Disneynature

{{Infobox company

| name = Disneynature

| logo = Disneynature logo.svg

| type = Division

| industry = Film

| genre = Nature films

| foundation = {{start date and age|2008|4|21}}

| founder = Jean-François Camilleri

| hq_location = Burbank, California, U.S.

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Paul Baribault (VP & GM)

| products = Motion pictures

| defunct =

| operating_income =

| owner =

| parent = The Walt Disney Studios

| homepage = {{URL|https://nature.disney.com/|nature.disney.com}}

}}

Disneynature is an independent film studio that specializes in the production of nature documentary films for Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disneynature was founded on April 21, 2008, and is headquartered in Burbank, California.

The company's nature films are consistently budgeted between $5 million to $10 million, with their distribution and marketing handled by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The label's event films are released on Earth Day and have a conservation campaign based on the feature of the film with an appropriate conservation charity receiving donations based on tickets sold,{{Cite book |last=King |first=Geoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ibUEeJMNCYC&q=Hidden+Beauty%3A+A+Love+Story+That+Feeds+the+Earth&pg=PA174 |title=American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond |last2=Molloy |first2=Claire |last3=Tzioumakis |first3=Yannis |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415684286 |pages=173–175 |language=en |access-date=June 27, 2019}} at a pace of one per year. The eight Disneynature theatrical films have a gross of $328.3 million at the worldwide box office, from a combined total budget of $162 million, with Earth the top earner at $109 million.

Background

Disney had a background in making nature films prior to the creation of Disneynature; Bambi (1942) featured forest life and was a hit.{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=April 10, 2009 |title=In 'Earth,' Disneynature Balances Cuddliness and Reality |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/movies/11earth.html |access-date=June 14, 2019}} From 1948 through 1960, the company produced the True-Life Adventures series, which won several Academy Awards.{{Cite news |last=Eller |first=Claudia |last2=Dawn C. Chmielewski |date=April 22, 2008 |title=Disney gets back to nature |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-22-fi-disney22-story.html |access-date=October 30, 2013}} Outside of film work, Disney parks were involved. Disneyland in 1955 opened the Jungle Cruise ride. Walt Disney World includes Disney's Animal Kingdom, which is a theme park crossed with a zoo. Animal Kingdom has contributed to conservation causes by nursing endangered sea turtles back to health, returning white rhinos to Africa and conducting a census of cotton-top tamarins, a monkey species native to Colombia. In addition, since its creation in 1995, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund has given over $11 million to 650 conservation projects in 110 countries.

After a long absence from nature documentaries, Disney decided to get back into the market after the French release of March of the Penguins. The film was given U.S. distribution through Warner Independent Pictures in 2005. Made on an $8 million budget, it grossed almost 10 times its budget at the U.S. box office and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2006. Jean-Francois Camilleri, head of Buena Vista International France at the time, had the company acquire the film for the French market. Buena Vista International France also managed to obtain a 20% ownership stake in the French version of the film, but Buena Vista Pictures Distribution's bid to distribute the film in the U.S. ultimately failed.{{Cite news |last=Carvajal |first=Doreen |date=September 28, 2005 |title=Compared With Their Filmmakers, the Penguins Have It Easy |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/movies/compared-with-their-filmmakers-the-penguins-have-it-easy.html |access-date=January 6, 2017}} Disney CEO Bob Iger, in consideration of Disney's past efforts, felt that Penguins "should have been a Disney film worldwide". This was the impetus behind the creation of Disneynature. The film's 2007 follow-up was Arctic Tale, which only took in $1.8 million worldwide. Paul Baribault, Vice President of Disney Studios Marketing, led the US efforts for Disneynature from 2008 forward, overseeing all marketing, production, brand development, and conservation programmatic efforts for the label. He was eventually named general manager of Disneynature.

