films founded april 21 2008 ; 8 years ago 2008 04 21 headquarters paris france key people jean francois camilleri evp & gm products motion pictures parent the walt disney studios the walt disney company website nature.disney.com disneynature is an independent film unit of walt disney studios that produces nature documentary films . it was founded on april 21 2008 and is headquartered in paris france . disney veteran jean francois camilleri formerly the senior vice president and general manager for walt disney studios motion pictures france is the head of the new unit . disneynature s films are often budgeted between 5 million to 10 million and are handled by walt disney studios distribution and marketing . 1 many of its films are released on earth day . contents 1 background 2 history 3 films 4 references 5 external links background edit disney s animal kingdom in orlando has through the years consistently aided worldwide conservation efforts . it has nursed endangered sea turtles back to health aided african white rhino re population efforts and conducted a census on cotton top tamarins a colombian monkey species . also since 1995 the disney wildlife conservation fund has doled out more than 11 million to 650 projects in 110 countries . 1 disney also has a background in making nature films ; from 1948 through 1960 the company produced the true life adventures series which won several academy awards . however until the mid to late 2000s they had not created many other nature films . the 2005 release of march of the penguins distributed through warner independent pictures on an 8 million budget but grossed almost 10 times its budget at the us box office and subsequently won the academy award for best documentary feature proved a turning point . disney ceo bob iger considering disney s past nature film efforts felt that penguins should have been a disney film worldwide . 1 the idea of starting the disneynature studio was born of this consideration . history edit disneynature was announced on april 21 2008 a day before earth day with a starting slate of seven films under jean francois camilleri . no decision was made on whether the studio would donate the films proceeds to conservation causes . the first film released domestically under the new label was earth based on the award winning bbc and discovery channel series planet earth . earth opened on april 22 2009 in the us . 1 in 2012 a disneynature cable tv channel was launched in france and is currently carried by france telecom . 2 disneynature has recently expanded to china with the production of born in china . the production was made possible due to an expansion of disney s relationship with shanghai media group starting in 2014 . 3 films edit film year narrator us budget worldwide gross production studio earth 000000002009 04 22 0000april 22 2009 james earl jones 1 47 000 000 108 975 160 bbc natural history unit bbc worldwide greenlight media discovery channel the crimson wing mystery of the flamingos 000000002008 12 01 0000december 2008 1 mariella frostrup kudos pictures natural light films oceans 000000002010 01 27 0000january 27 2010 pierce brosnan 80 000 000 82 651 439 participant media france 3 cinema france 2 cinema canal wings of life 000000002011 03 16 0000march 16 2011 meryl streep blacklight films african cats 000000002011 04 22 0000april 22 2011 samuel l. jackson 30 857 747 chimpanzee 000000002012 04 20 0000april 20 2012 tim allen 4 34 823 764 jane goodall institute bears 000000002014 04 18 0000april 18 2014 john c. reilly 5 21 316 745 bearsar productions monkey kingdom 6 000000002015 04 17 0000april 17 2015 tina fey 17 135 503 crazy ape productions silverback films born in china 000000002016 08 12 0000august 12 2016 china 000000002017 04 21 0000april 21 2017 united states jo frost shanghai media group disney portal references edit a b c d e f eller claudia ; dawn c. chmielewski april 22 2008 . disney gets back to nature . los angeles times . retrieved october 30 2013 . tv channel disney nature tv . mavise . european audiovisual observatory . retrieved july 8 2014 . disney expands relationship with china s shanghai media group . variety . 10 april 2015 . retrieved 10 april 2015 . o sullivan michael april 20 2012 . editorial review more than just a furry person . washington post . retrieved june 16 2016 . chen sandie angulo april 17 2014 . bears movie review a real life struggle to survive . washington post . retrieved june 16 2016 . focus sets stephen hawking pic theory of everything for november ; disneynature dates monkey kingdom for 2015 . deadline hollywood . 10 april 2014 . retrieved 10 april 2014 . external links edit official website disneynature international v t e disneynature films theatrical releases earth 2007 oceans 2009 african cats 2011 chimpanzee 2012 bears 2014 monkey kingdom 2015 born in china 2016 home media releases the crimson wing mystery of the flamingos 2008 wings of life 2011 v t e walt disney studios production walt disney pictures disneynature lucasfilm marvel studios animation walt disney animation studios disneytoon studios pixar distribution walt disney studios motion pictures walt disney studios home entertainment marketing disney music group walt disney records hollywood records disney theatrical group disney on ice disney theatrical productions disney on broadway studio production services golden oak ranch the prospect studios walt disney studios burbank former units caravan pictures circle 7 animation hollywood pictures miramax films dimension films touchstone pictures key people sean bailey ed catmull kevin feige alan f. horn kathleen kennedy john lasseter thomas schumacher related el capitan complex el capitan theatre hollywood masonic temple feld entertainment ice follies and holiday on ice walt disney television animation parent walt disney company v t e the walt disney company company timeline retlaw enterprises criticism company officials founders walter elias disney roy oliver disney executives bob iger ceo alan n. braverman sevp gc christine mccarthy cfo board of directors susan arnold john s. chen jack dorsey bob iger chairman fred langhammer aylwin lewis monica c. lozano robert matschullat mark parker sheryl sandberg orin c. smith independent lead walt disney studios walt disney animation studios walt disney pictures distribution touchstone pictures disney music group disney theatrical group disneynature home entertainment lucasfilm marvel studios pixar media networks disney abc tv group abc entertainment group abc tv stations a e disney channel hulu espn 80 % parks and resorts adventures by disney disney cruise line walt disney imagineering disneyland resort disney regional entertainment disney vacation club disneyland paris walt disney world resort hong kong disneyland resort shanghai disney resort consumer products & interactive media consumer products disney store disney publishing worldwide disney english the muppets studio disney interactive disney interactive studios disney mobile disney online maker studios playdom international argentina cis france india utv software communications italy latin america other assets buena vista marvel entertainment reedy creek energy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title disneynature & oldid 741835884 categories companies established in 2008disney production studiosfilm production companies of the united statesthe walt disney studioshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianopolskiportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 23 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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