Thom Humphreys

CHANNEL 4 | 2025: THE YEAR FROM SPACE ”𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴” – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 “𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯… 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦” – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 “𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴” – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 “𝘌𝘺𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴” – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻 Watch the full film on 4oD or YouTube ––––––– In 2025, satellites captured wildfires devastating the hills of Hollywood, battlefronts being redrawn in Ukraine, and 600m gathering for a sacred festival on the River Ganges. From space, images revealed the scale of the millions displaced in Gaza. Spy satellites tracked the clandestine movements of arms from North Korea to Russia. And scientists have counted wildebeest and walrus to keep tabs on the health of our planet. These are the stories that defined our year, told from the only perspective that reveals their magnitude and the truth behind the headlines. Unpacked through news archive, witness testimony, user-generated material, and expert analysis - this is the unseen story of our year on Earth. Narrator: @davidharewood Broadcaster: @channel4 Production Company: @atlantic_studios Director: Ben Harding Executive Producers: Nick Catliff + @anthony_geffen Commissioner: Jonah Weston Senior Editor: @thump.edit Editors: Mark Graham + Eleanor McCrone Archive Producer: @halbear91 Assistant Producers: @ollyfrenchsmith + Mark Browne Researchers: milliemgillard + Gabriella Gordan Junior Researcher: Joe Woodward VFX Artists: Mike Woodruff + Rob Britton Senior Edit Assistant: @mirainrichards Edit Assistant: @gauntlettmax Picture Post Production: @thefinishline.pro Post Producer: @sarahpackham_ Finishing Artists: @emmajohnsoncolourist + Peter Wilson Production Executive: @zoeglover Production Manager: Ann Dixon Dyer

THE SPEECHES - 50 YEARS OF SPEAKING UP FOR THE PLANET 🥈Cannes Media & TV Awards – Silver His Majesty The King first highlighted conservation issues in February 1970 and has since made dozens of speeches raising awareness of environmental problems. Contributors: @idriselba @itsoliviacolman @woodyharrelson @glennclose @fatoulaminjeng - Founder @cleanearth_gambia & adviser to UN Sec Gen @jackharries - Documentary Film-maker & Environmentalist @patrickholdensft - Founder @susfoodtrust @melissa.hemsley - Author & Chef Leah Thomas - Environmentalist @greengirlleah Janine Benyus - Founder @biomimicryinstitute Danny Clarke - Garden Designer & TV Presenter @theblackgardener Tayshan Hayden Smith - Gardener & Footballer @manliketaysh Thomas Crowther - Founder @crowtherlab Richard Barley - Director of Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens @kewgardens Dr. Moses K Langat - Research Leader, Royal Botanic Gardens @kewgardens Executives: @zad_rogers + @dan.wattsmith Director: @anatolesloan Producer: @3oejones Production Manager: @alanabanana31 Production Coordinator: @becky_robinson Director of Photography: @harrybasey Editor: @thump.edit Composer: @nkcomposition Sound mix: @we_are_audio Colourist: @anna.grades Animation: @jordanbezants Picture Researcher: Ana Truchanva Reversions: @eugene__magee Edit Assistant: @ninazs Commissioner: @retv_smi Production Company: @atomized_studios

THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLASTIC - BABACAR THIAW 🥇@viennainternationalfilmawards – Best Documentary 🥇@safilm – Jury Prize for Best Documentary 🥇@festivalcinemasalerno – Best Documentary 🥇@soholondonfilmfest – Best Environmental Documentary 🥇@siffa_uk_ – Best Directors 🥇@worldindiefilmawards – Best Documentary Short 🥇@impactdocsawards – Award of Excellence 🥇New York Film & Cinematography Awards – Best Director Short Documentary 🥇Accolade Global Film Competition – Award of Excellence 🥇Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival – Outstanding Excellence 🥇The IndieFEST Film Awards – Award of Excellence 🥇International Celebration of Cinema – Best Documentary Short 🥇Darkland Munich Film Awards – Best Film Essay 🥇🥇🥇Global Indie Film Awards – 3 × Gold Awards 🥈@thefilmgala – Honourable Mention Best Short Doc 🥉@myheroproject – Finalist ⚪ @adriaticfilmfestival – Official Selection ⚪ @kendalmountainfestival – Official Selection ⚪ @mecalfestival – Official Selection ⚪ @intloceanfilmfest – Official Selection ––––––– As plastic left in the sun breaks down into microplastics, a lifelong surfer, Babacar, has turned his passion into purpose by tackling plastic pollution in the ocean and his community. Filmed along the coastline of Dakar, Senegal. Contributors: @babscopa Claire Stragier, @surfridersenegal Babacar Thiaw Snr. Abdoulaye Seck, National Waste Management Senegal Production Companies: rainshadow_films @riverrootsproductions Directors: @lynch_pinz @jetbutterflies @rushsturges Director of Photography: Matt Baker Producer: @charlierollins_ Senegal Producer: @chloeortole Production Executive: elaine.nankervis Editor: @thump.edit Colourist: Jake Davies Dubbing Mix: @tristanpowellaudio Online Editor: @jd.jamesdwyer Post House: @molinarepost Composer: @cyrus_reynolds Title Sequence: @aelive.ignite Commissioner: @scj

