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Oxford Scientific Films
Company type
Private company limited by shares
Industry
Television production, Film production
Genre
Documentary, Nature
Founded
Oxford, UK ((1968-07-08)8 July 1968)
Founder
Gerald Thompson Peter Parks John Paling Sean Morris David Thompson
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Clare Birks, CEO, Caroline Hawkins, Creative Director
Products
Meerkat Manor, Lemur Kingdom, Fatal Attractions
Parent
ITV Studios
Website
oxfordscientificfilms.tv
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) is a British company that produces natural history and documentary programmes. Founded as an independent company on 8 July 1968, by documentary filmmaker Gerald Thompson, it broke new ground in the world of documentaries, using new filming techniques and capturing footage of never before filmed activities of its various subjects.[citation needed] In 1996, Oxford Scientific Films was sold to Circle Communications, where it retained its own identity as a division within the company. The following year, Circle Communications was taken over by Southern Star Entertainment UK. Under the new ownership, Oxford Scientific Films produced multiple award-winning programmes and films[citation needed], including the Animal Planet series Meerkat Manor.
In March 2008, Southern Star merged its Sydney-based factual business division into the Oxford Scientific Films division, using the OSF name for specialist documentaries, and "Southern Star Factual" for its features and entertainment style documentaries. When Southern Star was sold to Endemol, Oxford Scientific Films was retained by parent company Fairfax Media. In 2011, Boom Pictures Productions obtained a controlling 70% share of the company.
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