Terra Mater Studios were founded January 1st, 2011 and are based in Vienna, Austria. The full-blown production unit is a subsidiary company of Red Bull and specializes in premium factual programming for TV, multimedia platforms and theatrical release. TMS are committed to the highest production values regarding visual excellence, innovative technology and amazing storytelling. Core genres are nature, science and history presented in blue-chip primetime series and specials. The production company also brings together a wide array of genres and styles to create exciting new factual and entertainment formats. For the big screen TMS produce stories that are highly relevant and strongly rooted in reality: from the classical feature doc to wild drama, where nature plays the main role, further on to fiction films, where real stories are the matrix for our scripts. And on its YouTube channel TMS show exclusive short-form videos about the diversity of nature, conservation and environmental topics.
In October 2021, Terra Mater Studios set up its first subsidiary in Germany. Terra Mater Studios Germany aims at developing and producing a wide media portfolio, spanning from TV, to Online, and Theatrical.
TMS’ diverse portfolio contains more than 300 hours, honored with more than 400 international film festival awards and
over 1000 nominations. In 2017, its feature doc ‘The Ivory Game’ was on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Shortlist for the Oscars. In 2019, TMS was honored with the prestigious Audience Award at Sundance Festival 2019 for its feature doc ‘Sea of Shadows’.
TMS collaborate with the best producers, cameramen and directors worldwide, who make TMS productions a unique viewing experience by latest cutting-edge equipment, fascinating cinematography and unconventional editing. TMS embrace state-of-the art recording technologies, from super-slow motion to super-time-lapse to reveal Nano-second events and processes normally invisible to the naked eye. Images generated by electron microscopes and computer animation explore the wonders of the microcosm. Special cameras turn night into day. Endoscopes and medical scanners take the viewer inside living organisms. And HDTV is enhanced by a new dimension – 4K at its best. All these ingredients are weaved together by amazing storytellers, highlighting real-life-tales and using the dramatic narration dynamics of the feature film while upholding the principles of factual programming.
As dedicated nature filmmakers, Terra Mater Studios are aware of their responsibility to spot a light on fragile parts of the world, to give a voice to threatened species and to make a positive impact on our precious planet. TMS’ credo: We need to be able to learn from the mistakes that were made, for our own sake and that of generations to come.
Terra Mater Studios. Inspired by nature. Caring for nature.
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