History

Disneynature was announced on April 21, 2008, a day before Earth Day, with a starting slate of seven films. Camilleri was set to head the new division. A multi-film production agreement was made with Alastair Fothergill, BBC's Planet Earth series producer, for three scheduled films: Earth (2009), African Cats (2011) and Chimpanzee (2012).{{Cite news |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=April 29, 2008 |title=Studios envision beast case scenario |work=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=AP |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/studios-envision-beast-case-scenario-110463 |access-date=January 6, 2017}} The other announced slate films and their release years were: The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008), Oceans (2010), Orangutans: One Minute to Midnight (2010) and Wings of Life (2011).{{Cite press release |title=Disney Gets Back To Nature... |date=April 21, 2008 |publisher=Walt Disney Studios |url=http://www.blueskydisney.com/2008/04/disney-gets-back-to-nature.html |access-date=January 6, 2017 |author= |via=Blue Sky Disney}} Original announced plans had the division releasing two films per year,{{Cite news |last=Glaister |first=Dan |date=April 23, 2008 |title=Disney launches unit to make cinematic nature documentaries |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/23/news.television |access-date=June 14, 2019}} which was curtailed by April 2009 due to a nature film's long period needed to film wildlife. No decision was made at that time as to whether or not the studio would donate the films' proceeds to conservation causes.

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos was the first film produced for Disneynature.{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=January 10, 2009 |title=Disney film spotlights threat to spectacular flamingo lake |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jan/11/crimson-wing-disney-flamingo-tanzania |access-date=January 6, 2017}} The first film released domestically under the new label was Earth, opening on April 22, 2009, in the US. In 2012, a Disneynature TV cable channel was launched in France. It is currently carried by France Telecom.{{Cite web |title=TV Channel: Disney Nature TV |url=https://mavise.obs.coe.int/channel?id=12852 |access-date=July 8, 2014 |website=MAVISE |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory}}

Animal Planet pick up for a two-year period three Disneynature films, Oceans, African Cats, and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, in April 2012 from Disney-ABC Domestic Television.{{Cite news |last=Whittingham |first=Clive |date=April 24, 2012 |title=Animal Planet picks Disney docs |language=en-us |work=C21 Media |url=https://www.c21media.net/animal-planet-picks-disney-docs/ |access-date=June 21, 2019}} In April 2014, Jane Goodall was named Disneynature ambassador.{{Cite news |last=Terrero |first=Nina |date=April 10, 2014 |title=Jane Goodall Q&A: Scientist talks Disneynature Ambassador role, more |language=en |work=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/04/10/jane-goodall-disneynature-ambassador/ |access-date=June 14, 2019}}

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.{{Cite news |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Disney Expands Relationship With China's Shanghai Media Group |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/disney-expands-relationship-with-chinas-shanghai-media-group-1201361909/ |access-date=April 10, 2015}} Following Born in China, Ghost of the Mountains and Expedition China were released to Netflix to reflect the incredible journeys involved in creating these films. In 2016, the company released its first compilation film, Growing Up Wild, direct-to-video (Blu-ray and DVD) and video on demand.{{Cite news |last=James |first=Will |date=December 25, 2016 |title=Disneynature's 'Growing Up Wild' on Digital HD |work=GeekDad |url=https://geekdad.com/2016/12/growing-up-wild/ |access-date=January 5, 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Jordan |date=April 17, 2019 |title=All 13 Disneynature Movies, Ranked |work=Thrillist |url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-disneynature-movies |access-date=May 9, 2019 |quote=For some reason, the team nixed the Natalie Portman-narrated Dolphins last year, only a week before its release. (A version was released in France under the name Blue.)}}

