David Attenborough - Awards & Nominations

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

2006

National Television Award for Special Recognition

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

1980

British Academy Television Fellowship Award

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

1962

British Academy Television Special Award

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