OUR FATHERS | RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE Colin James is nominally a gang mediator, behavioural mentor, and founder of @streetfathers . However he prefers to describe himself simply as a father. Literally to four sons, and figuratively to many youths living in gang affected communities. Colin’s appraisal of Black fathers is sobering yet rallying. His battle-hardened experiences have not yet yielded to despondency, but there is much work to be done. Director: @andrew_t_efah Director of Photography: @aspirealways Editor: @thump.edit Online: @run.vt Executive: Derren Lawford Line Producer: @sabina.sattar Production Coordinator: @jamila_films Production Company: @darepictures_ Distributor: @diversitymediasales @reclaimingnarratives_official Commissioner: @bhm_uk Thanks to: @gangsunitecic

WIRED - DE-EXTINCTION Jurassic Park may have first put the idea of bringing dinosaurs back from the dead into people's heads, but the question of whether we can resurrect more recently extinct species is still very much alive and kicking. From Wired’s What If series, the film looks at the three techniques to potentially bring extinct animals back to life: breeding, cloning, and CRISPR-cas9. Contributors: Richard Grenyer, Associate Professor in Biodiversity and Biogeography @oxford_uni Melanie Challenger, Author and Bioethicist Dr. Britt Wray, Author and Fellow in Human and Planetary Health @stanford @helen_pilcher , Science Writer & Author Director: @brchiecco Producers: @geri_kinde + @annaodonohue Production Manager: @jasmingoken Director of Photography: @thomasterminet Sound Recordist: @matteodicugno Editor: @thump.edit Graphic Design: @lizziewylson Animation: @carlallinson95 Sound Design: @signalsound.co.uk Production Company: @thebigsky_productions Commissioner: @wireduk

WIRED - THE FUTURE OF ROBOTICS With A.I. as the unequivocal technological frontier, @wireduk invited us to investigate the future of robotics and the concept of shared autonomy. Can robots and humans really work together? Narration: bfarzanarahman Contributors: romina.ie @langanronan , Neurological Physiotherapist @dublincityuniversity Dr. Sandra Wachter, Professor of Technology and Regulation @oxford_uni Dr. Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics @edinburghuniversity Director: @brchiecco Producers: @ford.rory + @annaodonohue Director of Photography: @thomasterminet Sound Recordists: @sound_designed , @robbiejelder , @jonathangregorysylviastrand Runner: Coleen Estenzo Editor: @thump.edit Graphic Design & Animation: @runzebra.run Colourist: @anna.grades Sound Design: @signalsound.co.uk + @thump.edit Production Company: @thebigsky_productions Commissioner: @wireduk

HUAWEI - VOLUCAP Volumetric capture is an emerging form of video technology which combines photography with the immersion and interactivity of spatialised content. It could prove to be the most important development in the recording of human performance since the creation of the moving image. One of its pioneers is Volucap: a German startup that is pushing the limits of what is feasible. The firm’s main customer is currently the film industry, counting ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ as one of their credits. @huawei manages and streamlines its vast data transfer, storage, and processing. Featuring: @bliedungsven - CEO @volucap Kashyap Vinodchandra Fruitwala - Engineer @by_momoradi - Industrial Designer @mehran.tirooni - Head of Design Mirko Morgenstern - Engineer Andre Woroshazi - Snr. Account Manager, Huawei Jackie Gong - Product Manager, Huawei Director: @anatolesloan Producer: @jennysongjy Director of Photography: @harrybasey Sound Recordist: @adamasnan Editor: @thump.edit Colourist: @anna.grades Mix: @we_are_audio Huawei Creative Director: Susie Song Agency: @ogilvy Production Company: @ren_studios_

