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🏆 BAFTA & 2 x Emmy winner
🎥 Netflix • 🍎 • BBC • NatGeo
📺 Our Oceans • Underdogs • Blue Planet 2 🍎 Screensavers
🤿 @fourthelementdive
📍 Borneo

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It was such an honor to be invited join in the world manta day celebrations with the @mantatrust team at the stunning Four Seasons Resort at Landaa Giraavaru

Thank you to everyone involved for making it such a wonderful experience. It was great to share some of my work in the natural history conservation film-making field with the attendees alongside a presentation from @mantaguy on 20 years of collaboration between @fsmaldives and the Manta Trust.

It was also such a treat to catch up with the manta trust family, fellow patrons, trustees, and research team.

If you love mantas please do follow the @mantatrust for conservation news, scientific research and tonnes of stunning manta images in your feed!

Happy World Manta Day everyone 🤘

📷@jasminecorbettphoto

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After 25 years and many thousands of hours underwater around the world I finally broke a life promise and went for a dive in England 😅

The site was chosen for me and it was (obviously) a quarry, with 2m vis and a water temp of around 14°C even in the middle of summer.

It was an absolute pleasure to share the very green experience with @marksharmancam while we completed our @gates.underwater STO course on the dual 8K Black Magic Cine Immersive camera inside a Gates housing.

Thanks so much to Gates, @richstevenson.uk @dave.blackham and @waterproofmedia.tv for putting on the course for us. Looking forward to putting this rig to the test in slightly better conditions back home in Malaysia soon

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A photo of me at work from the most overqualified BTS photographer I’ve ever worked with 😅 The incomparable Dr Sylvia Earle

Amazing team effort on this shoot last month 👊

📸 @dr.sylviaearle
Hug 📸 @evajulia_

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Sharing a moment with Her Deepness @dr.sylviaearle

Spending long days with people on a boat is such a wonderful way to get to know them. We shared dive stories, snacks, science facts, jokes, boredom, tea and more. But mostly we all listened to the wisdom of this incredible woman.

Sylvia is the original Ocean warrior. Her energy, passion and vigour at 89 years old puts all of us to shame. Thank you for fighting relentlessly for our Oceans for over 50 years. I hope the work I did helps the cause in some small way. Sylvia it was an honor spending time with you both above and below the waves 🙏

Photo by @lucapittalisfilms

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It’s always a pleasure filming out of the unique @seaventuresdiverig

We had some really mixed conditions on this shoot which made filming a challenge. A few beautiful days mixed amongst some strong winds and heavy overcast conditions. But what was constant was the incredible marine life at Pulau Sipadan and the warm and wonderful service from the team at Seaventures. Also friendly cats were found 🐱

Thank you Seaventures. We’ll be back in a few weeks for round 2 🙏👊

Fixing by @scuba.zoo 🙌

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Very grateful to have won a News and Documentary Emmy 🏆as part of the cinematography team for David Attenborough’s ‘Secret World of Sound’ Produced by the wonderful team at @humblebeefilms and shown worldwide on @netflix and @skytv in the UK

Thank you to @theemmys.tv Humblebee and to Producer Bridget Appleby and Director @nali_fish for bringing me onboard to shoot a story about the saddleback clownfish that live close to my home here in Malaysia.

To be honest, working consistently in wildlife film-making is its own reward. I get to do something creative, and work alongside some of the most talented and lovely people I could ever hope to meet. Being a part of that worldwide filmmaking community is a real source of pride and joy. But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t nice to win the odd gold star every now and then 😅

We shot the story at Scuba Junkie Mabul Resort with the team at @scuba_junkie who were incredibly helpful in recceing and supporting us before and during filming.

Biggest thanks is reserved to my good friend and regular AC, safety diver and fish whisperer @jasonisley without whom these beautiful benthic stories would never look as good.

We were kept safe by Dive Supervisor Jaap Barendrecht who also fixed every single thing that broke 🙌

Shot on @reddigitalcinema DSMC2 Gemini
Housings by @nauticamhousings and @gates.underwater

Thanks as always for gear support from @fourthelementdive @backscattervideophoto @finisterre @22degrees.co

Congrats to everyone involved and to the winning Cinematography team:

Kevin Flay, @hugokitching @jamesaldred1 @luke_barnett_cameraman @ralphabower @underwatercameraman @tavishcampbell Rod Clarke @ben_cunningham_acs @filipe_deandrade Adam Horder @d.leowinata @katie_mayhew_camera @sam.meyrick @duncanparker_camera @robinsmithtv @romillyspiers @thegavinthurston @darren_wild_west @markyates

#shotonred #newsanddocemmys #emmy

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Team Palau 🙌

Thank you so much to everyone involved in making this shoot such a success. I can’t understate how important the local knowledge was from this awesome group of divers and skippers. Everyone contributed so much.

You succeed as a team and you fail as a team in this business and everyone worked so hard to ensure we came away with some wonderful and hard-won footage.

Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience with us. That was some truly epic diving 🙏👊

Director: @ollie_depp
Underwater DP: @rogermunns
Polecam: @robhillcamera
Fixer and second camera: @jessealpert
AC: @koen4652
UW Stills: Niall
Dive Supervisor: @udipw
DIT: NG Christopher
Skipper: Jimmy & Secksay
Boat crew: Dell
Boat dog: Gandalf

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The Secret lives of Animals was released today on @appletv

We had an absolute ball filming with a gorgeous coconut octopus for three weeks out of @nadlembeh resort in the Lembeh Strait

If you watch the sequence you’ll hopefully feel like you are immersed in the octopus’s world and that is due to the fantastic @nauticamhousings EMWL scope system getting the viewer low and looking upwards at these tiny critters (it’s the crazy long proboscis sticking out of the front of my housing)

Team time:

Director: @ellisrobertstv ⭐️
AC and BTS Photographer: @jasonisley 🙌
Dive supervisor and addition photography: @ollie_putnam 👊
Fixer: Joe Faithfull 🤟

Thanks to @scuba.simon @samrobertshaw and their team at @nadlembeh for dive support and critter hunting!

The sequence is in Episode three

Secret lives of Animals produced by BBC studios for Apple TV. Now out on @appletv

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The wolffish shoot for the Arctic episode of Our Oceans was physically and technically very tough but a joy to work on due to the wonderful subject, and the lovely team.

I knew I had to work on it when @carolinemenzies_films sent me the mood board and it had a picture of Ursula from the little mermaid on it 😂 (see the final photo) Best mood board ever!

The wolffish were usually deep in their tiny dens at depths of 25m. The visibility was very poor so regardless of the topside conditions we were usually working in near darkness. I like to light very subtly to keep it as natural as possible, and also to avoid stressing out the subject, so I shot much of this sequence at high ISO’s with the iris wide open.

Conditions were tough. I was wearing every @fourthelementdive thermal layer I could lay my hands on, a heated vest, and hand warmers but lying on the sand at 25m for 90mins was not conducive to staying warm! Jason got so desperate he stuffed some hand warmers down the back of his suit to warm his core. He had a small flood which made the warmers go red hot, they slipped further down and he ended up with minor burns on his butt 😅 Out of sympathy I’m not going to share those photos 😅

Erlundur, the owner of @strytandivecenter and his loyal dog were wonderful hosts and it was such a privilege to spend time in Iceland during the pandemic. It’s such a calm and beautiful country.

📸@jasonisley

Producer - @carolinemenzies_films
Directed by - @alexandrafennell
Dive Supervisor - @peter_websterrr
Camera Assistant - @jasonisley
Boatman and solderer! - @oingolfsson

Our Oceans produced by @freebornemedia for @netflix

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Capturing the bumphead parrotfish rutting on camera for @netflix Our Oceans was the culmination of a long journey for me.

Series producer Jonathan Smith had attempted it with us for a previous project but while we worked out where, when and how to do it we just couldn’t get a clean and close hit. In all I think I’ve done eight separate shoots over eight years before finally being successful.

When I finally saw and heard it up close I remember my AC Jason and I turning to look at each other and our loops almost fell out of our mouths! It’s a visceral noise that you almost feel more than hear. Like a car crash combined with a banger going off. I really hope we managed to convey that raw power in the sequence.

While Filming the bumpheads for Indian Ocean I’ve had the privilege of working alongside @jasonisley, my AC, safety diver, naturalist and so much more, and @ollie_depp - Field director and Duracell bunny - always positive and happy at 430am when we need it most!

Thanks so much to Indian Ocean episode producer @joetuck for believing and trusting us to get this behaviour. And for going for it every time we got on a call and asked for just one more shoot 😅

The story was filmed at Pulau Sipadan off the coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

Thank you to @scuba_junkie for putting up with all our ridiculous requests and to their awesome dive staff @afat_abdurahim and skipper Yulo for their boundless energy and enthusiasm.

There is a deeper dive into the sequence on my website - link in bio

UW 📸@jasonisley
Topside 📸 @ollie_depp

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Thank you so much to RTS West and @freebornemedia for hosting the screening of the first episode of Our Oceans last night in Bristol. It was such a wonderful experience watching the team’s hard work on the big screen and then to join @rogerhorrocks Jonathan Smith @rachelbutlerscott and @inkacresswell on the stage afterwards for a QnA. What really made the night though was catching up with team members from around the world in the bar afterwards, many of whom I’d never had the chance to meet in person before.

Our Oceans airs on @netflix on Wed Nov 20th

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Shoot completed!

Thanks so much to Suzette, Ramesh and all the staff at @seaventuresdiverig Every time we stay here they go the extra mile to make sure we have the best chance of success. They are flexible, friendly and nothing is too much of a problem. Really can't thank them enough for helping make this shoot a successful one.

Thanks to @jasonisley for assisting underwater, lots of grip on this one so he had his work cut out for him! @ollie_depp for directing us with his usual aplomb, our divemaster Tark for his knowledge and enthusiasm and @ncfilms (not in the photo) for DIT and field editing.

Can't mention the programme or broadcaster but it will be airing in 2026 😅

Shoot was fixed by the ever awesome @scuba.zoo

📸 @jasonisley

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