How To Live on Earth
How to Live on Earth is a visionary feature documentary that explores our vital connection to nature and its role in our future. Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, this ultimate 'how-to guide' features inspirational, cutting-edge stories and powerful cinematography from around the world to reveal how humans are learning to team up with nature to solve our biggest challenges. Heart-warming, entertaining, energising, the film presents a hopeful vision of a future within reach – one in which nature thrives, and so do we.
Producers: Fredi Devas
Director: Fredi Devas
Cinematography: Stuart Dunn, Brendan McGinty
Editing: Matt Meech
Sound: Tom Mercer, Kate Hopkins
Composer: Jacob Shea, Ho Ling Tang
Director’s Biography
Fredi Devas is an award-winning wildlife filmmaker and director. From his previous work with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, he is best known for directing the Cities episode of the landmark series Planet Earth II, which explored how wildlife adapts to life in urban environments and earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program.
Devas has also directed for major international productions including Seven Worlds, One Planet, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, and the giant-screen documentary Antarctica. Filming in environments ranging from dense megacities to remote polar landscapes, his work focuses on revealing unexpected animal behaviour and highlighting the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.