Owen Prümm, born in Johannesburg / South Africa in 1963, is an award-winning wildlife director, DoP and producer. He has shot and directed multiple wildlife films for most of the major international broadcasters. Owen received a lifetime honorary membership from the South African Society of Cinematographers (SASC) and numerous craft awards for his innovative cinematic style of shooting. In 2015 Owen moved his base from Johannesburg to Berlin, where he founded his company ‘Shibumi Films’, while continuing his main work in Tanzania from his own camp in Ruaha National Park. From there he facilitated the crew and shot the Tanzanian section of the BBC1’s new landmark series ‘Wild Cats’ in 2016 as well as for the new “Our Planet” series produced by Silverback for Netflix. In 2016, Owen was artistic advisor and DoP on the Germany feature documentary “Who owns Nature?”, co-produced by Arte TV and supported by several German cinema funds, that has been released in European Cinemas in 2018. In 2017, he finalized the 3-part series “The Lions rule” as Director/DoP/Producer for Terramater Factual Studios/National Geographic Channel/NDR/Arte France. The series has been broadcast in numerous countries and is nominated for the “Animal Behaviour Award” and the “Series Award” at Wildscreen 2018. He is currently directing and shooting the feature drama ‘LIONS’, (WT) filmed entirely with wild lions, produced by Bonne Pioche, Terramater Factual Studios and Shibumi Films for Canal Plus. A new Tanzanian project is in development.