Paul Baribault, vice president of studio marketing and Disneynature, was appointed general manager of Disneynature officially in 2018, after having been operating in the capacity for several years. Camilleri resigned his posts with Disney in March 2019. Helene Etzi was appointed to take over his responsibility as head of Disney's French operations. The unit's first streaming films for Disney+ were Dolphin Reef and Elephant.{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=April 22, 2019 |title=Natalie Portman to Narrate Disney's 'Dolphin Reef' Movie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/natalie-portman-narrate-disneys-dolphin-reef-movie-1203805 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Film ! scope="col" \| Release date{{Cite web \|title=Disneynature Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo \|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?view=main&id=disneynature.htm&sort=gross&order=ASC&p=.htm \|access-date=January 6, 2017 \|website=Box Office Mojo.com \|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.}} ! scope="col" \| Companion documentary ! scope="col" \| Market	Narrator ! scope="col" \| Budget (millions) ! scope="col" \| Worldwide gross (millions) ! scope="col" \| Production company
scope="row" \| The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos \| {{dts\|2008\|10\|26}} (France) {{dts\|2010\|10\|27}} (United States) \|N/A \| Worldwide \| Mariella Frostrup{{Cite web \|title=The Crimson Wing – Mystery of the Flamingos \|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos-2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107100301/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos-2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 7, 2017 \|access-date=January 6, 2017 \|website=www.bbfc.co.uk \|publisher=British Board of Film Classification}} \| \| \| {{ubl\|Natural Light Films\|Kudos Pictures}}
scope="row" \| Earth \| {{dts\|2009\|04\|22}} \|N/A \| North America and South America \| Patrick Stewart (UK) James Earl Jones (US) \| $47 \| $109 \| {{ubl\|BBC Worldwide\|Greenlight Media\|Discovery Channel}}
scope="row" \| OceanWorld \| {{dts\|2009}} Cannes Film Festival, Marché du Film \|N/A \| North America \| Marion Cotillard \| \| \| 3D Entertainment
scope="row" \| Oceans \| {{dts\|2010\|4\|22}} \|N/A \| North America \| Jacques Perrin (FR) Pierce Brosnan (US) \| $80.0 \| $82.7 \| {{ubl\|Pathé\|Galatée Films\|Participant Media\|Notro Films\|France 3 Cinéma\|France 2 Cinéma\|JMH-TSR}}
scope="row" \| African Cats \| {{dts\|2011\|4\|22}} \|N/A \| rowspan="3" \| Worldwide \| Patrick Stewart (UK){{Cite news \|last=Hume \|first=Tim \|date=April 30, 2012 \|title=Real-life 'Lion Kings': African big cats caught on film - CNN.com \|work=CNN \|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/26/world/africa/african-cats-movie-inside-africa/ \|access-date=January 9, 2017}} Samuel L. Jackson (US) \| $5 \| $30.9 \| Big Cats Productions{{Cite news \|last=Kilday \|first=Gregg \|date=May 19, 2009 \|title=Disneynature starts up two new films \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|agency=AP \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disneynature-starts-two-films-84300/ \|access-date=January 9, 2017}}
scope="row" \| Chimpanzee \| {{dts\|2012\|4\|20}} \|N/A \| Tim Allen{{Cite news \|last=O'Sullivan \|first=Michael \|date=April 20, 2012 \|title=Editorial Review: More than just a furry person \|work=The Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/chimpanzee,1207498.html \|url-status=dead \|access-date=June 16, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115233558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/chimpanzee,1207498.html \|archive-date=January 15, 2012}} \| $5 \| $34.8 \| Great Ape Productions
scope="row" \| Wings of Life \| {{dts\|2013\|4\|16}} \|N/A \| Meryl Streep \| \| \| Blacklight Films
scope="row" \| Bears \| {{dts\|2014\|4\|18}} \|N/A \| rowspan="3" \|North America \| John C. Reilly{{Cite news \|last=Chen \|first=Sandie Angulo \|date=April 17, 2014 \|title='Bears' movie review: A real-life struggle to survive \|work=The Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/bears-movie-review-a-real-life-struggle-to-survive/2014/04/16/fe2d1b38-c413-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html \|access-date=June 16, 2016}} \| $5 \| $21.3 \| Bearsar Productions
scope="row" \| Monkey Kingdom \| {{dts\|2015\|4\|17}} \|N/A \| Tina Fey \| $5–10 \| $17.1 \| Crazy Ape Productions {{Cite news \|date=April 10, 2014 \|title=Focus Sets Stephen Hawking Pic 'Theory Of Everything' For November; Disneynature Dates 'Monkey Kingdom' For 2015 \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|url=https://deadline.com/2007/04/caa-loses-high-profile-director-to-uta-2014/ \|access-date=April 10, 2014}}
