Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Menu About Bios Photos Releases Videos Releases April 15, 2024 National Geographic Sets Date and Unveils Trailer for Critically Acclaimed Heartwarming Documentary Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TRAILER CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE KEY ART (WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2024) Today, National Geographic released the trailer for the critically acclaimed documentary special BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY, directed by distinguished photographer and filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James and produced by Emmy® and BAFTA Award-winner Jeff Wilson of Silverback Films. The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature. Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey serve as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. The film is edited by Sam Rogers, with cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt and Bertie Gregory, and music composed by Erland Cooper. BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY premieres May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remo Press Release April 13, 2024 Billy & Molly Director's Statement DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT “Billy & Molly” was the ultimate passion project for me. It was about an otter, and it was in Shetland. I have spent my life obsessed with otters and, in fact, moved to Shetland in 1993 when I was 19, visiting to film and photograph otters since I was 16. Shetland is Britain’s most northern outpost, a barren archipelago in the North Atlantic. I lived in a remote cottage on a barren hillside. Weirdly, my nearest neighbors were Billy’s parents, who lived in the house he’d grown up in. However, I didn’t meet Billy until 2021, when I heard from a friend about a man who had an otter that was visiting his house daily. I decided to make the trip north from my home in Bristol, to meet him and the otter named Molly. After meeting Molly, I had a chat with Keith Scholey from Silverback Films, and we decided to try to make a documentary about the unusual pair. Keith brought Jeff Wilson in, and Jeff and I planned and styled a film; it was a charming and often funny relationshi Press Release
April 15, 2024 National Geographic Sets Date and Unveils Trailer for Critically Acclaimed Heartwarming Documentary Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TRAILER CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE KEY ART (WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2024) Today, National Geographic released the trailer for the critically acclaimed documentary special BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY, directed by distinguished photographer and filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James and produced by Emmy® and BAFTA Award-winner Jeff Wilson of Silverback Films. The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature. Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey serve as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. The film is edited by Sam Rogers, with cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt and Bertie Gregory, and music composed by Erland Cooper. BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY premieres May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remo Press Release
April 13, 2024 Billy & Molly Director's Statement DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT “Billy & Molly” was the ultimate passion project for me. It was about an otter, and it was in Shetland. I have spent my life obsessed with otters and, in fact, moved to Shetland in 1993 when I was 19, visiting to film and photograph otters since I was 16. Shetland is Britain’s most northern outpost, a barren archipelago in the North Atlantic. I lived in a remote cottage on a barren hillside. Weirdly, my nearest neighbors were Billy’s parents, who lived in the house he’d grown up in. However, I didn’t meet Billy until 2021, when I heard from a friend about a man who had an otter that was visiting his house daily. I decided to make the trip north from my home in Bristol, to meet him and the otter named Molly. After meeting Molly, I had a chat with Keith Scholey from Silverback Films, and we decided to try to make a documentary about the unusual pair. Keith brought Jeff Wilson in, and Jeff and I planned and styled a film; it was a charming and often funny relationshi Press Release
