We produce motion pictures that explore the human relationship to the ocean and the outdoors. Our post-production staff of 8 builds on an active network of outdoor field production personnel in 55 countries worldwide. We have been ranked among the Global Top 100 Production Companies by Realscreen and nominated for Emmy awards for Outstanding Director and Outstanding Science and Technology Program.
We are constantly driven to visually re-articulate experience through story, and to adopt new formats and tools as they appear. In 2003, we created and developed “Experiential” or "Slow TV," born from our SUNRISE EARTH series (Discovery Communications). In 2007, we co-founded BLUEMARVEL, a distributor of Slow TV nature programming. Beginning in 2011, we've developed video installations for gallery exhibition and museums (Auschwitz Memorial Museum in Poland). In 2015, we produced our first Ultra High Definition 4K on-demand video-streaming series, titled BIG PICTURE EARTH (CuriosityStream). Between 2012 and 2019, we developed a streamlined worldwide production workflow. During this period, on behalf of clients seeking web videos 3 to 10 minutes in length, we produced or licensed over 2,200 programs, at an average rate of 1.2 productions per day. Our 2018-20 launches include the REELEARTH COLLECTION (61 films commissioned by Overseas Adventure Travel), our feature documentary BEHOLD THE EARTH, and a video art installation titled SHELLS. Two longform films are in post-production for 2020/21: THE MORTAL SEA and an ocean memoir with the working title of CURTIS ISLAND. Our most recent initiative for 2021-26 is ARCTICEARTH.
In February of 2014, Compass Light Founder and Director David Conover launched the CONSERVATION MEDIA GROUP, a non-profit initiative working to support filmmakers, activists, and organizations who are providing sanctuary for marine life, reducing ocean plastic at source, and transitioning societies to a low-carbon and just economy.