Vianet Djenguet

TV Presenter and Wildlife Cameraman

Vianet is presenter and cameraman, with extensive experience filming for major international broadcasters.

Film work

Vianet is currently co-presenting a major series for Apple TV with Offspring Films. He also co-presented the first series of Big Cat 24/7, alongside Anna Dimitriadis and Gordon Buchanan. The series launched on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in August 2024.

Silverback (Off The Fence production for BBC Two) is Vianet’s award-winning feature-length documentary, which follows a troop of Western Lowland Gorillas through the Congo jungle. The programme is now available on BBC iPlayer.

Previous filming credentials include The Last Unicorn (BBC Two), Baby Chimp Rescue (BBC Two), Animal Babies: First Year on Earth (BBC Two) and The Natural World:My Congo (BBC Two). For My Congo, Vianet explored and presented some of the natural wonders of his homelands.

Vianet has also presented two films for The One Show (BBC One) about British birds, Kingfishers in Yorkshire and Cuckoos in Somerset.

Awards

In 2023, Vianet was awarded ‘Onscreen Personality’ at the 2023 Jackson Wild Media Awards for his role in Silverback. In 2018, Vianet won the Presenter Award at Wildscreen, and in 2017 he received the ‘On Screen Talent’ award at the Royal Television Society awards for The Natural World: My Congo.

Travel

Vianet has extensive experience working in some of the world’s most remote and hostile environments, from tropical and equatorial jungles, to swamps, deserts, mountainous regions, and tropical islands.

He has filmed in Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Gabon, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, UK, and the USA.

Interests

Vianet is passionate about conservation and supports numerous charities which work with indigenous people, disadvantaged communities, endangered wildlife, human-wildlife conflict, and orphanages.

Background

Vianet holds a BA(Hons) in film and moving image production, and is experienced using the latest 4K and 8K camera technology, as well as holding a PfCO Drone Pilot license. Vianet is fluent in English and French.