Bettina Dalton
- Producer
- Director
- Executive
Emmy and Sundance nominated Producer/Director Bettina Dalton is celebrated as one of the central women who have, and continue to, shape the face of natural history filmmaking in Australia. She is passionate about stories that resonate globally and that shift the dial on social and environmental issues. Many of her projects are borne from discovery and re imagining of little known film archives. She has a passion for Environmental , Natural History, Wildlife Science and women focused Feature Documentaries with accompanying Impact campaigns .
Bettina's recent feature documentaries are : "Playing With Sharks" about Australian icon, conservationist and filmmaker Valerie Taylor, was acquired by National Geographic Documentary Films following its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. A woman ahead of her time, Valerie Taylor was a true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, whose life's work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. And most recently, feature documentary , "Rachels' Farm " with Rachel Ward. Award-winning film director and actress Rachel Ward is the last person you'd expect to join a farming revolution. Following the birth of her first grandchild, Rachel is confronted head-on by the impact of our climate crisis as Australia's Black Summer fires descend on her farm. Besieged by drought and ecological despair, Rachel finds hope in the soil beneath her feet and embarks on a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her farm, and herself. Bettina currently has a Giant Screen Hummingbird film in development.
As Executive Producer and Principal of WildBear Entertainment, an integrated factual entertainment company with 5 offices across Australia and New Zealand, Bettina has produced and directed diverse genres of award-winning content for audiences around the world, including for theatrical release and for Disney Plus, National Geographic, ZDF, ARTE, NDR, BBC, PBS and Discovery Channels internationally,
Bettina's recent feature documentaries are : "Playing With Sharks" about Australian icon, conservationist and filmmaker Valerie Taylor, was acquired by National Geographic Documentary Films following its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. A woman ahead of her time, Valerie Taylor was a true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, whose life's work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. And most recently, feature documentary , "Rachels' Farm " with Rachel Ward. Award-winning film director and actress Rachel Ward is the last person you'd expect to join a farming revolution. Following the birth of her first grandchild, Rachel is confronted head-on by the impact of our climate crisis as Australia's Black Summer fires descend on her farm. Besieged by drought and ecological despair, Rachel finds hope in the soil beneath her feet and embarks on a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her farm, and herself. Bettina currently has a Giant Screen Hummingbird film in development.
As Executive Producer and Principal of WildBear Entertainment, an integrated factual entertainment company with 5 offices across Australia and New Zealand, Bettina has produced and directed diverse genres of award-winning content for audiences around the world, including for theatrical release and for Disney Plus, National Geographic, ZDF, ARTE, NDR, BBC, PBS and Discovery Channels internationally,
