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| '''Oxford Scientific Films''' was a notable independent wildlife media company set up by Gerald Thompson,<ref></ref> with its registered head office in Mortimer Street, London, <ref></ref> and its operations base at Witney in Oxfordshire.<ref></ref> It is now part of ]. | |||
| Perhaps its most widely acclaimed production is the ] series.<ref></ref> | |||
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| It was "an award-winning producer of specialist factual programmes for more than 30 years, supplying films to many of the world's major broadcasters including the BBC, Discovery, Animal Planet, National Geographic, WNET, Channel 4, Five, ITV and Sky One".<ref></ref> When producing ''Animal Angels'' (a series for Animal Planet), it was invited, by Charmarie Maelge, Director, Sri Lanka Tourist Board-UK, to film the elephant episode in Sri Lanka.<ref></</ref> | |||
| ==Filmography== | |||
| ===Production=== | |||
| Among its famed productions are:<ref></ref> | |||
| *'']'' (2001) | |||
| *'']'' (2002), TV | |||
| *'']'' (2002) | |||
| *'']'' (2003) | |||
| *'']'' (2004) | |||
| *'']'' (2004) | |||
| *'']'' (2005) | |||
| *'']'' (2006) | |||
| *'']'' (2007) | |||
| *'']'' (2007), TV | |||
| *'']'' (2008) | |||
| ===Special effects=== | |||
| *] (1982) - micro photography | |||
| *] (1989) - optical effects | |||
| ==From 2008== | |||
| In March 2008 ] (a Sydney based company) announced it was to "merge its factual business unit ... with acclaimed natural history and science producer Oxford Scientific Films".<ref></ref> Southern Star is wholly owned by ] Limited <ref></ref> and is split into three divisions one of which, ], has absorbed OSF.<ref></ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| {{film-stub}} | |||
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