Role: Executive Producer
Production Company: Documist
Churchill, Manitoba, is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We've seen the majestic images and classic wildlife TV programs - but what does the bear see of us? 'Nuisance Bear' shifts the perspective to reveal the obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers that bears navigate during their annual migration.
Nuisance Bear is a Documist production directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden for The New Yorker Studios. The film was shortlisted for a 2023 Academy Award, and won a 2023 Critics Choice Award, an IDA short documentary award, and was named a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Awards
2023 Academy Awards Shortlist | Best Short Documentary
2023 News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Nominee | Cinematography
2023 News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Nominee | Outstanding Sound
2022 Cinema Eye Honours | Winner | Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards | Winner | Best Short Documentary
2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards | Nominee | Best Cinematography
2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards | Nominee | Best Science/Nature Documentary
2023 IDA Documentary Awards | Winner | Pare Lorentz Honorable Mention
2022 IDA Documentary Awards | Nominee | Best Short Film
2022 Canadian Screen Awards | Nominee | Best Documentary Short
2021 Toronto International Film Festival | Winner | Best Canadian Short Film Honorable Mention
Behind the Scenes
The team behind Nuisance Bear rigged up an old 4x4 with XXX and XXX to create a one-of-a-kind bear cinematography vehicle. The
