David Attenborough, 100, Scores Two Emmy Nods
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- David Attenborough earned two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Narrator — one for Netflix's 'A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough,' the other for National Geographic's 'Ocean with David Attenborough' — shortly after turning 100 in May.
- 'Ocean with David Attenborough' received six Primetime Emmy nominations overall, tied for the most of any nonfiction film or series this year, the article reports.
- Director Keith Scholey, appearing on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, theorized that Attenborough's narration skill — three Emmy wins for voice-over work — was influenced by his late older brother, actor-director Richard Attenborough.
- The documentary reveals for the first time video of violent bottom trawling that turns sea floors into wastelands, while also showing hopeful evidence of ocean regeneration through 'no-take' zones and towering 3,000-meter seamounts that nourish marine life.
- Scholey warned on the podcast that a major El Niño event forming in the Pacific could develop into a Super El Niño by year's end, calling the prospect 'terrifying.'
Why it matters: The film's six Emmy nominations tie it for the most-nominated nonfiction project of the year, and Attenborough's dual Outstanding Narrator nods at age 100 reinforce his standing as natural history's defining voice. Scholey's 'terrifying' Super El Niño warning — embedded in a celebratory Emmy story — gives the documentary an urgent climate hook.