scope="row" \| Growing Up Wild{{efn\|name=guw\|Growing Up Wild is a direct-to-video nature documentary film released on December 6, 2016, directed by Mark Linfield and Keith Scholey, with narration provided by Daveed Diggs. The film, which is based on clips from African Cats, Monkey Kingdom, Chimpanzee, and Bears, focuses on "growing up".}} \| {{dts\|2016\|12\|6}} \|N/A \| Daveed Diggs \| \| \|
scope="row" \| L'Empereur (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step) \| {{dts\|2017\|2\|15}} \|N/A \| France \| Lambert Wilson (FR) Morgan Freeman (US) \| \| \| {{ubl\|Wild Bunch\|Bonne Pioche Cinéma\|Paprika Films\|Wild-Touch Production\|OCS\|France 3}}{{Cite news \|date=September 24, 2017 \|title=L'Empereur de Luc Jacquet: la suite maudite de La Marche de l'Empereur \|language=fr-FR \|work=Avoir Alire – Critiques et news films, Livres, BD, musique, séries TV, Spectacles \|url=https://www.avoir-alire.com/l-empereur-de-luc-jacquet-la-suite-maudite-de-la-marche-de-l-empereur \|access-date=May 9, 2019}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| Born in China \| rowspan="2" \| {{dts\|2017\|4\|21}} \| Ghost of the Mountains \| rowspan="2" \| Worldwide \| rowspan="2" \| John Krasinski \| rowspan="2" \| $5–10 \| rowspan="2" \| $25.1 \| rowspan="2" \| {{ubl\|Shanghai Media Group\|Chuan Films\|Brian Leith Productions}}
Expedition China{{efn\|name=ec\|Expedition China is a Netflix original nature documentary film released on December 27, 2017, directed by Ben Wallis with narration by Maggie Q. The film which is based on clips from Born in China focuses on exploring the most remote wildlands in China.}}
scope="row" \| Blue (France) \| {{dts\|2018\|3\|28}} \| rowspan="2" \| Diving with Dolphins \| France \| Cécile de France \| \| \| Silverback Films{{Cite news \|date=April 7, 2018 \|title='Blue' review \|publisher=Hollywood Reporter \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/dolphins-review-1100750 \|access-date=April 25, 2019}}
scope="row" \| Dolphin Reef (US) \| {{dts\|2020\|4\|3}} \| rowspan="2" \| North America \| Natalie Portman \| \| \| Silverback Films Disney+{{Cite news \|last=Vary \|first=Adam B. \|date=March 26, 2020 \|title=Meghan Markle Narrating Disney Plus Nature Documentary 'Elephants' \|language=en \|work=Variety \|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/meghan-markle-disney-plus-elephants-1203545835/ \|access-date=March 26, 2020}}
scope="row" \| Penguins \| {{dts\|2019\|4\|17}} \|Penguins: Life on the Edge \| Ed Helms \| \| $7.7 \| Silverback Films{{Cite news \|last=Kylie Hemmert \|date=February 26, 2019 \|title=Penguins: Ed Helms to Narrate Disneynature's Feature Film \|work=ComingSoon.net \|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1044103-penguins-ed-helms-to-narrate-disneynatures-feature-film \|access-date=February 26, 2019}}
scope="row" \| Elephant \| {{dts\|2020\|4\|3}} \|In the Footsteps of Elephant \| rowspan="4" \| Worldwide (Disney+) \| Meghan, Duchess of Sussex \| \|N/A \| {{ubl\|Silverback Films\|Wildstar Films}}
scope="row" \| Polar Bear \|\| {{dts\|2022\|4\|22}} \|Bear Witness \| Catherine Keener \| \|N/A \| Silverback Films{{Cite web \|last=Palmer \|first=Roger \|date=January 14, 2022 \|title=DisneyNature "Polar Bear" Coming To Disney+ On Earth Day \|url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disneynature-polar-bear-coming-to-disney-on-earth-day/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114174806/https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disneynature-polar-bear-coming-to-disney-on-earth-day/ \|archive-date=January 14, 2022 \|access-date=January 14, 2022 \|website=What's On Disney Plus}}
scope="row" \| Tiger \| {{dts\|2024\|4\|22}} \| Tigers on the Rise \| Priyanka Chopra{{Cite web \|last=Disney Plus \|date=March 15, 2024 \|title=Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Narrate Disneynature’s “Tiger” \|url=https://press.disneyplus.com/news/disney-plus-disneynature-tiger-streaming-on-earth-day-april-22 \|access-date=March 15, 2024 \|website=press.disneyplus}} \| \|N/A \|
scope="row" \| Sea Lions of the Galapagos \| {{dts\|2025\|4\|22}} \| Guardians of the Galápagos \| Brendan Fraser \| \|N/A \| Silverback Films{{Cite web\|last=Donnelly\|first=Jim\|title=Watch Disneynature's 'Sea Lions of the Galapagos' Streaming on Disney+ April 22\|url=https://abc.com/news/88ce27f9-324d-42a5-affb-3a07f575d07b/category/2743918\|date=March 18, 2025\|access-date=March 18, 2025\|website=ABC}}

