Vivien Cumming

The story of an ecologist with a plan to save the world by restoring the planet's forests. His original work was hijacked by corporations and politicians with disastrous effect and now he's using science to fight back. Follow scientists working in spectacular forest landscapes in Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia, and beyond as they try to untangle complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures large and small – all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.

Currently aailable on PBS Nova, ABC Australia and France TV.

Producer, writer, shooting location director

Told from the perspective of indigenous activist Narubia Werreria, ‘The Ghost Rainforest’ follows a group of five indigenous leaders and activists from the Amazon, making an emotionally charged journey to the last remnant of a lost ecosystem; a desperately rare temperate rainforest habitat on the West Coast of Scotland.

Concept and Producer.

Uninhabitable to humans, yet impacted by every action we take, today, Antarctica stands at a crossroads. Now is the time to reimagine our relationship with this great land and listen to the ancient wisdom of those fighting to protect our last wild areas. It is time to give Antarctica a voice.

Collaboration between Earthrise Studio and Reboot the Future - The film was screened for a month in London during the campaign and at COP27 for world leaders.

Writer and Producer

4 part series for Waterbear Network diving into some of the most complex and pressing climate questions of our time, from capitalism to overpopulation, to everyone's favourite buzzword ‘sustainability'. Narrated by Jack Harries, The Breakdown hears from experts in the field to understand what humanity can do to make a difference.

Series Producer, writer