At Passion Planet, David Allen masterminds a film department focusing on natural history, science and specialist factual output across both landmark television and theatrical release feature documentaries. With five Emmys and 12 Wildscreen Pandas to his name, David is recognized as one of the leading independent producer/directors in his field. His production for BBC, My Life as a Turkey, was described by The Times as “probably the best documentary of the year” and won Wildscreen’s coveted “Best of Festival” Golden Panda. More recent productions include the landmark series Earth: A New Wild and H20: The Molecule that Made Us, each winning consecutive year Wildscreen’s Best Series award. Recently David produced Emmy award-winning The Serengeti Rules, The Octopus in My House, and My Garden of a Thousand Bees, chosen to open the 40th anniversary year of PBS series Nature and also won the Golden Panda in 2022. At Passion, David has just completed a new Evolution series for PBS and a drama documentary on the bestselling book Wilding by Isabella Tree, which was the biggest grossing documentary in the cinema in the UK in 2024.