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scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Release date{{Cite web |title=Disneynature Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?view=main&id=disneynature.htm&sort=gross&order=ASC&p=.htm |access-date=January 6, 2017 |website=Box Office Mojo.com |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.}}

! scope="col" | Companion documentary

! scope="col" | Market

Narrator

! scope="col" | Budget
(millions)

! scope="col" | Worldwide gross
(millions)

! scope="col" | Production company

scope="row" | The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

| {{dts|2008|10|26}} (France)
{{dts|2010|10|27}} (United States)

|N/A

| Worldwide

| Mariella Frostrup{{Cite web |title=The Crimson Wing – Mystery of the Flamingos |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos-2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107100301/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos-2008 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2017 |website=www.bbfc.co.uk |publisher=British Board of Film Classification}}

| {{ubl|Natural Light Films|Kudos Pictures}}

scope="row" | Earth

| {{dts|2009|04|22}}

|N/A

| North America and South America

| Patrick Stewart (UK)
James Earl Jones (US)

| $47

| $109

| {{ubl|BBC Worldwide|Greenlight Media|Discovery Channel}}

scope="row" | OceanWorld

| {{dts|2009}} Cannes Film Festival, Marché du Film

|N/A

| North America

| Marion Cotillard

| 3D Entertainment

scope="row" | Oceans

| {{dts|2010|4|22}}

|N/A

| North America

| Jacques Perrin (FR)
Pierce Brosnan (US)

| $80.0

| $82.7

| {{ubl|Pathé|Galatée Films|Participant Media|Notro Films|France 3 Cinéma|France 2 Cinéma|JMH-TSR}}

scope="row" | African Cats

| {{dts|2011|4|22}}

|N/A

| rowspan="3" | Worldwide

| Patrick Stewart (UK){{Cite news |last=Hume |first=Tim |date=April 30, 2012 |title=Real-life 'Lion Kings': African big cats caught on film - CNN.com |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/26/world/africa/african-cats-movie-inside-africa/ |access-date=January 9, 2017}}
Samuel L. Jackson (US)

| $5

| $30.9

| Big Cats Productions{{Cite news |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=May 19, 2009 |title=Disneynature starts up two new films |work=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=AP |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disneynature-starts-two-films-84300/ |access-date=January 9, 2017}}

scope="row" | Chimpanzee

| {{dts|2012|4|20}}

|N/A

| Tim Allen{{Cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Michael |date=April 20, 2012 |title=Editorial Review: More than just a furry person |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/chimpanzee,1207498.html |url-status=dead |access-date=June 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115233558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/chimpanzee,1207498.html |archive-date=January 15, 2012}}

| $5

| $34.8

| Great Ape Productions

scope="row" | Wings of Life

| {{dts|2013|4|16}}

|N/A

| Meryl Streep

| Blacklight Films

scope="row" | Bears

| {{dts|2014|4|18}}

|N/A

| rowspan="3" |North America

| John C. Reilly{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Sandie Angulo |date=April 17, 2014 |title='Bears' movie review: A real-life struggle to survive |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/bears-movie-review-a-real-life-struggle-to-survive/2014/04/16/fe2d1b38-c413-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html |access-date=June 16, 2016}}

| $5

| $21.3

| Bearsar Productions

scope="row" | Monkey Kingdom

| {{dts|2015|4|17}}

|N/A

| Tina Fey

| $5–10

| $17.1

| Crazy Ape Productions {{Cite news |date=April 10, 2014 |title=Focus Sets Stephen Hawking Pic 'Theory Of Everything' For November; Disneynature Dates 'Monkey Kingdom' For 2015 |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2007/04/caa-loses-high-profile-director-to-uta-2014/ |access-date=April 10, 2014}}

scope="row" | Growing Up Wild{{efn|name=guw|Growing Up Wild is a direct-to-video nature documentary film released on December 6, 2016, directed by Mark Linfield and Keith Scholey, with narration provided by Daveed Diggs. The film, which is based on clips from African Cats, Monkey Kingdom, Chimpanzee, and Bears, focuses on "growing up".}}

