Awards
Fisheye Films has won much recognition for its work both internationally and at home.
2021 - Fight for the Wild
Best Factual Series 2021 – New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young, Tracy Roe, Dave Hansford – Fisheye Films (RNZ)
Images & Sound Best Original Score 2021 – New Zealand Television Awards Tom McLeod – Fisheye Films (RNZ)
Winner Best Science and Environment 2021 – NZ Podcast Awards Fisheye Films (RNZ)
Finalist Best Camera: Factual - New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young
2020
Winner Best Arts & Culture Film Award, UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival: The Art of Recovery – Fisheye Films
Winner Best Camera - Documentary – New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young, Hyundai Country Calendar
2018
Finalist Best Camera - Documentary – New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young, Hyundai Country Calendar
Bronze Award - Corporate and Educational – NZ Cinematographer Society Awards Peter Young, Christchurch Story
2017 - The Art of Recovery
Finalist Best Director Documentary – New Zealand Television Awards: Peter Young
2016 - The Art of Recovery
Best Feature & Best of Fest: New Urbanism Film Festival, Los Angeles
Best Documentary: Lund Architecture Film Festival, Sweden
2016
Bronze Award - Documentary – NZ Cinematographer Society Awards Peter Young, Women of Pike
2014 - The Last Ocean
Best Conservation Film: New York WILD Film Festival
Peoples’ Choice: Waimea Ocean Film Festival
Best Film: Ocean Environment Waimea Ocean Film Festival
Best Environmental Filmﾠ: Waimea Ocean Film Festival
Spirit of Activism Award: Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Best Ocean Issue: Blue Ocean Film Festival
Grand Prize: Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films
Stelvio National Park Award: Sondrio Festival
Wildscreen Festival: Jury’s Special Selection for Screening
2013 - The Last Ocean
Best Documentary: Real to Reel International Film Festival
Best New Zealand Feature: Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival
Best Call2Action Film: Boulder International Film Festival
Special Consideration: Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Royal Reel Award: Documentary Canada International Film Festival
Best Science Communication Film: Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival
Moving Mountains Award: MountainFilm in Telluride
2012
Peter Young: Independent Producer of the Year NZ Screen Producers and Development Association (SPADA)
2009
Best Information and Lifestyle Show - Qantas NZ Film & Television Awards Hunger for the Wild - Fisheye Films (TVNZ)
Best Camera - Documentary Qantas NZ Film & Television Awards Peter Young, Hunger for the Wild
2007
Winner Best Factual Series - New Zealand Screen Awards Hunger for the Wild - Fisheye Films (TVNZ)
Finalist Best Director - New Zealand Screen Awards Peter Young, Hunger for the Wild
Best Camera – Documentary - New Zealand Screen Awards Peter Young, Explorers
2005
Best Camera – Documentary - Air NZ New Zealand Screen Awards Peter Young, Country Calendar, Cray Coast
Best Camera - Documentary - Qantas Media Awards Peter Young, Country Calendar, Erewhon
2003
Finalist - Best Documentary - International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula Montana Chasing Giants On the Trail of the Giant Squid (Discovery)
2002
Best Camera - Documentary - New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young, Country Calendar, Mt Ida Muster
2000
Best Camera - Documentary - New Zealand Television Awards Peter Young, Country Calendar Yankee Harvest