PIM NIESTEN
Wildlife camera operator & filmmaker - Zoologist
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
. - AWARD F THE JUVENILE JURY - GreenScreen Festival 2026 (Germany) .
. - NATURE FILM AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2025 (Germany) - GOLDEN TOWER - New York Film & TV Festivals 2025 (USA) - WATERBEAR AWARD - New York Film & TV Festivals 2025 (USA) - BEST SCORE AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2025 (Germany) - SPECIAL EYE AWARD & GOLD cat. URBAN & GOLD cat. OCEAN - World Media Awards Berlin 2025 - GOLD WINNER - Cannes 2025, Corporate Media & TV Awards (FR) - FINALIST - Jackson Wild 2025 .
. - ENSOR AWARD ('Belgian Oscar') BEST DOCUMENTARY - Film Festival Oostende 2023 - ENSOR AWARD BEST SCORE - Film Festival Oostende 2023 - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE AWARD - World Soundtrack Awards (2023) .
. - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD - Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2019 (Germany) - AUDIENCE AWARD - Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2019 (Germany) - AUDIENCE AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2019 (Germany) - BEST OF FESTIVAL (GRAND PRIX) - MENIGOUTE FESTIVAL 2019 (France) - NATURE NAMUR 2019 - Nomination for Best of Festival (Grand Prix) and Audience Award .
. - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2019 (Germany) - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD - Matsalu Film Festival (Estonia) - AWARD OF THE JUVENILE JURY - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2019 (Germany) - BEST SOUND DESIGN - Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2019 (Germany) - NATURE NAMUR 2019 Nomination for Best of Festival (Grand Prix) .
. - INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS - two nominations 2017 for 'Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary' and 'Outstanding Narrator' (Sam Neill) - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2017 (Germany) - OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY Jury Award - Deutscher Naturfilmpreis 2017 (Germany) - GERMAN CAMERA AWARD 2017 Nomination - OPENING FILM, Part 1 'Wild Extremes' - at the Green Screen Festival 2016 .
. - BEST STORY AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2017 (Germany) - BEST SCENARIO AWARD - Festival Nature Namur 2017 (Belgium) - BEST MUSIC AWARD - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2017 (Germany) - BEST AFRICA FILM AWARD - Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2017 (USA) - GERMAN NATURE FILM AWARD - Darss Film Festival 2017 (Germany) - FIRST PRIZE NATURE AWARD - Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2017 (Estonia) - GERMAN WILDLIFE FILM AWARD - NaturVision 2017 (Germany) .
. - BEST OF FESTIVAL - GreenScreen Wildlife Film Festival 2015 (Germany) - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Festival Nature Namur 2016 (Belgium) - LANDSCAPE AWARD - Ménigoute Film Festival 2016 (France) .