Our Story

In 2025, Skip Hobbie Productions re-branded as Bat City Films, a full service production company, to focus on developing more passion projects and start working with a broader range of clients.

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Skip Hobbie is an Emmy Award winning wildlife cinematographer based in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Texas flipping rocks and climbing trees, ever in pursuit of creepy crawlies and little critters. After receiving his BS in Radio/TV/Film from the University of Texas, he turned his passion for wildlife into a career that has taken him all over the world for National Geographic, The BBC, PBS, Netflix, Love Nature, as well an independent features, including Fin & Fur Films 2022 masterpiece about Texas, Deep in the Heart, narrated by Matthew McConaughey. Skip’s passion for wildlife and conservation are only equaled by his passion for technology. His quick grasp of how to use the latest and greatest camera tech in aid of storytelling, quickly advanced his career as a young cinematographer. In 2012, Skip earned an Emmy award as part of the camera team for National Geographic’s series Untamed Americas.