About
Renowned for producing such highly rated series as Man Made Marvels (Discovery Channel), Hidden Cities Extreme (HISTORY Asia) and Lonely Planet Six Degrees (TLC, BBC Worldwide), Beach House Pictures (BHP) has built a reputation for creating top quality and exciting new factual content for major international broadcasters. Through global distributors such as Off The Fence, Cineflix, and BBC Worldwide, BHP content is viewed by audiences from Asia to Europe, and North and South America.
The company joined forces with critically acclaimed documentary maker NHNZ in 2008
and is now part of the NHNZ group of companies, which include offices in New Zealand, Australia, China and the US. BHP is also a majority stakeholder in a Taiwan-based BHP branded production company.
BHP is a multiple award winner and nominee internationally (Best Lifestyle Show – 2011 Asian TV Awards, 2012 New York Festivals Awards – two Silver Medallists and three Finalists) and has brought some of the world’s greatest travel experiences to the screen with Lonely Planet’s Roads Less Travelled (Nat Geo Adventure, Travel Channel) and Stressbuster (Channel News Asia, BBC Worldwide).
It has an expanding slate of wildlife programs including Kakadu (ABC TV) and Asia’s Deadliest Snakes (NG Wild, Smithsonian). It has produced US format hits like Hot Guys Who Cook (DIVA Universal), Top Chef Season 7 (NBCUniversal) and The Bachelorette (ABC).
BHP is also a leading stereoscopic 3D filmmaker with over 15 hours of original content delivered to 3net in the US and Nat Geo International. With strong roots in Asia combined with a global outlook, Beach House Pictures aims to create more groundbreaking projects guaranteed to engage, entertain and inform audiences worldwide.
Services
Creating high quality, original content is one of the key drivers of the broadcast industry and Beach House Pictures are specialists in that area. So whether it’s producing an international documentary series, sponsor-driven television programs, or simply coming up with a great idea, you can trust Beach House to have the experience to take the project from concept to completion successfully.
Beach House Pictures can be involved in a co-production in any number of ways, from a co-financing arrangement in which partners provide partial funding and split production duties, to more complex arrangements that involve joint creative control over projects. Our co-production partners can include broadcasters, distributors, independent producers, multinational companies or other production companies.
Beach House Pictures is equally adept at producing corporate films as we are at producing international television shows. Our successful corporate track record is proof of that claim. Clients include Microsoft, Nokia, ING Private Banking, NEC and the LTA.
New Media describes forms of media that include some aspect of interactivity, mainly video games, websites and mobile phone and tablet applications. Beach House Pictures has the creative muscle to produce original content for these platforms and often incorporates any or all of these new media forms when producing a television series.
Beach House Pictures provides reliable production management and experienced crew support worldwide. Our intimate knowledge of Asia and extensive network in the region has enabled us to act swiftly and effectively for clients. BHP is equipped with Avid Symphony and Final Cut Pro editing suites for 2D and Stereoscopic 3D post-production, as well as the Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve colour grading and finishing system. We also stock in-house Stereo 3D and HD camera gear that include 3D rigs, Sony and Canon professional HD camcorders, Canon 5D SLR cameras, Go Pro HD Hero cameras, Ion Air Pro Plus HD cameras, Glidecam rigs and various lighting kits.
