The Shetland Experience

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The Shetland Experience
Directed by Derek Williams
Written byDerek Williams
Produced byDouglas Gordon
Narrated by Eric Porter
CinematographyMaurice Picot
Edited byMike Gascoyne
Distributed byShetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Shetland Experience is a 1977 British short documentary film directed by Derek Williams. It is about environmental measures taken by the oil industry at the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland. It was a sponsored film, produced for the environmental advisory group of the Sullom Voe Association, to which the Shetland Islands Council and oil companies belonged. [1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [2]

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References

  1. "Shetland Experience, The (1977)". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute . Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 24 May 2019.