HUAWEI - SIGNS FROM HEAVEN 🥈🥉@clioawards – Silver + Bronze 🥉🥉@cannes_lions – Bronze x2 ⚪ @theoneclubforcreativity – Merit Award Asia ⚪ @d_and_ad – Shortlist Meet Toky Sylvestre, a visionary from Madagascar who dedicates himself to outpacing cyclones, saving lives, and improving livelihoods. Leveraging @huawei Pangu AI weather model, Toky and his team can now provide timely and accurate forecasts to distant fishing communities 10 days ahead. The design of the weather boards was heavily influenced by hand-drawn Madagascan icons, patterns and characters as well as beautiful one-line drawing techniques. Pushing the boundaries on how we communicate through visual storytelling. Featuring: @tokysylvestre Director: @anatolesloan Producer: @jennysongjy Director of Photography: @harrybasey Sound Recordist: @thesloanlife Editor: @thump.edit Assistant Editor: @thesloanlife Animation: lokyu_judith Colourist: @anna.grades Mix: @we_are_audio Ogilvy: Account Director: @sue0627 Creative Directors: @tommylythbb + Jimmy Wang Associate Creative Director: Tongfei Li Creative: Eve Liu Art Directors: @stellatsakiris + Jaye Wu Agency: @ogilvy Production Company: @ren_studios_

HUAWEI - RISING FROM THE RUBBLE On February 6 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and western Syria, causing extensive loss of life, injury, and property damage. To honour the first responders, @huawei released this documentary about their recovery work. Its main focus are the employees who rushed to the disaster zone to restore wireless networks that had been wiped out when building-mounted antennas collapsed. This work was vital to restore communications to the rescue teams. Featuring: Bora Binen - Wireless Program Director Aybike Tunç - H&S Specilast Mehmet Serdar Sungur - H&S Manager Director: @anatolesloan Producer: @jennysongjy Director of Photography: @harrybasey Editor: @thump.edit Colourist: @anna.grades Mix: @we_are_audio Huawei Creative Director: Susie Song Agency: @ogilvy Production Company: @ren_studios_

NAT GEO - SHARK QUEENS From great white sharks in South Africa to tiger sharks in the Maldives, scientists look to uncover if female sharks are the rulers of the ocean. Narrator: Amuche Chukudebelu Contributors: @alisontowner , Marine Biologist @thomasvignaudphotography , Shark Scientist George Burgess, Ichthyologist @ericclua , Veterinarian & Marine Biologist @clemyshark , Marine Biologist & Conservationist Directors: @benwylson + @jackwylson Executive Producers: Jeff Garcia, Kevin Bartel, @benwylson , @jackwylson Producers: Tamira Connolly + @dougalpaterson Underwater Directors of Photography: @devonmassyn + Mark Van Coller Director of Photography (South Africa): Falk Eggert Sound Recordist: @soundslikeharris + @henau.marais.sound Editor: @thump.edit Additional Editing: @maria.barsu Graphic Design: @lizziewylson + @patkinsillustration Animation: @carlallinson95 Assistant Editor: Philip Michael Post Supervisor: Meghan Garcia Colour Grade: @revpostinc Sound Mix: @ugosound Fixers: @inah_shark + Robin Matthews Production Company: @thebigsky_productions Commissioner: @natgeo @disneyplus

CHANEL - TUBEROSE France’s master perfumer Olivier Polge guides us through the process of creating @chanelofficial inimitable blend, while director Toby Amies evokes the mystery of scent by merging the flesh-like forms of the tuberose flower with their own X-rays. Chanel Perfumer: Olivier Polge Director: @tobyamies X-Ray Artist: @hughturvey Producer: @perfectmotion Director of Photography: @haridas_stewart Editor: @thump.edit Sound Mix: Sam Cook Commissioner: @nowness @nownessasia

HYDREAMIA - CATCH 22 “Catch 22 is about the tediousness of the rat race and how people might rebel against it in their own little beautiful way.” – Bruno Chiecco, Director Starring: @eddarnold Director: @brchiecco Producer: @yann_selak Director of Photography: @thomasterminet Choreographer: @jakubfran Editor: @thump.edit Colourist: @vladb.c @cheat_it VFX: @vbaudry Music: @hydreamia_ Sound Design: @thump.edit Production Coordinator: @cerysimo 1st AD: Tom Patrick Coley @tompatrickcoley 1st AC: Sinan Yilmaz @snnyImzac 2nd AC: Arla Albertine @arla_albertine Production designer: Lara Ferro @falsiany Costume Design: Jess Fowler @jessica_kai_ Gaffer: Alex Rice @alrice.gaffer Spark: Marcus Kartal @marcus_kartal Film Processing: @cinelabuk Filmlab Dailies Producer / Sales Manager: @aarti_mahtani Camera Equipment: @theunitbag Lighting Equipment: @alrice.gaffer Location: John Veness, Sneath Studios, London, Mile End Special Thanks: @officialronnies Charitable Foundation Artist Fund, @kodak_shootfilm