| {{dts|2016|12|6}}

|N/A

| Daveed Diggs

scope="row" | L'Empereur
(March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step)

| {{dts|2017|2|15}}

|N/A

| France

| Lambert Wilson (FR)
Morgan Freeman (US)

| {{ubl|Wild Bunch|Bonne Pioche Cinéma|Paprika Films|Wild-Touch Production|OCS|France 3}}{{Cite news |date=September 24, 2017 |title=L'Empereur de Luc Jacquet: la suite maudite de La Marche de l'Empereur |language=fr-FR |work=Avoir Alire – Critiques et news films, Livres, BD, musique, séries TV, Spectacles |url=https://www.avoir-alire.com/l-empereur-de-luc-jacquet-la-suite-maudite-de-la-marche-de-l-empereur |access-date=May 9, 2019}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | Born in China

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|2017|4|21}}

| Ghost of the Mountains

| rowspan="2" | Worldwide

| rowspan="2" | John Krasinski

| rowspan="2" | $5–10

| rowspan="2" | $25.1

| rowspan="2" | {{ubl|Shanghai Media Group|Chuan Films|Brian Leith Productions}}

Expedition China{{efn|name=ec|Expedition China is a Netflix original nature documentary film released on December 27, 2017, directed by Ben Wallis with narration by Maggie Q. The film which is based on clips from Born in China focuses on exploring the most remote wildlands in China.}}

scope="row" | Blue (France)

| {{dts|2018|3|28}}

| rowspan="2" | Diving with Dolphins

| France

| Cécile de France

| Silverback Films{{Cite news |date=April 7, 2018 |title='Blue' review |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/dolphins-review-1100750 |access-date=April 25, 2019}}

scope="row" | Dolphin Reef (US)

| {{dts|2020|4|3}}

| rowspan="2" | North America

| Natalie Portman

| Silverback Films
Disney+{{Cite news |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=March 26, 2020 |title=Meghan Markle Narrating Disney Plus Nature Documentary 'Elephants' |language=en |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/meghan-markle-disney-plus-elephants-1203545835/ |access-date=March 26, 2020}}

scope="row" | Penguins

| {{dts|2019|4|17}}

|Penguins: Life on the Edge

| Ed Helms

| $7.7

| Silverback Films{{Cite news |last=Kylie Hemmert |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Penguins: Ed Helms to Narrate Disneynature's Feature Film |work=ComingSoon.net |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1044103-penguins-ed-helms-to-narrate-disneynatures-feature-film |access-date=February 26, 2019}}

scope="row" | Elephant

| {{dts|2020|4|3}}

|In the Footsteps of Elephant

| rowspan="4" | Worldwide (Disney+)

| Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

|N/A

| {{ubl|Silverback Films|Wildstar Films}}

scope="row" | Polar Bear

|| {{dts|2022|4|22}}

|Bear Witness

| Catherine Keener

|N/A

| Silverback Films{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Roger |date=January 14, 2022 |title=DisneyNature "Polar Bear" Coming To Disney+ On Earth Day |url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disneynature-polar-bear-coming-to-disney-on-earth-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114174806/https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disneynature-polar-bear-coming-to-disney-on-earth-day/ |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=What's On Disney Plus}}

scope="row" | Tiger

| {{dts|2024|4|22}}

| Tigers on the Rise

| Priyanka Chopra{{Cite web |last=Disney Plus |date=March 15, 2024 |title=Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Narrate Disneynature’s “Tiger” |url=https://press.disneyplus.com/news/disney-plus-disneynature-tiger-streaming-on-earth-day-april-22 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |website=press.disneyplus}}

|N/A

scope="row" | Sea Lions of the Galapagos

| {{dts|2025|4|22}}

| Guardians of the Galápagos

| Brendan Fraser

|N/A

| Silverback Films{{Cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Jim|title=Watch Disneynature's 'Sea Lions of the Galapagos' Streaming on Disney+ April 22|url=https://abc.com/news/88ce27f9-324d-42a5-affb-3a07f575d07b/category/2743918|date=March 18, 2025|access-date=March 18, 2025|website=ABC}}

Notes

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