The Secret of Monkey Island
"The Secret of Monkey Island" ultimately cost $200,000 to produce, and was developed over nine months.
Monkey Kingdom
The film is directed and produced by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, who previously co-directed Disneynature's first release, "Earth" (2007), as well as "Chimpanzee" (2012). Fothergill also co-directed "African Cats" (2011) and "Bears" (2014). Dr. Wolfgang Dittus was the scientific consultant and has been studying the macaque monkeys of Sri Lanka for nearly 50 years. His and Jane Goodall’s study at Gombe are the longest running studies of wild primates. For the film, Dittus helped select the monkey characters and decipher their behavior. The film was scored by British composer Harry Gregson-Williams, and was shot using Sony F65 cameras.