard. It is currently nominated for Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Cinematography at the Giant Screen Cinema Association awards for 2026.
Wild Rescue explores the often unseen world of wildlife rehabilitation, where injured and orphaned animals are given a second chance at life. Through intimate encounters, the film reveals the dedication of the people working to return wild creatures to the places we share with them.
Directed by Ian Shive
Written by Mark Fletcher, Ian Shive, with additional writing by Myles Connolly
Executive Producers
Ariana Katovich, Rebecca Gaal
Produced by Jonathan Williams, Ian Shive
Production Companies
Tandem Stills Motion, Inc.
Director of Photography
Felix Tonio Stintzing
Editing and Sound by Ian Maliniak
Distributed by Cosmic Picture
Produced by Tandem Stills Motion, Inc.
Filmed in Cuba’s pristine Jardines de la Reina marine reserve, the production became the first fully endorsed commercial film project in the country since the U.S. embargo, opening a rarely seen corner of the Caribbean to global audiences. Produced in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, Mote Marine Laboratory, and Herzog & Co., the episode showcases thriving populations of Caribbean reef sharks and silky sharks while highlighting Cuba’s remarkable conservation success, becoming one of the most watched Shark Week episodes in history.
After nearly two years of securing complex permits from both the U.S. and Cuban governments, the production launched two major expeditions to Cuba’s remote north and south coasts to document one of the Caribbean’s most intact shark ecosystems. During the project, scientists deployed satellite tags for the first time in the region and captured only the second-ever filmed encounter with a longfin mako in the wild.
Written and Directed by Ian Shive
Executive Producers
Ian Shive, Marc Summers, Mark Herzog, Christopher G. Cowen
Produced by Herzog & Co. and Tandem Stills Motion, Inc.
Produced as part of The Nature Conservancy’s Global Oceans campaign, Tandem conceived and built a 360° immersive dome experience presented on the floor of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France in June 2025. Filmed in the waters of Palau and Micronesia in partnership with Mission Blue and narrated by Dr. Sylvia Earle, the project brought audiences inside one of the world’s most important marine ecosystems.
Beneath the surface of the Pacific lies one of the planet’s most extraordinary ecosystems. Created for The Nature Conservancy’s Global Oceans campaign, this 360° immersive dome experience transports audiences into the vibrant coral reefs of Palau and Micronesia. Narrated by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and presented at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, the installation invites viewers to step inside the ocean itself—and witness the beauty, fragility, and importance of the world beneath the waves.
Directed by Ian Shive
Produced by Christina Bavetta, Ian Shive
Immersive Producer Mark Davidson
Underwater Cinematography by Jeff Hester
Topside Cinematography by Ian Shive, Karissa Frye
Edited by Mark Davidson, Janice Rivera
Distributed by The Nature Conservancy
Premiering as a discovery+ original that helped launch the streaming platform, the documentary quickly became one of the service’s top trending programs of the year. Tandem’s production team mounted ambitious expeditions deep into Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands, capturing rarely seen landscapes and the extraordinary marine and seabird life studied by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists.
Set in Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands, the documentary follows U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists working across the Bering Sea and North Pacific—some of the most challenging waters in the world to navigate by research vessel—to study massive seabird colonies and thriving marine ecosystems. Through demanding expeditions to rarely visited islands, the film reveals a wild frontier where science and conservation converge in one of the planet’s richest ocean environments.
Produced entirely without narration or music, this 45-minute immersive film tells the story of the remote Pacific Islands through striking visuals and richly layered natural soundscapes. The program quickly became one of the most watched titles in discovery+’s “Immersive ASMR” category.
