Timothy “Tim” T. Kelly is an American media executive, film producer, and conservationist.
He is recognized for his role in moving the National Geographic Society from a primarily print-based organization to a multimedia global force in television and digital media.
[6] In 2012, he also presided over the launch of Nat Geo WILD, a sister channel focused on animal-related programs.
[5] Kelly also created National Geographic Films—which won an Academy Award for March of the Penguins (2005) and received an Oscar nomination for Restrepo (2010)[5]—and National Geographic Cinema Ventures group, which distributes films to both theatrical and giant-screen movie outlets globally.
The Trust manages over one million acres of African wilderness as well as safari camps that work to preserve the natural habitats of iconic wildlife and to support local people.