Caroline Hawkins
Oxford Scientific Films Creative Director
Caroline Hawkins is an award-winning filmmaker who joined OSF in 2004. She is the creator of the international hit Meerkat Manor. Her other credits include Fatal Attractions, There’s A Rhino in My House, Lemur Street, Jessica the Hippo (Animal Planet), Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem for BBC and PBS, Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys for BBC2, Secret Life of Twins for ITV and Dogs Might Fly for Sky One. More recently she produced Wild Korea for BBC and Terra Mater.
Caroline started her career as a floor manager at LWT before moving to BBC Wales aged 23 to direct live news. A successful 13-year freelance career as a writer and director followed with credits including Delia Smith’s Summer Collection, The Clothes Show, The Good Sex Guide, Natural World and the award-winning documentary Last Voyage of the Thistlegorm.
She produced her first feature film in 2008, Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins for Discovery Studios and The Weinstein Company. In 2012 she led OSF’s move into 3D with Meerkats 3D followed by Pandas 3D -The Journey Home, the IMAX version of which is on release in North America and Europe.
She is currently in production on a range of shows including The Magical Land of Oz (3 x 1 hrs) for BBC, ABC and PBS, Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs (5 x 1 hrs) for Love Nature, Secret Life of Farm Animals (3 x 1 hrs) for BBC and a film about a young British racing driver also for the BBC.
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