The adventure film-maker receives £5,000 to fund Filming the Impossible, which charts the technological advances in filming equipment that have helped bring the world’s remotest locations closer to TV and film audiences.

“It’s a celebration of the people who go to these remote places, capture fantastic content and bring it back to a wide audience,” said Green, the founder and director of adventure and environmental film production company Summit Fever Media.

“With equipment becoming so much cheaper and more accessible, doors are opening to an industry which, when I was growing up, didn’t feel like an area you could work in,” she said. “It’s still difficult to make a living in adventure film-making but it’s becoming more possible.

“I would like my film to show people that there are opportunities available, no matter where you come from or who you are.”

The film’s title comes from a book Green discovered in a charity shop by the award-winning British film-maker and adventurer, Leo Dickinson. In it, he writes about his groundbreaking films, including one detailing an ascent of the notoriously difficult north face of the Eiger.

Filming the Impossible focuses on pioneering women, including Gwen Moffat, who filmed on the Idwal Slabs in Wales in 1957, and, more recently, Megan Hine, who has worked as a safety/survival consultant on many Bear Grylls shows.

Green is aiming to finish Filming the Impossible before the end of the year. It will be available on a free-to-view online channel; see summitfevermedia.com for details when available.

The Shiers Trust Award, which is funded by a bequest from the US TV historian and RTS member George Shiers, offers a grant of up to £5,000 for a project about the history of television.