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Delbert Shoopman
Born
Delbert Dean Shoopman Jr.

July 20 1981
Tucson, AZ
Alma materCentral Michigan University
Occupations
Known forRunning Wild

Delbert Shoopman (born July 20 1981) is an Emmy & BAFTA award winning producer, and writer. Shoopman serves as CEO of The Natural Studios which is a joint venture with the Banijay Group [1], and has a footprint of global properties watched by over 2 billion people, with an aggregated audience of over 120 million for Running Wild alone.

Career

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Delbert started his career as 110th Fighter Wing in United States Air Force where he was deployed as part of both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2001 and 2003.

In 2010, he co-founnded BGV Media, a management and production company which manages shows for Bear Grylls.

In 2019, he founded The Natural Studios, a production house with Bear Grylls.

Awards and Honors

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In 2015, he won The Royal Television Society Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for The Island with Bear Grylls. [2]

In 2017, he won British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Bear Grylls Survival School.

In 2019, he, as an executive producer, was nominated in You vs. Wild for Outstanding Original Interactive Program in Emmy Awards. [3]

In 2021, he was nominated as an executive producer in Running Wild with Bear Grylls for Outstanding Structured Reality Program in Emmy Awards. [4]

In 2022, he won as an executive producer in You vs. Wild for Outstanding Interactive Media in Emmy Awards. [5]

Film and Television

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Year Title Credit Network
2009 Ikea Heights Actor Channel 101
2013 Sriracha Executive Producer
2014-2020 The Island with Bear Grylls Executive Producer Channel 4, NBC
2014–2023 Running Wild with Bear Grylls Writer/Executive Producer NBC,National Geographic
2015–2016 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Writer/Executive Producer ITV (TV network)
2018 Bear Grylls: Face the Wild Executive Producer Facebook Watch
2018 Hostile Planet Executive Producer National Geographic
2019 You vs. Wild Executive Producer Netflix
2020 World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji Producer Amazon Studios
2021 Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Interactive Movie Writer/Executive Producer Netflix
2022 You vs. Wild: Out Cold Writer/Executive Producer Netflix
2023 Finding Michael Executive Producer Disney
2024 Bear Hunt (TV series) Executive Producer Netflix

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