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Bringing Nature
into Focus since 2019
Original Programming
Building off of this success, Discovery entered into an exclusive relationship with Tandem Stills Motion, Inc. in 2019, with a concept-to-completion production agreement that would shape nature conservation programming at the network, with Tandem’s founder, Ian Shive, as the on-camera host and executive producer of the content. Since then, Tandem has launched the critically acclaimed discovery+ original documentary The Last Unknown, discovery+ Immersions: Secret Islands of the Pacific, and over 70 episodes of the discovery.com digital series Nature in Focus. The digital series has garnered hundreds of millions of views and is one of the most prolific digital series on Discovery, highlighting conservation efforts around the globe from rescuing sea turtles along the Texas gulf coast, to exploring ancient lava tubes in the California desert.
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Nature in Focus
Nature in Focus is written, edited and produced by Tandem Stills Motion, Inc. It is one of the first multi-platform series in Discovery’s history, with the episodes being featured across networks including Discovery, Animal Planet, TRVL, Science Channel, Food Network and HGTV. The episodes appear at discovery.com
/NatureinFocus, on Instagram as stories and IGTV episodes, IG reels, Facebook, Tik Tok, Twitter and on broadcast. -
The Last Unknown
The Last Unknown: The Aleutian Islands is a TV/Digital Mini Series streaming on discovery+ that takes us on a daring, high-seas adventure in remote Alaska that reveals a series of wildlife spectacles, a forgotten war bunker, and the great battles of the Northern Fur Seals as seen through the lens of award-winning photographer Ian Shive. Filmed on location with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. You can find the trailer here on discovery.com.
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discovery+ Immersions: Secret Islands of the Pacific
On this episode of discovery+ Immersions: Secret Islands of the Pacific, we embark on a visual journey through the lens of photographer and filmmaker Ian Shive to experience remote and protected Pacific coral atolls, the birthplace of millions of turtles, seabirds, sharks, manta rays and fish. The episode appears on discovery+ and their YouTube channel.
The Last Unknown
In an all-new discovery+ documentary, conservationist and nature photographer Ian Shive joins the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service in a daring, on a one-of-a-kind research mission to document the wonders of one of the most pristine ecosystems across the globe.