Awards & Winners

David Attenborough

Date of Birth 08-May-1926
Place of Birth Isleworth
(London Borough of Hounslow)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Sir David Attenborough, David Frederick Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough CBE, Sir David Frederick Attenborough
Profession Actor, Naturalist, Television producer, Writer, Presenter, Environmentalist, Screenwriter, Broadcaster
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FZS FSA is an English broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for 60 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD and 3D. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote. He is a younger brother of the director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.

Awards by David Attenborough

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Attenborough.

2014


British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual
Honored for : David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual Frozen Planet

2011


British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual
Honored for : Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing
Honored for : First Life
(First Life With David Attenborough)
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Programming
Honored for : First Life

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award For The Best Presenter - Factual, Features And News State of the Planet

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award For The Best Presenter - Factual, Features And News BBC Wildlife Specials
Wildlife Special: Tiger

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series The Private Life of Plants

1985


International Emmy Award for Founders
(Creator/Writer/Producer/TV Host)
Founder's Gold Medal

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming - Writing The Living Planet

1971


British Academy Television Desmond Davis Award for Services to Television

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Desmond Davis Award for Services to Television