
The Loneliest Animals
What if you were the last of your kind on Earth?
Earth is facing an extinction crisis. Animals are disappearing from the planet 1000 times faster than at any other time in history. What happens when the fate of an entire species in the hands of just a few last individuals?
THE LONELIEST ANIMALS follows the extraordinary efforts of dedicated scientists to breed these survivors and save what remains of the planet’s biodiversity….from the last two Yangtze giant softshell turtles on the planet, to resurrecting a whole species from the dead. Featuring interviews with preeminent scientists E.O. Wilson, Russell Mittermeier and others, THE LONELIEST ANIMALS reveals the extraordinary efforts of tireless biologists around the world to ensure a future for these incredible, charismatic creatures…before we lose them forever. Filmed on location in China, Indonesia, Qatar, Panama, Ecuador, Spain and the United States.
- Written, Produced and Directed by
- Doug Shultz
- Editor
- Brett Young
- Director of Photography
- Peter Schnall
- Daniel Traub
- Jerry Risius
- Supervising Producer
- Peter Schnall
- Associate Producer
- Andréa Borrero
- Coordinating Producer
- Whitney Johnson
- Original Music
- Gary Pozner
- Production Assistant
- William Kerr
- Additional Cinematography
- Neil Higginson
- Julian Navarro
- Stephen McCarthy
- Erich Roland
- Production Interns
- Bonita Cutliff
- Sara Kinney
- Sejan Yun
- Sound Recordists
- Amir, Tamer El Demerdash, Fernando Caseres
- Lee Frank, Paul Hellard, Don Mercz, José Joaquin Panchon
- Len Schmitz, George Shafnacker, Hector Valdes
- Yan Bo Wu, Aaron Webster
- Location Managers
- Jiaxi Chen, China
- Novi Jenkins, Indonesia
- Michael Moffett, Camino Media, Spain
- Paola Toapanta, Urbano Films, Ecuador
- Terri Thrush, Blue Morpho Media, Panama
- Additional Crew
- Ethan Johnson
- Dian Suryansyah
- Toni
- Assistant Editors
- Bo Mehrad
- Dashiell Eckman
- Sound Design
- Brian Beatrice
- Sound Mix
- Ed Campbell
- Color Correction
- Stewart Griffin
- Production Accountant
- Rebecca Cohen
- For Nature
- Series Editor
- Janet Hess
- Series Producer
- Bill Murphy
- Executive Producer
- Fred Kaufman